2023 National AES Conference

Skye C. McManus has been an active member of the American Eurhythmics Society since its inception. She received the first American Eurhythmics Society Eurhythmics Certificate in 2015. She is the Vice President of the AES board and strives to build musicality and community by presenting Dalcroze workshops to both teachers and students in central Texas. She is the Musicianship and Voice director at Orpheus Academy of Music in Austin, TX, where she has collaborated for the last 14 years.

Marla Butke, Ph.D., recently retired from Otterbein University where she directed the Women's Chorale and taught General Music and Choral Methods, holds degrees from Miami University, Wright State University and The Ohio State University. She is a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society and serves as the President of the Board of AES. Dr. Butke regularly presents Dalcroze Eurhythmics workshops throughout the United States and internationally, including presentations in Spain, China, and England, and for the American Choral Directors Association National and Central/North Central Regional Conferences, as well as other national and state music education conferences. Dr. Butke and co-author, Dr. David Frego, have written two books, Meaningful Movement: A Music Teacher's Guide to Dalcroze Eurhythmics, published by Music is Elementary and Dalcroze Eurhythmics in the Choral Classroom published by the Hal Leonard Corporation.

Steven Robbins is a K-5 elementary general music teacher in Texas. He has utilized Eurhythmics in both the music classroom and in therapeutic environments. He is a Certified Teacher of Eurhythmics and a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society.

David Frego is the Director of the Penn State University School of Music and past-president of the American Eurhythmics Society. He regularly presents workshops on Dalcroze Eurhythmics throughout the globe. While teacher training is a major part of Dr. Frego's work, he also studies the effect of eurhythmics on adults affected by post-traumatic stress. David has published books, book chapters, DVDs and articles in music education journals and journals for arts medicine.