Dalcroze Eurhythmics A

Ages: 4 - 7
Session Length: 15 weeks
Skill Level: Beginner

Watch your child’s musicality and imagination take flight!

In this joyful, interactive class, children explore music through purposeful movement, singing, improvisation, active listening, and creative games.

Based on the Dalcroze Eurhythmics approach, this class helps children experience music in a dynamic, hands-on way — building musical understanding from the inside out. Through playful, carefully designed activities, students will strengthen their coordination, balance, attention, spatial awareness, and vocal skills. Along the way, they’ll also develop important foundations for both music and life: motor skills, musical vocabulary, early music literacy, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Please wear comfortable clothing that allows for freedom of movement. Students will be barefoot during class, so please avoid wearing tights as they are more difficult to manage.

Age Ranges:

• *Mondays at 1:30 pm -- age 4
• *Wednesdays at 1:30 pm -- age 4
• *Wednesdays at 3:30 pm -- ages 4-6
• *Wednesdays at 4:15 pm -- ages 4-6 (Class offered in spring only.)
• *Thursdays at 3:30 pm -- ages 4-6 (Class offered in spring only.)
• Saturdays at 10:00 am -- ages 4-5
• Saturdays at 10:45 am -- ages 5-7
• Saturdays at 11:30 am -- ages 4-6 (Class offered in spring only.)

*Students enrolled in preschool and / or kindergarten at The Music Settlement can be walked over to classes indicated with an asterisk (*). Morning preschool students will dismiss for the day from 1:30 pm classes; all other students will be returned to their classrooms. Kindergarten students will dismiss for the day from 3:30 pm classes. Full-day preschool students can be dismissed for the day from 3:30 pm and 4:15 pm classes or returned to their classroom to finish the normal school day.

If this is your first enrollment of the school year in the Center for Music (September – June), a non-refundable registration fee is due at the time of enrollment ($35 for a single registrant, with a cap of $50 per family).

Registration for the 2026 - 2027 school year will open on June 1, 2026.

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Faculty

Lauren Hodgson

Instructor, Dalcroze Eurhythmics A, Introduction to Immersive Musicianship

Lauren Hodgson is a pianist and educator who brings music to life through Dalcroze Eurhythmics, an innovative approach to learning music through movement. She is passionate about creating joyful, hands-on music experiences that inspire students of all ages. Her teaching experience spans college-lev... Expand

Lauren Hodgson is a pianist and educator who brings music to life through Dalcroze Eurhythmics, an innovative approach to learning music through movement. She is passionate about creating joyful, hands-on music experiences that inspire students of all ages.

Her teaching experience spans college-level instruction at Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music and Oberlin College, as well as community-based programs for children throughout Cleveland. In addition to her work at The Music Settlement, Lauren serves on the faculty of the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement, where she teaches eurhythmics, solfège, piano improvisation, and pedagogy. During the summers, she is also on the faculty of the Blue Lake Suzuki Family Camp and the Fairbanks Suzuki Institute. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Music Education at Case Western Reserve University, where she also works as a research and teaching assistant.

An active contributor to the field, Lauren has co-authored a study published in Early Childhood Education Journal, written for Dalcroze Connections, and co-hosted the podcast The New Dalcrozian. She has presented sessions at state and international conferences. She currently leads the Ohio Chapter of the Dalcroze Society of America as its president.

Education

Dalcroze Certificate and Dalcroze License, Dalcroze School of Music and Movement
M.A.Ed., Music Education with K-12 Licensure, Case Western Reserve University
B.M., Piano Performance, Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music Close

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