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Have you ever watched a DALCROZE LAB? This is a virtual forum provided by the Dalcroze Society of America for educators to explore Dalcroze Education. It offers both live seminars and on-demand recordings of past presentations. These resources allow participants to delve into the principles, pedagogy, and techniques of Dalcroze education, including workshops, Q&A ...

The spring 2025 edition of our online magazine Dalcroze Connections is now available for all to read! Dalcroze Connections is the official magazine of the United States Dalcroze community and seeks to inform, inspire, and educate Dalcroze practitioners at all levels. It is published twice yearly, and prepared by the ...

In this second in our series of teacher profiles, I caught up with Carnegie Mellon professor and director of the CMU Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Teacher Training Center, Stephen Neely. Michael Joviala: Hi Stephen! Give us your Dalcroze origin story in 50 words or less. Stephen Neely: Oh, wow. 50 words? ...

The recent professional development committee (PDC) conference held in Manhattan was unforgettable. In the short space of just a weekend, the Dalcrozians who attended were able to experience a wide variety of activities, games, repertoire pieces, and more. We kicked off the conference with a Friday night dinner meeting consisting ...

Paulino Paredes (1913-1957) was a prolific and multifaceted composer born in Michoacán (Central México). His compositions range from symphonic works (ballets, solo concerti, and symphonic poems), musical theatre, sacred works for choir and organ, and solo organ, chamber music (lieder, string quartets), and solo piano music. Among his solo piano ...

Note: this is part 2 of a series. Find part 1 here. This article first appeared in The Orff Echo, Volume XVIII, No. 4, Summer 1986. ©1986 American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Mayfield Heights, OH. Used by permission. Scale singing [at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze] is a daily must. "So what?" one might ask. Here is ...