ISM MUSIC JOURNAL MAY/JUNE 2022 | NEWS FROM OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS
NEWS FROM OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS
Rocksteady Music School and Trinity College London In September 2021, Rocksteady Music School and Trinity College London launched a new and more inclusive music qualification for primary school children across the UK. Enrolments began in February for the new Rocksteady qualification ‘Music Performance in Bands’, awarded by Trinity College London. The music school announced that the total number of students enrolled to this qualification surpasses 6,000, which is more than 1,000 higher than the number of summer 2021 enrolments for Music A-Level.
Dalcroze UK Dalcroze UK has launched a series of Dalcroze Taster Days around the UK and Ireland. Dalcroze is much more than a unique and deep way of learning about and understanding the language of music; it is ‘a means to discovery, of developing skilfulness and of personal transformation’ (Greenhead & Habron, 2015). It is the only method that considers the relationship between sound and movement, and by connecting them we develop sensory integration, learning, communication and social skills.
Training in Dalcroze develops the capacity to apply the philosophy and the practice of Dalcroze to music teaching, performance and much more. Historically, applications of Dalcroze included neurodiverse groups such as the deaf, physically disabled as well as music therapy. Centred on using the body to express the sound and the quality of the music heard, it necessarily involves the entire sensorimotor system – vision, hearing, touch, voice and balance. John W Harvey, a supporter of Dalcroze, said in 1912 that it was ‘… a principle that must have effect upon every part of life’ (Habron, 2016). The contemporary use of Dalcroze in the UK & Ireland – in education and performance, therapy and wellbeing – is witness to its farreaching and inclusive nature. Come and find out where Dalcroze can take you by joining a Taster Day. Go to dalcroze.org.uk and select Taster Days from the Upcoming Events menu to find one in your area. There are days planned in Canterbury (11 April), Axminster (2 May), Limerick (15 May) Manchester (26 June), Leeds (16 July) and (dates to be decided) Guildford and Central London. Cost £100 (£90 Early Bird rate).
This revolutionary Ofqual-regulated ‘exam free’ music qualification is available in UK primary schools that offer Rocksteady. Children gain a qualification based on skills observed in lessons, rather than in a one-off exam or end of year performance. For more information about Rocksteady Music School visit rocksteadymusicschool.com Right: Dalcroze UK Photo: Jacqueline Vann
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