Congratulations!
Congratulations to Ieva Udre, who completed her Dalcroze Professional Certificate in February 2024!
Discover Dalcroze Day, London, February 2024 by Kaye Barker
In February 2024 I led a Discover Dalcroze Day with Monica Wilkinson, at the Royal Russell School, East Croydon, the site of the Dalcroze UK weekend Training Course. Each year Dalcroze UK invites anyone to experience the method, either for its own sake or with the prospect of training. This year the participants who [...]
SHIRELAND CBSO ACADEMY: March 10th 2024 – Dalcroze UK makes it mark by Jacqueline Vann
You may already have seen information on Dalcroze UK’s recent project at the Shireland CBSO Academy on Facebook or attended the first Zoom Café this term where we talked about our experience there. If not, here is a brief report on our first and very exciting big Dalcroze project into a very special state [...]
Celebrate The Legacy Of Dalcroze In The UK – Christine Wardle
Partnerships Shireland CBSO Academy After nearly two years of networking and planning we were thrilled (after being daunted for a little time) to have delivered the first ever Dalcroze Focus Day at the only state school in the UK to be partnered with an orchestra. The Shireland CBSO Academy in West Bromwich, opened [...]
Profile – Diane Daly
How did you first come across Dalcroze Eurhythmics? I joined the incredible Junior Strings Project in RNCM while undertaking my Postgraduate Performance Diploma. Where / when did you train? Certificate- RNCM from 1995-1997 Currently completing Licence training. What do you remember most about your training? The freedom and the joy I experienced in Karin [...]
News from the Director of Studies – Karin Greenhead
Professional training in Croydon and West London This year is the last year of regular training for the nine, Dalcroze UK Licence students who started training online during the Covid-19 lockdown period. They will be supported through to the completion of their Licences with online and in person classes, but these will not [...]
Summer Course 2024 – Improvisation!
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, [...]
News from the Director of Studies – Karin Greenhead
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 [...]
IJD Congress 2023 – Kaye Barker
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 [...]
IJD Congress – Kathryn Kay
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, [...]