"Dalcroze Essentials: Make it Music – Pedagogy" with Anthony Molinaro (USA) and Stephen Neely (USA)
Pedagogy: children's classes, lesson planning
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"Dalcroze Essentials: Make it Music – Pedagogy"
A three-session short course with Anthony Molinaro (USA) & Stephen Neely (USA)
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 in our classrooms, we all can transform our teaching practices to be characterized by playful, musical, and artful interactions with our students.
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Anthony Molinaro is a music educator, multi-instrumentalist, and podcaster with over 17 years of experience, specializing in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. He has created a Dalcroze-based classroom in a public school and serves as the Eurhythmics Instructor at Carnegie Mellon University Preparatory Academy. A sought-after clinician, Anthony has presented at national/international conferences and developed educational content for platforms like QuaverEd. His podcast, The New Dalcrozian, has listeners in 48 countries, and his newsletter, MusicXT - Moments and Movement, shares insights into teaching music through the Dalcroze approach.
Stephen Neely, PhD, the Milton and Cynthia Friedman Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Graduate Studies, and Director of the Carnegie Mellon Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center, Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, lectures and presents workshops in the fields of design, music, architecture, and pedagogy. He is the co-founder of the Virtual Dalcroze Meet-up and past President of the Dalcroze Society of America. He enjoys traveling to present hands-on workshops around the globe on the overlaps between music, design, the body, aesthetics, performance, and experience.
This short course was originally given February 12-27, 2025.
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