NWEMF Workshop with Deborah Catterall

University of Cumbria Lancaster

The music of Johannes Prioris, Palestrina and Josquin, for voices, viols, lower recorders and sackbuts.  Lancaster.

TVEMF Baroque Chamber Music Day

Whitehill Centre, Chesham

Baroque Chamber Music Day (A=415) with Victoria Helby, for one-to-a-part singers as well as instrumentalists.

Renaissance Polyphony

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West and Gareth Wilson.

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...

NWEMF Workshop with George Parris

All Saints, Chester

The ‘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, Hertfordshire

Exploring 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, Hertfordshire

Four 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.

The Chalemie Summer School

Uppingham School, Oakham Rutland

Chalemie's 25th 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,...

MEMF Workshop: Schein with Alison Kinder

Knowle Village Hall, Solihull

Schein’s Banchetto Musicale – a workshop for instruments (recorders, strings, brass and reeds at pitch A=440) with Alison Kinder.

Beauchamp Early Music Week

Malvern College

This residential course is for singers and players of Renaissance instruments and has been running for many years.

NORVIS 2025

Barnard Castle School Newgate, Barnard Castle

The 53rd NORVIS summer school - a week-long early music summer school in County Durham.

Baroque Buffet

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

An increasingly popular course for those interested in Baroque performance practice using modern instruments.

Early Music Summer School

Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria

For competent singers, viol and recorder players, covering music c1450-c1650.

Baroque Week Summer School

Queen Anne's School Caversham, Berkshire

The theme for 2025 is Visiting Vienna: Exploring Music at the Habsburg Court.

Irish Recorder and Viol Course 2025

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, consort songs, trio sonatas, choir, large...

Baroque Trios with Zarek Trio

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Join Zarek Trio in a course focused on the baroque trio sonata.

HISS 2025

Bishop Burton College York Road, Bishop Burton

The Historically Informed Summer School - where folk, traditional and early music meet.

Renaissance Viol and Recorder Course with Linarol Consort

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....

MEMF Workshop with Philip Thorby

Solihull Methodist Church Blosssomfield Road, Solihull

Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Philip Thorby - details TBC.

NEEMF Workshop: Ludus Danielis with Trouvere

Burley in Wharfedale Methodist Church

Workshop 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, Hertfordshire

An opportunity for singers and continuo players to explore Purcell's solo songs and ensemble works in detail with Emily Owen and Satoko Doi-Luck.

EEMF Two-Day Workshop with George Parris

Thaxted Parish Church

Two day event in Thaxted Church with George Parris. Heinrich Schütz Schwanengesang for voices and instruments.

Lute Songs from England, France & 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...

Flute, Lute and Cello Baroque Weekend

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

A 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, Chepstow

Female Composers of 17th Century Italy with Emily White, for singers and instrumentalists.

SWEMF Workshop: Andrea Gabrieli with Philip Thorby

St Thomas Church, Thorverton

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...

Viol Consorts with Fretwork

Hawkwood College, Stroud

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,...

NWEMF Workshop with Gawain Glenton

‘The Sound of Power‘ – Johann Stadlmayr’s Polychoral Music for the Habsburg Courts. Sale, Manchester - Further details TBC.

TVEMF Renaissance Playing Day

Whitehill Centre, Chesham

Renaissance Playing Day (A=440), for one-to-a-part singers as well as instrumentalists.

Page to Performance: Medieval Music

Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

Come 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, Hertfordshire

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.

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.

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...