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Dalcroze Eurhythmics: Building Musical Fluency and Engagement
Price range: $180.00 through $360.00
- Jerison Harper Lee
- 6 x 1.5-hrs sessions, 8pm - 9.30pm (SGT)
- Starting 21 January 2026, every Wednesday
Description
Take your Dalcroze experience to the next level with Jerison Harper Lee in this dynamic new course. Designed for both returning and new learners, this course explores how to develop quick responsiveness, improve concentration, and create a holistic and engaging learning environment for students.
Through movement, improvisation, and interactive musical activities, participants will discover strategies to:
• Foster quick reactions and adaptability in musical settings
• Strengthen concentration and focus in both students and teachers
• Implement Dalcroze-based milestones to guide student progress
• Build a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment
• Use movement, rhythm, and improvisation to deepen musical fluency
Whether you are a music teacher looking to enhance your teaching approach or a musician eager to experience music in a more embodied way, this course will provide practical techniques to transform the way music is learned and taught.
Instructor
Jerison Harper Zhi Yuan, LEE BA (HEM), MA (HEM) a passionate musician, dancer, pedagogue, Jerison has set his sight on making music accessible to a diverse audience and using music to better one’s life. For this life mission, he has chosen
Dalcroze Eurhythmics and its approach to facilitate his work.
Jerison received both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (2016) in Dalcroze pedagogy from Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva . To further develop his knowledge and skills in working with Dalcroze, he has travelled the world to study with various Dalcroze masters. With his strong foundation in ballet and dance, he continued to study ballet and modern dance while in Geneva. The combination of mastery in both music and dance furnishes him with a unique ability to truly deliver the essence of Dalcroze Eurhythmics.
Since his return from Switzerland in 2015, Jerison has been actively promoting, conducting, and teaching Dalcroze workshops and classes to musicians, dancers and arts educators in Singapore, and has been repeatedly invited to present and teach in many Asian countries. His work has brought him to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, Vietnam, Europe, America and Australia.
Outline
Week 1: Building Quick Musical Responses
• Training students to react swiftly to rhythm and melody
• Developing reflexes through movement-based exercises
Week 2: Strengthening Focus and Concentration
• Using Dalcroze games to sustain attention and deepen listening skills
• Strategies to help students internalize pulse and phrasing
Week 3: Creating a Holistic Learning Environment
• The role of movement in cognitive, social, and musical development
• Engaging students of different learning styles through sensory experiences
Week 4: Encouraging Expressive and Confident Musicianship
• Improvisation techniques to build creativity and musical independence
• Helping students find their own musical voice through embodied learning
Week 5: Structuring Milestones for Musical Growth
• Establishing progression in rhythm, coordination, and interpretation
• Assessing student development through interactive activities
Week 6: Bringing It All Together – Practical Applications
• Designing lesson plans using Dalcroze principles
• Strategies to create an engaging and welcoming learning space
NAC-NICA Subsidy
The NAC–NICA Training Support is a joint initiative by the National Arts Council (NAC) and the National Instructors & Coaches Association (NICA) to support self-employed arts instructors in Singapore. Eligible instructors may receive course fee subsidies (up to 90% of the unsubsidised course fee) and a training allowance based on course hours, capped overall at $500 per person.
Your Savings:
Original Fee: $360
NAC-NICA Subsidy (90%): -$324
UTAP Funding: -$18
Final Fee: Only $18 and receive $67 training allowance!
Who’s Eligible?
Singapore-based freelance arts professionals (music, dance, theatre, visual arts)
Current NICA member in good standing
No full-time employment (part-time work allowed)
Registered with the NAC Arts Resource Hub
For details on eligibility and how to apply, visit the NICA Training Support page
or contact nicatrainingsupport@ntuc.org.sg
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FAQS
Each course has a planned start date, which may shift slightly depending on participant sign-ups. We will confirm the final schedule with all registered participants once enrollment is finalized.
Yes, they will be made available for participants until 6 months after the completion of each course.
E-certificates will be issued on course completion to Active Participants.
Active Participants will be involved in class participation: interacting with course instructors, receiving feedback on class assignments/submissions, and they will have playing opportunities in class etc. Observers will be observing these segments of the class.
Active Participants will receive an E-certificate of participation, and Observers will receive a certificate of attendance.
5 days before the course commences.
Yes, simply get your friends together and send us an email to request for a second round of the course! If we receive sufficient signups we will repeat the course.
We do not conduct make-up classes. Learners who miss a session can catch up on the class content by watching the session recording thereafter. If there are any class assignments, learners are to contact the instructor directly.
We at the Academy do our utmost to make courses proceed as planned. However, there are times when unforeseen circumstances force a class to be cancelled. When this happens, we are committed to refunding the total amount, in an efficient manner, including any costs of using third-party payment gateways.
Should a participant need to cancel, we will make efforts to accommodate refunds, though costs of using third-party payment gateways will be borne by the participant.
Late cancellations may not be able to be refunded, as they will have been factored into the confirmation of running the course. We will provide a full refund for cancellations up to 2 weeks before the start of a course, following this a 50% refund with up to 1 week of notice. Notifications of fewer than 7 days will most likely not be eligible for a refund. We thank you for your understanding.
