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  • Portuguese Polyphony in Braga

    Hotel Vila Gale, Braga , Portugal

    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.  Musical Director: David Ogden.

  • Gregorian Chant: The Joys of Singing

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    An 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, Sirolo

    A 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, Hertfordshire

    Exploring 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, Hertfordshire

    Four 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.

  • The Chalemie Summer School

    Uppingham School, Oakham Rutland

    Chalemie's 25th Summer School in Early Music, Dance, Period Costume Making and Commedia.  Leading performers from the group will direct a series of workshops on 17th/18th century music, song, dance, commedia and costume making, with a particular emphasis on the English repertoire of this period.

  • Skipton 2025: The Baldwin Partbooks

    Holy Trinity Church, Skipton North Yorkshire

    A 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.

  • Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    Chamber Weekender for Upper Voices, exploring Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, in its original setting for two vocal lines.  This exquisite, haunting rendering of the Marian hymn captures Mary’s deep sorrow at the foot of the cross.  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736) composed this masterwork shortly before his death at the age of 26.  Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • Early Music in the Marches Early Music Weekend

    Discoed, Powys

    A Friday night concert given by early music professionals and a two day workshop for vocalists and instrumentalists. Georg Philipp Telemann's 'Paris Quartets' This year focusses on Telemann's famous collection of music for flute, violin, viola da gamba and continuo (cello and harpsichord). Friday night concert: Marches Baroque Ensemble, playing on period instruments, will present...

  • The Gonzaga Legacy with Platinum Consort

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    This season of Early Nights traces the far-reaching influence of the Gonzaga court in shaping sacred music at the turn of the 17th century.

  • Madrigals and Partsongs

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Chamber choir and consort singing of madrigals and Partsongs.

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • Handel in Arcadia with Platinum Consort

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    An upper voices Chamber Weekender immersed in the beauty of Handel’s Italian duets.  Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Dorset Bach Cantata Club

    Sturminster Newton High School Bath Road, Sturminster Newton

    Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh.

  • 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.

  • Spanish Vespers with Platinum Consort

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    This Chamber Weekender brings together a reconstructed Vespers drawn from the works of Spain’s most distinguished Renaissance composers, many of whom knew, influenced, or were aware of each other’s music.  Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger.

  • 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.

  • Bach Christmas Oratorio

    St Mary's Church, Battersea London

    A series of three workshops exploring the rich tapestry of choruses, chorales and select solo movements from J.S. Bach’s Weinachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio).  Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger. These workshops can be booked individually, or as a bundle. 8th November (Parts I & II) 6th December (Parts III & IV) 10th January (Parts V & VI) Three Workshop...

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    Foxhill House, Frodsham Cheshire

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Come & Sing/Play Handel & Bach

    St. Michael and All Angels, Nottingham

    Come and Sing/Play Handel: Dixit Dominus and C P E Bach: Magnificat with Director: Richard Roddis, Répétiteur: Michael Overbury, and Instrumental Specialist: Kelly McCusker.

  • Consorting Viols

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Three days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes and exploring some lesser-known repertoire in addition to ‘old favourites’. Tutors: Alison Crum, Peter Wendland.

  • Baroque Chamber Music at A=415

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Inspirational and encouraging instruction in baroque style from expert tutors. For pre-formed chamber groups on period instruments. Tutors: Rachel Beckett, Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams, Oliver John Ruthven.

  • 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.

  • Dorset Bach Cantata Club

    D’Urberville Centre, Wool

    Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh.

  • PIVA Real Roots!

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    Real Roots!  Exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music.  The core of the programme will consist of playing in a mixture of large and small ensembles, as well as a range of other options each day, including a focus on ensemble techniques, ornamentation and will hopefully also include some vocal sessions.

  • 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.

  • 17th & 18th Century Chamber Music Workshop

    Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria

    For 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.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    The Grange, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

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

  • Lute Fest in association with The Lute Society

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Plenty of opportunities to play at all levels of ability, and to socialise with like-minded early music enthusiasts. Tutors: Bor Zuljan, Peter Croton, Jacob Herringman, Lynda Sayce, Matthew Spring, Sara Stowe.

  • 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.

  • Baroque Opera Project: Rameau’s Pygmalion

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Be part of a fully staged historically informed staging of Rameau’s one-act acte de ballet Pygmalion, working from first rehearsal to public performance in six days under the guidance of a team of leading baroque specialists. Tutors: Catarina Costa e Silva, Fernando Miguel Jalôto, Judy Tarling, Gail Hennessy, Josh Salter.

  • Casterbridge Music: Malta 2026

    Make new friends in a week of singing and sightseeing in historic, beautiful Malta. The week is aimed at keen singers who enjoy a challenge.  The course will be led by experienced choral director, David Greenwood.  For more information email: casterbridge.music.uk@gmail.com. Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi Munera Byrd Ave Verum Redford Rejoice in the Lord Parry...

  • Baroque Choruses

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Explore and deepen your knowledge of a range of baroque choruses and be part of a fully staged historically informed performance of Rameau’s Pygmalion on this Opera Project companion course led by Nicholas Shaw.

  • Revelry and Refinement: Medieval Band Camp

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    A fun and inclusive introduction to playing and singing medieval repertoire for all instrumentalists and singers. Explore the wealth and variety of musical timbres and textures found in music of the 12th-15th centuries. Tutors: Emily Baines, Arngeir Hauksson.

  • Gregorian Chant: The Joys of Singing

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    An inclusive course for all to experience Gregorian chant in a friendly, entertaining, informative and enjoyable context. A shared exploration of its music and cultural history, works towards daily performances of a meditative chant sequence. Tutor: John Rowlands-Pritchard.

  • Baroque Solo Sonatas: Melody and Continuo

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    This course will explore the early history of the solo Sonata, from the era of Merula and Fontana through to Bach and Handel. Participants will study the arts of melody, accompaniment and the interface between them. Tutors: Naomi Burrell, Gavin Kibble, Satoko Doi-Luck.

  • Stirling Music Party with Rory McCleery

    Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling

    A course in one of Scotland’s most famous churches, centred on the music of Vincente Lusitano (c.1520-1561), a Portuguese composer of African descent.

  • Lute Songs from England, France and 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, finding great acclaim in music-loving courts. Open to singers of all ranges - soloists and ensemble voices - as well as lutenists, this course...

  • Country Choral Upper Voices Weekend

    High Trenhouse, Yorkshire Dales

    This upper-voice (SSA/SSAA) ensemble singing weekend, led by Rory Wainwright Johnston, is built around detailed, small-ensemble choral work, drawing on repertoire from the early Baroque through to the present day.

  • Dorset Bach Cantata Club

    D’Urberville Centre, Wool

    Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    Shepherd's Dene, Northumberland

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

  • Voices, Viols & Recorders Association

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    An 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.  Evening sessions for all are conducted and include music for instruments and voices.

  • Renaissance Polyphony

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West, Gareth Wilson.

  • Music at Monteconero 2026

    Monteconero, Sirolo

    This course is based on the music of the generation that followed Adrian Willaert and preceded Claudio Monteverdi. Directed by Eamonn Dougan.

  • Summer Viols

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Summer Viols, directed by Alison Crum and Alison Kinder.

  • Viol Discovery Day

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    In this discovery day course tutors provide an introduction to the instrument, basic playing techniques and rich repertoire. The course also includes a ticket to the evening's Rose Consort of Viols concert. No previous string playing experience required.

  • String Musicianship and Body Awareness

    Hawkwood College, Stroud

    Join internationally acclaimed baroque violinist Rachel Podger for a joyful, hands-on exploration of ensemble playing and expressive musicianship.  This short course will cover gut-string playing, connecting the breath and the bow, and also body awareness and body resonance.  Rachel will introduce BOGA (a unique form of “bow-yoga”) as well as Alexander Techniques, chamber music making...

  • Ludlow Summer School 2026

    St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow

    Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance ~ the music of the golden century: Cristóbal de Morales, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Philippe Rogier, Juan de Esquivel and Alonso Lobo. Directed by Bill Carslake.

  • Chalemie Summer School

    Uppingham School, Oakham Rutland

    Chalemie Summer School in Early Music, Dance, Period Costume Making and Commedia.  Leading performers from the group will direct a series of workshops on 17th/18th century music, song, dance, commedia and costume making, with a particular emphasis on the English repertoire of this period.

  • Country Choral Early Music Course

    High Trenhouse, Yorkshire Dales

    This mixed-voice early music workshop marks 400 years since John Dowland with an in-depth exploration of his complete published lute-song output. Working in small mixed-voice ensembles, the weekend will focus on Dowland’s music as shared ensemble repertoire, with attention to text, rhetoric, tuning, contrapuntal clarity and ensemble contact. *More tenors and basses needed!*

  • Beauchamp Early Music Summer School

    Malvern College

    Summer School for Enthusiasts of Early Music, both instrumentalists and singers, offering full board or daily attendance. Spread over 6 days the course is ably led by David Hatcher and David Allinson, allowing participants to enjoy a high standard of music making.

  • Cambridge Early Music Renaissance Summer School

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    The Song of Songs: sacred love songs by Palestrina, Lassus, L’Héritier, Gombert and others. For Voices and Viols. Spend time with like-minded musicians, and develop your skills under the guidance of a world-class team of tutors: course director and vocal tutor Clare Wilkinson, vocal tutors Carys Lane, Giles Underwood and Nicholas Hurndall Smith, and viol...

  • Cambridge Early Music Baroque Summer School

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    The Baroque course will focus on Purcell’s semi-opera Dioclesian. Applications are invited from dancers, proficient singers and confident players of gut-strung Baroque instruments, with Baroque bows, bass viol, violone, recorder, baroque flute, oboe, bassoon, lute family and harpsichord/organ.  Pitch: A=415.

  • Venus & Adonis: A Chamber Weekender Opera

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    John Blow (1649-1708) Venus and Adonis "A Masque for the Entertainment of the King", directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger Desire, pursuit, and a fatal misjudgement: when Venus urges her lover to prove himself in the hunt, a fleeting moment of bravado sets in motion one of mythology’s most devastating endings. In this compact but beautifully crafted...

  • NORVIS Early Music Summer School

    Barnard Castle School Newgate, Barnard Castle

    NORVIS is the full week-long early music summer school in County Durham which they are proud to describe as one of the UK’s longest-established and friendliest.  They teach recorders, Baroque flutes, viols, lutes and early guitars, harpsichords and voices.  Repertoire from early Renaissance to late Baroque.

  • The Music Summer School & Festival

    Gresham's School, Norfolk

    Courses available in choral singing, vocal ensembles, solo singing, baroque orchestra, baroque chamber music, renaissance ensembles and singing, harpsichord and organ. Course tutors include Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini, The Lyons Mouth, James Gilchrist, Steven Devine, Gail Hennessy, Gavin Kibble, The Brook Street Band, The City Musick, Jane Chapman & David Titterington.

  • Assisi Summer School with Patrick Craig

    Piazza del Comune, Assisi

    Patrick Craig, taking over the Assisi residency, has put together a wonderful programme of music for the saints including - of course - St Francis.