Pianist. Teacher.

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Pianist. Teacher.

Aaron Butler is an active musical director, accompanist, and teacher in New York City. He performs in a variety of musical styles— from baroque through contemporary classical, opera, and Broadway. He is a specialist in Dalcroze Education, an approach to music education incorporating rhythmic movement, aural training, and physical, vocal and instrumental improvisation.

M.M. (piano), Longy School of Music

Dalcroze License, Longy School of Music

Dalcroze Certificate, Longy School of Music

Artist’s Diploma, Brandeis University

B.A. Amherst College

Piano with Lois Shapiro, Lanfranco Marcelletti

Eurhythmics with Lisa Parker, Anne Farber, Ruth Alperson

Figured Bass with Frances Conover Fitch, Peter Sykes

“Aaron is a dedicated professional and a real charm to work with. He is passionate about the music and studies it meticulously. He is a remarkable player.

I also want to stress his musical understanding as a giant asset; with Aaron you don’t just get a pianist but a real and true musician.”

— Christian De Gre Cárdenas, President of Mind The Art Entertainment

“Aside from being a genuinely kind, hard working guy, Aaron’s skill set is tremendous! I always feel comfortable performing when I know he is my accompanist.”

— Ashley Rozanski, Soprano

Recordings

Photo by Octavia Hunter

“What was particularly striking to me was his ability to project each work’s internal and external structure.”

— Wayman Chin, Dean of Longy School of Music of Bard College

Dalcroze Eurhythmics

Eurhythmics offers a hands-on approach to music theory in which students explore musical concepts such as meter, tempo, phrasing, form, and dynamics through rhythm games, creative movement, songs, stories, ear training, sight-singing, and improvisation.

Dalcroze Education is a unique and dynamic education in music that uses movement to connect what the ear hears with what the mind knows. Students are brought into the music through personal and physical experience, sequentially feeling, identifying, choosing, vocalizing—finally applying to instruments. Aaron uses songs, stories, and images to set the stage for the students' education not only in music but through the music. Over the course of the year, they will gain familiarity with tempo, melody, rhythm patterns, phrase, and meter—and they will gain confidence in hearing these subjects, feeling them, and improvising with them.

“Thank you for a lovely class again today. You are a master.”

— Parent of a student at Lucy Moses School

The Dalcroze Method was developed in the early 20th century by the Swiss composer, musician and educator Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, who believed that rhythm is a vital element of the teaching of music. Known as "music training through movement," Dalcroze uses the body to develop a strong musical foundation and natural feel for music.