The 2025 Brighton Early Music Festival: concerts, workshops and more, including: Saturday 27th September: Choral workshop exploring the music of Palestrina, led by Ben Vonberg-Clark. Sunday 5th October: Workshop on...
Renaissance Italian canzonas for viols and recorders (A=440).
Anthems by Orlando Gibbons - a workshop led by Bill Hunt. For all voices, viols of all sizes and soft wind (recorders, flutes) with a supporting role for well behaved...
The EMFS annual Making Music Day workshop, directed by Michael Cameron-Longden and Lynne Hope, and tackling music by Orlando Gibbons and contemporaries. All voices and instruments are welcome.
Two day event in Thaxted Church with George Parris. Heinrich Schütz Schwanengesang for voices and instruments.
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.
Vivaldi Gloria with Tutor Ben England - a Baroque (A415) workshop for voices and instruments - further details TBC.
Tackle Bach's fabulous Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 under the direction of Philip Redfern. All modern string players are welcome.
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...
A friendly introduction for flute, lute and cello players to the rich but sometimes forbidding world of baroque chamber music.
Female Composers of 17th Century Italy with Emily White, for singers and instrumentalists.
Philip 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...
In this 400th anniversary year of the death of Orlando Gibbons, come and explore the glorious sound-world of music for voices and viols with Alison Kinder.
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,...
From Darkness to Light – a journey through Early Baroque splendour for voices and instruments. An Advent come and sing & play, led by Drew Cantrill-Fenwick, pitch: A=415.
If you can hold your own sight reading in a consort then come and join Jo and Thomas Green for a sociable playing morning.
‘The Sound of Power‘ – Johann Stadlmayr’s Polychoral Music for the Habsburg Courts, a workshop led by Gawain Glenton. The choice of repertoire for this workshop will be tailored as...
Renaissance Playing Day (A=440), for renaissance brass and wind (including recorders), viols and other appropriate instruments, and one-to-a-part singers.
The London International Festival of Early Music 2025.
Workshop for voices and instruments directed by Ali Kinder, further details TBC.
Preformed Consorts. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.
Come and discover Medieval music with Mary Mohan, Jude Rees and Leah Stuttard. 2025’s focus will be Adam de la Halle.
Three 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.
Tackle some of Purcell's marvellous music for celebrations under the direction of Philip Redfern. All modern string players are welcome.
Praise and Prayer - a day for voices and instruments exploring texts on the theme of praise and entreaty. Leckhampton, Cheltenham.
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...
If you can hold your own sight reading in a consort then come and join Jo and Thomas Green for a sociable playing morning.
Christmas with the Shepherds, a workshop for singers (all voices), players of soft wind (recorders, flutes, sackbut and curtal) and strings are all welcome. Pitch: A=440Hz.
Valls Missa Scala Aretina for singers and instruments with Patrick Craig.
Tackle one of the best Christmas pieces written - Corelli's magnificent Concerto Grosso in G minor, the Christmas Concerto - under the direction of Philip Redfern. All modern string players...
A party in Ausburg - music of the early 16th century German Town and Dance bands - a workshop for instruments at A=440 pitch.
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.
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.
Croce for voices and instruments with Gawain Glenton. Headcorn.
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.
Epiphany Party for voices and instruments with Philip Thorby, Beccles.
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...
El Parnasso Hyspano - indigenous Latin American music workshop for singers and continuo, details to be confirmed.
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...
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 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...
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,...
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.
Vivaldi’s Gloria workshop for voices and strings with Ben England. Wilmslow.
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...
Workshop for voices and instruments with Stephanie Dyer. Chester.
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.
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.