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Have you ever heard of the T2 Program? If not, this article will familiarize you with an outline of this important document which is shaping the future of Dalcroze teacher training in the United States. The T2 program, which symbolizes the two Ts in Teacher Training (and is sometimes pronounced ...

Translated by Robert M. Abramson Foreword Rhythmic solfège is not in competition with other systems of solfège. It is a complement to them, and an indispensable one. In fact, in the better treatises on the subject, classical or modern, the exercises are given with the sole intention of teaching the ...

Recently I attended a reunion of the k-8 school where I taught from its founding in 2005 until 2016. The Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School was founded by a group of primarily Asian American but also African American social justice activists and folk arts advocates. The vision of the school ...

This is the inaugural edition of “Quick Reactions with a Dalcroze Teacher”, a new regular feature of the DSA blog. Each month I’ll interview a different Dalcroze teacher. For the premier, I interviewed myself!  Q: Give your “Dalcroze Origin Story” in 50 words or less.  A: My girlfriend (now wife!) ...

One day, I found myself interested in the question of how young children can grasp complex musical concepts at such an early age. My curiosity increased when I watched my four-year-old son, Arthur, engage with music in a way that was surprising and instinctive. He was not only listening to ...

We learned this morning that Annabelle Joseph, our friend and colleague of many years, passed away last evening (11/19/24).  Annabelle was an alumnus of Carnegie Tech (Piano Performance, 1953) and taught Eurhythmics and Solfège in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music from 1989–2016 (27 years). She was the Director ...