Megan Bauer — Dalcroze Eurythmics

Megan Bauer is a violin teacher in Evanston, IL. She graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and College in 2004 with degrees in Violin Performance and English Literature. Megan began training in the Dalcroze Method with Jeremy Dittus in 2015. She earned her Dalcroze Certificate from the Dalcroze School of the Rockies in July of 2020 and is working towards her Dalcroze License.

Dalcroze Eurhythmics is a vibrant, joyful experience that allows students to experience feeling

the flow and energy of music in their body through movement, singing, and improvisation.

The teacher’s improvised music guides, motivates, and stimulates the students as they move in

various imaginative ways by themselves and with their peers. Students experience new concepts

in their bodies before analyzing them verbally, relying on their instincts to guide their learning

before being told what they are learning.

The Dalcroze method is unique in addressing the development of musicality from the earliest

stages of learning. Since social interaction and group exercises are an integral part of Dalcroze

Eurhythmics, students also develop a heightened sense of non-verbal communication that vastly

improves their ensemble skills in orchestra and chamber music. Most of all, Dalcroze

Eurhythmics gives a new sense of joy and connection to music that they will carry with them to

all their future musical endeavors.