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BIO Born and raised in New York City, Jean François Lareuse attended the Diller-Quaile School of Music where he was introduced to the Orf and Suzuki methods of learning music. Both pedagogies allowed the students there to acquire and develop accurate intonation by hearing and making music first, before learning how to read notes. Natural rhythm and pulse are essential to understanding and creating music before a student can even learn to read. At the age of seven, François began taking formal lessons as a student of Ms. Mary Miner at Saint David’s School. While a student, his family traveled to France where François attended the Conservatorie de Musique in Suresenes, participated in the high school jazz band, and performed in clubs and resorts in the south of France, as well as for Prince Albert of Monaco at the age of 18. After high school he returned to the United States to attend college in North Carolina, where he participated in theatrical productions and performed bluegrass and country music. François then returned to New York City to work as a teacher and to perform with the all-original new wave band, Synapse. The band frequented venues such as The Bitter End, S.N.A.F.U., CBGB, Trax, and Kennys Castaways. François later moved to Washington, DC to join the band Random Samples. As an educator with 20 years of experience teaching in Anne Arundel, Montgomery, and Prince George’s County, François has and currently utilizes the guitar as a medium to enhance his students’ auditory and oral skills, and as a tool to teach them how to read and sing, as well as to teach them simple dances. He can often be found giving school-wide performances to both elementary and middle school students, introducing them to a variety of different world musical genres and geographical music cultures. François Lareuse
believes that the capacity for understanding and creating music is
in everyone. With a little help, students can learn to become
sensitive listeners with an emphasis on accurate intonation, and
they can all become considerate participants.
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