KODÁLY SPECIALISED ORGANISATIONS
| British Kodály Academy | www.britishkodalyacademy.org |
Registered charity working for the improvement of music education in the UK, following the teachings of Zoltán Kodály. Annual programme of courses and workshops. | |
| International Kodály Society | www.iks.hu |
Working for the world-wide propagation of the musical, educational and cultural concepts associated with Zoltán Kodály. | |
| Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music | www.kodaly-inst.hu |
Internationally recognised centre for Hungarian music pedagogy in Hungary. Graduate courses, summer seminars, special short courses and conferences for music pedagogues, choral conductors, and musicologists. | |
EARLY YEARS MUSIC
| Pre-School Music Association | www.presma.org |
Registered charity working to promote and foster music for pre-school children and their parents/carers. | |
| Colourstrings | www.colourstrings.co.uk |
Music education from first stages in music kindergarten to conservatoire level, developed from the traditions of Kodály by the Hungarian Szilvay brothers. Children can study violin, cello, mini-bass, piano and guitar within the Colourstrings integrated approach. | |
| Da Capo | www.dacapo.co.uk |
Pre-school and pre-instrumental music classes, resources and teacher training, with underlying Kodály philosophy. | |
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS FOR MUSICIANS
| Incorporated Society of Musicians | www.ism.org |
Organisation to promote the art of music, and maintain the honour and interests of the music profession. | |
| European Piano Teachers' Association | www.epta-uk.org |
Working to promote excellence in piano teaching and performance in the UK, and to raise standards within the profession. | |
CHOIRS
| Cantilena Singers | www.cantilena.info |
East Cambridgeshire-based mixed chamber choir directed by Daniel Spreadbury. The choir meets weekly and gives concerts about five times a year in local villages, Cambridge and further afield. Repertoire is mainly unaccompanied four-part music composed from the Renaissance to the present day, including part songs, anthems, motets, cantatas, masses, madrigals and popular song arrangements. | |
| Cambridge Voices | www.cambridge-voices.org.uk |
Cambridge-based 16-voice choir directed by Ian de Massini. The choir's annual schedule includes an annual European tour, a C.D. recording, the commissioning of new compositions from leading European composers, plus numerous engagements both at home and abroad. The choir has a regular association with Swiss composer Carl Rütti. The 16 voices are regularly supplemented by additional singers, to perform the mulit-part works for which the choir has become renowned. | |