SWEMF Workshop: Chant with Tony Berridge
Crewkerne Methodist ChurchWorkshop covering Gregorian 4-line and neume notation with Tony Berridge.
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London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting
St Michael's Church, Cornhill, LondonA London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Harpsichord Clinic with John Butt
Handel Hendrix House LondonAn opportunity to work on a piece of music with an internationally renowned musician in a friendly and supportive environment.
Bath Bach Choir Choral Workshop: Cantata BWV 75
St Swithin's, BathCome and join members of Bath Bach Choir in singing Bach’s cantata Die Elenden sollen essen (BWV 75), under the direction of David Hill, Musical Director of the Choir.
NEEMF Workshop: Marian Music with David Allinson
St Francis Church Hall, NewcastleWith this day of music for voices and instruments, David Allinson explores some of the sunniest music of the Renaissance: settings of texts such as Regina Cæli and Ave Maria.
Come & Sing: English Chapel Royal Masters
St Mary at Hill, Eastcheap LondonExplore choral masterpieces, learn about their historical and musical contexts, and brush up on singing technique with a vocal expert.
EEMF Epiphany Party
Blyburgate Hall BecclesThe annual EEMF Epiphany party, this year slightly later than Epiphany. Philip Thorby will lead a wealth of festive music.
Consorting Viols
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireThree days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes. Tutors: Alison Crum, Peter Wendland.
Baroque Chamber Music at A=415
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireFor pre-formed chamber groups on period instruments. Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams, Stephen Preston.
Recorder Orchestra Weekend 2025
Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, TauntonRecorders@Plymouth are back for their annual visit to Halsway Manor, offering an opportunity to explore the huge diversity of recorder orchestra repertoire.
SWEMF Workshop with Ben England
West Leigh Infant School, nr Bristol BackwellPurcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway and Monteverdi Beatus Vir. Workshop with Ben England BEM, for SATB voices and strings. Pitch will be A=415.
Open Workshop – Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
St Andrew's, SurbitonJoin Twickenham Choral for a workshop on Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 in preparation for their concert with His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornets.
The City Musick with William Lyons and Richard Thomas
Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, SomersetExplore the rich and varied repertoire of musicians from court and city in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, for wind and brass instruments: cornett, sackbut, shawm, dulcian, recorder (at 440) and crumhorn.
Dorset Bach Cantata Club
D’Urberville Centre, WoolCantata 61 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland. Cantata 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen.
SEMF Talk by Patrick Craig
OnlinePalestrina 500 and the glories of Rome - A Zoom talk by Patrick Craig. Details TBC.
Rondo Viol Academy
St. Katharine's, Henley-on-ThamesAdvanced.
PIVA – Real Roots!
Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, TauntonExploring the world of late 16th-century popular music, as heard in both court and country.
NWEMF Workshop with Laurie Stras
Wilmslow URCLaurie Stras of Musica Secreta leads this workshop for upper voices, all viols, lower pitch recorders and continuo. The workshop will introduce you to the fascinating record of the musical lives of Florentine nuns at the end of the Renaissance.
MEMF Workshop: Tomkins with Carys Lane
Coton Centre, TamworthThe Music of Thomas Tomkins – workshop for voices with Carys Lane.
17th & 18th Century Chamber Music Workshop
Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CumbriaFor pre-formed chamber groups (with or without singer) who should bring at least 4 pieces to work on which can be at varying stages of readiness. Work at 415 or 440Hz, with availability of one harpsichord playable at either pitch, plus Higham’s transposable electric pianos. Tutors: Katharine May and Michael Sanderson.
TVEMF Workshop: Purcell with Benjamin Nicholas
Keble College Chapel, OxfordPurcell with Benjamin Nicholas, for voices and baroque orchestra A=415.
NEEMF Workshop: Purcell with John Hancorn
Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, YorkHenry Purcell: King Arthur - A workshop for all voices and orchestral instruments.
London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting
St Michael's Church, Cornhill, LondonA London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
SEMF Workshop with Peter Wendland
Headcorn Village Hall KentWorkshop for voices and instruments directed by Peter Wendland.
Viol Consorts with members of Fretwork
Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, SomersetThis course offers viol players the chance to explore consort repertoire from the viol’s Golden Age and to improve their technique along the way.
BMEMF Workshop for Singers: Palestrina with David Allinson
The Trinity Centre, ShrewsburyJoin David Allinson for a day exploring Palestrina’s music, in a programme which moves from the majestic to the intimate, from the contemplative to the joyful, and which avoids well-worn and obvious pieces.
EEMF Workshop: Bach with George Parris
Choruses from CPE Bach's Magnificat, Dona Nobis Pacem from JS Bach's Mass in B Minor - further details to follow.
Morales in Granada 2025
Monasterio de San Bernardo, GranadaThis course, directed by Gabriel Díaz, will celebrate the music of Spain’s first great composer. It will be held in the monastery of San Bernardo, in the shadow of the Alhambra in Granada’s Albaicín. The central work is the mass that Morales based on Josquin’s chanson ‘Mille regretz’.
Benslow Lutefest
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshirePlenty of opportunities to play at all levels of ability. Tutors: Jacob Heringman, Lynda Sayce, Matthew Spring, Sara Stowe, Evangelina Mascardi, Andrea Damiani.
NEEMF Workshop: Henry VIII Manuscript with Richard de Winter
Guiseley Methodist Church LeedsWorkshop for singers, led by Richard de Winter - songs from the Henry VIII manuscript.
MEMF Workshop with David Allinson
Collegiate Church of Saint Mary, Stafford Saint Marys Place, StaffordLenten Music – Workshop for Voices with David Allinson. Details TBC.
TVEMF Workshop: Stadlmayr with Gawain Glenton
Chorleywood War Memorial HallJohann Stadlmayr’s polychoral music for the Habsburg Courts - a workshop for singers and renaissance instruments with Gawain Glenton.
SWEMF Workshop: Renaissance Winds with Tim Bayley
Christ Church, CheltenhamThe aim of the day is to enjoy the rich and varied sonorities of a Renaissance Wind Band. Applications welcome from players of Renaissance wind instruments – shawms, sackbutts, cornetts, curtals, crumhorns, recorders, etc.
NWEMF Workshop with Philip Thorby
Missa Diligam Te Domine a 12 by Giovanni Valentini - Didsbury, Manchester area.
London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting
St Michael's Church, Cornhill, LondonA London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
SEMF Workshop: Palestrina with David Allinson
Bosham Village Hall ChichesterPalestrina workshop for voices and instruments, directed by David Allinson. Further details TBC.
Easter Early Music Course 2025
Haberdashers' School, MonmouthThis popular and highly acclaimed course provides an excellent opportunity for experienced players of viols and recorders to work on early music in a chamber setting.
Voices and Viols
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireA weekend of 16th and 17th century vocal music ‘apt for voyces and vyalls’, playing mainly in small groups. Tutors: Emma Kirkby, Alison Crum.
BMEMF Workshop for Singers: Lasso with James Weeks
St Andrew's, PresteigneWorkshop for singers with James Weeks. Repertoire: Sacred and secular works by Orlando di Lasso.
NWEMF Workshop with Christopher Roberts
Bolton Parish Church HallMusic for the Chapel Royal (voices, strings, continuo), plus AGM (over lunch).
Revelry and Refinement: Medieval Band Camp
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireA fun and inclusive introduction to playing and singing medieval repertoire for all instrumentalists and singers. Tutors: Emily Baines, Arngeir Hauksson (Amyas).
NEEMF Workshop with Robert Hollingworth
St James URC, NewcastleA joint NEEMF/ABCD workshop with Robert Hollingworth in Newcastle, exploring familiar and unknown music to encircle Palm Sunday.
MEMF Workshop with George Parris
St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne BirminghamGeorge Parris will tutor this workshop, for voices and instruments, on Lamentations by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla & López Capillas.
London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting
St Michael's Church, Cornhill, LondonA London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Come & Sing: Vivaldi and Handel
Holy Sepulchre, LondonRing in the Easter Weekend by joining with fellow singers to form the chorus of Vivaldi’s Gloria and Handel’s Coronation Anthems.
Baroque Oratorio
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshirePerform Charpentier's sacred masterpiece Messe pour MrMauroy. Tutors: Miguel Jaloto, Nick Shaw, Kinga Gaborjani, Gail Hennessy, Judy Tarling.
Singing Weekend with Tim Knight
Whalley Abbey ClitheroeMusic will be taken from 'The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems' and 'The Oxford Book of English Madrigals'.
Tenby: A Portuguese Requiem 2025
St Mary’s Church, Tenby PembrokeshireA course directed by Patrick Craig in the historic Pembrokeshire port, centred on the six-part Requiem of the Portuguese composer Manuel Cardoso (c. 1566-1650), interspersed with funerary motets by other Portuguese composers
When in Rome – Renaissance music from the Eternal City
Swallowbeck Methodist Church, LincolnA workshop for voices and instruments with Greg Skidmore (I Fagiolini) - voices, and Sue Addison (His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts) - instruments. Music will depend on the number of singers (especially lower voices) and instrumentalists applying and will be decided upon nearer the time. Pitch is A=440.
NEEMF Workshop with Nancy Hadden
Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, YorkWorkshop for voices and instruments with Nancy Hadden, details TBC.
Rondo Viol Academy
Shepherd's Dene, NorthumberlandIntermediate and Upper Intermediate.
BMEMF Workshop: Odhecaton with Lizzie Gutteridge
Yarpole Parish Hall Yarpole, LeominsterWorkshop for instrumentalists, followed by a short concert. Repertoire: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton.
Come & Sing Bach’s Mass in B Minor
St Matthew's, CroydonJoin the Croydon Bach Choir for an exhilarating workshop under the expert guidance of Music Director, Tim Horton. Open to singers of all levels who can follow a score.
MEMF Workshop with Rory McCleery
Workshop for voices with Rory McCleery. Details TBC.
Dorset Bach Cantata Club
D’Urberville Centre, WoolJS Bach Cantata 118: O Jesu Christ, mein’s lebens Licht. JS Bach Cantata 146: Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal. JS Bach Motet BWV 230: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden.
London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting
St Michael's Church, Cornhill, LondonA London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Benevoli Workshop with Robert Hollingworth
All Saints Clifton BristolA workshop led by Robert Hollingworth, on the 4-choir Missa Benevola, by the 17th-century Franco-Italian composer Orazio Benevoli. More details and booking information to follow.
NWEMF Workshop with Deborah Catterall
The music of Johannes Prioris, Palestrina and Josquin, for voices, viols, lower recorders and sackbuts. Lancaster.
TVEMF Baroque Chamber Music Day
Baroque Chamber Music Day with Victoria Helby, details TBC.
Renaissance Polyphony
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireGlorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West and Gareth Wilson.
Voices, Viols & Recorders Association
Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, TauntonAn un-tutored course for experienced singers and players of early instruments. Non-fixed ensembles of recorders and viols form the main part of the week with a variety of small singing groups depending on participants.
Gregorian Chant: The Joys of Singing
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireAn inclusive course for all to experience Gregorian chant in a friendly, entertaining, informative and enjoyable context. Tutor: John Rowlands-Pritchard.
NEEMF Workshop with Richard MacKenzie
Calcutt & Forest Moor Village HallWorkshop for voices and instruments on a mass by Escobar, led by Richard MacKenzie, details TBC.
Music at Monteconero 2025
Monteconero, SiroloA course directed by Rory McCleery in a former monastery, now a small hotel, on the Adriatic coast of Italy. The repertoire is centred on the larger-scale music of the greatest composers of Spain’s Siglo de Oro: Guerrero, Lobo, Morales and Victoria.
TVEMF Workshop for Singers: Palestrina with David Allinson
Workshop for Singers: Palestrina Missa Laetatus sum a8 (and its source motet) with David Allinson.
NWEMF Workshop with George Parris
Celano Mass in luna - Chester area.
Baroque Orchestra: A European Odyssey
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireExploring national styles in suites and concertos by Purcell, Campra, Corelli, Vivaldi and Fasch. Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams.
Summer Viols
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireFour days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes with other players of an advanced and upper-intermediate level. Tutors: Alison Crum, Alison Kinder, Ibi Aziz, Peter Wendland.
MEMF Workshop with Will Dawes & Katie Banks
A scholarly exploration of the life and music of Thomas Morley - a workshop for voices with Will Dawes and Katie Bank.
London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting
St Michael's Church, Cornhill, LondonA London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Come & Sing: Bach: Mass in B minor
Come and sing Bach: Mass in B minor choruses with Goldsmiths Choral Union choir, conducted by Jack Apperley.
SEMF Workshop: Gibbons with Bill Hunt
Gibbons Verse Anthems for voices and instruments, directed by Bill Hunt. Further details TBC.
BMEMF Workshop with Patrick Craig
Workshop for singers and instrumentalists with Patrick Craig. Venue and repertoire to be confirmed.
London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting
St Michael's Church, Cornhill, LondonA London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Skipton 2025: The Baldwin Partbooks
Holy Trinity Church, Skipton North YorkshireA course directed by Bill Carslake, with repertoire drawn from the larger-scale works in one of the most important sources of Tudor church music, the Baldwin Partbooks.
Beauchamp Early Music Week
Malvern CollegeThis residential course is for singers and players of Renaissance instruments and has been running for many years.
EEMF Workshop with David Allinson
Workshop in Cambridge with David Allison. Further details to follow.
Baroque Week Summer School
Queen Anne's School Caversham, BerkshireThe theme for 2025 is Visiting Vienna: Exploring Music at the Habsburg Court.
Irish Recorder and Viol Course 2025
An Grianán, Co. LouthA course designed for players of recorders, viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from ancient to modern. Sessions include one-to-a-part groups, consort songs, trio sonatas, choir, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Caoimhe de Paor, Pamela Flanagan, Philip Thorby, Peter Wendland.
NWEMF Workshop with Rory McCleery
St Agnes Church, Liverpool Ullet RoadThe music of Lusitano and other Portuguese composers.