Adult Programs
Dorothea Cook will be teaching the following course for the School of Professional Development at Stony Brook University in the Spring of 2008. For information about registration, contact the School of Professional Development.
CEA 560 “Musical Learning: The Body and Eurhythmics.”
Saturdays, 11:30 AM - 3:15 PM Room 0113 (Choral Rehearsal Room, Staller Center)
Beginning January 26, ending April 12.
Course Description:
A comprehensive look at the work of Emile Jacques-Dalcroze, who proposed that music does not live in the ear, mind and fingers alone, but involves the whole body and spirit. The course is organized around three areas of Dalcroze study:
a) Eurhythmics - combining physical response to music with techniques of analysis
b) Ear-training - engaging the ear, eye and voice in hearing, identifying and producing the tonal elements of music, and
c) Improvisation - offering the opportunity to experiment at the piano with rhythm, melody and form.
Course Objectives:
Who will benefit from Dalcroze training?
1. Teachers who want to learn an educational approach that electrifies students of all ages and connects music theory with expressivity.
2. Musicians and music students who want a fresh experience that will reinvigorate their love and understanding of music.
3. Performers (musicians, dancers, and actors) looking for a pathway to improvisation and composition in their art.
4. Anyone who wants to feel music more deeply and understand better how it works.
Participants will have an opportunity to observe children’s Eurhythmics classes, participate in adult Dalcroze activities, and design musical games and exercises within peer groups. There will be 10 sessions as follows:
January 26; February 2, 9,16 ; March 1, 8, 15, 29; April 5, 12