DISS - Professional Development for Teachers

Professional development for teachers

Music courses for primary and secondary teachers linked to the national curriculum and GCSE/A-Level syllabuses get new ideas . refresh your skills . have fun

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About Dartington International Summer School offers a wide range of music courses, welcoming everyone who wants to enjoy music from conservatoire students to enthusiastic amateurs.

As well as our new professional development course Creative Composition, and the renowned Royal Opera House Write an Opera course for teachers, we also highlight in this leaflet other courses that link to the National Curriculum and to GCSE and A-Level exam syllabuses.

When you attend Dartington International Summer School you can: •

Build your skills and knowledge on professional development courses

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Take part in other courses from early music through to Samba Band

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Join in with the summer school choir or play chamber music

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Play in or observe masterclasses

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Listen to concerts and lectures

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Enjoy the beautiful surroundings

You can attend full time on a residential basis, or if you live locally, you can also sign up to individual courses: see the back page for fees.

Full details of all courses are on our website: www.dartington.org/summer-school

Professional Development Courses Creative Composition 28 July – 4 August 2012; 11am – 1pm daily Director Philip Cashian This course is for: Secondary school music teachers who are keen to develop their own composing skills, and their confidence in helping students to develop work creatively.

A week of practical composition workshops during which teachers will have the opportunity to focus on their own creative work. The course will engage with a creative approach to teaching and learning through giving teachers support in developing their own compositional skills, with time for evaluation, listening and reflection. The intention is that through gaining increased confidence and skills themselves as composers, teachers are subsequently able to support their students further in developing their compositional skills, and meeting exam criteria for creating imaginative and expressive compositions, for creative realisation of ideas, and for successfully developing musical ideas. Course leader Philip Cashian is Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.

“First and foremost, Cashian’s work is musicianly, written without need of grand accompanying statements for musicians, at whatever level, to play. It is also, as players and listeners will discover, the emanation of a vivid imagination, possessed of a narrative strength that can sweep the listener along on journeys to unanticipated destinations.”

Matthew Greenall, Music Teacher magazine, repertoire guide, July 2005 If attending the Summer School full time, you can choose this and up to three additional courses per day: see highlighted courses below, or view the whole programme at www.dartington.org/summer-school

Write an Opera 11 – 18 August 2012 | This course is full time Led by the Royal Opera House, a course providing the tools and structures to enable the undertaking of an in-school project in which students can devise and stage their own opera from scratch.

Full details: www.roh.org.uk/discover/education/teachers.aspx

Other highlights for teachers include Week 1: 21 – 28 July Beginners Composition: led by Joe Cutler Balinese Gamelan: including ideas for using gamelan in the classroom

Week 4: 11 – 18 August Improvisation: ideal for classical players to have a first go at free improvisation Write an Opera: with the Royal Opera House

Week 2: 28 July – 4 August Dirty Electronics: DIY electronic musical instrument building for beginners Creative Composition: full details above

Week 5: 18 – 25 August Finding Your Voice: for everyone to improve their knowledge and love of singing African Drumming: traditional drum rhythms from Ghana and Senegal

Week 3: 4 – 11 August Demystifying Indian Music and Dance English Roots: Folk music course

These courses are open to musicians of all backgrounds, not only teachers, but have been highlighted for their relevance to music making in the classroom, including exam syllabuses.

Full details of all courses on our website: www.dartington.org/summer-school

There are also opportunities for your students to get involved in courses at Dartington.

Advanced players can take part in masterclasses, and other players from beginners onwards can enjoy taking part in some of our non-specialist classes.

Visit the website for details of all courses offered: www.dartington.org/summer-school

Fees To attend the Summer School full time on a residential basis: This is the cost per person per week to attend up to four courses per day (not including Write an Opera), all performances, accommodation and all meals.

Fees from £600 per week depending on the type of accommodation required.

To attend the Summer School full time on a non-residential basis: This includes up to four courses per day and all performances but does not include meals or accommodation.

Meals can be purchased onsite at the White Hart Bar or Roundhouse Café. £450

To attend a single course: Teachers living or working in Devon may book for a single course per day (for example Creative Composition.

Write an Opera not included) as part of our Local Residents Offer. This offer opens in April 2012.

Meals, accommodation and concert tickets are not included. £90

To attend Write an Opera: The full time residential cost for this course is £449 UK teachers / £499 international teachers.

It is booked directly with the Royal Opera House.

For bookings please contact the Royal Opera House: t: 020 7212 9410 | e: education@roh.org.uk

Bursaries: A limited number of bursaries are available to provide financial assistance to help teachers who would not otherwise be able to attend (not including Write an Opera which is already subsidised).

For more information please contact Lisa Buckby: t: 01803 847083 | e: lisa.buckby@dartington.org

Dartington International Summer School Space, Dartington Hall Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EN Telephone: +44 (0)1803 847080 For full details of fees and all courses, visit our website: www.dartington.org/summer-school To make a booking contact Sophia Sheridan: t: 01803 847077 | e: sophia.sheridan@dartington.org A department of The Dartington Hall Trust a registered charity.