Stephen Neely

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.