Beginning Eurhythmics

Using embodied approaches to ear training, we’ll learn “Che Gusto” by Antonio Caldara, which employs the harmonic progression of descending 5ths. We remember beloved Dalcroze teacher Lisa Parker in this class, who adored this canon.

Miles Davis’s solo on the track “Flamenco Sketches” from Kind of Blue is unsurpassed in its beauty. We will study it through solfège to unlock some of its modal secrets.

Observe the ideas of TaKeTiNa, presented at the 2010 DSA National Conference.

Experience a Dalcroze education class from the 2010 National Conference.

Oh, the places you will go! What can 7+ years of Dalcroze training can accomplish in young people? Advanced students from the Dalcroze School of the Rockies demonstrate a variety of eurhythmics and solfège activities.

In this 75-minute collaboration, we will explore the idea of a personal inner tempo and then consider the challenge of “being music” that is at tempos more-than and less-than our authentic selves. How am I to feel the reality of another? With examples from Bach, La Bottine Souriante, and Satie, we will consider the difference between playing the notes of and being the music of another.