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.
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.
This workshop, led by Dr Christopher Roberts, will explore Zelenka’s Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei in D minor ZWV26 (c.1723) and Gloria in F major ZWV30 (1724), and is open to all singers, oboes, sackbuts, bassoon, strings (violins, violas, cellos, violone/double bass) and continuo players (theorbo, organ). Pitch A = 415.
The workshop will focus on the music of Giovanni Croce, a leading Venetian composer of his day. Open to all singers and cornetts, sackbuts, curtals/dulcians, recorders, viol and violin family, plucked continuo.
Preformed Consorts. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.
An Early Music Love Affair - a workshop for voices and instruments with Lisa Colton. Liverpool area.
What better subject could there be for St Valentine's Day than love - sacred and profane and all stages in between? Join EEMF in Beccles on February 14th for a workshop including Gabrieli's two-choir motet Diligam Te Domine, Andreas Hakenberger's rich 12-part setting of Vulnerasti Cor Meum, Cristofano Malvezzi's 15-part A Voi, Reali Amanti, and...
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.
JS Bach: Choruses from the Christmas Oratorio with Philip Thorby, for singers and baroque orchestra (A=415).
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.
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.
El Parnasso Hyspano - indigenous Latin American music workshop for singers and continuo.
Advanced. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.
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.
Schutz: Psalmen Davids workshop with Bill Carslake.
Choruses from Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) for voices and strings.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary - a workshop for singers and players.
This workshop, led by Sophia Mucke (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and Royal Academy of Music, London) and Dr Oliver Doyle, will be an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of the Guidonian Hand and Solmisation. This workshop is open to all, whether you would like to join in or observe. Being able to read music...
Workshop of early music with South American links with El Parnaso Hyspano, for voices and continuo. Contact Janet Tanburn janetmtanburn@gmail.com for further details.
Polychoral Pentecost, for voices and instruments, directed by Mark Wilson.
This 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.
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.
Repertoire: Très Élégant, the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Workshop for instrumentalists.
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.
Music for renaissance winds with Tim Bayley.
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.
Bristol's Early Music Festival, with concerts, exhibits, workshops, and more...
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...
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.
Early Music Extravaganza on the Isle of Wight - includes concerts, workshops, talks, and more!
Vivaldi’s Gloria workshop for voices and strings with Ben England. Wilmslow.
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.
Vocal and instrumental polychoral music with Peter Wendland.
Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West, Gareth Wilson.
Polychoral music by Heinrich Schütz, workshop for voices and instruments with Peter Wendland. Lancaster.
Summer Viols, directed by Alison Crum and Alison Kinder.
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.
Save the date for this Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Dr Stephen Bullamore. Music, subject to confirmation, to include large scale works for voices, strings, wind and brass at pitch A=440 by Giovanni Gabrieli (Venice), Heinrich Schütz (Dresden), Orazio Benevoli (Rome), Heinrich Biber (Salzburg), M.A Charpentier (Paris).
Workshop for singers and instrumentalists with David Hatcher, also includes BMEMF AGM.
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.
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Clare Griffel. Details TBC.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Caoimhe de Paor, Pamela Flanagan, Peter Wendland, Philip Thorby.
Workshop for voices and instruments with Stephanie Dyer. Chester.
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.
Workshop for voices and instruments on Hans Leo Hassler, with Gawain Glenton.
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 Horácek and Timothy Lin.
Music from the Odhecaton workshop for voices and instruments with Lizzie Gutteridge. Bolton.
1535 – a year in the life of Pierre Attaingnant - a workshop for voices and instruments with Peter Syrus. Bramhall, Stockport.
Christmas Workshop for voices and instruments with Philip Thorby.
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