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Living In The Past, Present, and Future
Canon at the Measure
Recorded June 6, 2024 | Added May 15, 2025
A canon is a form of delayed repetition in which participants reproduce a leader’s musical and/or physical actions after a duration of time. Here, Gregory Ristow (Dalcroze License) challenges students to reproduce his actions four beats later.
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Gregory Ristow
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.
Living In The Past, Present, and Future
Canon at the Measure
Gregory Ristow, Author
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Gregory Ristow
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 …
