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FROM MOVEMENT TO SOUND Workshop with Diane Daly | November 7–8, 2026 Music and movement for string instrument teachers
ESTA Italia offers a new workshop dedicated to the relationship between body movement, musical understanding, and instrumental practice, aimed at teachers of string instruments.
Through accessible movement experiences, listening and discussion activities, and moments of instrumental practice, participants will be guided to explore through the body some fundamental aspects of musical language, such as rhythm, phrasing, articulation, dynamics and character, To subsequently transfer these experiences into instrumental practice.
Inspired by the principles of Dalcroze methodology, The workshop will explore the potential of body-based learning in development coordination, freedom of movement and musical expressiveness, With particular attention to the relationship between musical intention, bodily perception, and instrumental gesture.
The experiential dimension will also allow for experimenting with creative ways of improvisation and to develop exercises and teaching strategies that can be applied concretely in different contexts: from individual lessons to group teaching, with the possibility of adapting to students of different ages and levels of experience.
Participants are required to bring your own instrument. It is also invited to participate with a willingness to move, play and experiment, integrating listening, movement and instrumental gesture.
The teacher – Diane Daly
Diane Daly She is a violinist, teacher, researcher, and innovator in the field of the pedagogy of stringed instruments. Member of the Irish Chamber Orchestra since 1997, She has developed an intense international career as a soloist, chamber musician, conductor and improviser.
Qualified teacher of Euritmia Dalcroze and accredited specialist in Body-Mapping Applied to string instruments, he obtained a PhD from the University of Limerick, dedicated to the relationship between bodily practices, Dalcroze methodology, and instrumental performance.
This research gave rise to the method. CESP – Creative Embodied String Performance, Today, it is being tested in international training and professional contexts.
His research work has been published in prestigious international journals of musical pedagogy and in 2022 he received the’Aloys Fleischmann Award for excellence in research based on artistic practice.
He has held the position of director of Master in the Execution of Arc Instruments at the University of Limerick and has conceived numerous innovative projects in the educational and performing fields.
Currently it is Head of the Archi Department at the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM).
When
Saturday, November 7, 2026
🕙 10.00–13.00 / 15.00–18.00
Sunday, November 8, 2026
🕙 10.00–12.00
Where
Pasquinelli Foundation
Corso Magenta 42, Milan
The headquarters is easily accessible by public transport:
- 🚇 MM1 – Cadorna
- 🚇 MM2 – Cadorna
- 🚆 Trenord railway station – Milan Cadorna
The Cadorna station is located a few minutes from the headquarters of the Pasquinelli Foundation.
Registration fees
ESTA members
- € 80,00 with registration Early Bird by October 26
- € 90,00 After October 26
ESTA members under 25
- € 55,00 with registration Early Bird by October 26
- € 65,00 After October 26
Non ESTA members
- € 125,00 with registration Early Bird
- € 135,00 After October 26
COMBO – Course + membership fee
€ 125,00
The formula COMBO It is intended for those who are not yet ESTA members and wish to participate in the workshop; registering concurrently with the Association. The fee includes the course (€ 90.00) and the membership fee (€ 35.00).
Early Bird until October 26, 2026
For those who are eligible, payment can be made via Teacher's Card.
Registration is available through the ESTA Italia shop.
We are waiting for you in Milan for two days of movement, listening, music and experimentation, discovering new tools to enrich the teaching practice of string instruments.
