AES National Conference 2025

Speakers

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  Dr. Marla Butke Otterbein University - Retired
  

  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.

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  Dr. David Frego Director and Professor - Penn State University
  

  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.

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  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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  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!

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  Oren Logan
  

  Oren Logan