Dalcroze Teachers

The Dalcroze specialists below will be teaching at the Summer Scene in Melbourne, 8 - 12 January 2024.

dr SANDRA NASH

Diplôme Supérieur Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva; Director of Studies for Dalcroze Australia. 

Sandra graduated with BMus, University of Sydney, followed by Dalcroze training in Sydney, London and Geneva (Diplôme Supèrieur). She has taught in schools, universities, studio and early childhood settings, and since 1994 has led Summer Schools and workshops in Australia in order to train teachers in the Dalcroze 'Music and Movement' approach.

She recently became a co-director of the Dalcroze Eurhythmics International Examination Board (DEIEB).  She is a member of the Collège, Institut Jaques-Dalcroze and Australian delegate to FIER. Her thesis for PhD (2011) examined Dalcroze influences in Australian music education, including Early Childhood teacher education. 

Katherine Smith

BMus, MMus (UWA), Kodály Cert. (KMEIA), Dalcroze Cert. (DEIEB).

Katherine Smith is passionate about music education. She holds a Master of Music from the University of Western Australia, the Dalcroze Certificate in Music Education and the Australian Kodály Certificate in Music Education. Katherine has worked as a freelance orchestral clarinettist, a clarinet teacher in primary and secondary schools, and as an early childhood music educator. She is currently the Music Specialist teacher at Riva Primary School where she teachers pre-primary to year 6 students, and was a Sessional Academic at Edith Cowan University teaching music units to pre-service teachers. Katherine is the immediate past president of Dalcroze Australia and is currently a candidate for the DEIEB Licentiate. 

Dr Christine mearing

DCA, Grad Dip Vis Arts, Cert Ed. Christine began her professional career as a ballet dancer in WA and at the Royal Ballet School, London. After studying Graham technique and Laban movement, she danced in classical and contemporary dance companies throughout Europe. Her interests include acting, painting and sculpture, and she completed her Doctorate of Creative Arts in 2000. Credits include teaching dance at the Australian Ballet School, Victorian College for the Arts and NAISDA Dance College.

Jerison LEE

MA in Dalcroze Pedagogy, BA in Music and Movement.

A passionate musician, dancer, pedagogue, Jerison has set his sight on making music accessible to a diverse audience and using music to better one’s life. For this life mission, he has chosen Dalcroze Eurhythmics and its approach to facilitate his work. Jerison received both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (2016) in Dalcroze pedagogy from Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva . To further develop his knowledge and skills in working with Dalcroze, he has travelled the world to study with various Dalcroze masters. With his strong foundation in ballet and dance, he continued to study ballet and modern dance while in Geneva. The combination of mastery in both music and dance furnishes him with a unique ability to truly deliver the essence of Dalcroze Eurhythmics.

kaye barker.

Diplôme Supérieur Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland, BA (Oxon), MA (Ed), PGCE

Kaye began her Dalcroze Eurhythmics studies in 2008 and gained her Professional Certificate with Dalcroze UK in 2012 and her Licence in 2017. She completed the Diplôme Supérieur in December 2021 after study at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland.

Before starting her Dalcroze studies Kaye was a professional violinist and member of the BBC Philharmonic. After this, she joined the Bridge String Quartet, which performed on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. In 2008 Kaye became a classroom teacher and was Head of Music in Gumley House School FCJ until 2018. During this time, she was the leader of Garden Opera.

Since 2018 Kaye has focused on teaching Dalcroze Eurhythmics in a range of contexts. She teaches on the String & Brass Training Programme at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and gives workshops in Dalcroze Eurhythmics for professional musicians and teachers throughout England. She was the teacher and Artistic Director of the Dalcroze UK Easter Course in 2019 and teaches Dalcroze UK’s Spring Courses and Summer Schools. She also teaches regularly for the Dalcroze UK’s Teacher Training programme.

Since finishing her Diplôme studies Kaye has set up rhythmics classes for adults, led Taster Days, sessions and workshops and is organising a new course for the Foundation Award training (DEIEB) with Dalcroze UK. These courses run as a hybrid of in-person weekly sessions and online sessions since September 2022.