{"id":19608,"date":"2026-09-21T11:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?page_id=19608"},"modified":"2026-10-21T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:19:38","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#038; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org\/lms\/faculty\/michael-joviala\/\">here<\/a> to see the current list of Dalcroze classes I\u2019m offering at the Kaufman Music Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recently offered a short course on improvisation for Dalcroze teachers through the Virtual Dalcroze Meetup (VDM) organization. It is available on demand at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.integralsteps.org\/store\/p89\/Michael_Joviala_%28USA%29__%E2%80%9CDalcroze_Essentials%3A_Finding_Your_Improvisational_Voice%E2%80%9D.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.integralsteps.org\/store\/p89\/Michael_Joviala_%28USA%29__%E2%80%9CDalcroze_Essentials%3A_Finding_Your_Improvisational_Voice%E2%80%9D.html\">VDM<\/a> website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Workshops:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing, Conservatory, China; November 8-14, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hanseidalcroze.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/hanseidalcroze.com\/\">Hansei Dalcroze Center,<\/a> Seoul, South Korea; January 3-8, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to see the current list of Dalcroze classes I\u2019m offering at the Kaufman Music Center. I recently offered a short course on improvisation for Dalcroze teachers through the Virtual Dalcroze Meetup (VDM) organization. It is available on demand at the VDM website. International Workshops: Beijing, Conservatory, China; November 8-14, 2026. Hansei Dalcroze Center, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19608","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9ohMj-56g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19274,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/teaching\/dalcroze-practice\/","url_meta":{"origin":19608,"position":0},"title":"Essays and Reflections","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"November 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Rambles, musings, dead ends, live ends... 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