Board and Committees
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees provides strategic leadership and oversight for the DSA, guiding the organization’s mission, finances, and long-term direction. The board meets monthly throughout the academic year.
Committees
Committees are led by volunteers who help advance the organization’s mission through ongoing programs, initiatives, and strategic planning. Most committees meet monthly during the academic year, and DSA members are always welcome to get involved.
Click on a committee chair’s name to learn more about them.
Governance Committee
Develops and reviews governance policies, supporting effective leadership and transparent organizational practices.
Finance Committee
Oversees the organization’s financial health by developing sound financial policies, monitoring budgets, and promoting responsible stewardship of our resources.
Active Projects
- Strengthen the Memorial Scholarship Program through data analysis
- Expand funding opportunities by researching external grants
National Events Committee
Designs and organizes national events, including the biennial national conference and the Dalcroze Lab webinar series.
Active Projects
- Present a fall and spring series of Dalcroze Lab webinars
- Begin planning for the 2028 national conference
Professional Development Committee
Supports the growth of Dalcroze educators by developing teacher-training standards, accreditation policies, and professional learning resources.
Active Projects
- Develop a glossary of Dalcroze education terms
- Create new Dalcroze activities for the Resource Library
- Write articles and educational resources for online publication
Council of Diplômés Committee
Promotes excellence in Dalcroze education by overseeing professional standards, mentoring future diplômés, and maintaining a strong relationship with the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze.
Dalcroze History and Research Committee
Preserves and shares the history of Dalcroze education by developing archives, supporting research, and making historical resources accessible to the community.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee
Promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility by fostering inclusive practices, culturally responsive teaching, and equitable access to Dalcroze experiences.
Active Projects
- Provide ongoing education on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in music education
- Develop teaching resources that support inclusive and equitable classroom practices
Marketing Committee
Builds awareness of the DSA and Dalcroze education through strategic communications, storytelling, and marketing initiatives that engage diverse audiences and support outreach across the organization.
Publications Committee
Develops and publishes print and digital resources that support Dalcroze education, highlight member contributions, and share ideas with the broader music education community.
Active Projects
- Release two issues of Dalcroze Connections magazine
- Improve and expand the Resource Library
Interested in getting involved?
Most DSA committees and task forces meet monthly during the academic year, and we welcome members who are interested in contributing their time and expertise.
Contact the committee chair for more information.
Subcommittees and Task Forces
Subcommittees and task forces focus on specific projects and emerging priorities that support the work of Dalcroze USA.
Membership Task Force
Strengthens the member experience by developing strategies for welcoming, engaging, and retaining members throughout their DSA journey.
Active Projects
- Develop a welcoming and informative onboarding experience for new members
- Gather member feedback to better understand engagement and retention
- Identify strategies to strengthen long-term member connections
Scholarships Task Force
Reviews scholarship applications and recommends recipients for DSA scholarship programs, helping expand access to Dalcroze training and professional development.
Danielle Albrecht
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Dr. Ruth Alperson
25+ year member
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About
Ruth Alperson (BA Music, Oberlin College; piano, Emil Danenburg; harpsichord, David Boe.) Eurhythmics classes with Inda Howland at Oberlin inspired Ruth to pursue studies in the discipline, the beginning of a lifelong journey. She studied at the Dalcroze School of Music, New York City, and the Dalcroze Teachers Training Course in London, England. Studies at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze culminated in being awarded the diplôme supérieur. Ruth earned her PhD in arts and humanities at New York University. Ruth’s doctoral dissertation was titled “A Qualitative Study of Dalcroze Eurhythmics Classes for Adults.” She has held the following titles: Dean, the Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Scarsdale, NY, Director of Studies of the Dalcroze Teacher Training Program; faculty, the Dalcroze Program at the Diller-Quaile School of Music; member, Scientific Committee of the International Con ference of Dalcroze Studies (ICDS); DSA Board of Trustees, member of the governance committee. Ruth taught for many summers at the Dalcroze Institute at Longy, where she learned from brilliant Dalcroze teacher, friend, and mentor Lisa Parker.
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur1976
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Dalcroze License1975
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1974
Beret Arcaya
10+ year member
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Member since 2015
Carissa Arduini
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Liz Asti
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Viktoriya Babchenko-Frumin
25+ year member
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Member since 2001
Lauri Bailey
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Member since 2025
Weronika Balewski
10+ year member
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About
Weronika Balewski is a flutist and Dalcroze educator who invites people to experience music as connection and expression. Her work explores listening, creativity, and learning through performing, teaching, and community-building.
A modern and Baroque flutist, Weronika is passionate about chamber music and deep ensemble listening. She performs with pianist Elizabeth Chladil as Marvento Duo and collaborates regularly with flutist Elke Jahns-Harms and the Multiverse Concert Series. A seasoned orchestral musician, she played ten seasons with the Brookline Symphony Orchestra, serving as 2016 Concerto Soloist, and has performed with ensembles including Great Bay Philharmonic, Harvard Baroque Orchestra, and the Boston Early Music Fringe Festival.
Weronika is a teaching artist for Integral Steps, faculty at Concord Conservatory of Music, and a private studio teacher in Waltham, MA. She teaches Dalcroze music & movement classes, flute, and piano to students ages 3 through 80+. She leads workshops, summer camps, and clinics nationwide, including programs in Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Virginia.
A leader in artist-educator community building, Weronika is co-founder and co-host of the international Virtual Dalcroze Meet-Up. She holds degrees in Flute Performance from Carnegie Mellon University (2012) and the Longy School of Music (2014), as well the Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics from Longy (2019). She has presented at the International Congress of the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies, and the Dalcroze Society of America National Conference.
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Member since 2016
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2020
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with students with special needs
- Working with non-musicians
Jared Ballance
20+ year member
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AboutJared Ballance is a dedicated teacher in many fields. He has studied, performed, and taught extensively on five instruments, and holds performance and pedagogy degrees from Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music and the internationally recognized Dalcroze License from Carnegie Mellon University and the Dalcroze Certificate from Juilliard. He studied cello with Richard Aaron, Desmond Hoebig, and Alan Harris, viola with Jeffery Irvine, plus studies in violin, piano, and viola da gamba. He has performed chamber music with members of the Cleveland Orchestra, was the cellist of the Samford String Quartet, and the Brandywine Trio, and currently performs as a member of the Ballance Duo.Dr. Ballance is co-director of Ballance Talent Education. He has taught cello at ENCORE School for Strings, the University of Rochester, Samford University, Oakwood University, and given master classes at Andrews University, the Eastman School of Music, and at cello workshops.
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Member since 2006
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2018
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2007
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
Emily Barczak
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Laura Barnet
25+ year member
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Member since 1999
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2010
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Level 2
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Level 1
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
Eric Barnhill
15+ year member
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AboutEric Barnhill received his Dalcroze Certificate from the Dalcroze School of New York. He taught Dalcroze and musicianship at the Special Music School at Kaufman Center and the Music Conservatory of Westchester, at the latter of which he was program coordinator. He designed and taught a graduate-level seminar in Dalcroze at Mannes College of Music, gave the first Dalcroze seminar ever at the Curtis Institute, and was invited to present on Dalcroze at the Yale and Bard conservatories. He then went back to school, got a PhD in experimental brain imaging, and now works in Silicon Valley applying artificial intelligence to biomedical signals.
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Member since 2008
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching K–12 students
- Working with seniors
- Working with students with special needs
Yali Batt
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Member since 2025
Megan Bauer
10+ year member
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About
Megan Bauer is a violin teacher and performer in Evanston, IL. She graduated from Oberlin Conservatory in 2004 with a degree in Violin Performance and founded her own violin program in 2006. Megan began training in the Dalcroze Method with Jeremy Dittus in 2015 and earned her Dalcroze Certificate from the Dalcroze School of the Rockies in 2020; she currently is working on completing her Dalcroze License.
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Member since 2016
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2020
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with seniors
- Working with non-musicians
William R. Bauer
25+ year member
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About
William R. Bauer teaches at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he has served on the full-time music faculty since 2002.
Dalcroze credentials: diplôme supérieur, 2023 (Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva); Dalcroze License, 1990 (Manhattan Dalcroze Institute, New York); Dalcroze Certificate, 1983 (Manhattan Dalcroze Institute). Academic credentials: PhD in Composition, 1996 (CUNY Graduate Center, New York); MA in Composition, 1987 (Columbia University); BS in Music, 1981 (Empire State College, SUNY).
Employment: full-time faculty, College of Staten Island, CUNY, 2002–present (Music Program and Music Events Coordinator since 2024; American Studies Director, 2017–2024); full-time faculty, Rutgers University–Newark, 1994–2002.
Community service: president, Dalcroze Society of America, 2012–18; DSA executive director, 2018–19; Professional Development Committee, 2023–present; Council of Diplômés, 2023–present; other committees intermittently since 2019.
Numerous publications on Dalcroze Eurhythmics, most recently “Dalcroze Education in the United States: Building a Community of Practice,” in *Navigating Landscapes of Dalcroze Practice* (Boydell Press, 2025), pp. 129–43; and on jazz vocal performance practice, including the critically acclaimed book *Open the Door: The Life and Music of Betty Carter* (University of Michigan Press, 2002), as well as peer-reviewed book chapters and articles in scholarly journals.
Actively leads Dalcroze workshops for participants of all ages in a variety of contexts. Director of Windrows Warblers, a chorus of high-functioning seniors who perform concert versions of Broadway shows and other vocal literature. Currently offering “Speaking in Tones,” readings of international poetry in English translation enriched by responsive musical landscapes improvised at the keyboard. Recent programs have featured the work of Palestinian poets.
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur2023
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Dalcroze License1990
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1983
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with seniors
- Working with non-musicians
Carol Bauman
10+ year member
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Member since 2013
Dalcroze Training
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Level 2
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching at a college/university
Fabian Bautz
15+ year member
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Member since 2010
Dalcroze Training
Rowland Blackley
15+ year member
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Member since 2010
Naomi Bloch-Schartz
20+ year member
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Member since 2005
Crystal Boyack
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Member since 2024
Dalcroze Training
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Level 12024
Terry Boyarsky
25+ year member
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About
Terry Boyarsky is a concert pianist, chamber musician, Dalcroze Eurhythmics teacher, ethnomusicologist and frequent presenter at conferences. She is trained by the Kennedy Center in Arts Integration and is a Teaching Artist for the Ohio Arts Council. She teaches a course in Eastern European Folk Music for CWRU. She sings with Choral Arts Cleveland. Since 2007, Terry has been performing and teaching internationally as “Duo Balalaika” with Siberian balalaika virtuoso Oleg Kruglyakov.
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www.duo-balalaika.com
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1977
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with seniors
- Working with students with special needs
- Working with non-musicians
Tyler Brandon
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Nicole Brockmann
25+ year member
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About
Nicole M. Brockmann earned her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in viola performance and her MM, AD, and DMA from Yale University. She holds the Dalcroze certificate and license from the Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center at CMU, where she is a core faculty member. She has been a faculty member at institutions including DePauw University and West Virginia University and has performed, taught, and offered masterclasses both nationally and internationally. Her Dalcroze work focuses on movement, solfège, and plastique animée, with particular emphasis on using eurhythmics in instrumental and vocal master classes to heighten musicianship and solve musical problems. She is a past president of the Dalcroze Society of America and is the author of From Sight to Sound: Improvisational Games for Classical Musicians (Indiana University Press, 2009).
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Member since 1997
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
Thomas Brotz
10+ year member
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AboutBA music education, double major in organ and voice, Carroll University 1969.MA, PhD music education, minors in statistics and music theory, Dissertation Title: Key-finding, Fingering, and Timing Tasks in Entry-level Piano Performance of Children, University of Kentucky, 1990Dalcroze Certification, 1972K-5 music teacher 1969-1974, Grafton WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin/Milwaukee Eurhythmic 1972-1976University of Kentucky, Music and Movement for ages 3 to 5, 1980s and 1990s.University of Kentucky, Eurhythmics, Undergraduate course, 1985. Many workshops for Suzuki and Orff groups.Florentine Opera Chorus, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 1969-1972.Chicago Master Singers Chorus, 2002-2020Special research focus: Piano Pedagogy – presentations about this at International Conference of Dalcroze Studies 1, 2, 3, and 4. Article in Journal of the Dalcroze Society of America.
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Member since 2012
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1972
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1972
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
Rachel Buchman
20+ year member
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About
Rachel Buchman has lived the life of a musician as a teacher, recording artist and performer for over 50 years in the U.S. and internationally. She was certified as a teacher of Dalcroze Eurhythmics by Lisa Parker and was a dedicated student of Anne Farber with whom she shared a love for the upper westside of Manhattan, jazz, and irony. Her Dalcroze education started in high school: she was a devoted student of Dr. Hilda M. Schuster at the Dalcroze School in Manhattan. Upon graduation, Dr. Schuster wrote Rachel a letter saying that she hoped she would become a Dalcroze teacher one day. Rachel is a visiting clinician at the Yale School of Music. Through the lens of Dalcroze principles, she is training graduate students to teach underserved children in the New Haven Public Schools through a Yale program called Music in the School Initiative (MISI). Since 2020 she has taught eurhythmics and singing in Title One schools with the non-profit Hope Stone, Inc. while mentoring Hope Stone’s young teaching artists. Since 2015, Rachel has taught eurhythmics and singing at the School for Young Children, a school for children with language related learning differences. Rachel teaches private piano lessons to children and adults. She rides and trains horses finding connections between her eurhythmic training and her equine experiences. She practices Iyengar Yoga and Zen meditation, fosters rescue animals, gardens, and loves being grandma to twin girls.
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Member since 2005
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2013
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with students with special needs
Paul Budde
5+ year member
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Member since 2020
David Buley
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Member since 2023
Skylar Bunk
10+ year member
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Member since 2015
Aaron Butler
15+ year member
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AboutAaron Butler is an active musical director, accompanist, and teacher in New York City. He is a specialist in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a musical director for Mind The Art Entertainment, and is a founding member of Sound Narcissist. He is comfortable in a variety of musical styles—from baroque through contemporary classical, opera, Broadway, and improvisation. Faculty: Lucy Moses School, Bloomingdale School of Music. M.M. (piano), Longy School of Music; Dalcroze Certificate & License, Longy School of Music; Artist’s Diploma, Brandeis University; B.A. (Music and Physics), Amherst College. Piano with Lois Shapiro, Lanfranco Marcelletti; Dalcroze with Lisa parker, Anne Farber, Ruth Alperson; Figured Bass with Frances Conover Fitch, Peter Sykes. More information at aaronplayspiano.com
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Member since 2007
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2014
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2007
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with non-musicians
Mengya Cai
5+ year member
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Member since 2018
Timothy Caldwell
25+ year member
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About
J. Timothy Caldwell, Professor Emeritus of Voice, Central Michigan University, has performed in operas, oratorios, operettas, and as a recitalist throughout the United States. In addition, he has employed Eurhythmics principles to improve performance for solo performers (singers, string players, and pianists), teachers, choruses, and orchestras in the United States and Canada. He has homes in New York and Michigan.
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1991
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1988
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching at a college/university
Carina Cardoso de Araujo
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Javan Carson
10+ year member
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Member since 2013
Jacob Chen
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Trifena Ruth Clara
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Irene Claude
5+ year member
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AboutIrene Claude teaches flute at her studio in Hyde Park as well as at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Saint Xavier University, St. Giles School in Oak Park, and South Suburban College in Holland, Illinois. She plays substitute flute/piccolo with the New Philharmonic (at College of DuPage). She is also a Music Together teacher for Marsha’s Music. Irene has a Master of Music degree from DePaul University and a Bachelor in Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She has completed Suzuki pedagogy studies, and training in Dalcroze, Music Together (Cert Level I), Kodaly, and Orff Schulwerk. She is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, Chicago Flute Club, Music Teachers of Hyde Park, National Flute Association, and Suzuki Association of the Americas.
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Member since 2017
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Deborah Clem
10+ year member
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AboutWriter-Editor Freelance. BIO: Rockhampton Girls Grammar & Emerald High School, Queensland, Australia.Ripon College, Wisconsin (French-Music) Sorbonne, Paris. (Diplome.) Conservatoire d’Auteuil.Orff-Schulwerk Certification- DU, Denver. Misc. — Church Choir Director, Pre School Music, Music Librarian, Broadway Troop – CMF&CMA.
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Member since 2013
Dalcroze Training
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Level 2
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Level 1
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching K–12 students
- Working with seniors
- Working with non-musicians
Deborah Clem
10+ year member
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AboutWriter-Editor Freelance. BIO: Rockhampton Girls Grammar & Emerald High School, Queensland, Australia.Ripon College, Wisconsin (French-Music) Sorbonne, Paris. (Diplome.) Conservatoire d’Auteuil.Orff-Schulwerk Certification- DU, Denver. Misc. — Church Choir Director, Pre School Music, Music Librarian, Broadway Troop – CMF&CMA.
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Member since 2013
Dalcroze Training
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Level 2
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Level 1
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching K–12 students
- Working with seniors
- Working with non-musicians
Elise Cole
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Emily Cooley
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Emily Cooley
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Katie Couch
10+ year member
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About
Katie Couch holds degrees in music performance and education from the University of Colorado Boulder. She earned the Dalcroze Professional Certificate and License from the Dalcroze School of the Rockies (now the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement). Katie is on the faculty of the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement, where she trains future Dalcroze teachers in improvisation, solfège, and pedagogy. Katie also volunteers for several committees of the Dalcroze Society of America, most notably serving as treasurer, chair of the publications committee, and managing editor of Dalcroze Connections.
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Member since 2013
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2015
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2013
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with non-musicians
Emily Creedle
5+ year member
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AboutDr. Emily Creedle is committed to making her community a better place as an artist citizen by sharing her joy and passion for the flute and music-making as a performer and teacher. She is an Adjunct Professor of flute at the University of South Carolina Aiken and the Director of the KinderFlute Columbia program through the Carolina Music Studios at USC Columbia. Some of her middle and high school students currently play with the SC Philharmonic Repertory and Youth Orchestra, have made the SC All-State band, and have won competitions at the South Carolina Flute Society Festival and the New Jersey Flute Festival.
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Member since 2017
Dalcroze Training
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Level 2
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Level 12017
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Madeline D’Arco
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Mélina Dalaire
5+ year member
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Member since 2020
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2024
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Mélina Dalaire
5+ year member
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Member since 2020
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2024
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Benjamin Daniel
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Member since 2025
Christopher Della Pietra
15+ year member
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Member since 2009
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2001
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1989
Debora DeWitt
5+ year member
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About
Debora is the head of the piano department at Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids Michigan where she teaches piano, class piano, music theory, aural comprehension, and composition. She has also held faculty positions at Manchester University and Iowa State University. An accomplished pianist she has appeared in recitals and concerts throughout the Midwest and in China. Recent performances include a duo-recital in Grand Rapids and solo recitals in Dali, China and Shanghai, China. Two of Debora’s compositions have been premiered at Carnegie Hall. Her works have also been performed internationally, with performances in the great cathedrals of Florence, Assisi, and Lucca, Italy, and in China.
Debora’s recent musical focus has been incorporating movement into her college level theory and aural skills courses. Through that interest she began studying the work of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze. It was in 2018 at a Michigan Music Teachers conference where she met Dr. Mary Dobrea-Grindahl who encouraged her to study the method more formally. Debora began attending summer sessions at the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement where she earned the Dalcroze Professional Certificate in 2024. She is currently working on her Dalcroze Licence at the DSM. Debora now uses Dalcrozian strategies and principles in all of her teaching, both classroom and private studio teaching. She is forever grateful to the amazing faculty at the DSM.
Debora earned the Ph.D. in music composition and the M.M. in Piano Performance from Michigan State University. Her B.A. in piano performance and theory-composition is from Calvin College.
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Member since 2019
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2024
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Level 2
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Level 12018
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching at a college/university
Meagan Dissinger
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About
Dr. Meagan Dissinger is a National Board Certified Teacher with fifteen years of experience teaching choir, classroom music, and dance to all grades PreK-12 in New York and the Virgin Islands of the US. Meg currently serves as Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Music and Music Education at Five Towns College. She also served as Adjunct Faculty in Choral Conducting and Music Education at Messiah University. She previously held appointments at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York in Potsdam, Columbia University, and The University of the Virgin Islands. Meg holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education with minors in Dance and Special Education from The Pennsylvania State University, Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from CUNY Hunter College, and a Master’s and Doctorate Degree in Music and Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Member since 2023
Dr. Jeremy Dittus
20+ year member
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About
Dr. Jeremy Dittus, Diplôme Supérieur, enjoys a career as a pianist, theorist, and Dalcrozian. He has performed and/or presented Dalcroze master classes throughout the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. He directs the Dalcroze School of Music & Movement (Dallas, Texas), teaches on the faculty at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and serves on le Collège de l’Institut Jaques-Dalcroze. The Dalcroze School of Music & Movement (founded in 2010) offers courses for youth ages 4–18, adult enrichment, full-time study toward the Dalcroze Professional Certificate, Dalcroze License, and post-License study. Publications include several journal and book articles, seven volumes of teacher-training textbooks, Embodying Music Vol. I–IV and Moving Sound Vol. I–III, along with ten volumes of DSM youth curriculum: Eurhythmics I and II, Rhythmic-Solfège I–V, and Advanced Dalcroze I–III.
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Member since 2004
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur2010
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Dalcroze License2006
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2005
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with seniors
- Working with students with special needs
- Working with non-musicians
Mary Dobrea-Grindahl
25+ year member
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About
Mary Dobrea-Grindahl, diplôme supérieur, is professor emerita at Baldwin Wallace university, where she enjoyed a multifaceted teaching and performing career for over thirty years. As a clinician, her workshops focus on applications of the method to the private studio and using eurhythmics to develop artistry; she also enjoys opportunities to introduce newcomers to the Dalcroze practice. Mary is the coauthor of Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills: A Holistic Approach to Sight Singing and Ear Training (Routledge), which pioneers a unique pedagogical method of teaching ear training and musicianship. Mary is passionate about bringing experiences in the arts to untapped communities and is exploring ways to use eurhythmics to develop reading literacy in children. She is a recipient of the prestigious Strosacker Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the Distinguished Faculty Leadership Award at Baldwin Wallace University.
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur1987
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Dalcroze License
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with non-musicians
Rachel Dueck
First-year member
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Member since 2025
Sharon Dutton
15+ year member
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Member since 2009
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
Tomoko Ebisu
20+ year member
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Member since 2005
Lisa Ecklund-Flores
25+ year member
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AboutLisa Ecklund-Flores holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the City University of New York Graduate Center. She received her Dalcroze Teachers License in 1987 from the Dalcroze School of Music in NYC under Dr. Hilda Schuster. A registered music therapist and NYS certified music teacher, Lisa received her Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Fredonia in 1980 and her Master’s degree from Hunter College in 1992. In addition to founding, directing and teaching at Church Street School for Music and Art, Lisa has taught at Greenwich House Music School, Diller-Quaile, Brooklyn College Preparatory Center and The Washington Market School. Lisa is an educational consultant for the Nickelodeon show Blue’s Clues, and is also a professor at Mercy College and a research scientist at New York State Psychiatric Institute.
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Member since 1997
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1987
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with seniors
- Working with students with special needs
- Working with non-musicians
Anne Edgerton
25+ year member
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Member since 1998
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1998
Jackie Edwards-Henry
10+ year member
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AboutJackie Edwards-Henry, Ph.D., is Professor of piano, piano pedagogy and group piano coordinator at Mississippi State University. Dalcroze training includes Levels 1 and 2, DePaul University, 2003, and update classes, Lucy Moses School, New York City, 2010.
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Member since 2013
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2003
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Level 22003
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Level 12003
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- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with seniors
Jake Elam
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Lee Evans
10+ year member
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Member since 2013
Dalcroze Training
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Level 2
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Judy Eveleigh
5+ year member
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Member since 2017
Dalcroze Training
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Level 22018
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Level 12017
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
Faith Farr
20+ year member
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Member since 2005
Michelle Fella Przybylowski
5+ year member
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Member since 2018
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with students with special needs
Jeanne Kierman Fischer
15+ year member
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Member since 2008
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1973
Loretta Fois
5+ year member
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AboutLoretta Fois (MFA Choreography, Ohio State; BA Theatre/Chemistry, Holy Cross), is a performing artist, choreographer, and teacher who works with movement, music, language and the visual. As Director of Espressione Corporea Project, she leads Expressive Arts workshops for all ages (www.corporea.org). She is Director of Dance at Raritan Valley College, and leads Creative Arts Cafes with the Alzheimer’s Association. Loretta studies Dalcroze and promotes Dalcroze Eurhythmics as a relevant method of music training for dancers. She has presented at National Dance Education, DSA and American College Dance conferences, and the 2019 and 2021 International Conference of Dalcroze Studies. She is a 2017 and 2011 NJ Council on the Arts Choreography Fellow, and her work has been performed at venues including Joe’s Pub, DUMBO, Ailey Theatre, and Dixon Place. Loretta recently graduated from Salve Regina with a CAGS in Expressive and Creative Arts and is obtaining her Ph.D. in Humanities at Salve.
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Lori Forden
10+ year member
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Lori holds a Dalcroze Professional Certificate from the Dalcroze School of the Rockies. She currently teaches after-school Dalcroze classes at Dalcroze Musical Arts. Lori has been a music teacher in both public and private schools and has also taught Dalcroze Eurhythmics at Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, Suzuki workshops, Suzuki summer institutes, public school workshops, local MTA workshops, and musicianship skills to dancers.
In addition to teaching, Lori is also involved with the non-profit organization Dalcroze Society of America as a former Trustee and Board Chair and is currently an officer of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the DSA. In her spare time Lori enjoys many activities like skiing, camping, and photography.
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Member since 2015
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2019
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Level 2
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Level 1
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Working with seniors
- Working with non-musicians
Laurie Fox
10+ year member
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Member since 2013
Maria Franzini
20+ year member
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Maria Franzini holds an M.M. In Piano Pedagogy and Performance, as well as the Dalcroze License. She teaches General Music at Providence Montessori School in Lexington, KY, where she lives with her husband, two sons, and dog.
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Member since 2004
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2003
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Nehad Ghazy
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Caden Gibbens
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Robin Giebelhausen
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Simona Green
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Dylan Griffith
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Dylan Griffith is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, and music educator. She currently serves at Lane College as an assistant professor of music and collaborative pianist and is working towards her MM-DMA at the University of Memphis. In 2024, she began her formal journey with the Dalcroze method, a methodology that has helped both her and her students deepen their understanding of and find joyfulness in music. She currently studies under Dr. Jeremy Dittus at the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement pursuing her Level 2A towards professional Dalcroze Certification.
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Sofia Haintz
First-year member
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Teresa Hakel
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Gretta Harley
5+ year member
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AboutI am an educator, composer and performer working in several media
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Member since 2021
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2005
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with students with special needs
Sean Hartley
25+ year member
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2010
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1989
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
Erika Haskell
First-year member
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Member since 2025
Loretta Haskell
25+ year member
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About
Voice and Piano Teacher, Singer, Organist, Choir Director
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Member since 2001
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2025
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Level 2
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Level 1
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- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with seniors
- Working with non-musicians
Patrick Hayes
First-year member
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Member since 2025
Yuki Hiruma
25+ year member
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
Thuy Hoang
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Fumiko Honda
10+ year member
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AboutDalcroze Certificate, 1999; Dalcroze License, 2001, Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to her studies with Marta Sanchez and Annabelle Joseph at CMU, Ms. Bauer received extensive Dalcroze training in Japan with Toru Sakai and Hiroaki Yoshida, as well as Akihiko Mabuchi and Mari Izumi. After attending Kunitachi High School of Music, she earned her BA in Music Education, Dalcroze Concentration, from Kunitachi College of Music; and her MA in Composition from Western Michigan University. In November 2005, the College Music Society chose her composition Journey for French horn and piano to be premiered at its international conference in Quebec. An accomplished pianist, Ms. Bauer has played piano since she was 3 1/2 years old. In 2010 she joined the staff of the Waldorf School of Princeton, where she has served as the piano accompanist for the past 10 years. She runs a music school in Princeton, NJ, offering piano lessons and Dalcroze classes for children.
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Member since 2012
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2001
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1999
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with non-musicians
Sam Hood
First-year member
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Chao-Feng Hsieh
First-year member
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Mimi Hsu
20+ year member
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Mimi Hsu is a Dalcroze Eurhythmics Instructor living in New York City. A native of Tainan, Taiwan, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in voice performance with a minor in piano at the Chinese Culture University in Taipei, followed by studies to Dalcroze certification at The New York Dalcroze School, and the License Program at The Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. Her Dalcroze studies were with Robert Abramson, Dr. Ruth Alperson, Anne Farber, Lisa Parker and Philip Burton. Her extensive teaching includes Avenues The World School NYC, CPSM Queens College, the Diller-Quaile School of Music, Greenwich House Music School, Hoff-Barthelson Music School and The School at Columbia University; Additionally she is quite active as clinician in merging Dalcroze education and Suzuki Method programs throughout United States. She is co-director of the Mind-Body Studies in Performing Arts Festival; She directs children’s opera incorporating Dalcroze principles of music, movement and theater. Her “Da Jia Hao” CD combines music and Mandarin language inspired by movement. She adapted the concept from her CD into Memories of Childhood cross cultural concert in Tainan Taiwan. Her adult Dalcroze workshops have been presented in Beijing Central Conservatory, Tainan University of Technology, The Dalcroze School of the Rockies Summer Dalcroze Academy, Music Education Workshops/Dalcroze Program at DePaul University, Chicago, New York Dalcroze Chapter, Dance Department at Marymount College, and Carnegie Hall “Link Up” & “Ensemble Connect” Education Programs.
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Member since 2004
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2004
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1999
Qiqian Huang
First-year member
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Member since 2025
Paolina Iori
First-year member
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Eiko Ishizuka
15+ year member
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Eiko Ishizuka, Diplôme Supérieur, is a Director of The Dalcroze Institute of New England, supported by the Tufts University Community Music Program. Ms. Ishizuka is a faculty member at New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO), teaching Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and is the chair of the Dalcroze and Early Childhood department at Winchester Community Music School. She is also a faculty member at Longy School of Music of Bard College, and teaches piano to students of all ages and experience levels. She travels to give Dalcroze workshops for musicians and music teachers in Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia, as well as the Dalcroze National Conference (most recently in Cleveland), and the Dalcroze Congress in Geneva, Switzerland.
She is passionate about bringing music and movement to audiences. She has earned the Diplôme Supérieur, the highest credential in Dalcroze training, from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland. She also holds a Certificate and License, with distinction, from the Longy School of Music of Bard College, and a Bachelor in Music from Kunitachi College of Music. She is a Member of the Collège de I’institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Advisory Council of the Fondation de I’institut Jaques-Dalcroze).
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Member since 2008
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur2019
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Dalcroze License2002
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2002
Mari Izumi
15+ year member
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Mari Izumi is a music educator based in Los Angeles whose expertise lies in piano pedagogy and Dalcroze Eurhythmics. She earned the Dalcroze Certificate and Dalcroze License under the direction of Dr. Hilda Schuster, at the Dalcroze School of Music in New York. She has presented numerous Dalcroze workshops at California State University, Dominguez Hills, the Music Teachers’ Association of California, and the Dalcroze Society of America. Her Dalcroze Eurhythmics classes have been featured in the Los Angeles Times. Mari has been teaching piano and Dalcroze Eurhythmics at the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles since 1999. She has developed an extensive Dalcroze curriculum at Colburn for students at all levels. In addition to her work with children, Mari offers Dalcroze classes for music educators and has organized professional development workshops led by renowned guest artists.
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Member since 2007
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1991
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1990
Sarah Jewell
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Jirina Jirickova
5+ year member
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AboutJirina Jirickova is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Music Education, Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague. She teaches at the Prague Conservatory, the Music School of the C.C. of Prague at the same time and is a choirmaster of a Czech children’s choir Jiricky. She is a member of an Executive Committee of the Czech Orff Society and of the Society for Music Education of the Czech Republic. She presents workshops for both children and music teachers in Czechia.
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Member since 2021
Kathryn Jones
20+ year member
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Member since 2005
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2010
Michael Joviala
20+ year member
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Michael Joviala is a composer/improviser/performer and educator in New York City. In 2020, he earned the diplôme supérieur from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva and is the director of the Dalcroze Teacher Training Program at the Lucy Moses School in New York. He teaches Dalcroze eurhythmics to students of all ages at the Lucy Moses School of Music, the Diller-Quaile School of Music, the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement in Dallas, Texas, and in workshops worldwide. He is the creator and music director of the improvising music and dance ensemble, Locomotors. He has called Brooklyn, New York, home since 1992.
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Member since 2004
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur2020
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Dalcroze License2007
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2000
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Lucie Gudrun Kajzarová
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Victoria Keane
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Andrea Kleesattel
10+ year member
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Member since 2016
Dalcroze Training
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Level 22019
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Level 12015
Jayna Koh
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Jeremie Korta
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Elaina Krakauer
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Emma Krause
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Diana Kukar
10+ year member
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Member since 2013
Ingrid Ladendorf
20+ year member
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Mira Larson
5+ year member
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Originally from Chicago, Mira Larson started training in cello and dance at an early age. She continued her cello studies at Northwestern University with Hans Jensen (BM, summa cum laude) and the New England Conservatory with Natasha Brofsky (MM). Upon discovering Dalcroze Education, Mira immediately enrolled in the Professional Studies program at the Dalcroze School of the Rockies. She has participated in conventions held by the Dalcroze Society of America (Los Angeles) and the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Genève, Switzerland). Mira received her Dalcroze Professional Certificate in 2019 and is currently working towards her Dalcroze License. Her principal mentors are Jeremy Dittus and Laetitia Disseix-Berger.
As a cellist, Mira has performed solo recitals around the Chicago area, appeared with chamber ensembles in Jordan Hall (Boston), Orchestra Hall (Chicago), and Carnegie Hall’s Weill and Zankel Recital Halls, as well as collaborated in contemporary music performances across the country and around the world. Mira currently lives in Salt Lake City, where she teaches at the Gifted Music School, La Maison des Enfants, and her own Rythmique Music School.
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Member since 2016
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2023
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2019
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
Jocelyn Lee
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Chun Paige Li
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Cicy Li
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Keren Ligowski
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Cynthia Lilley
25+ year member
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Cynthia Lilley earned a Dalcroze certificate and license at the Longy School. She taught at the Diller-Quaile School of Music and at the Special Music School, a public school in Manhattan for musically gifted children. She continues to teach at the Dalcroze School at the Lucy Moses School. Cynthia has been a presenter at many Dalcroze workshops and national conferences, and she has taught summer courses in the Dalcroze approach for music teachers at the Longy School in Cambridge, MA; Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX; the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MO; the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY; and Hunter College in New York, NY. She is a past president of the New York Chapter of the Dalcroze Society of America where she now serves on the Professional Development Committee.
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1995
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1993
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Cynthia Lilley
25+ year member
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Cynthia Lilley earned a Dalcroze certificate and license at the Longy School. She taught at the Diller-Quaile School of Music and at the Special Music School, a public school in Manhattan for musically gifted children. She continues to teach at the Dalcroze School at the Lucy Moses School. Cynthia has been a presenter at many Dalcroze workshops and national conferences, and she has taught summer courses in the Dalcroze approach for music teachers at the Longy School in Cambridge, MA; Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX; the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MO; the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY; and Hunter College in New York, NY. She is a past president of the New York Chapter of the Dalcroze Society of America where she now serves on the Professional Development Committee.
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1995
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1993
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Meng-I Lin
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Member since 2023
Nancy Lineburgh
10+ year member
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Member since 2013
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1973
Qin Ling
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Member since 2023
Morgan Liu-Packard
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Member since 2024
Karin Llyr
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Aaron Loo
First-year member
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Member since 2025
Barbara Lysenko
25+ year member
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Member since 1998
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching private lessons
Maria Mandico
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AboutFlutist and Pianist Maria Mandico is praised for her distinct sound that has made its way to international audiences, in venues such as the Sydney Opera House and the Shanghai Arts Center. A recipient of the Ted Twohig Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Maria holds a Masters of Music in Flute Performance from the Longy School of Music of Bard College, where she studied with Marco Granados. Previous studies include a Bachelor of Flute Performance with a French minor from the University of Colorado at Boulder with Christina Jennings, and a year in Gaspar Hoyos’ private flute studio in Nancy, France. In 2017 she won a position as a Navy flutist, and spent four years in Naples, Italy with the Naval Forces Europe and Africa Band. While in Italy she began to explore composition and is currently pursuing her Dalcroze Certificate through the Dalcroze Institute of New England. She continues to serve at Navy Band Northeast and loves leading the Crosswind Woodwind Quintet in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Member since 2025
Dalcroze Training
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Level 2
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Level 1
Alex Marthaler
First-year member
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Alex Marthaler is the executive director of the Dalcroze Society of America, where he oversees operations, conferences, publications, fundraising, and strategic initiatives that support the Dalcroze community nationwide. A pianist, composer, and educator based in Pittsburgh, PA, he serves on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, teaching orchestration, counterpoint, and contemporary composition techniques. Alex is an experienced collaborative pianist specializing in improvisation, dance accompaniment, and ensemble performance, with ongoing work for ballet, theater, and choral organizations. His compositions have been performed by contemporary music and dance ensembles throughout the region. His work centers on creativity, collaboration, embodied musicianship, and providing meaningful musical experiences for learners of all ages.
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Member since 2026
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- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Louise Mathieu
25+ year member
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AboutLouise Mathieu is a Retired Professor of the Faculty of Music of Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, where she taught from 1976 to 2016. Director of Studies of the Dalcroze Society of Canada, she also acts as President of the Collège of the Institute Jaques-Dalcroze (Geneva) and Vice-Chair of the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal Recherche en Éducation Musicale, and is a peer-reviewer for various scientific committees. Besides a musical background (Bachelor of Music Education and Bachelor of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Université Laval, Quebec; Dalcroze Diplôme supérieur, Institut Jaques- Dalcroze, Geneva; Doctor of Arts, New York University, New York), her experience includes studies in acting, Feldenkrais and Gerda Alexander body awareness. She has directed and choreographed staged works, conducted choirs and instrumental ensembles and composed children’s songs. Dr Mathieu is a frequent lecturer and workshop leader in Canada, Europe, Asia and USA.
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur1976
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- Teaching at a college/university
Jayne McDonald
25+ year member
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AboutCity Music Center Eurhythmics 1989-2017Duquesne University – Eurhythmics for Music Educators 2018 – PresentBlackhawk School District – Choral and General Music, Highland Middle School, grades 6 – 8Bridgewater-Raritan School District, Elementary and Middle School 1980-83South Middleton School District 1979-80Messiah College, B.S. Music EducationCarnegie Mellon University – Dalcroze Certification 1988-1990Duquesne University – MMEd, 1996
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1990
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
Bogna McGarrigle
10+ year member
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Member since 2012
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur1998
Denise McGuire
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Member since 2024
Shawn McNamara
5+ year member
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Member since 2019
Melissa Mead
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Sophia Mederer
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Anita Memmott
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Meagan Monreal
First-year member
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Stephen Moore
25+ year member
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Member since 1997
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur
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Dalcroze License1992
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1984
Diddier Moreno
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Member since 2026
Zoë Mullan-Stout
First-year member
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Fumi Nakayama
10+ year member
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Fumi Nishikiori-Nakayama earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano and Harpsichord degree from the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University, and Master of Music in Piano and Early Music/Harpsichord from Indiana University, where she was the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious Rudolph Ganz Memorial Award, and Willi Apel Scholarship. She has studied piano with Ludmila Lazar, Shigeo Neriki, harpsichord with David Schrader, Elisabeth Wright, fortepiano with Elizabeth Wright and Kenneth Drake, chamber music with Rostislav Dubinsky, early chamber music with Stanley Ritchie, and conducting with Thomas Baldner and Imre Pallo.
As a conductor, she has conducted Indiana University Symphony Orchestra, IU Ad-hoc Orchestra, IU Opera Workshops. Her love for vocal music and theater lead her to remain as one of the opera coaches for Indiana University Opera Theater for 6 years.
Currently Ms. Nishikiori is an adjunct faculty member of the Carthage Music Department and teaches for the Carthage Arts Academy. She has received the Dalcroze Certificate from Dr. Robert Abramson at Juilliard School Dalcroze Institute and received the Dalcroze License from Dr. Jeremy Dittus of the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement. She often gives demonstrations and lectures to music teachers and students in the Midwest. She frequently performs as a member of Trio Celeste, and also collaborates with greater Milwaukee and Chicago area artists.
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Member since 2015
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
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- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with non-musicians
Stephen Neely
25+ year member
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Stephen Neely, PhD, Dalcroze License, Associate Professor of Music, Director of Graduate Studies, and Director of the Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center at Carnegie Mellon School of Music, is a teacher, conductor, and writer who lectures in the fields of music, design, and pedagogy.
He teaches Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Dalcroze Pedagogy for Carnegie Mellon, having taught every BFA in Music Performance and Composition at the School of Music since 1999. He directed the Opera Workshop and taught Eurhythmics at Pittsburgh’s High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (23 years), served as Chorusmaster for Opera Theater of Pittsburgh (10 years), and was a featured speaker at TEDxCMU 2012.
In addition to his duties at CMU, Stephen is faculty for the Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio Emerging Artist Program, Co-Chair of the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies, co-founder and co-host of the Virtual Dalcroze Meet-up, special faculty for the Tepper School of Business Executive Education team, and an author. His recent book, Make it Music, is an invaluable resource for classroom teachers interested in including more movement activities in their practice.
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
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- Teaching at a college/university
Peixin Nie
First-year member
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Member since 2025
Mizuki Nishimaki
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kyoko ohishi
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Abigail Olson
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Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2025
Joe Ottenthal
First-year member
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Anetta Pasternak
10+ year member
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Anetta Pasternak (PhD hab, MA in Eurhythmics) works as a professor at the Eurhythmics Specialty, Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory and Music Education at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. Her assignments involve also teaching at Dance Theater Actor Specialty. Anetta is a consultant to the Center for Arts Education in Poland, and member of La Fédération Internationale des Enseignants de Rythmique. She has many years of experience related to the application of Eurhythmics at the early childhood education stage in comprehensive and music schools. Anetta specializes in the interpretation of 20th and 21st century music (Plastique Animée), her artistic oeuvre includes 65 movement interpretations of music and 8 original theater performances presented at home and abroad. She is particularly interested in Dalcroze solfege, as well as the therapeutic aspect of Eurhythmics.
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Member since 2012
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur
Rita Pedrinho
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Mark Peragine
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Diana Popowycz
25+ year member
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1987
Molly Porterfield
25+ year member
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2019
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
Elizabeth Powell
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Kevin Powers
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Member since 2025
Kevin Powers
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Dawn Pratson
25+ year member
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Dawn Pratson is an interdisciplinary artist—dancer, choreographer, musician—and educator, with a background in creative arts in therapy. She earned her Dalcroze license and certificate from the Longy School of Music of Bard College under Lisa Parker and Anne Farber. Dawn was on the faculty of the Longy Dalcroze programs from 1997 until 2015, and she was the founding music specialist at the Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School in Philadelphia. Currently, Dawn teaches for the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement, teaches and performs with Michael Joviala in the group “Locomotors,” and serves on the Dalcroze Society of America’s diversity, equity, and inclusion committee.
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Member since 1998
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2004
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2004
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with seniors
- Working with students with special needs
- Working with non-musicians
Clinton Pratt
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Clinton Pratt has BM and MM degrees in Piano Performance and owns a multi-teacher piano studio in Cincinnati Ohio, where he has been teaching for over 22 years. He began his Dalcroze training at Carnegie Mellon’s summer workshop in 2007 and has since attended numerous workshops and training centers. He is currently a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society and is the President of the Greater Cincinnati Eurhythmics Society. He has given over 50 presentations at local, state, and national music teacher conferences on various topics including Eurhythmics, piano improvisation, composition, performance anxiety, piano pedagogy, and entrepreneurship. Clinton has served on several boards and committees for various music teacher organizations, and was awarded “Teacher of the Year” by the Ohio Music Teachers Association in 2023.
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Member since 2025
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- Teaching private lessons
Peter Prunner
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1977
Jennifer Quan
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Member since 2023
Dalcroze Training
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Level 22026
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Level 12024
Carol Rankin
15+ year member
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Member since 2010
KT Raschko
15+ year member
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Member since 2009
Terri Reck
10+ year member
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AboutFreelance Harpsichordist. Harpsichordist with NM Sym. Orch., Santa Fe Symphony, NM Philharmonic. Dalcroze teaching in workshops in NM, Tx, Interlochen. Guest Lecturer in Dalcroze at UNM. Currently Dalcroze Instructor at UNM Music Prep School 2021-. Suzuki Piano teacher.
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Member since 2014
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2018
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
Susan Beem Riggs
25+ year member
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1978
Gregory Ristow
25+ year member
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Gregory Ristow is director of vocal ensembles and instructor of Eurhythmics at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In the summers, he teaches for the Dalcroze Institute of New England and the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement’s Dalcroze Academy. He has given numerous workshops on Eurhythmics around the United States and abroad, and is featured in several of the most popular Eurhythmics videos on YouTube. He holds the Dalcroze Certificate from the Juilliard School (Robert Abramson), the Dalcroze License from the Longy School of Music (Anne Farber & Lisa Parker), and is working towards the Diplôme Supérieur at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze. Additionally, his studies with Herb Henke, Marta Sanchez, Stephen Moore, Karin Greenhead, Ruth Alperson, and Louise Mathieu have all deeply impacted his teaching.
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Member since 2001
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2004
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2000
Chris Rose
10+ year member
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AboutChris Rose is a musician and teaching artist from Northeastern Pennsylvania. An avid wanderer, he has performed with orchestras in Italy, Sweden, South Korea, Alaska, and around the United States, and aboard Cunard, Crystal, and Royal Caribbean ocean liners. Recent appearances include Vermont’s Marlboro Music Festival, Colorado’s Jazz Aspen Snowmass Summer Jazz Workshop and New York’s Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival. He proudly served as a Teaching Artist for the non-profit Empire State Youth Orchestra and currently teaches Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Brass at Bennington College.
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Member since 2014
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2023
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- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with non-musicians
Sydell Roth
5+ year member
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Member since 2021
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License
Megumi Rowse
5+ year member
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AboutPrivate piano teacher
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Member since 2020
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with seniors
- Working with students with special needs
- Working with non-musicians
Steven Saari
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Member since 2023
Kobi Sade
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Member since 2022
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2023
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Level 22022
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Level 12019
Greg Sanders
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Dalcroze Training
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Level 1
Yumi Sawai
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Jonathan Schott
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Peter Schultz
25+ year member
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Member since 1997
Shu-Yi Scott
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Member since 2022
Gloriana Sewell
20+ year member
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Member since 2006
Sepideh Sharifdashty
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Member since 2024
Emma Shubin
10+ year member
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Emma Shubin, Dalcroze Eurhythmics • Suzuki Flute • Integrative Education
MM, BM, BA Ecology/Evolutionary Biology, Jazz Cert, Dalcroze License & Certificate
www.emmashubin.com • www.integralsteps.org • www.virtualdalcroze.org
Flutist, Dalcroze, and Suzuki educator Emma Shubin has been joyfully moving to and making music her whole life. Despite her parents’ best efforts to turn her into a violinist, she fell in love with the flute and never looked back. She is co-founder and Artistic Director of Integral Steps, a nonprofit dedicated to integrative, multimodal education, where she blends her love of music, movement, improvisation, and ecology to support building community and inspiring students of all ages.
A Wm. S. Haynes Flute Co. Artist and Assistant Principal Flute with the Steamboat Symphony Orchestra, Emma performs internationally and leads workshops, residencies, and masterclasses, sharing her joy for connection through music worldwide.
Currently a PhD candidate at the University of Luxembourg, she researches the integration of movement into instrumental learning. She is passionate about developing early childhood music curriculum, supporting educators through accessible platforms such as The Virtual Dalcroze Meet-Up, and supporting performers at all levels in creating embodied pathways toward artistry. She currently lives in Luxembourg with her husband, daughter, and their two silly pups, and can be found eating croissants and sampling coffee in cafés when she’s not researching, writing, or playing her flute.
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Member since 2014
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2014
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2012
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with seniors
- Working with students with special needs
- Working with non-musicians
Arthur Simoes
5+ year member
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Arthur Simoes is a Brazilian pianist, composer, and educator whose eclectic music blends jazz, classical, video game influences, and his Brazilian heritage. A prizewinner of the 29th European Music Competition “Città di Moncalieri,” he has performed widely across Europe, Latin America, and the United States, and regularly leads lectures, workshops, and master classes internationally. Passionate about music learning, he currently teaches Dalcroze eurhythmics at the New England Conservatory (Boston) and has served on the faculties of Haute École de Musique and the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Geneva) alongside guest teaching at major institutions and events worldwide. He also maintains a thriving piano studio in which his lessons integrate elements from Dalcroze eurhythmics and the Taubman Approach. Arthur holds a diploma with concentrations in jazz composition and performance from Berklee College of Music, a bachelor’s in piano and a master’s in music pedagogy from the Haute École de Musique de Genève, and a Diplôme Supérieur of the Dalcroze method.
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Member since 2021
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur2023
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- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with seniors
- Working with non-musicians
Joy Son
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Member since 2023
Dalcroze Training
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Level 12003
Carol Spaulding
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Howard Spindler
20+ year member
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AboutPrimarily I teach piano at the Eastman Community Music School. My first Dalcroze experience was with Inda Howland at Oberlin, 50 years ago! Subsequently I have trained summers in NYC at Lucy Moses School and in PA with Jack Stevenson at the Jaques Dalcroze Institute, where I successfully completed Certificate and Advanced Certificate programs. I have regularly taught Dalcroze classes for youth in the Theory Department of Eastman Community Music School (about 10 years), and I have been a regular guest lecturer in Eastman collegiate classes, as well as in various institutes at the neighboring Hochstein School in Rochester, NY.
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Member since 2004
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate2014
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- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with seniors
Wendy Stern
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Member since 2023
John Stevenson
25+ year member
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John R. Stevenson (Jack) holds the Diplôme Supérieur and the Licence d’Enseignement Jaques-Dalcroze with the first prize in pedagogy from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland. He also holds a BM in piano from Duquesne University Conservatory of Music. Jack has taught full-time and certified Jaques-Dalcroze educators for over 50 years at institutions such as the Institute Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland; Ithaca College School of Music; Laval University in Quebec; St. Laurence College in Montreal, among others. Jack continues to direct the Music Teacher-Training Program as the Outstanding Educator-in-Residence for the Ministry of Education, Singapore. He also trains teachers at the Institute for Jaques-Dalcroze Education in Bethlehem, Pa, offering the Certificate and License. Jack has authored three Volumes of the text Pursuing A Jaques-Dalcroze Education: Solfège, an interactive ebook available on iBooks. He is currently working on a new text on Plastique Animée.
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Member since 2000
Dalcroze Training
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Diplôme Supérieur1974
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Dalcroze License1973
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1972
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- Teaching at a college/university
Mia Stuart
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Member since 2023
Xinhao Sun
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Michelle Tagud
First-year member
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Michelle Tagud-Jara is a music educator with over 11 years of teaching experience in PreK–12, including 7 years as a music subject coordinator in Manila, Philippines. Since 2025, she has taught general music in Reno, NV. She is dedicated to fostering musical literacy, creativity, and cultural awareness and is a member of the Dalcroze Society of America, the Organization of American Kodály Educators, and the Kodály Society of the Philippines.
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Member since 2026
Chee-Hwa Tan
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Member since 2023
Ruoting Tang
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Wimberly Thomas
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching private lessons
Angela Thompson
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Angela Thompson is a violinist and violin instructor with a bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance from the National Conservatory of Peru and extensive training in the Suzuki Method of music education. With 15+ years teaching experience, Angela is passionate about nurturing young musicians and fostering vibrant musical communities.
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Member since 2024
Dalcroze Training
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Level 12025
Kylla Thompson
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Stephen Thompson
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Member since 2024
Katie Traxler
15+ year member
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Member since 2008
Dr. Elda Nelly Treviño
25+ year member
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Dr. Treviño is a pianist and Dalcroze Eurhythmics (DE) practitioner and researcher. She is a professor and coordinator of Programas Dalcroze at the Universidad Panamericana in México City. Alongside she is a professor at the Facultad de Música of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) in Monterrey, and director of her independent studio “Música Viva”. As active promoter of DE throughout Latinamerica, Elda Nelly frequently serves as guest lecturer, and clinician in DE and piano pedagogy. Up to the present she serves as a member of the publications committee of the Dalcroze Society of America in the US, and as a representative of the FIER in México. In addition, she is active as a collaborative pianist. Dr. Treviño holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Bachelor and Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Texas at Austin, Dalcroze Certificate and License from Carnegie Mellon Univeristy.
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Member since 1998
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2004
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1999
Katherine Triest
5+ year member
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Member since 2018
Melissa Tucker
25+ year member
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Melissa Tucker is an inspiring and committed Dalcroze music educator. Dalcroze is at the heart of everything she does as a professional musician. She finds the unique combination of movement, improvisation, dynamic social interaction, and deep study of music to be ingenious and exhilarating. A Dalcroze faculty member at Longy School of Music of Bard College for over 30 years, she is also on the piano faculty of Concord Conservatory of Music and teaches for The Dalcroze Institute of New England. An Oberlin graduate, Melissa earned her Dalcroze Certificate and License from Longy with Lisa Parker and Anne Farber. She studied piano with Lydia Frumkin at Oberlin Conservatory and Natasha Chances at Bates College. Ms. Tucker is currently a Dalcroze Society of America Board Member who serves on the DEI Committee. She has also served as Co-Chair of Longy’s Dalcroze Department, as Secretary of the DSA, and on the DSA’s Professional Development Committee.
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Member since 1999
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1998
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1988
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- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Working with seniors
Elizabeth Tyree
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Leslie Upchurch
20+ year member
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AboutLeslie Purcell Upchurch teaches Dalcroze and Dalcroze based classes for all ages, from toddlers through senior citizens. She holds the Dalcroze License and teaches for both The Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center at Carnegie Mellon University and for the Dalcroze School at Lucy Moses. She maintains a private piano studio where piano improvisation is an integral part of her curriculum. She has a BFA in Piano Performance from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has a wealth of experience leading workshops for all types of audiences.
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Member since 2004
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License1982
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1976
Rainer Upmann
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Member since 2022
John Paul Velez
10+ year member
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Member since 2014
Dalcroze Training
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Level 22019
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Level 12018
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- Teaching K–12 students
Karen Williams
25+ year member
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1993
Teaching Specialties
- Teaching K–12 students
Ji Hyun Woo
10+ year member
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Member since 2013
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
Angela Wright
25+ year member
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Member since at least 1996
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate1983
Marlene Yeni-Maitland
25+ year member
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Ms. Marlene Yeni-Maitland extensive professional teaching experiences include pre-school through graduate school. She will begin her tenth year teaching inner city general music, K-5, in Trenton NJ. She conducts a string program supported by a VH-1 grant, and performs frequently with her 25 student glockenspiel ensemble.In addition to her teaching experience Ms. Maitland has been a clinician in various conferences and workshops which include the 2018 National Dalcroze Conference, the 2019 NJMEA State Conference, the music department in Trenton, NJ, the Montessori Annual Conferences, the ECMMA Eastern Division Conference, and guest lecturer at Rutgers University for the Nutritional Science Pre-School.After receiving her MME from Westminster Choir College, Princeton New Jersey, Ms. Maitland joined the Conservatory piano faculty at WCC for ten years.She maintains a private piano studio for all ages and coaches students for college entrance auditions.
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Member since 1999
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze Professional Certificate
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- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
Herbert Yonathan
First-year member
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Member since 2025
Lenny Young
5+ year member
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Member since 2017
Ray Yu
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Member since 2024
Aya Yuasa
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Aya Yuasa is a piano instructor based in Sunnyside, Queens, NY. Aya holds faculty positions at Mannes School of Music and Lucy Moses School in addition to maintaining her private studio, and serves on the board of the New York chapter of the Dalcroze Society of America.
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Member since 2024
Seonggyeong Yun
5+ year member
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Member since 2018
Dalcroze Training
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Level 2
Dr. Holly Zagaria
First-year member
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Member since 2026
Paula Zerkle
15+ year member
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Member since 2008
Dalcroze Training
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Level 2
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Level 1
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- Teaching at a college/university
Mike Zhu
5+ year member
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AboutI am a music enlightenment teacher seeking to learn Dalcroze and get certificate in America. I’m currently working in Shanghai for a Taiwanese studio named Mei-yu which means “Aesthetic education” in chinese, I’ve been in the studio as a teacher of 3-8 year old for 5 years, I can teach children in this age very well.
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Member since 2021
Dalcroze Training
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Level 22024
Leo Zumpetta
5+ year member
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Member since 2017
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- Teaching K–12 students
Francely Zurita
First-year member
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AboutFrancely, originally from Monterrey, Mexico, started music studies at a young age, at the Conservatory of the University of Montemorelos, in Mexico. Since that time she has studied the flute as her principal instrument, having also learned piano. In 2004, Francely began studying for her Bachelor of Arts in Flute Performance at the Autonome University of Nuevo Leon (UANL). After finishing her studies, she further perfected her flute skills at the National School of Music of Villeurbanne in Lyon, France, under the instruction of Sophie Dufeutrelle. While in France, Francely earned a Diploma of Musical Studies, the highest diploma given by regional French conservatories.It was while studying in France that Francely began playing the Traverso (baroque flute), which led her to be accepted at the Early Musique Department of the Haute Ecole de musique de Genève, in Switzerland. At this institution she was able to learn special techniques for the Traverso, under the instruction of Serge Saitta, focusing on th
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Member since 2026
Dalcroze Training
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Dalcroze License2019
Teaching Specialties
- Early childhood education
- Teaching K–12 students
- Teaching at a college/university
- Teaching private lessons
- Working with seniors
- Working with non-musicians
Мирослава Нищота
First-year member
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Member since 2026