Be inspired, be joyful, be you….. We return to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff this year for the first residential Summer School since 2019! This unique 6-day residential course is for music educators (from Early Years to Conservatory level) as well as for performers, conductors, instrumental teachers, actors, dancers, [...]
Since I have lived in Nunhead, South-East London, many Dalcroze students and teachers from the UK and overseas have visited, had lessons, stayed and even lived at the Victorian terrace house I bought in a poor state of repair in 2001. This year I finally had the very necessary repair work done on [...]
For those relatively new to Dalcroze, the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, in Geneva, Switzerland, is the world centre for Dalcroze Eurhythmics and was founded by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in 1915 The Institute is a large building full of wonderful facilities. There are studios with sprung floors and in each are cupboards full of Dalcroze equipment. In [...]
My first visit to the IJD! Despite having been part of the DUK community for 25 years, I had not realised that I could attend the Congress in Geneva without an invitation or that it was open to all levels of students. This year my work schedules aligned so that I was able to go, [...]
Development News – Christine Wardle We’ve had a very busy few months since the last Newsletter, and I can safely say that we are experiencing a tangible increase in interest in Dalcroze Eurhythmics – not all from the places you might expect! On 28th June I was at the House of Commons representing [...]
I’m very excited to announce that the guest teacher next term at the Zoom Café will be Amy Bebbington, Director of Training for the Association of British Choral Directors. Amy followed the Dalcroze Certificate training for a while until she became too busy with her conducting work. But movement and gesture are a key part [...]
Having been a keynote speaker for the online ICDS5 and never having had the opportunity to attend a conference in person, I was especially keen to attend this year's in Pittsburgh, and I am very glad I did. It was a fruitful meeting of minds, bodies and musicalities. Carnegie Mellon University has excellent facilities, [...]
Sage Gateshead – Newcastle Photo – Kaye Barker Raising the awareness and profile of Dalcroze Eurhythmics remains an important objective to all those who practise the method and, as you can read from Christine Wardle’s report, there have been many contacts made in the past year with a variety of organisations. This [...]
Helen Gould – getting ready to deliver her workshop I returned home from Pittsburgh energised and inspired. The jam-packed programme of ICDS’23 brought together a wealth of expertise from a wide range of disciplines. Day one I was torn where to focus my energy. But, realising potential value of engaging in the [...]
How did you first come across Dalcroze Eurhythmics? It was the summer school in Canterbury, in 2008. A friend of mine, Ignacio Agrimbau, had been to London to do a music workshop (given by Cynthia Wilson). He said it was a very special approach to learning music; people were having fun and bouncing balls [...]
