Flor Roffé de Estévez


Flor Roffé de Estévez was a composer, writer, and professor of Venezuelan music. She came from a Jewish family, that migrated to the country, at the beginning of the 20th century.

Biography

In 1937, she learnt to teach music at the School of Music José Angel Lick, where she learned piano of Moses Moleiro, musical theory of Eduardo Square, harmony of Antonio Estévez, and history of the music of Juan Bautista Square. In 1944, it studied pedagogy of the music, in the New York Teacher's College of the University of Columbia, and in 1945 in the Juilliard School of Music, and finally, in the New York Dalcroze School.
She taught Dalcroze Eurhythmics at both the Normal School Gran Colombia and the High School of Music. In 1958 she developed, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, seminars and workshops on the implementation of music education program of the Ministry. From 1959 to 1963 she acted as National Minister of Education Supervisor.
After a stay of several years in Paris, founded in 1972, with the support of ' ' National Council of Culture the Experimental School of Music Pedagogy, who led for fifteen years. In 1988, she was professor of music education at the Central University of Venezuela.
In addition to numerous publications Roffé music education author of a monograph on Estévez etc. Vicente Emilio Sojo, and wrote a series of issues with Venezuelan songs for various occupations.

Selected publications