Consorting Viols
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireThree days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes. Tutors: Alison Crum, Peter Wendland.
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Courses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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
Rondo Viol Academy
Shepherd's Dene, NorthumberlandIntermediate and Upper Intermediate.
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.
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.
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.
Beauchamp Early Music Week
Malvern CollegeThis residential course is for singers and players of Renaissance instruments and has been running for many years.
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.