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  • Workshop with Stephanie Dyer a22 – All Instruments Welcome

    Saint Andrew's Church Hall, Marks Tey Colchester

    Bring vocal and instrumental Renaissance works to life in this ensemble performance workshop for winds – cornetts, curtals, recorders, sackbuts and shawms – and string players, with continuo very welcome for those who can supply their own instruments.  Modern string, wind and brass instruments are also warmly invited, provided they are able to read concert-pitch...

  • NEEMF Workshop with Lizzie Gutteridge

    Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

    A party in Ausburg - music of the early 16th century German Town and Dance bands - a workshop for instruments at A=440 pitch.

  • 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.

  • NEEMF Workshop: Zelenka with Chris Roberts

    Thirsk & Sowerby Town Hall

    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.

  • SEMF Renaissance Workshop with Gawain Glenton

    Headcorn Village Hall Kent

    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.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

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

  • EEMF Epiphany Party with Philip Thorby

    Blyburgate Hall Beccles

    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...

  • 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.

  • Easter Early Music Course

    Haberdashers' School, Monmouth

    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.

  • 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.

  • BMEMF Workshop with Ali Kinder

    St John's Church, Ludlow

    Repertoire: Très Élégant, the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier.  Workshop for instrumentalists.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bristol Early Music Festival

    All Saints Clifton Bristol

    Bristol's Early Music Festival, with concerts, exhibits, workshops, and more...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • MEMF Workshop: Colossal Baroque with Stephen Bullamore

    St Mary Magdalene Church, Newark-on-Trent

    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).

  • BMEMF Workshop with David Hatcher

    Bishopswood Village Hall, Herefordshire

    Workshop for singers and instrumentalists with David Hatcher, also includes BMEMF AGM.

  • 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.

  • 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, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Caoimhe de Paor, Pamela Flanagan, Peter Wendland, Philip Thorby.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

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

  • NWEMF Workshop with Peter Syrus

    1535 – a year in the life of Pierre Attaingnant - a workshop for voices and instruments with Peter Syrus.  Bramhall, Stockport.