Dalcroze Eurhythmics with Lisa Parker
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- A Eurhythmics introduction and demonstration with Lisa Parker, director of the Dalcroze Eurhythmics program at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. Lisa discusses Eurhythmics, its goals and benefits through a lesson on measure shape.
Learn more about Eurhythmics at www.dalcrozeusa.org
Learn more about Lisa Parker at www.longy.edu/a...
Lisa Parker received her Dalcroze training at the New York Dalcroze School under Dr. Hilda Schuster. In 1965 she earned the Diplome, the highest degree in Dalcroze studies at the Institut Jacques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland. She is a graduate cum laude of Smith College and received a MM from New England Conservatory of Music in Orchestral Conducting. She was conductor of the New England Conservatory Youth Singers for six years.
Lisa arrived in Boston in 1959 and began the exciting work of introducing the Dalcroze Method in area music schools: NEC, where she taught until 1971, Powers Music School, All Newton Music School, the Wellesley, North Shore and Boston branches of NEC Prep. Most of these programs are still running, taught by alumni of the Longy Dalcroze program.
She has taught at Longy since 1977 and worked to build a department which is recognized and praised throughout the Dalcroze world. In 2003, Lisa was awarded the first George Seaman award for excellence in teaching.
She has given workshops in Dalcroze Eurhythmics in many European countries as well as Canada, Australia, Israel, Japan and Taiwan. She has taught at every International Congress at the Institut Jacques-Dalcroze since 1979. She is a frequent workshop leader in workshops all over the USA.
Lisa has created many musical shows for children, which are innovative, interactive, improvisational and original. All of these shows, which combine story, movement, improvisation, as well as classical and folk music, have been performed at Longy as part of the Family Concert Series:Bartok, the Story of Bela Bartok, Kipling’s How the Elephant Got His Trunk, A Musical Zoo and The Bells of Merliee with author and singer Jennifer Smith.
She is the founder of Longy’s Music Alive, a group of eight players, originally with Young Audiences of Massachusetts and known for Curious George Goes to Music School and Sebastian, the Story of J.S. Bach, both of which have palyed for many years on the Longy Family Series concerts.
Lisa taught for three years at the Stearns Institute at Ravinia, working with singers on rhythm as well as dramatic expression. She has also played numerous two-piano improvisation concerts with colleague Anne Farber from New York.
This video was produced by Greg Ristow for the Dalcroze Society of America.
The art visible in the background is Billow and Five Dogwoods by artist Nancy Blum, on display in the Colorado State University Art Museum. (The DSA offers its thanks to the museum, its staff, and Ms. Blum.)
Probably the best preparation I ever did for a piano piece (it was a Mozart sonata in that case) was pretty much this: visualizing its music in my head while spontaneously creating and enacting a choreography that embodied it's energy in terms of phrasing and rhythmical structure. At my exam, my fingers moved with an energy and virtuosity they had never experienced, with a ''surprising regularity in the 16th notes'' (was the comment of my judges at my exam) and in just the right spirit for the piece. Definitely one of my best memories as a musician. This method which I just discovered seems to do just that. If you can't dance the music you play at least somehow, you probably don't really feel it and won't be able to convey its message.
The underated genius of feeling, it understands rhythm in a much superior way than thinking ever will!!
That's a quotable!!!
What a nice lesson. This made me interested in learning Dacroze eurhytmics.
Not counting but feeling was a revelation ?!! I have been underestimating my genius ...
But also this is a great way to teach. One of my friends could play bass but he had real difficulty covering songs in rhythm and singing along. I didn't know how to teach him that... but this may help :)
U r awesome! I watched someone else’s video w everyone dancing around, and I said I can not deal with that at my piano lessons. But I am going to try this. U r great!
If I have kids I'm gonna take them to these classes
Fantastic!
I've just made every effort I could to contact with you via your website and admin email. I'm looking forward to getting started. Thank you for this video!
Have you bought a membership? I did, but I still can't watch videos
I will love to study the one time the méthode Dalcroze. Is there some course in Brazil? I live in Brazil, Amozônia and I AM Conducor of choir and teacher on graduation in Music Education, in University State Pará.
Thanks!!
Amazing
Eurythmics is a game changer for me. However can you teach this without piano ?
You can most likely apply the concepts to whichever instrument you're most comfortable. Piano is just very versatile for improvisation.
What about this songs? How could I find, or buy? Thanks
These are all improvised, I'm sure.
@@yat-yeechong9622 Got it! Thanks
That's what makes Dalcroze teachers so amazing, they improvise a lot, creating custom pieces and exercises for students =)
@@yat-yeechong9622 yeah and unfortunately most piano music is over-composed so it is so hard to find something which sounds like this improvisation but is professionally recorded. Piano music usually becomes heavy on the ear instead of just putting out the core of the music which is a joy to feel. The ones who record stuff like this are usually not able to play anything complex either so it sounds not as good. It has to be by someone who can play the complex pieces but chooses simplicity to serve the music. But not like Arvo Part who goes into a totally different zone yet again and throws out the beat.
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buenisimo
Gal after my own heart. :-)
приятно видеть взрослых людей такими естественными