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  • TVEMF Benevoli Workshop with Robert Hollingworth

    St Michael and all Angels, Oxford

    Benevoli’s 4-choir Missa Dum Complerentur and the Palestrina motet on which it is based.  A workshop for voices and instruments with Robert Hollingworth.

  • Medieval Music in the Dales 2026

    Bolton Castle Nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire

    A glorious three-day extravaganza dedicated solely to enjoying medieval music.  This year’s Medieval Music in the Dales explores repertoires from the medieval Margins - geographically, culturally and socially.

  • NWEMF Workshop with Stephanie Dyer

    All Saints, Chester

    Renaissance ‘Back-to-School’ – Music for Learning & Scholarship, a workshop for voices and instruments with Stephanie Dyer.

  • MEMF Workshop with Mark Wilson

    Oddfellows Hall, Stafford

    Pentecostal Polychoral Music - workshop for voices and instruments at A440 with Mark Wilson.

  • EMFS Try a Viol Workshop with Alison Kinder

    Inverleith St Serf's Church Edinburgh

    Come and Try a Viol - a popular instrument of the Renaissance and Baroque periods - in a small group of complete beginners. Alison Kinder is a leading UK viol player and an excellent and supportive tutor. Viols will be supplied.

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (1/6)

    University of Edinburgh

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

  • NEEMF Workshop with Leah Stuttard

    Burley in Wharfedale Methodist Church

    Feast of Fools - a workshop for singers and all instrumentalists, led by Dr Leah Stuttard.

  • Go 4 B’rque: Peerless Purcell III – Drama at Court

    St Catherine's Argyle Church, Edinburgh

    EMFS invites modern string players to come and play music from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Welcome and Birthday Odes, under the direction of Philip Redfern.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

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

  • Banbury Early Music Festival 2026

    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! ​

  • 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. Tutors: David Hatcher and Alison Kinder, assisted by Claire Horácek and Timothy Lin.

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (2/6)

    University of Edinburgh

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

  • EMFS Workshop with John Bryan + AGM

    12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh

    Singers and instrumentalists will work together on sacred and secular music from the Renaissance period, on the theme of "regretz" and departures.

  • SEMF Workshop with John Hancorn

    Headcorn Village Hall Kent

    John Hancorn will conduct choruses from Samson and Saul for singers and instrumentalists at A440.

  • Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    This course will provide a rare opportunity to play in a pure cornett & sackbutt ensemble; famous for its noble sound and rich sonorities and an endangered species in need of protection!  This course offers a fabulous opportunity to indulge yourself in a soundworld where blend, balance and tuning will be the prime objectives.

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (3/6)

    University of Edinburgh

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • SWEMF Workshop with Huw Morgan

    St Mary's Church, Yatton

    Workshop for voices and instruments - Tomás Luis de Victoria with Huw Morgan, further details TBC.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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 

  • 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.

  • SEMF Workshop with Bill Lyons

    Headcorn Village Hall Kent

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

  • 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 George Parris + AGM

    Bishopswood Village Hall, Herefordshire

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