Writings about music and music education from my perspective as a Dalcroze teacher and practitioner.
In January 2025, I released an album of solo improvised piano. You can find it here on Bandcamp for download, or search for me on your favorite streaming service!
Series:
- Articles on the Musical Subjects I am thinking about and working with in the classroom.
- During the lockdown, I posted short articles on Dalcroze subjects and materials for Dalcroze Practice at home.
- In 2017, I wrote about one class of 7-9 year-olds for a whole year.
For Adult Dalcroze Students and Practitioners:
Ways to think about a specific musical subject in your practice and for your teaching: Meter, Beat, Subdivision, Notation, Whole and Half Steps, Tonality
Ways to practice music through the Dalcroze approach: Cross-rhythms, Divisions of 12, Beat/Division/Multiple in 4/4,quadruple and triple meter, quintuple meter, syncopation with augmentation and diminution, inhibition game with beat/division/multiple, changing beat types, expanding and contracting beats in duple meter, a contracting series of 8 pulses
A collection of video related to music and movement that I find inspiring.
For Families of Young Students:
What to expect in my 1st-2nd Grade Dalcroze Classes. 1st and 2nd grade skills and experiences for movement, rhythm, pitch, ensemble skills.
Writing about Dalcroze for Early Childhood: What goes on in the classroom? Attention; FAQ’s for adult/child classes; Phrase; Meter; Register and Scale
1st-2nd grade 3rd-5th Grade 2017 class attention Augmentation and Diminution Beat Beat Division Multiple Changing Beats Changing Meter composition Cross rhythms Dalcroze divisions of 12 early childhood Education Five improvisation Inhibition meter notation Patterns with 4 beats projects projects Reaction Rests rhythm subdivision whole and half steps