Dalcroze Heroes
Remembering Annabelle Joseph
We learned this morning that Annabelle Joseph, our friend and colleague of many years, passed away last evening (11/19/24). Annabelle was an alumnus of Carnegie Tech (Piano Performance, 1953) and taught Eurhythmics and Solfège in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music from 1989–2016 (27 years). She was the Director emerita of the Marta Sanchez…
Read MoreCall for Submissions: Remembering Anne Farber
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Anne Farber from a heart attack on August 17, 2024. Many of us knew Anne through her brilliant teaching at the Longy School in Cambridge, along with Lisa Parker, and the Lucy Moses School in New York, where she founded the ongoing Dalcroze School. Although…
Read MoreRemembering Lisa Parker (part 2)
On October 7, 2022, we lost an extremely valuable and inspirational member of our community, Lisa Parker. Many people from around the country and the world have special memories of their time with Lisa, as her work touched many of us. Earlier this year, the DSA called for memories of Lisa to be shared with…
Read MoreCall for Submissions: Remembering Lisa Parker
On October 7, 2022, we lost an extremely valuable and inspirational member of our community, Lisa Parker. Many people from around the country and the world have special memories of their time with Lisa, as her work touched many of us. Below is a memoriam written by two of Lisa’s former students, Jeremy Dittus and…
Read MoreRemembering Paul Hille
On behalf of the DSA Board of Trustees and the Dalcroze community across the USA, I extend the deepest of sympathies to the family and colleagues of Paul Hille. Paul was a fixture in the international Dalcroze Education world, as a past president of FIER and a tireless force advocating for the practice of Dalcroze Eurhythmics. He was…
Read MoreRemembering Aiko Miyara
Our Dalcroze colleague in Japan, Aiko Miyara, passed away on May 21, 2020, Tokyo. Miyara sensei studied piano at Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo. She earned a Dalcroze License in studies with Hilda Schuster from the Dalcroze School of Music in New York, NY (1986) and Longy School of Music in Boston, MA (1993). For 35 years, Miyara sensei directed the…
Read MoreRemembering Virginia Hoge Mead
“The study of Eurhythmics develops the inner ear which makes us musically imaginative, which guides the hand that plays the instrument, the voice that sings, the body that moves, and further develops the ears that hear.” Virginia Hoge Mead (1930-2020) Revered Dalcroze Educator Virginia Hoge Mead passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 in Sugar…
Read MoreJulia Schnebly-Black: Celebrating a Lifetime of Achievement in Dalcroze Education
When Dr. Julia Schnebly-Black (1925-2019) passed away in December 2019, she had just turned 94 years old. In addition to being a beloved Dalcroze teacher, Dr. Schnebly-Black was also a former President of the Dalcroze Society of America, as well as a former editor of American Dalcroze Journal. She led this organization through a formative time in its…
Read MoreHerb Henke Memoriam
Last week, we featured “Options for Improvising” from legendary Dalcroze teacher Herbert Henke (1931-2015). Today, we are remembering his legacy by sharing reflections of this influential and unforgettable American master teacher. (These reflections were shared following his death in 2015.) Herb Henke was a giant not only in his appearance but most importantly in his…
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