Early Bird offer £549.00!
This Early Bird fee includes full board in en suite accommodation, tuition and VAT and is available if booked and paid for on or before the 10th of June 2013
Bring a friend and save £100 off the full price!
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The reduced fee will be available at any time to:
- full time students
- BKA members who attended the 2012 Summer School
The 31st International Summer School
August 11-17, 2013
University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road WS1 3BD.
£624 (Early Bird £549)
Download a Summer School 2013 Application form
Afternoon Options for BKA Summer School
Download a Springboard at Summer School 2013 Application form
Afternoon Options for Springboard HE1
Afternoon Options for Springboard HE3
Also in this section:
Welcome | Tutors | Kodály Approach | Core Musicianship | Springboard programme
Instrumental Methodology | Singers Course | Piano Course | Afternoon Options
Venue |
Fees & booking (Summer School)
Announcing the new Cecilia Vajda Memorial Scholarship.
The Cecilia Vajda Memorial Scholarship will pay the tuition costs at the British Kodály Academy Summer School in 2013.
Read more about Cecilia Vajda, the scholarship and how to apply
Welcome
The work of Zoltán Kodály and his pupils in Hungary resulted in a dynamic process of music education, which has deep relevance for music training and school teaching in Britain today.
The Summer School courses include training in musicianship, classroom teaching, conducting, choral singing. This year there will be a focus on the application of the Kodály concept to instrumental tuition across a range of instruments and will provide a perfect introduction to all aspects of teaching and learning music. Tuition is given by leading experts in the field of music education from Britain and Hungary.
The Summer School is open to anyone interested in developing their own musical capability and, if a teacher, in using Kodály-related ideas in their teaching. Classes are available for the complete beginner (for example, students with no formal music training) through to professional musicians and teachers who are looking for new insights to further their expertise in using the Kodály Approach.
Two courses of study will be available at the Summer School in 2013 – a general study programme open to all or the new Springboard Certificate programme. The programmes will overlap in the morning sessions which are reserved for musicianship using relative solfa, vocal warm-ups and choral activities.
The General Summer School Course
Morning courses
C1: Musicianship with Relative Solfa
C2: Vocal Warm-up and Choir
Musicianship training and Choral Singing (Choir) are central to the Kodály approach. All students are expected, therefore, to attend the above sessions. Placement in musicianship classes will be established on the basis of a questionnaire which will be sent in receipt of your Summer School application.
Afternoon courses
The Afternoon Options will provide an opportunity to choose from a variety of options which will be on offer at different times during the week. There will be a free afternoon midweek after Session One on Wednesday.
For Teachers: Kodály Methodology for Early Years Practitioners with Helga Dietrich
For Teachers: Kodály Methodology for Primary Years Practitioners with Cyrilla Rowsell
For Experienced Primary/Secondary Practitioners with Dr László Norbert Nemes and Sarolta Platthy
For Instrumental Teachers & Practitioners: Pre-Instrument Training and Choice of Wind, String, Piano or Whole-Class Methodology
For Singers: Group singing with solfa with Alan Murdock
Conducting skills at Three Levels with Esther Hargittai, Sarolta Platthy and László Norbert Nemes
Chamber Music Coaching with Orsolya Szabó
African Drumming with Eliza Wylie
Gamelan with Nikhil Dally
African Drumming with Eliza Wylie
Gamelan with Nikhil Dally
Multi-cultural Music and Classical Music in the Primary Schools with Gerard Klaassens
Dalcroze with Monica Wilkinson
Zumba with Zoe Morris
Evening activities
....will include an Introductory Lecture on Kodály Philosophy given by Dr László Norbert Nemes, a Gospel Singing Workshop, Piano Masterclass with Orsolya Szabó and a Vocal Workshop with Jeanette Massocchi
Students are encouraged to bring their musical instruments to facilitate informal music making in the preparation times, in lieu of any of the options which may not be of interest, and/or on the free afternoon and evening.
Read Summer School 2010 Review
Read key findings from 'Making more of Music' an evaluation of music in schools by Ofsted (2005-8).
The British Kodály Academy is affiliated to:
The International Kodály Society
"There is no complete spiritual life without music, for the human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music". Zoltán Kodály