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AES National Conference 2024

Come Join us for the 2024 AES National Conference!

 

Check our schedule down below. An online option will be available this year! Streaming details will be released within the next two weeks. We hope to see you there!

Hourly Schedule

Fri 10/11

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Registration
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
President's Address
Speakers:
Skye McManus
7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Session I: “Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Pop Music,”
Speakers:
Dr. Marla Butke
7:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Session II: “Differing Pathways to Teaching and Learning Music,” Crystal Henricks, Steven Robbins, Martina Vasil, Janel Long (sponsored by the Alliance for Active Music Making)
Speakers:
Crystal Henricks, Steven Robbins
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Session III: “Folk Dance: Dances for All of Us,”
Speakers:
Steven Robbins

Sat 10/12

8:00 am - 8:35 am
Registration
light breakfast provided
8:35 am - 8:45 am
Mini Movement
“Wake Up! Morning Warm Up with Skye,”
Speakers:
Skye McManus
8:45 am - 9:35 am
Session IV: “Solfège Rythmique: Move it Like you Sing it,”
Speakers:
Dr. David Frego
9:35 am - 9:45 am
BREAK
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Session V: Local Chapter Share:
Speakers:
Clinton Pratt, Dr. Bonnie Jacobi, Oren Logan
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Break
10:40 am - 11:30 am
Session VI: “Connecting Movement and Sight: Caring for Visual Learners!”
Speakers:
Dr. Bonnie Jacobi
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch
On Your Own
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Session VII: “Singing and Moving: The Perfect Pair,”
Speakers:
Crystal Henricks
1:00 pm - !;50 pm
Session VIII: “Eurhythmics in the Primary Grades,”
Speakers:
Steven Robbins
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
BREAK
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Session VIII: “Piano Improvisation: Don’t Look Down!”
Speakers:
Dr. David Frego
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm
BREAK
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Session IX: “Plastique Animée,”
Speakers:
Dr. Bonnie Jacobi
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Closing Remarks
Speakers:
Skye McManus
Skye McManus
Skye McManus
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.
Dr. Marla Butke
Dr. Marla Butke
Otterbein University - Retired
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.
Crystal Henricks
Crystal Henricks
Crystal Henricks currently teaches lower school music at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Her experience includes Nursery School-12th grade general and choral music, both in Chicago and China. She holds a BS in Music Education from Asbury University, Kodály Certification and MMEd from Capital University, and is a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society. She completed Levels I-III Orff Schulwerk Certification from the University of Kentucky and Anderson University. She is an active clinician for workshops throughout the United States. She has taught elementary music pedagogy and folk song research classes at Colorado State University, DePaul University, VanderCook College of Music, and the University of Central Missouri.
Steven Robbins
Steven Robbins
General Music Teacher, Texas Public Schools
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.
Dr. David Frego
Dr. David Frego
Director and Professor - Penn State University
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.
Clinton Pratt
Clinton Pratt
Clinton Pratt has a BM and MM in piano performance and has been teaching piano for over 20 years. He is the current President of the Ohio Music Teachers Association Southwest District, and owns a multi-teacher piano studio in Cincinnati Ohio where he loves incorporating Eurhythmics in both private and group lessons. He has been attending Eurhythmics teacher training sessions since 2007 and recently earned his certification!
Dr. Bonnie Jacobi
Dr. Bonnie Jacobi
Coordinator of music education and the Director of the Colorado Kodály Institute.
Associate Professor of Music Dr. Bonnie Jacobi was recently invited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education (JHRME). Founded in 1980, the Journal is an international, peer-reviewed music education journal published through SAGE Publications and housed within the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). According to the publication's website, the JHRME is the "only music education journal whose topics focus solely on the diverse international history of music education including biographical, methodological, sociological, historiographical and qualitative studies of music teaching and learning." Dr. Jacobi has been published in the Journal, including her paper, "Music in Higher Education for Females in Nineteenth-Century America." 46 (2001) At Colorado State University, Dr. Jacobi serves as the coordinator of music education and the director of the Colorado Kodály Institute.
Oren Logan
Oren Logan

Date

Oct 11 - 12 2024
Expired!

Cost

$60.00

Location

University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky 410 Administration Dr Lexington, KY

Speakers

  • Dr. Marla Butke
    Dr. Marla Butke Otterbein University - Retired
    Dr. Marla Butke
    Dr. Marla Butke
    Otterbein University - Retired

    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.

  • Dr. David Frego
    Dr. David Frego Director and Professor - Penn State University
    Dr. David Frego
    Dr. David Frego
    Director and Professor - Penn State University

    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.

  • Skye McManus
    Skye McManus
    Skye McManus
    Skye McManus

    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.

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Linda Lichtman
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Looking forward to it.

July 9, 2024

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