EARS, MIND, HEART AND HANDSATURDAY MARCH 12, 2005 9:30 - 2:00pmSt. Albert Studio (Alberta College) Unit #2022 Tudor Glen Place, Gervais Road and Galarneau Place (2nd floor of a commercial strip mall, outside stair entrance)
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| 9:30 - 11:30 am | Nurturing Your Own Musicianship | Dr. Eila Peterson |
"...the characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows: 1. a well-trained ear, 2. a well-trained mind, 3. a well-trained heart, 4. a well-trained hand. All four must develop together, in constant equilibrium. As soon as one lags behind or rushes ahead, there is something wrong." ~ Zoltán Kodály The heart can only cherish what the ear, mind, and hand can securely grasp. For most of us, however, the hand is ahead of the ear and mind. Discover strategies and tools for exercising the musical ear and the musical mind, using musical materials that can find a special place in the heart. This session is geared toward your own musical development, but some ideas may also be transferable to the classroom. Some basic knowledge of tonic solfa, rhythm syllables, and reading music notation is required. |
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| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | Dalcroze Eurhythmics: THE JOY OF MOVEMENT | Rebecca Patterson |
"A generation of children trained in rhythm would prepare for itself and for us undreamt-of aesthetic joys. There is no greater happiness than in moving rhythmically and giving body and soul to the music that guides and inspires us..." ~ Emile Jaques-Dalcroze This active session will have you moving, communicating and playing rhythm games with your colleagues, and smiling as you solve musical problems and make discoveries about your own musicianship. As you engage in active listening, you will explore the relationship between time, space, energy (effort) and balance. You will participate in bringing a musical composition to life with improvised movements. For those who enjoyed the session in January, there will be a new set of activities, more singing, and more of a focus on ways you might enhance your classroom program through Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Please dress comfortably and be prepared, if you are physically able, to remove your shoes. |
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Dr. Eila Peterson ~ Musicianship return Eila's informal music education began, as Kodály recommended, before birth, within a household full of singing and playing. Her initial encounter with Kodály methodology was in 1968 as the student of a junior high school music teacher who was enthusiastic about his recent summer course from Ilona Bartalus. In Eila's studies at UWO, she was fortunate to be in the only class to have Ilona Bartalus for 2 full years of sightsinging. With the addition of further music education, musicianship, and ethnomusicology classes from Ilona as well as from Miklos Takacs, Laszlo Vikar, Lois Choksy, Erzsebet Szonyi, and Katalin Forrai, and an independent study tour to Budapest in 1979, Eila's training has been steeped in the Kodály context. Her teaching experience spans all levels from pre-school to graduate studies. Eila holds an Associate Diploma in clarinet performance, Bachelor's degrees in both Music and Education from U.W.O, a Master of Music Degree from the University of Calgary, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She is coordinator of the aural skills programme at the U. of A., where she teaches the 3rd year level classes.
Rebecca Patterson ~ Dalcroze return |
| Workshop Fee return | ||||||
| Current Member | $20 workshop | Student Current Member | $10 workshop | |||
| Non Member | $30 (workshop only) | Student Non Member | $20 (workshop only) | |||
| New Membership | $35 + $10 workshop | Student New Membership | $25 (workshop free) | |||
| Registration return |
Complete the printable Registration Form, enclose it with your cheque payable to Alberta Kodály Association, and send to:
AKA Workshop |
