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 [...]
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 [...]
Dalcroze UK welcomes Christine Wardle as its first Development Manager. Christine, tell us a little about yourself My name is Christine Wardle and I live in North Yorkshire with my husband Ian and springer spaniel Rocky. I manage a chamber music series called Concert&Cakes showcasing emerging artists studying at the Royal Northern College [...]
Behind every bequest to a charity is a real person and often a very personal and emotional contact with the charity which benefits. You may recognise the picture of Ann Driver (left). The Trust created in her name and from her legacy bequest has been a financial supporter of Dalcroze UK for many years. [...]
“Engaging, creative, authentic…..and a few flamingos!” I asked DUK colleagues to sum up my Keynote at the ICDS5 presentation, and this is what they said! The 5th International Conference of Dalcroze Studies (ICDS5) was held online in October 2021. At that time, I had only just returned to teaching whole classes live in my [...]
How did you originally hear about Dalcroze Eurhythmics? It was a course or class offered by Elizabeth Vanderspar at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London so when I went there as a student I signed up. The course was an option open to anyone. At that time there was no credit [...]
Photo—Peter Knowles In December 2021 I passed the last of the exams to achieve the highest qualification in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, the Diplôme Supérieur. What a journey! It was a journey that started in April 2019 when I completed and passed the entrance exams for the Diplôme. These are tough exams in themselves [...]
