Dalcroze Heroes
Remembering Anne Farber
You may have read in the latest issue of Dalcroze Connections the memories that Dalcrozians shared of their time studying and collaborating with Anne Farber, one of the most formidable Dalcroze educators of our generation. One of the few American holders of the diplôme supérieur, she was the director of the New York Dalcroze School…
Read MoreQuick Reactions with a Dalcroze Teacher: Stephen Neely
In this second in our series of teacher profiles, I caught up with Carnegie Mellon professor and director of the CMU Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Teacher Training Center, Stephen Neely. Michael Joviala: Hi Stephen! Give us your Dalcroze origin story in 50 words or less. Stephen Neely: Oh, wow. 50 words? Ok, I’ll try. I was…
Read MoreRemembering 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…
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