Dalcroze Society, Northwest Chapter, Winter 2012 Workshop

Saturday, November 17, 2012
Registration 9:15am - 9:30am
9:30 am - 12:30 pm & 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: University of Washington Dance Department, Meany Hall, Studio 267

Guest Leader: Jeremy Dittus
Director, Dalcroze School of the Rockies
Denver, Colorado

We are pleased to announce a workshop featuring Jeremy Dittus.

Jeremy Dittus is a pianist, theorist, and Dalcroze eurhythmics instructor. An avid recitalist, he has performed solo and chamber programs in the United States and Europe. A former Lecturer in piano, theory, and solfège at the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory in Cleveland, he also has instructed undergraduate solfège, piano, and composition courses at the University of Colorado at Boulder as well as eurhythmics and solfège at L’Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland. His Dalcroze License and Certificate comes from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, while the Diplôme Supérieur (a doctoral equivalent in Switzerland) comes from the L’Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in conjunction with La Haute École de Musique de Genève and Le Conservatoire de Musique de Genève. While in Geneva, he received top honors including the 2009 Prix pour les qualities musicales exceptionnelles and the 2010 Prix pour les qualités artistiques et pédagogiques exceptionnelles. Currently, he is the director of the Dalcroze School of the Rockies in Denver, Colorado.