The British Kodaly Academy (supported by the Weingarten Trust) is running an excellent course at the Birmingham Conservatoire on the above dates.

There will be choir and solfege (musicianship using relative solfa) classes on each of the three days, and there will be workshops on Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Advanced methodology.

There will also be a Dalcroze workshop and one on Baroque Dance - and on the final day a workshop and concert with the Hungarian folk group 'Muzsikas'. They do, amongst other things, their own interpretations of some of the folk songs collected by Bartok.

The three day workshop is entitled 'From Folk Music to Art Music' and one of the tutors will be the totally wonderful and inspiring Dr. Laszlo Nemes, Director of the Kodaly Institute.

There are details of who to contact and how to apply on the BKA website - www.britishkodalyacademy.org. Or you can send a PM either to me or to forum member Moo.

I shall be there. (Though only for two days )

Would love to be there but will be in Cumbria for half term instead.

I'll be in Manchester, in concert with rachi (see other thread), but I hope it goes well, C

Last chance for anyone who would like to sign up!

Promises to be an excellent course - musicianship, methodology (from Early Years to Advanced), Dalcroze, Baroque Dance, Muzsikas...

Benjaminja and I will both be there!

Don't tempt me! One of these days I am determined to go on a Kodaly course.

C's pretty much tempted me to go to Cheltenham in '12...

I think you'd really enjoy it, Floss - this one coming up is the PERFECT introduction to the whole thing...(temptress?? Moi???)




TEMPTRESS??? MOI????????

Enjoy yourself surrender, surreal (Cyrilla) and anyone else who is going.

I'm not sure I understand your post, PianoNotes... ...maybe I'm just not firing on all cylinders this morning! Exhausted after all the teaching, a fair bit of emotional turmoil, and a lot of driving - didn't get up until 10am .

It was an excellent course - wonderful tutors, a hugely varied programme, and the stunning Muzsikas. My friend Moo organised it beautifully and the participants were just great. Three people came from Holland!

Now to start planning the Spring Course in Cambridge and the Summer School in Cheltenham...will post more details as soon as I have them.

I think PianoNotes is trying out voice recognition software, surreal Cyrilla.

Glad the course went well.

Ah, thanks, andante - thought I was just being a bit thick (nothing new there)!

Forgive the rubbish,.Cyrilla, Andante in c is absolutely correct, and I am using voice recognition software.

LOL thanks, now I understand!