Teacher Training
London
Dalcroze UK currently offers an intensive Dalcroze teacher training programme in south London. Taught in modules, eight weekends in a year, it attracts talented artists and educators from across the UK, as well as Europe and North America.
Year One, the Foundation Year, consists of 8 training weekends and an exam weekend. On the exam weekend everyone takes practical exams in rhythmics, Aural training and Improvisation and hands in their written work. They receive a Foundation Award in Dalcroze Eurhythmics on successful completion of the exams, and can then progress to Year Two, the Intermediate Year.
Students usually do start applying what they are learning to their own work. At the end of Year Two candidates take the exams of the Intermediate Award on receipt of which they can advertise that they apply Dalcroze principles and practices in the context of their own profession (as a piano teacher, class teacher, therapist etc).
Completion of the Certificate requires a third year of training and the final exams include teaching exams in addition to personal practical exams and a substantial written submission.
Holders of the Certificate are entitled to advertise that they hold a professional qualification in teaching Dalcroze Eurhythmics and may be invited by a Director if Studies to assist in the training of professional students.
Term Commences: 16 November 2019 – Deadline for Registration is 25th August 2019
Course Information:
Dates
Term 1
16-17 November 2019
14-15 December 2019
Term 2
18-19 January 2020
15-16 February 2020
14-15 March 2020
Term 3
18-19 April 2020
2-3 May 2020
30-31 May 2020
Examinations
Foundation 13-14 June 2020
Intermediate and Certificate 20-21 June 2020
Timetable
Saturday 0900 – 1830 Sunday 0900 – 1630
Venue
Royal Russell Preparatory School, Coombe Lane, Croydon, CR9 5BX
Fees
£2,130 per annum – 5% discount if paid in full by 31st August 2019
Instalment payments quarterly or over 10 months with the final payment due 8th June 2020.
The course fee includes one year’s student membership of Dalcroze UK.
An additional fee is payable for examinations.
Click here for a registration form for foundation studies (downloads a word document).
Grants may be available towards fees. Grant applications must be submitted by 25th July 2019 (see registration form)
Accommodation & food
The course is non-residential and participants will need to make their own arrangements for accommodation and evening meals. Coffee, tea, cold drinks, fresh fruit and biscuits are supplied free of charge but participants will need to bring a packed lunch on each day.
Accreditation
Dalcroze UK Awards and qualifications are offered in association with the Dalcroze Eurhythmics International Examination Board (DEIEB) and recognised by the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland.
After lunch we did a great improvisation session which started with movements, which were then vocalised. The session could have gone in any number of directions but we decided to turn our vocalisations into musical sound on the assortment of musical instruments that participants had brought along. What I especially liked about the improv session was how tightly constrained we were. By locking down several elements it meant we could really push the boundaries & be creative.