Music and Movement (Queens County)
Learn, feel and express music through playful and dynamic movement activities.! In a typical class, participants move to the music, synchronize body actions with musical rhythms, follow their partner's movements, react quickly to random signals, echo movement sequences, interact with other people and objects, and follow verbal instructions and musical cues in order to complete activities. Some activities are structured and oriented, while some activities are improvised with creativity.
Program: 45-60 minutes of group music activities once a week for 10 weeks
Participants: Open to all. This program is part of a research project with the University of Ottawa and Public Health Agency of Canada. Participants might be approached for research.
Course Locations and Times
| Offering Period & Time | Location | Status |
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| Fall | 10/08/2024 - 12/10/2024
Tuesday
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | UPEI - PAC
550 University Avenue
CHARLOTTETOWN | Cancelled |
| Winter | 01/21/2025 - 03/25/2025
Tuesday
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Beaconsfield Carriage House
2 Kent St
CHARLOTTETOWN C1A 1M6 | Closed |
| Spring | 04/04/2025 - 06/13/2025
Friday
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Haviland Club
Charlottetown
CHARLOTTETOWN C1A 7N8 | Open |
| Requirements | No previous musical experience required. |
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| Teaching Process | Classes follow the pedagogical principals of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a unique, exciting, and powerful way of knowing music through the body. The Dalcroze approach explores musical concepts through social and interactive methods that invite students to trust their ideas and develop their own intuitions. When experiencing a Dalcroze class, you begin to feel, express and master the flow that is essential to music, dance and the other performing arts.
Dalcroze Education has been around for more than a century. It was created by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, a man of multiple talents. He was a pianist, a music composer and a stage director. He was also an educator and professor at the Geneva Music Conservatory in Switzerland. His ideas have been confirmed by contemporary research and are of interest to people working in various fields, notably in music, dance, theatre, education and therapy. Dalcroze Eurhythmics can be applied at all levels of education, from early years to higher education, as well as in community and therapeutic settings.
Jaques-Dalcroze used to say “let your body become music.” In a Dalcroze class, we hear the music and we respond to it physically. We embody the music by experiencing and grasping it through our whole being – through our emotions, sensations, feelings and thoughts. All musical concepts are developed in and through body movement, which is the link between the ear and the brain, leading the students to an embodied and deeply internalized understanding of music. This allows us to gain a practical, physical experience of music before we theorise and perform. It ensures that the whole person (not just the fingers and the brain) is educated in the development of musicianship and artistry. |
| UPEI Parking Pass Required? | No |
| Additional Costs? | No |
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Course FacilitatorLaura OnoWith more than 25 years of combined teaching and performance experience, Laura Ono is a passionate and committed music educator, and is also Head of Operations for the PEI Symphony Orchestra. She has a Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics from the Longy School of Music of Bard College (Cambridge, MA), and is currently completing overseas studies in the Dalcroze License, which is a credential for teacher training. Laura also holds an ARCT in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) as well as an Advanced Certificate in Early Childhood Music Education, a joint program between the RCM and Toronto Metropolitan University. She has also completed pedagogy studies in Kodály and Orff, and holds an MBA from York University.
Laura is the Training Chair for Dalcroze Canada, a Canadian charity dedicated to promoting the pedagogical principles of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and offers professional certification in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Prior to moving to PEI, Laura was the director and owner of My Musical Upbringing, a private music studio specializing in Early Childhood Music Education in Toronto.
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