Camphill Academy | Evaluated Learning Experience
Music and Eurythmy I
Music I: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: deepen one’s experience of music and reconnect to one’s inner musical self; overcome the fear of performing; continue to develop a strong sense of form, flow of time, pitch and rhythm, and tone production along with musical memory and analytical thinking capacity; play an instrument, as the lyre, c-flute, or recorder on an intermediate level (scales of c, g, d, and f; intervals, chords, arpeggios, legato and on-legato); sing a repertoire of songs (may be with instrument accompaniment), part songs and rounds, by ear, and from written music; play an instrument by ear or from written music; improvise alone or as part of the group; read sheet music on an introductory/intermediate level (treble clef, treble bass, sharp and flat, articulation and repeat signs, music in several parts, ect); recognize and practice a repertoire of seasonal songs, rounds, and music in parts for instrument or voice; play small ensemble music on the instrument. Eurythmy I: Students will be able to: discuss the basic elements of eurythmy as an art of movement; describe some basic principles of choreography in eurythmy; describe and demonstrate the principle of the three-fold human being in choreography and gesture; discuss and demonstrate movement in the three planes; describe and demonstrate the vowels and their eurythmy gestures as expressions of the soul’s life; use one’s body as an expressive instrument through activities such as spatial exercises, rhythmic and breathing exercises, exercises of a more hygienic nature, rod exercises and basic skills practice; develop an experiential understanding of spatial orientation, concentration, and coordination; develop conscious images, and inner pictures, which inform and direct the outer movements made by the body; strengthen the will and open and enliven the soul as a perceptive instrument for curative education, social therapy, and any discipline that could benefit from such a complementary learning experience through practice.