William R. Bauer

William R. Bauer teaches at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he has served on the full-time music faculty since 2002. This year, he was appointed Music Program Coordinator, having served as director of American Studies for the preceding seven years. Dr. Bauer earned his Dalcroze certificate in 1983 and his Dalcroze license in 1990 in studies with Robert Abramson and Ruth Alperson. As president of the Dalcroze Society of America (2012–2018) and executive director (2018–2020) he worked to bring American Dalcroze teachers together as a professional community. In June 2023, he earned the diplôme supérieur at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland. The research he presents here will appear in the forthcoming book, Mapping Dalcroze.