Faculty

Music Classes for Young Children

RUTH ALPERSON, Ph.D. - Dean, Eurhythmics, Musicianship, Junior Voices, Dalcroze Teacher Training
Ph.D., Arts & Humanities, New York University; Doctoral dissertation (1995): A Qualitative Study of Dalcroze Eurhythmics Classes for Adults. B.A., Oberlin College, Music: piano study with Emil Danenberg, harpsichord with David Boe. Diplôme Supérieur, L'Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland. Awards: Prix Marguerite Croptier and Prix de Maison Prior. Licentiate, Dalcroze Teacher Training Course, London, England. Studies in Dalcroze eurhythmics with master teachers Inda Howland, Dr. Hilda Schuster, Lisa Parker, Elizabeth Vanderspar, Ruth Stewart. Faculty, The Dalcroze Program at the Diller-Quaile School of Music, New York City. Former faculty: Department of Music Education, New York University; Manhattan School of Music; L'Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada; Carnegie-Mellon University, Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center (summer). Dalcroze workshops for teachers, musicians, dancers, in colleges and universities across the U.S.and Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and Central America. Pianist, and active chamber music recitalist; current piano study with David Oei. Member, Board of Directors, The Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East, at Bennington College.

LAURA BARNET - Eurhythmics
B.Mus, Violin Performance, University of Michigan, M.M. Liturgical Music, St. Vladimir's Seminary. Violin studies: Kantor, Shipps, Malkin. Dalcroze studies: Ruth Alperson, Ann Farber. Dalcroze Certificate. Former faculty: Academy of Music, Mahwah, N.J. Former Associate Dean: Yonkers Music Academy.

NAOMI BLOCH-SCHARTZ - Eurhythmics
B.M., The Rubin Academy of Music Jerusalem, Israel; Dalcroze Level 2, studied: Alperson, Farber, Lilley. Active: Piano, keyboard player. Performed: many major venues in New York, US, Israel, Cuba, Japan, Turkey. Appeared: National TV shows with SON DE MADRE and RETUMBA; many recordings. Musical Director: RETUMBA!, an all-women company performing Afro-Caribbean music and dance.

YUKI HIRUMA CHARLESWORTH - Eurhythmics, Musicianship
Diploma, Showa Music College, Japan; Dalcroze School of Music; Studied: Rita Mathsen, Sunahara, Schuster, Gephart, Nancy Williams.

MIMI (YING-CHEN) HSU - Eurhythmics, Musicianship
Certificate, The Dalcroze School of Music, New York. Studied: Alperson, Abramson, Farber, Komaiko, Parker, Oei. Faculty: CPSM, Queens College; Greenwich House Music School.

KATHRYN JONES - Director of Community Outreach, Eurhythmics, Director of Student Recitals, Musicianship, Organ
B.S. Mus, Piano Performance, Salem College; B.Mus. and M.M., Organ Performance, Juilliard. Studied: Jon Gillock, Vernon de Tar, Gerre Hancock, Dalcroze Certificate: Hoff-Barthelson. Dalcroze studies: Ruth Alperson, Anne Farber. Director of Music Ministries: Huguenot Memorial Church. Former Dean: Mount Vernon Music Academy, Yonkers Music Academy. Organ recitalist.

YUKIKO KONISHI - Piano, Musicianship, Eurhythmics
B.A., Osaka College of Music. Studied: Kanazawa, Dorensky, Mikowsky. World Music Drumming Certificate, Dalcroze Certificate, Dalcroze School of Music, NY with Abramson, Alperson, and Farber. License training at Longy School of Music, MA with Parker. Winner: Young Artists Piano Competition, Hanshin, Japan. Soloist: Kansai Philharmonic, Arukadia Chamber. Recording: EMI. Current vice president of Dalcroze Society of America. Faculty: Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Center.