The Importance of Purposeful Music and Movement for All People. This lecture will explore the many benefits of purposeful music and movement experiences for all people. "Dalcroze Education is a playful, experiential approach to teaching and learning music. It is a process for awakening, developing, and refining innate musicality through rhythmic movement (often called eurhythmics), ear-training, and improvisation.

 

This unique approach to musical learning makes music vivid for everyone, from young beginners though adult professionals. When experiencing a Dalcroze class, you begin to feel, express, and master the flow that is essential to music, dance, and the other performing arts. Dalcroze Education has been around for more than a century. The method was developed starting in 1886 by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, a Swiss composer and educator. It features interactive games and exercises that help students learn to trust their ideas and develop their own intuitions. Today, his ideas about education have been confirmed by scientific research.

 

Dalcroze Education is a rich, complex, multifaceted practice that encourages each of us to experience it on our own terms, as individuals. Each participant can define it differently, through the lens of their own experience." - Dalcroze Society of America

 

This lecture will be in charged of Dr. Cassandra Eisenreich who is an Assistant Professor of Flute and Music Education at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. Drawing upon her certification in Dalcroze Eurhythmics to create connections within all areas of music, Dr. Eisenreich serves on the board of the Dalcroze Society of America and has given Eurhythmics workshops for elementary, secondary, and collegiate students, and professional groups ranging from chamber music ensembles to general classroom teachers. She also has extensive training and teaching experience in Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki Flute, Conversational Solfege, World Music Drumming, Kindermusik, Modern Band, Zumbini and Musikgarten Family Music for Babies and Toddlers.