Dr. Karin Greenhead, PhD; Dip. Sup. Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva; GRSM; ARCM; Adv. Dip. RCM (London); Professor of Music (Dalcroze Eurhythmics), Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
Karin first encountered Dalcroze Eurhythmics as a student at the Royal College of Music, London, where she studied piano, violin, and harpsichord. She subsequently trained as a singer and brings her experience as a performer in all these capacities to her Dalcroze practice. To help conservatoire students with their interpretation and performance of repertoire she developed Dynamic Rehearsal, an application of Dalcroze principles to the rehearsal and performance of repertoire, solo and ensemble, which she has demonstrated worldwide with children, amateur and professional players and singers and which is the subject of her doctoral thesis: 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 (2019): Manchester Metropolitan University and The Royal Northern College of Music.
As Professor of Music (Dalcroze Eurhythmics) at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, Karin teaches and also assists with doctoral supervision and research; as Director of Studies for Dalcroze UK she is responsible for the professional training programmes in the UK and teaches, examines and supervises students training with Dalcroze UK and those enrolled on programmes recognised by the Dalcroze Eurhythmics International Examination Board of which she is a Co-Director. She has a well-established international practice. Her teaching experience includes extensive work with conservatoire students and dancers, as well as in nursery, primary, and secondary schools. From the 1990s, her teaching increasingly focused on training professional musicians and Dalcroze teachers. As the author of a growing number of publications, she is a frequent presenter and workshop leader at national and international conferences. She serves as a founder member of the scientific committee of the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies (ICDS) and as Vice-President of the Collège of the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva.