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 [...]
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. We are continuing to expand and develop our training programmes and courses as we aim to grow and develop as a charity. AGM [...]
Dalcroze UK International Spring Course 8th – 10th April 2024 (Registration 7th April 2024) Save the Date! Dalcroze UK’s International Spring Course will take place 8th – 10th April 2024 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, United Kingdom. Registration will be from early evening on Sunday 7th April followed by [...]
One of the most universally renowned artists in pop musical history, Annie Lennox, has agreed to lend her name to the charity Dalcroze UK. It was at Aberdeen High School for Girls, Primary Department that Annie was first taught Eurhythmics by her dance teacher, and so encountered the pioneering method of experiencing music through movement [...]
We have lots to celebrate in the first half of the year! Congratulations to member Andrew Davidson who has completed his Diplôme Supérieur in Geneva! Congratulations, also, to Diane Daly who has been appointed Head of Strings at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. The [...]
I love ‘grommiting’ around a bookshop. My house is full of books that have either been read or are in the long line (ever increasing) of things I really will read. There is a bookcase full of books from my past that included stories read to me in my childhood and a bookcase [...]
Trixy (3rd from left) with the foundation group Kaye Barker interviews Trixy Alberga who has just completed the foundation course. What prompted you to attend the foundation course 2022-23? During 2022, Jacqueline Vann (Dalcroze Teacher) attended an afternoon zoom workshop with the European Piano Teachers Association. Jacqueline Vann is an engaging personality [...]
In January 2023 I was invited as international guest teacher to Dalcroze Australia’s first in-person course for three years. I was delighted to be asked and the experience exceeded all my expectations. The course took place in Melbourne at a school with excellent facilities for teaching the three branches of Dalcroze Eurhythmics: a large [...]
In 2013 or thereabouts, I realised that as a teacher at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (teaching Dalcroze Eurhythmics on the String Training Programme) I would have access to free studio space, so each Saturday after a day’s teaching I would go to a studio and see what happened. I would [...]
Melanie (crouching right!) with the weekend foundation group My first experience of Dalcroze Eurhythmics was with Karin Greenhead at the old Trinity College in London. I cannot remember much but have a vivid memory of running across the floor with my friend to ‘America’ by Bernstein. Years later, I saw Dalcroze inspired [...]
