Schedule of events open to the public
Thursday, February 25th
Anton Nel's Piano Studio, 12:30 P.M.
Darlene Wiley's Voice Studio, 2 P.M.
Bion Tsang's Cello Studio, 5 P.M.
Friday, February 26th
David Small's Voice Studio, 1 P.M.
John R. Stevenson is one of an elite group of educators to hold the Diplôme Supérieur Jaques-Dalcroze (D.M.A.) from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland. John has taught Dalcroze Studies on the faculty of St. Laurance College, Montreal, Laval University in Quebec City, and at Ithaca College, where he was a tenured Associate Professor. During his 12 years at Ithaca, he founded the Division of Jaques-Dalcroze Education in the graduate school of music, as well as the Ensemble Jaques-Dalcroze Plastique Animeé. During his eight-year tenure at The Spence School in New York City, John was honored with the Zuckerman Foundation Award for teaching excellence. John has served as guest faculty in music education, piano improvisation, ear-training and choreography at many leading colleges and universities including: Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland, (professor in residence) Oberlin Conservatory of Music, (artist in residence) The Royal Conservatory of Toronto, Carnegie-Mellon University among others. John has co-authored the text Rhythm and Pitch: An Integrated Approach to Sightsinging, published by Prentice-Hall. His latest publication is an iBook published on iTunes "Pursuing A Jaques-Dalcroze Education - Solfége Volume I" and is currently writing Volume II and III. It is the most comprehensive textbook on Jaques-Dalcroze Solfège published to date.