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  • Brighton Early Music Festival

    Brighton

    BREMF 2026 - Bringers of Dreams 26 exciting live music events, including vocal and instrumental workshops.  

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (3/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • TVEMF/EEMF Workshop with Gawain Glenton

    Waltham Abbey Church Essex

    Large-scale music by Hassler for voices and instruments, with Gawain Glenton.  A joint event put on by TVEMF and EEMF.

  • Bach Christmas Oratorio Workshop

    Christchurch, Hitchin

    Open to all singers, an opportunity to explore the fabulous Christmas Oratorio by Bach, led by Harry Bradford.

  • NEEMF Double Choir Workshop with Peter Wendland

    Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

    German double-choir music of the late Renaissance and Early Baroque time A workshop for singers, recorders (4 and 8 foot), viols, sackbut, cornett, curtal, baroque violin / cello, led by Peter Wendland.

  • EMFS Playing Day with Palisander Recorder Quartet

    Inverleith St Serf's Church Edinburgh

    A recorder playing day and concert with the excellent Palisander Recorder Quartet. Supported by the Continuo Foundation and with additional support from the Edinburgh branch of the Society of Recorder Players.

  • Come and Sing Byrd’s Great Service

    St Peter's Church, Hammersmith Black Lion Lane, London

    Petros Singers join forces with Toby Ward (co-founder and artistic director of Ensemble Pro Victoria) for a come-and-sing workshop exploring the rich world of William Byrd’s Great Service for ten-part double choir.

  • BREMF A=415 Instrumental Workshop with Olwen Foulkes

    The Rose Hill, Brighton 70-71 Rose Hill Terrace

    This workshop will give amateur players of instruments at A=415 a chance to explore some baroque chamber music repertoire together with like-minded enthusiasts.

  • Baroque Trio Sonatas with ZAREKTrio

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Discover the joy of playing Baroque trio sonatas from across Europe in this insightful new course led by experienced musicians from ZAREKTrio, and enjoy a concert from the trio as part of your course fee.

  • SWEMF Workshop with Andrea Brown

    Hambridge Village Hall, Somerset

    Convent and Basilica - illuminating the musical connections between convents, churches and the great cultural centres of Venice and Northern Italy.  A workshop for voices and instruments with Andrea Brown.

  • The Gesualdo Six: Singers’ Workshop 2026

    Arnside Educational Institute Carnforth

    A half-day workshop aimed at confident and experienced singers who can read music.  The repertoire is not yet finalised but will feature early music masterpieces.

  • Red Priest Concert & Masterclass

    Henry Sandon Hall, Worcester Royal Porcelain Works, Severn St

    Red Priest - Wild Men of the Baroque Join Piers Adams (recorders) and David Wright (keyboard) for an afternoon of virtuosic baroque music. The programme will include music by Corelli, Handel, Telemann, Castello, Bull, Uccellini, Marini, Van Eyck, Pandolfi, Royer and Biber. There will be a recorder masterclass before the concert from 12-1pm – FREE...

  • Come & Sing Bach in Leipzig

    St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig , Germany

    Five-day Come & Sing event culminating in a full-scale, baroque-pitch performance including Bach’s Cantata 140 (“Wachet auf”), Cantata 147, and the Magnificat in D major, led by Ben England BEM.

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (4/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • Discovery Day: Harpsichord for Pianists

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    This course, taught in informal masterclass style, provides an opportunity to try some Baroque repertoire on the harpsichord, as a way of gaining more insight into historical style.

  • Bach Club XVIII Choral Workshop

    St Mary's Church, Battersea London

    Bach Club XVIII Choral Workshop with Platinum Consort Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) BWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ BWV 68 Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (Choruses and chorales only)

  • TVEMF Renaissance Day

    White Hill Centre, Chesham

    TVEMF Renaissance Day - a day of small chamber groups, for cornetts, sackbuts, curtals, recorders, viols, lutes, keyboards and other appropriate instruments, plus one-to-a-part singers with good sight reading, organised by Victoria Helby

  • NEEMF Workshop for Singers with Alex Woodrow

    Summerhill Bowling Club, Newcastle upon Tyne

    Heavenly Harmonies - Exploring the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from William Byrd’s ‘Great’ Service, along with motets by Byrd, Blitheman, Tomkins and Philips.

  • Seventeenth-century Strings

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Explore some of the most intriguing string music of the baroque era in this course focusing on the 17th century - the age of ‘wonder and delight’ in the arts, in which the ability to astonish was the hallmark of every great musician - guided by baroque violinist and director of the highly acclaimed Monteverdi...

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (5/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • MEMF Workshop for Voices & Instruments with Philip Thorby

    Solihull Methodist Church Blosssomfield Road, Solihull

    MISSA AUDITE ME a 16 by Francesco Stivori (c.1550 – 1605), led by Philip Thorby. This workshop is for voices, wind (including cornetts, sackbuts, curtals, recorders), strings (including all sizes, but larger instruments especially welcome), and continuo (figured bass). Pitch A440.

  • EMFS Choir Autumn 2026

    Guest choir MD for the autumn sessions will be Kristine Donnan. All are welcome. Scores are circulated in advance.

  • EMFS Workshop with Alison Kinder

    Inverleith St Serf's Church Edinburgh

    Renaissance Italian canzonas for bowed strings, soft winds and other instruments, led by Alison Kinder.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • Consorted Viols

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Dive into the rich and transportative sound of the viol and improve your ensemble’s playing in this inspiring course with expert coaching from Alison Crum and members of the renowned Rose Consort of Viols.

  • NWEMF Workshop with Peter Syrus

    St Agnes & St Pancras, Liverpool Ullet Road

    1535 - a year in the life of Pierre Attaingnant. A workshop for voices and instruments at A=440 with Peter Syrus.

  • SEMF Workshop with Alison Kinder

    Fishbourne Church Hall Chichester

    Workshop for voices and instruments directed by Alison Kinder.  Full details will be posted at a later date.

  • Page to Performance: Medieval Music

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    Come and discover Medieval music with Mary Mohan, Jude Rees and Leah Stuttard. Delve into the world of Medieval manuscripts, dance tunes, beautiful sacred music and more.

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (6/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • Come & Sing Messiah

    Come & Sing Messiah with Basingstoke Choral Society.  Details TBC.

  • NEEMF Workshop with David Hatcher

    Calcutt & Forest Moor Village Hall

    The intended programme a month before Christmas is to be based on Hieronymous Praetorius’s response to the Gabrielis of Venice, and on some works by similar composers.

  • Renaissance Festive 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.  Intended for players of renaissance wind, brass and strings, this course will celebrate the huge variety of sounds and styles of Christmas music heard...

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • Go 4 B’rque: Brandenburg Bach II

    St Catherine's Argyle Church, Edinburgh

    EMFS invites modern string players to come and play Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, under the direction of Philip Redfern.

  • Come & Sing Messiah with Castle Baroque Players

    St Michael's, Stoney Stanton Leicestershire

    Castle Baroque Players' Lead Tutor Karen Silverwood and Artistic Director Seb Carrington host a workshop day on Handel's Messiah. This workshop is ideal for singers who want a chance to perform choruses from Messiah with a period-instrument orchestra, and for instrumentalists who want expert tuition in historically-influenced performance.

  • EMFS Workshop with Andrew Kirkman

    12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh

    Choral Workshop: Music for the Salamander King - Francois I of France, led by Andrew Kirkman. A short choral workshop, singing music from the early Renaissance.

  • MEMF Workshop with Emily White

    Claines Parish Hall, Worcester

    An Unusual and Excellent Nobility of Invention This workshop is about female composers of 17th century Italy and will be led by Emily White, a member of the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, who is a tutor new to MEMF.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • The City Musick with William Lyons & Richard Thomas

    Explore 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.

  • NEEMF Workshop with Philip Redfern

    Summerhill Bowling Club, Newcastle upon Tyne

    Paratum cor meum – My heart is ready... to sing! A workshop for singers and players 

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • PIVA Real Roots!

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    This is the 11th PIVA Real Roots! course at Halsway, where you will be exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music - this year concentrating on music from Germany.

  • NWEMF 50th Anniversary Weekend Workshop

    National Centre for Early Music York

    A special two-day workshop at the National Centre for Early Music in York, to celebrate 50 years of the North West Early Music Forum.  This is a chance to experience multi-part and polychoral works under the guidance of two outstanding tutors and long-standing friends of NWEMF, David Allinson and Gawain Glenton.

  • SEMF Workshop with Bill Lyons

    Headcorn Village Hall Kent

    Renaissance workshop for voices and instruments with Bill Lyons.  Further details later.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • Viol Consorts with members of 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.  Composers studied will include Jenkins, Purcell, Holborne, Lawes and Coperario.  There may also be time for a session or two on technical trouble-shooting for those interested.

  • BMEMF Workshop with Katy Silverman

    Belmont Abbey, Hereford

    A workshop for voices with tutor Katy Silverman.  Repertoire to be advised.  Organiser: Robert Harris.

  • SEMF Workshop with Ben England

    Music of the English post-Restoration period, for singers, strings, and keyboard at A415, a workshop led by Ben England.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • TVEMF Workshop with Will Dawes & Katie Bank

    St John's URC, Northwood Hallowell Road

    Music to Die For A workshop exploring English Renaissance elegies by Byrd, Weelkes, Ward, Purcell and their contemporaries, with Will Dawes and Katie Bank.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • BMEMF Workshop with George Parris + AGM

    Bishopswood Village Hall, Herefordshire

    A workshop for voices and instruments with George Parris, plus AGM.  Repertoire: Heinrich Schütz.  Organiser: Ellen Sarewitz.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.