September 2009 - July 2010
Curious Minds Merseyside
Alicia is working for another year as a Creative Agent in four schools for Curious Minds, formerly Creative Partnerships Merseyside. She is working with the schools to develop a culture of learning for creativity.
More about Curious Minds on:
www.curiousminds.org.uk

2004 - 2009
Training and CPD
Alicia is committed to continuously training and developing herself:

July 2004: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, BA Hons Performing Arts / Community Arts
August 2005: British Kodaly Academy, Kodaly Sound Beginnings Course (Early Years Music)
October and November 2005: Jabadao, Developmental Movement Play Training
August 2006: Dalcroze Society, Dalcroze Summer School
August 2007: Dalcroze Society, Dalcroze Summer School
February 2008: Manchester Metropolitan University, MSc Arts and Cultural Management
March 2008 Bologna, Italy: 'Visioni di Futura' Conference on Theatre in Early Childhood
November 2008: Jabadao, Social and emotional learning through movement
September, October, November 2008: Dalcroze Society, Dalcroze Training Weekends
September and November 2009: Berlin, Germany: Jesper Juul / Family Lab Seminarleader Course

September 2009 - July 2010
Music Teaching at St. John's Catholic Primary School
September 2009 - July 2010

St. John's Catholic Primary School in Kirkdale, Liverpool, has asked Alicia back for another year to teach music to the children, from nursery up to Year 4. The lessons will build on last year's lessons, including Kodaly musicianship though singing, music and movement, developmental movement play, listening and composition excercises. All children will have weekly 30-minute lessons.

Recommended Books:

Dalcroze Today
by Marie-Laure Bachmann

Music in Preschool
by Katalin Forrai

Singing Games and Rhymes
by Lucinda Geoghegan

Hopping Home Backwards
by Penny Greenland

House of Games
by Chris Johnson

Out of our minds
by Ken Robinson

Interesting websites:

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html