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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Irish Recorder and Viol Course 2026

    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, workshops, consort songs, trio sonatas, choir,...

  • HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) 2026

    Bishop Burton College York Road, Bishop Burton

    Now in its 16th year, this international summer school explores common grounds between early, folk and traditional music.  All singers and instrumentalists welcome.  Classes for lute/theorbo, viols, recorders, renaissance wind,...

  • Country Choral Mixed Programme Weekend

    High Trenhouse, Yorkshire Dales

    This mixed-voice workshop centres on a varied programme of choral music connected by texts reflecting different aspects of love — playful, devotional, reflective, and lyrical — set across a wide...

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

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

  • 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.

  • Renaissance Viol and Recorder course

    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....

  • 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.