SEMF Workshop: Palestrina with David Allinson
Bosham Village Hall ChichesterPalestrina workshop for voices and instruments, directed by David Allinson. Further details TBC.
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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.
NWEMF Workshop with Christopher Roberts
Bolton Parish Church HallMusic for the Chapel Royal, for voices, strings, and continuo, led by Christopher Roberts. NWEMF AGM over lunch.
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).
MEMF Workshop with George Parris
St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne BirminghamGeorge Parris will tutor this workshop, for voices and instruments, on Lamentations by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla & López Capillas.
Come & Play with London Handel Festival
Royal Academy of Music LondonThis year LHF is presenting the festival’s first ever Come and Play, a full-day workshop led by Steven Devine and Kinga Ujszászi for those interested in period instruments and historically informed performance techniques.
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.
A Day of Medieval Music and Dance
Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CumbriaSuitable for musicians and dancers who would like to learn Medieval music and dance.
Viol and Recorder Consort Playing
Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CumbriaTwo parallel, friendly courses for players at any level, though not beginners.
When in Rome – Renaissance music from the Eternal City
Swallowbeck Methodist Church, LincolnA workshop for voices and instruments with Greg Skidmore (I Fagiolini) - voices, and Sue Addison (His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts) - instruments. Music will depend on the number of singers (especially lower voices) and instrumentalists applying and will be decided upon nearer the time. Pitch is A=440.
NEEMF Workshop with Nancy Hadden
Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, YorkWorkshop for voices and instruments with Nancy Hadden, details TBC.
Rondo Viol Academy
Shepherd's Dene, NorthumberlandIntermediate and Upper Intermediate.
BMEMF Workshop: Odhecaton with Lizzie Gutteridge
Yarpole Parish Hall Yarpole, LeominsterWorkshop for instrumentalists, followed by a short concert. Repertoire: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton.
NWEMF Workshop with Deborah Catterall
University of Cumbria LancasterThe music of Johannes Prioris, Palestrina and Josquin, for voices, viols, lower recorders and sackbuts. Lancaster.
TVEMF Baroque Chamber Music Day
Whitehill Centre, CheshamBaroque Chamber Music Day (A=415) with Victoria Helby, for one-to-a-part singers as well as instrumentalists.
SEMF Workshop: Purcell with Ben England
Blackbridge Community Centre, HorshamBen England will direct music by Purcell for singers, strings, and continuo at baroque pitch (A=415).
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.
NEEMF Workshop with Richard MacKenzie
Calcutt & Forest Moor Village HallWorkshop for voices and instruments on a mass by Escobar, led by Richard MacKenzie, details TBC.
NWEMF Workshop with George Parris
All Saints, ChesterThe ‘Full Moon’ Mass – an exquisite Italian rarity from the mysterious Giuseppe Corsi da Celano, for voices and instruments.
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.
SEMF Workshop: Gibbons with Bill Hunt
Gibbons Verse Anthems for voices and instruments, directed by Bill Hunt. Further details TBC.
BMEMF Workshop with Patrick Craig
St John's Church, LudlowWorkshop for singers and instrumentalists - Francesc Valls, Missa Scala Aretina, with Patrick Craig.
SWEMF Workshop: Gibbons Verse Anthems with Clare Griffel
St Monica's Trust, BristolGibbons Verse Anthems workshop for voices and strings with Clare Griffel - details TBC.
MEMF Workshop: Schein with Alison Kinder
Schein’s Banchetto Musicale – a workshop with Alison Kinder.
Beauchamp Early Music Week
Malvern CollegeThis residential course is for singers and players of Renaissance instruments and has been running for many years.
NORVIS 2025
Barnard Castle School Newgate, Barnard CastleThe 53rd NORVIS summer school - a week-long early music summer school in County Durham.
Baroque Buffet
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireAn increasingly popular course for those interested in Baroque performance practice using modern instruments.
Early Music Summer School
Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CumbriaFor competent singers, viol and recorder players, covering music c1450-c1650.
Baroque Week Summer School
Queen Anne's School Caversham, BerkshireThe theme for 2025 is Visiting Vienna: Exploring Music at the Habsburg Court.
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.
Baroque Trios with Zarek Trio
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireJoin Zarek Trio in a course focused on the baroque trio sonata.
HISS 2025
Bishop Burton College York Road, Bishop BurtonThe Historically Informed Summer School - where folk, traditional and early music meet.
Renaissance Viol and Recorder Course with Linarol Consort
Holland House, nr PershoreThe 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.
MEMF Workshop with Philip Thorby
Solihull Methodist Church Blosssomfield Road, SolihullWorkshop for Voices and Instruments with Philip Thorby - details TBC.
NEEMF Workshop: Ludus Danielis with Trouvere
Burley in Wharfedale Methodist ChurchWorkshop for singers and instrumentalists, led by Trouvere (Gill Page and Paul Leigh) and Richard de Winter. Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel. Details TBC.
Purcell for Singers & Continuo
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireAn opportunity for singers and continuo players to explore Purcell's solo songs and ensemble works in detail with Emily Owen and Satoko Doi-Luck.
SWEMF Workshop: Polychoral Music with Stephanie Dyer
Freshford Village Hall, nr BathPolychoral music for voices and instruments with Stephanie Dyer - details TBC.
NWEMF Workshop with Ali Kinder
St Matthew's, StretfordRenaissance Italian canzonas for viols and recorders (A=440).
EEMF Two-Day Workshop with George Parris
Two day event in Thaxted Church with George Parris. Heinrich Schütz Schwanengesang for voices and instruments.
MEMF Workshop: Vivaldi Gloria with Ben England
Vivaldi Gloria with Tutor Ben England - details TBC.
Flute, Lute and Cello Baroque Weekend
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireA friendly introduction for flute, lute and cello players to the rich but sometimes forbidding world of baroque chamber music.
BMEMF Workshop with Emily White
The Drill Hall, ChepstowFemale Composers of 17th Century Italy with Emily White, for singers and instrumentalists.
SWEMF Workshop: Andrea Gabrieli with Philip Thorby
St Thomas Church, ThorvertonPhilip Thorby will be the musical director of this wonderful workshop, which will mark the 540th anniversary of the death of the great Andrea Gabrieli, composer and first organist at St Mark's in Venice from 1566 until his death in 1585. We will explore some of Andrea's great twelve-part works, including the psalm setting, `Benedicam...
Viol Consorts with Fretwork
Hawkwood College, StroudThis 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.
NWEMF Workshop with Gawain Glenton
Palestrina 500 - Sale, Manchester.
TVEMF Renaissance Playing Day
Whitehill Centre, CheshamRenaissance Playing Day (A=440), for one-to-a-part singers as well as instrumentalists.
Page to Performance: Medieval Music
Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, TauntonCome and discover Medieval music with Mary Mohan, Jude Rees and Leah Stuttard. 2025’s focus will be Adam de la Halle.
Consorted Viols
Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, HertfordshireThree 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.
SWEMF Workshop with Ali Kinder
Music for voices and instruments - Leckhampton, Cheltenham.
TVEMF Christmas Workshop: Valls with Patrick Craig
Amersham BuckinghamshireValls Missa Scala Aretina with Patrick Craig.
The City Musick
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, with William Lyons & Richard Thomas.
Viol Consorts with 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, with Joanna Levine and Richard Boothby of Fretwork.