2026 AES National Conference
Join us for the 2026 National Conference in Columbus Ohio! More details Coming Soon!
Students can email americaneurhythmics@gmail.com for a student discount code
Speakers
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Dr. Marla ButkeOtterbein University - RetiredMarla 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 FregoDirector and Professor - Penn State UniversityDavid 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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Dr. Bonnie JacobiCoordinator of music education and the Director of the Colorado Kodály Institute.Associate Professor of Music Dr. Bonnie Jacobi was recently invited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education (JHRME). Founded in 1980, the Journal is an international, peer-reviewed music education journal published through SAGE Publications and housed within the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).
According to the publication’s website, the JHRME is the “only music education journal whose topics focus solely on the diverse international history of music education including biographical, methodological, sociological, historiographical and qualitative studies of music teaching and learning.”
Dr. Jacobi has been published in the Journal, including her paper, “Music in Higher Education for Females in Nineteenth-Century America.” 46 (2001)
At Colorado State University, Dr. Jacobi serves as the coordinator of music education and the director of the Colorado Kodály Institute.
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Crystal HenricksCrystal Henricks currently teaches lower school music at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Her experience includes Nursery School-12th grade general and choral music, both in Chicago and China. She holds a BS in Music Education from Asbury University, Kodály Certification and MMEd from Capital University, and is a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society. She completed Levels I-III Orff Schulwerk Certification from the University of Kentucky and Anderson University. She is an active clinician for workshops throughout the United States. She has taught elementary music pedagogy and folk song research classes at Colorado State University, DePaul University, VanderCook College of Music, and the University of Central Missouri.
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Clinton PrattClinton 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!
