MEMF Workshop: Schein with Alison Kinder

Knowle Village Hall, Solihull

Schein’s Banchetto Musicale – a workshop for instruments (recorders, strings, brass and reeds at pitch A=440) with Alison Kinder.

Cambridge Early Music Baroque Summer School

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Weldon/Purcell The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island.  Offered in collaboration with the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM), directed by Laurence Cummings.  Pitch: A=415.

Beauchamp Early Music Week

Malvern College

This residential course is for singers and players of Renaissance instruments and has been running for many years.

Lincoln Summer School

Lincoln University

Orlando Gibbons and the music of Westminster Abbey. This course, directed by Patrick Craig explores anthems by three towering musicians of Westminster Abbey, focussing on Orlando Gibbons who died in 1625 together with choral masterpieces by Robert White and Henry Purcell.

Cambridge Early Music Renaissance Summer School

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Charles V and the Spanish Golden Age: music for an empire where the sun never sets - music by Morales, Guerrero, Anchieta, Vasquez, Crecquillon, Victoria and others.  For voices and viols, with Clare Wilkinson, Carys Lane, Giles Underwood, Alison Crum and Alison Kinder.

NORVIS 2025

Barnard Castle School Newgate, Barnard Castle

The 53rd NORVIS summer school - a week-long early music summer school in County Durham.

Stile Antico Summer School & Festival

Gresham's School, Norfolk

The group will teach two courses: Vocal Ensembles - a course designed to improve ensemble singing skills.  Participants will be divided into small groups, normally with just one or two voices per part, and will explore a wealth of 16th and early 17th century gems. Sing with Stile - singing alongside members of Stile Antico,...

Assisi Summer School

Piazza del Comune, Assisi

Assisi 2025 – Palestrina, Prince of Music, with Musical Director Rory McCleery.

The Great Malvern Festival of Singing

Malvern College

The festival will be in three independent parts, with one part being an in depth look at some Music of the Renaissance and how to sing Plainsong.

Baroque Buffet

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

An increasingly popular course for those interested in Baroque performance practice using modern instruments.

Early Music Summer School

Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria

For competent singers, viol and recorder players, covering music c1450-c1650.

Baroque Week Summer School

Queen Anne's School Caversham, Berkshire

The theme for 2025 is Visiting Vienna: Exploring Music at the Habsburg Court.

Irish Recorder and Viol Course 2025

An Grianán, Co. Louth

A 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.

Baroque Trios with Zarek Trio

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Join Zarek Trio in a course focused on the baroque trio sonata.

HISS 2025

Bishop Burton College York Road, Bishop Burton

The Historically Informed Summer School - where folk, traditional and early music meet.

Come & Sing Vivaldi Gloria

Old Gourock & Ashton Parish Church Gourock

Come and join members of the Greenock Philharmonic Choir to sing Vivaldi’s popular Gloria.

Come & Sing Bach Magnificat

Southwell Minster

Come & sing Bach's Magnificat in the stunning acoustic of Southwell Minster’s Nave, led by Festival Director Marcus Farnsworth.

Parma and the Court of Mantua

Mercure Parma Centro Stendhal , Italy

This course is for experienced singers who want to improve their choral technique and enjoy exploring a rich mix of repertoire in a convivial social setting.  Repertoire includes works by Cipriano De Rore, Jacquet De Mantua, and Claudio Monteverdi.

Country Choral Weekend – an Elizabethan Songbook

High Trenhouse, Yorkshire Dales

Rory Wainwright Johnston will be leading this weekend workshop in the glorious, peaceful setting of Malham Moor in the Yorkshire Dales. Covering pieces by Campion, Dowland, Gibbons, Wilbye, Pilkington and Morley, exploring both lute songs and madrigals, honing ensemble singing skills and delving into the techniques that bring this repertoire to life. Whether you're passionate...

Madrigals and Partsongs

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Chamber choir and consort singing of madrigals and Partsongs.

Medieval Music in the Dales

Bolton Castle Nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire

The Medieval Instrumentarium - celebrate instrument design, construction, history and - of course - playing!

Come & Sing St John Passion

All Saints Clifton Bristol

A chance to sing selected movements from Bach's wonderful St John Passion - in English.  Led by musical director Hilary Campbell and accompanied by Steve Kings.

Come & Sing Psalms

Briantspuddle Village Hall Dorset

A day exploring settings of psalms by Callcott, Lasso, Quarles, Tallis, Tomkins & the ubiquitous Anonymous with choir director and composer David Greenwood.  The motets are settings of psalms 23, 100 and 130. This Come & Sing is one of 6 annual workshops run since 2022 and attracts enthusiastic singers from across the south west...

Renaissance Viol and Recorder Course with Linarol Consort

Holland House, nr Pershore

The Linarol Consort's Renaissance Viol and Recorder course is for experienced viol and recorder players with an interest in improving their technique on Renaissance instruments and in reading from facsimile. Tutors: David Hatcher and Alison Kinder, assisted by Claire Horacek and Timothy Lin.

MEMF Workshop with Philip Thorby

Solihull Methodist Church Blosssomfield Road, Solihull

Workshop for voices and instruments with Philip Thorby.  There will be a short AGM at lunchtime. This workshop to mark the 540th anniversary of the death of Andrea Gabrieli, and will explore some of his 12-part works for singers, cornetts, sackbuts, recorders, curtals, strings & continuo and, depending on forces, his 16-part Gloria.  

NEEMF Workshop: Ludus Danielis with Trouvere

Burley in Wharfedale Methodist Church

Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel.  Workshop for singers and instrumentalists - flutes, guitar-types and bowed strings of all kinds, harp, psaltery, hurdy gurdy, percussion of all kinds.  Led by Trouvere (Gill Page and Paul Leigh) and Richard de Winter.  

Banbury Early Music Festival

St Mary's Church, Banbury

Banbury Early Music Festival is for early music fans and newcomers alike, to come and participate in inspiring workshops, listen to world class concerts, leaf through a myriad of music and try out early ​instruments until their heart's content!

Purcell for Singers & Continuo

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

An opportunity for singers and continuo players to explore Purcell's solo songs and ensemble works in detail with Emily Owen and Satoko Doi-Luck.

Spem in Alium Choral Day

King Edward VII Upper School, Sheffield

This is for experienced choral singers who can sight read on the day or prepare their part in advance, so we can reduce note bashing to the minimum.  There will be one other piece worked on by each portion of the choir.  Expressions of interest invited here: https://5from500.co.uk/spem-in-alium/ Morning venue King Edward VII Upper School...

The Glory of Venice – Singing Holiday

San Trovaso Church, Venice

Internationally acclaimed conductor Andrea Brown will direct another splendid program of Venetian music.

Singing Baroque: From Monteverdi to Bach

Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

Discover the exquisite world of early music in Singing Baroque: From Monteverdi to Bach, with Jonathan Peter Kenny.

Come & Sing Messiah

Beckfoot School, Bingley

BFCS Musical Director Thomas Leech will take us through a selection from Handel's Messiah.  Sing along with our friendly and supportive choir!

NEEMF Workshop: Gibbons anthems with Bill Hunt

Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

Anthems by Orlando Gibbons - a workshop led by Bill Hunt.  For all voices, viols of all sizes and soft wind (recorders, flutes) with a supporting role for well behaved curtals in the chorus sections, organ and lute are also welcome, A=440.

EEMF Two-Day Workshop with George Parris

Thaxted Parish Church

Two day event in Thaxted Church with George Parris. Heinrich Schütz Schwanengesang for voices and instruments.

Rondo Viol Academy

St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

Intermediate and Upper Intermediate.  Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.

The Music of Florence 2025

St Mark's English Church, Florence , Italy

This course, directed by Rory Wainwright Johnston, celebrates the musical achievements of renaissance Florence, both by its native composers and those drawn by the city’s dazzling éclat.

Lute Songs from England, France & Germany

Hawkwood College, Stroud

An immersive exploration of lute songs from around 1600 in Northern Europe - centred on John Dowland’s best-beloved "First Book of Songes", but also welcoming repertoire from lands that he visited. Open to singers of all ranges as well as lutenists. Facilitators: Emma Kirkby, Florian Franke & Sam Brown.

Flute, Lute and Cello Baroque Weekend

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

A friendly introduction for flute, lute and cello players to the rich but sometimes forbidding world of baroque chamber music.

BMEMF Workshop with Emily White

The Drill Hall, Chepstow

Female Composers of 17th Century Italy with Emily White, for singers and instrumentalists.

SWEMF Workshop: Andrea Gabrieli with Philip Thorby

St Thomas Church, Thorverton

Philip Thorby will be the musical director of this wonderful workshop, which will mark the 540th anniversary of the death of the great Andrea Gabrieli, composer and first organist at St Mark's in Venice from 1566 until his death in 1585. We will explore some of Andrea's great twelve-part works, including the psalm setting, `Benedicam...

Viol Consorts with Fretwork

Hawkwood College, Stroud

This course offers viol players the chance to explore consort repertoire from the viol's Golden Age and to improve their technique along the way. Composers studied will include Jenkins, Purcell, Holborne, Lawes and Coperario.

NEEMF Workshop with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick

St Francis Church Hall, Newcastle

From Darkness to Light – a journey through Early Baroque splendour for voices and instruments. An Advent come and sing & play, led by Drew Cantrill-Fenwick, pitch: A=415.

Come & Sing Vivaldi Gloria

Christ Church, Skipton

Come & Sing Vivaldi Gloria and other Baroque excitement with Tim Knight.

NWEMF Workshop with Gawain Glenton

St Mary's Church Hall, Sale

‘The Sound of Power‘ – Johann Stadlmayr’s Polychoral Music for the Habsburg Courts, a workshop led by Gawain Glenton. The choice of repertoire for this workshop will be tailored as closely as possible to the ensemble on the day, but will hopefully include two 12-part motets: Deus qui glorificantes and Domine quis habitabit. This workshop will benefit from...

TVEMF Renaissance Playing Day

Whitehill Centre, Chesham

Renaissance Playing Day (A=440), for one-to-a-part singers as well as instrumentalists.

SEMF Workshop with Ali Kinder

Boxgrove Village Hall, Chichester

Workshop for voices and instruments directed by Ali Kinder, further details TBC.

Rondo Viol Academy

Foxhill House, Frodsham Cheshire

Preformed Consorts.  Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.

Page to Performance: Medieval Music

Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

Come and discover Medieval music with Mary Mohan, Jude Rees and Leah Stuttard. 2025’s focus will be Adam de la Halle.

Consorted Viols

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Three days of viol consort playing in preformed groups of any level, studying in depth any music chosen by the group, coached by members of the Rose Consort of Viols.

Gaudete! Festive Renaissance Music

Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

William Lyons and Richard Thomas from The City Musick will be heading back to Halsway Manor this Christmastide, bringing with them all the joys of the festive season during the Renaissance.

Christmas Choral Weekend with The Gesualdo Six

Hawkwood College, Stroud

For centuries Christmas and the surrounding seasons have inspired composers to new heights of invention. The repertoire chosen for this course will reach across the ages: from the eternal beauty of the Tudor church right up to the twenty-first century.

The City Musick

Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

Explore the rich and varied repertoire of musicians from court and city in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with William Lyons & Richard Thomas.

Rondo Viol Academy

St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

Preformed Consorts.  Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.

Viol Consorts with Fretwork

Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

This course offers viol players the chance to explore consort repertoire from the viol’s Golden Age and to improve their technique along the way, with Joanna Levine and Richard Boothby of Fretwork.

Rondo Viol Academy

The Grange, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

Advanced.  Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.

Cádiz Lamentations with Bruno Campelo Muñíz

Convento de las Reparadoras, Cádiz

Alonso Lobo ~ De lamentatione Ieremiæ Prophetæ Duarte Lobo ~ Missa pro defunctis 8 vocibus A week of study and rehearsal leading to a public performance in Cádiz.