
BURSARIES
The Sempre Conference Awards
Sempre :: Society for Education, Music, Psychology, and Research
ICDS is proud to partner with Sempre, who strives to enable full-time students or part-timers who are non wage earners to attend one of the Society's conferences -particularly the biennial two-day conference- through meeting the fee and the costs of travel and subsistence.
Please fill out the application below and send it with a reference to info@dalcroze-studies.com by the
28 February 2025
The successful candidates will be informed by 15 March 2025.
ICDS is committed to internationality. As part of this, we aim to make the event financially accessible, especially to those on lower incomes, living in emerging economies or from countries where Dalcroze Eurhythmics only has an embryonic presence.
Several bursaries are available for 2025, for delegates unable to meet all the costs of the conference, or who come from countries where Dalcroze Eurhythmics / Rhythmic education does not have an established presence. An ICDS bursary will give:
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Free entry to the conference (delegate fee is waived)
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€300 towards your expenses
If you would like to apply for a bursary, please download the application form and email it, with a reference, to info@dalcroze-studies.com by 28 February 2025 (EXTENDED DEADLINE)
The successful candidates will be informed by 15 March 2025.

Joan Pope (PhD OAM), member of ICDS Scientific Committee 2013-15
Present and previous award holders
2023:
Joan Pope Bursary
Karolina Lisowska (Poland)
Karolina Paczuła (Poland)
Association des Amis de Jaques-Dalcroze Bursary
Elda Nelly Treviño Flores (Mexico)
Fondation Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Bursary
Marlies Muijzers (The Netherlands)
2021:
No awards made
2019:
Joan Pope Bursary
Students from the Secondary Music School, Rzeszów, Poland (pictured below)

Association des Amis de Jaques-Dalcroze Bursary
Olga Daroch, Poland
Fondation Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Bursary
Meral Mete, Turkey
2017:
Joan Pope Bursary
Kateryna Zavalko, Ukraine
Association des Amis de Jaques-Dalcroze Bursary
Eilon Morris, UK
Fondation Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Bursary
Solène Derbal, Canada
2015:
Joan Pope Bursary
Ginta Petersone, Latvia
Michelle Mantovani, Brazil
Virginia Norris, Australia
Association des Amis de Jaques-Dalcroze Bursary
Emma Shubin, USA
Fondation Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Bursary
Kathryn Williams, UK