VDM Masterclass and Short Course Registration is Open!!
We are very excited to feature Short Courses from Anthony Molinaro and Stephen Neely (USA), Ruth Alperson (USA), and Francoise Lombard (Canada), and Masterclasses from Anne-Gabrielle Chatoux (France), Adriana Ausch (USA/Romania), and Fumiko Honda Bauer (Japan/USA) in VDM Masterclass Series 13!
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"A Masterclass with Anne-Gabrielle Chatoux"
Online live masterclass. Asynchronous recording also available.
Anne-Gabrielle CHATOUX holds the Diplôme Supérieur in the Jaques-Dalcroze method. Originally from Switzerland, she has lived in France for over 25 years, where she teaches music using the Jaques-Dalcroze method. She teaches at the Conservatoire de Vincennes and is also a trainer at the CNSMDP (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris), in the "Pedagogy and Teacher Training" department, at the Philharmonie de Paris for the interdisciplinary EVE project (Exister avec la Voix Ensemble : A Body- Psychological Approach to Choral Singing), at the Maîtrise de Radio France, at the CNFPT (Centre National de la Fonction Publique Territoriale), at the DASCO (Direction des Affaires Scolaires de la Ville de Paris), at the CFMI (Centre de Formation des Musiciens Intervenants), at the CND (Centre National de la Danse) and in various professional training structures where she runs courses for professionals in the fields of music, voice and dance.
In the same spirit, she runs a regular introductory workshop in Jaques-Dalcroze pedagogy (Rhythmic-Solfège-Improvisation) for professionals at the Conservatoire de Vincennes. She is regularly invited to lead workshops and present the method at seminars, conferences and conservatoires throughout France, England, Luxembourg and Switzerland. She is President of the Association Dalcroze France, co-responsible for the DALCROZE FRANCE CERTIFICATE course, and is a member of the COLLEGE of the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva.
"Make it Music" Pedagogy with ANTHONY MOLINARO and STEPHEN NEELY (USA)
Three 80-minute classes. Online live course. Asynchronous recordings also available.
In this three-session short course, Anthony and Stephen will introduce their new Dalcroze pedagogy book, Make it Music — Dalcroze Strategies for Every Classroom, and guide the participants through the tools to create over 125,000 unique Dalcroze inspired activities and games. In addition to the hands on activities, Stephen and Anthony will also discuss the philosophy behind "open-ended lesson planning" and encourage all participants to take on the "teaching artist" title. Through the hands-on interactions, we all can transform our teaching practices to be characterized by playful, musical, and artful interactions with our students.
"A Masterclass with Adriana Ausch"
Online live masterclass. Asynchronous recording also available.
Adriana Ausch enjoys a career as a singer and Dalcroze teaching artist. As cross-style singer she has performed solo and chamber programs in the Boston Area and her native Romania and presented Dalcroze workshops in Boston, New York, Toronto and Bucharest. Currently she is Dalcroze Eurhythmics faculty at Longy School of Music of Bard College where she taught in the Dalcroze Department Eurhythmics, Improvisation several Dalcroze inspired classes for graduate and undergraduate students: Eurhythmics Lab, Plastique Animée, Improvisation for Singers, Music and Architecture and Cabaret.
Adriana Ausch is the founder and president of the New England Dalcroze Chapter, in Boston. She has taught Dalcroze workshops in USA, Canada, Romania and China. Adriana Ausch earned the MM and License in Dalcroze Eurhythmics at Longy School of Music. She completed her MM in Vocal Performance at Longy Previously she earned an MM in architecture in Bucharest, Romania and was active as in architect in Romania and Frankfurt am Main Germany.
"Dalcroze Essentials: Elementary Pedagogy, the Dalcroze way, with Ruth Alperson"
Online live masterclass. Asynchronous recording also available.
Ruth Alperson (USA) has a B.A. in Music from Oberlin College, where she was introduced to eurhythmics by Prof. Inda Howland. Ruth studied for two years at the Dalcroze School of Music in New York City, directed by Dr. Hilda Schuster; she earned the Dalcroze Licentiate from the Dalcroze Teachers Training Course, run by Elizabeth Vanderspar in London, England. The following year, Ruth attended the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, where she was awarded the Diplôme Supérieur. Ruth earned a Ph.D. from New York University in Arts & Humanities. Ruth is on the faculty of the Dalcroze Program at the Diller-Quaile School of Music, in New York City. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies (ICDS) and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dalcroze Society of America. At the DSA Conference at Oberlin College in June, 2024, Ruth received the DSA Lifetime Achievement Award.
Masterclass #42
"Dalcroze parent-child classes for children ages 1 to 4 years old"
Online live masterclass. Asynchronous recording also available.
Teaching Dalcroze parent-child classes for over thirty years has strengthened my belief that, during early childhood, Dalcroze training is essential for human development. Certainly mixed-age Dalcroze classes offer many benefits for children, but parents benefit as well. By playing, moving, and singing in my class, parents learn new ways to interact with their children. In our Zoom session, we will watch video segments from my classes, and I will share my teaching plans and observations about my students. Come and find out how I use the Dalcroze approach in this context, and you'll see why I love to teach parent child classes.
Fumiko Honda Bauer has been playing piano ever since she was three and a half years old. She earned her Dalcroze License in 2001 and Certificate in 1999, in studies with Marta Sanchez and Annabelle Joseph at Carnegie Mellon’s summer Dalcroze Institute. She also teaches Dalcroze classes for children in Japanese and piano lessons at her home studio in Princeton, NJ with both English and Japanese. In 2010 she joined the staff of the Waldorf School of Princeton, and she had served as the piano accompanist, playing for choral rehearsals, student and faculty theater productions, and school assemblies, recorder ensemble as well as for eurythmy classes by March, 2020 (Rudolf Steiner’s movement practice, not to be confused with Jaques-Dalcroze’s eurhythmics).
In 2022, she started teaching general music classes for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade using Dalcroze methods at the WSP. Ms. Bauer holds a Master of Music in Composition from Western Michigan University and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Kunitachi College of Music, where she also focused on Dalcroze. Dalcroze Diplomate Toru Sakai was an important mentor after she graduated from college. Her composition Journey for horn and piano was selected by the College Music Society to be premiered at its international conference in Quebec, Canada, in November 2005, with WMU's horn professor, Lin Foulk, performing.
April/May 2025 VDM Short Course
"Improvisaion with Françoise Lombard"
Online live masterclass. Asynchronous recording also available.
Françoise Lombard is a musician and a teacher of both Eurhythmics and the 'Art of Listening'. Having gained the Diplôme of the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze and graduated from the Geneva Conservatoire (piano, harmony), she began to train teachers of Eurhythmics in Bienne (Switzerland). She then undertook training in the “Art of Listening” (the method of François Louche), which she teaches to artists, teachers and therapists in Europe and Quebec. She lives in Montreal and divides her professional life between Eurhythmics, 'Art of Listening' and composition. Françoise Lombard has created the Audio Library "music and movement", teaching material for music teachers with the aim of promoting the learning of music and the overall development of children and adults by associating body movement with music. Read more and watch the videos: https://francoise-lombard.com/
- VDM Masterclasses require paid pre-registration. $30 USD per Masteclass. $90 USD per 3-session Short Course. $180 USD per 6-session Short Course.
- Upon registering, you will receive the Zoom link in a confirmation email. The Zoom link will be re-emailed to you 48 hours in advance of the class.
- We will send a recording to all masterclass registrants. You may participate live or watch the recording later (or both!). The recording link for masterclasses expires after 30 days. The recording link for short courses expires after 60 days.
- Recordings of earlier Masterclasses and Short Courses are available for purchase HERE (with a new 30/60 day expiration).
- Each Masterclass will last 90 minutes. 60-75 minutes of teaching followed by questions and discussion. Each Short Course session will last 80 minutes. All classes are taught in English.
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