Dalcroze with Seniors

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.

Explore the natural rhythms that accompany movement: inspired by bodily motion, by spatial elements, or by moving in relation to others.

Experience a Dalcroze education class from the 2010 National Conference.

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.

In this workshop, Jack Stevenson guides students through quick reactions, dissociations, and canons to explore the sensation of duplets.