The conference takes place at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA. The call for submissions is open and at least one Dalcroze UK Licence students has submitted a paper. Dr Karin Greenhead is a founder member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies along with John Habron-James. Rosalind Ridout, currently completing [...]
Introduction I hope this newsletter finds you well. Please find a few updates on what we are currently working on in Dalcroze UK. Thank you all for your continued support. It has been a long road as we continue to recover from the Covid pandemic, which affected all music organisations and hit small [...]
We are absolutely delighted that Dalcroze UK member and teacher, Kaye Barker, has passed her final exam and now joins the worldwide team of Diplômées! Kaye teaches Dalcroze Eurhythmics on the String & Brass Training Programme at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and has taught at the Central School of Ballet. She teaches [...]
We are looking to recruit a part-time fundraiser, initially for a period of one year, to help us develop our fundraising strategy and increase income streams from memberships, legacies and trusts. This post is home-based with most meetings held via Zoom but there will be some requirement for in-person meetings. The successful applicant will need [...]
The 5th International Conference of Dalcroze Studies will take place online from 22nd to 23rd October 2021. The aim of ICDS5 is to present the best of current research and practice within Dalcroze studies and related fields. This year the theme is Dalcroze practice in diverse cultures, contexts, and communities. It will include discussion [...]
We are delighted that Andrew Davidson has agreed to run a Zoom session for members on 23rd July at 2pm. This session will be about applying useful jazz chord progressions to piano improvisation in a Dalcroze context. We will be doing some seated rhythmics, solfa, and piano playing. It will be possible for you to [...]
Thank you to everyone who attended the Zoom meeting today, I hope you found it useful. For those of you who weren't able to attend, there were discussions around the challenges of teaching remotely and the group expressed their opinions about the type of sessions which might be useful in the future. We will be [...]
We are setting up a series of sessions via Zoom to provide support and inspiration to Dalcroze practitioners during this unprecedented time. We plan to run regular sessions, led by top Dalcroze specialists, on topics that you are interested in. We’re keen to provide a space for members to connect and navigate this very [...]
We have received a communication advising that, following the developing situation around COVID-19, no public events will take place at the RNCM until further notice. All services will be suspended until at least after the Easter period (Monday 14th April) which means that, with a heavy heart, we will have to cancel this year’s Easter [...]
Following today’s announcement from the Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, we are updating you on our plans for the Easter Course in Manchester. The government has confirmed that there are currently no plans to close schools or restrict travel so we are acting on the advice we have at this moment in time. [...]
