The Bernarr Rainbow Awards For Music Teachers
About the Bernarr Rainbow Awards
The Bernarr Rainbow Trust makes annual awards to encourage excellence in music teaching. Teachers in schools and others engaged in the practice of music education are invited to apply for funding to support innovative projects and pedagogical initiatives. It is a condition of an award that a project is
organised and carried out in a systematic manner, and usually over a period of one academic year. On completion of projects, award holders will be required to submit a full report and acknowledge the support of the Bernarr Rainbow Trust.
To date, awards have ranged from £300 to £1500. Successful projects in the last few years have included:
- The setting up of a County Singing Group
- Beginning violin groups - peer mentoring
- Introducing Indonesian Gamelan in a primary school
- Voices in Concert - peripatetic instrumental and vocal teachers
- Music games - the easy way to learn theory
- A school opera project
Information for applicants
Applicants are required to name two referees who have an informed knowledge of their professional expertise and experience.
Applications should be made on the attached form and sent to:
The Administrator
Bernarr Rainbow Awards for Music Teachers
Department of Arts and Humanities
Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way London WC1H OAL
About Bernarr Rainbow
Dr Bernarr Rainbow (1914-1998) was born in London and became a church organist when he was still at school. He attended Trinity College of Music whilst working as a surveyor until the war interrupted his studies and he spent four years in the army. After military service he held Directorships of Music at the Royal Grammar School for Boys, High Wycombe, The College of St Mark and St John, Chelsea, and Gypsy Hill College (now Kingston University). He retired in 1978 and founded the Curwen Institute.
Dr Rainbow held five music diplomas and gained three postgraduate degrees from Leicester University the M Ed (1964), PhD (1968) and D Litt (1992). He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (1994), and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Trinity College (1995). In retirement he continued to write chapters, articles and reviews and he was regularly consulted internationally as the leading authority on the history of music education.
Bernarr Rainbow's writings
Dr Rainbow's writings are both practical and scholarly and include:
- Music in the Classroom (1956, reprinted 1970)
- A Handbook for Music Teachers (ed. 1964, second edition, 1970)
- The Land without Music (1965)
- The Choral Revival in the Anglican Church (1970) [Full Text]
- John Curwen: a critical biography (1980)
- Music in Educational Thought and Practice (1989)
- Music and the English Public School (ed. 1990)
He contributed many articles to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and other major reference works, and edited some 25 separate primers from originals in various languages as Classic Texts in Music Education. His books are published by Boydell and Brewer.
Application Form
An interactive application form in PDF format can be downloaded [here]. Should you prefer to complete this form electronically, it is recommended that you save it onto your computer first and then open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Links
· Bernarr Rainbow Books at Amazon
· Wikipedia page about Bernarr Rainbow
