Kaye Barker BA, MA, PGCE, ARCM, Dalcroze Licence (UK)

Key details:

Department:
Guildhall Young Artists | Junior Guildhall
Role:
Rhythmics Teacher; Brass & String Training Programmes, Barbican

Kaye is a Dalcroze teacher and professional violinist. She was a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music and read Music at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University followed by postgraduate study at the Royal Northern College of Music. She gained a Masters degree in 2014. Kaye was a member of the BBC Philharmonic and Bridge Quartet, which toured extensively & broadcast on BBC Radio 3. 

She was Head of Strings for Ealing Music Service then Head of Music at Gumley House School FCJ.  She has taught for the Dalcroze UK Summer Schools & Teacher Training Programme since 2016. Kaye was Artistic Director of the Dalcroze Easter Course in 2019. 

Already the holder of the Certificate (2012) and Licence (2017) Kaye is now studying for the highest-level qualification in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, the Diplôme Supérieur, at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva. She was the recipient of the Ingham Memorial Prize (2019) and the Aletheia prize (2020), which was awarded for her Diplôme Supérieur choreography.