Introduction I hope this newsletter finds you well. We’ve had a really busy few months and so I am very pleased to report a few updates on what we are currently working on in Dalcroze UK. We are committed to expanding and developing our training programmes and courses as we grow and develop [...]
Congratulations to Raquel Costabile who passed her Professional Certificate in November! Raquel studied most of her course under Covid restrictions, so we are particularly delighted for her and impressed by her level of commitment and creativity which enabled her to achieve a fantastic result despite the pressures of the past three years. Well done [...]
At the Summer Course in Cardiff this year, we said thank you to Ghislaine Fletcher for managing our book store for over ten years. Many of you will have met her at our Spring and Summer Courses over the years and will agree that she has been an absolute joy to work with! Sadly, [...]
Since joining Dalcroze UK last October, I’ve been working with Sandi and the Trustees across four main areas, legacies, partnerships, membership and funding applications all of which are aimed at growing the organisation and the opportunities to study Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Sometimes these involve income generation and fundraising, but sometimes it is about working [...]
How did you originally hear about Dalcroze Eurhythmics? Ah well, that goes back rather a long way. When I was in NYOGB I was aware of an inner circle of string players who attended chamber music courses at Pro Corda where they did something called Dalcroze. Fast forward 30 years when my daughters [...]
Photo: Sian Trenberth Photography Bin, where do you live? I live in south London in a little town called Wallington, east of Croydon and west of Sutton - I’m in the middle. Last year you started leading some workshops for the Asian Community in Croydon. How did this come about? Actually it [...]
Institut Jaques-Dalcroze – navigating the old and new websites The IJD website was created for Switzerland and the very large music school for children and also many projects run by the IJD. However it was not very useful for overseas Dalcrozians and those seeking information. On the home page of the website [...]
Since the last newsletter in February, travel, in person classes and live events have all opened up and the new Dalcroze UK Licence students have been able to meet monthly, in person, at the Royal Russell School in Croydon and also at my house, in South-East London where they have been able to benefit [...]
Dalcroze UK member and Dalcroze Eurhythmics Professional Certificate holder, Marlies Muijzers, has filmed a new dance project called “De klank van mijn vermogen” – ‘the sound of my ability’. This beautiful project can be seen on the Dalcroze UK Facebook page.
As many readers will know, I finally completed my PhD in 2019 (owing to events the actual certificate states 2020), thesis title: ”Dynamic Rehearsal and Dalcroze Eurhythmics: A phenomenological investigation into participants’ experiences and their implications for the practice, teaching and learning of music and musical performance” which does what it [...]
