Jack Stevenson has been a practicing yogi for more than 20 years.  He received his 200-hour Yoga Certification from The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in November of 2003, and is currently completing the 500-hour certification.  He is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association.

Jack also holds the Diplôme Superior Jaques Dalcroze and License Jaques-Dalcroze from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerlan, and a BM in piano performance from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jack has taught and certified teachers in the Jaques-Dalcroze Method for over 37 years.  Currently, he is serving on the faculty at the Institute for Jaques-Dalcroze Education that he co-founded with Monaca Dale and Mary Dobrea.  Jack also founded and for 12 years directed the Dalcroze Studies Institute at Ithaca College, School of Music.   There he founded and directed the ensemble Plastique Animee which toured throughout Europe and the Americas .  He has also taught on Jaques-Dalcroze faculty at Laval University in Quebec and St. Laurence College in Montreal , and chaired the Department of Performing Arts at The Spence School in New York City.  In addition, he has served as guest faculty in eurhythmics, music education, piano improvisation, solfege and choreography at colleges and universities including the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland; Oberlin Conservatory of Music; The Royal Conservatory of Toronto; Carnegie-Mellon University; and Bien Music Conservatory, Bien, Switzerland.  Throughout all of his teaching, Jack has incorporated Yoga and its philosophy into the basic structure of every course. 

Jack is the founder and director of The Bethlehem Music Settlement in Bethlehem, PA offering private and group piano, voice, musicianship and eurhythmics programs.  He has also served 12 years as Director of Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Choreography, and The Nazareth Area Dance Ensemble in the drama department at the Nazareth Area School District of PA.  Jack has authored several articles and co-authored the text Rhythm and Pitch: An Integrated Approach to Sightsinging, published by Prentice-Hall.  His awards include the Premiere Prix en Pedagogy from the Institute Jaques-Dalcroze; the Zuckerman Foundation Award for teaching excellence at the Spence School; and the Dana Teaching Fellowship from Ithaca College for his “outstanding contribution to higher education.”  Jack ’s bio appears in the 2005 and the 2006 edition of “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.”