Imanuel Lutheran
Dr. Moore (one of my old professors at the University of Redlands!) will present on the Dalcroze-Eurhythmics method.
Dalcroze education offers an experiential way of teaching and learning music through purposeful movement. Playful yet rigorous in approach, it provides a process for awakening, developing, and refining innate musicality through:
Eurhythmics provides training in structural elements (beat, rhythm, meter, texture, phrase, and form) and aesthetic elements (dynamics, nuance, articulation, and affect). As students gain control of their bodies, they become freer to express themselves creatively in both movement and music.
Solfège trains the eyes, ears, and voice, enabling a student to listen to music and transcribe it onto paper, and to look at sheet music and hear it internally without the use of an instrument.
Improvisation enables students to create music instrumentally or vocally, usually beginning with movement or vocalization to facilitate the creative process. Bodily gestures relate to gestures used at the instrument, clarifying connections between movement and music.