Join Pam Smith on Zoom for half-an-hour every morning on the run-up to Christmas for some beautiful medieval carols. You will need a treble and a tenor recorder (but feel free to play another instrument or sing if you want) and access to Zoom. Pam will play one part and you can play the other...
Explore the rich repertoire of the 17th-century string band. For baroque instruments at A=415. Tutors: Judy Tarling, Rachel Stott, Kinga Gaborjani.
Elementary, Lower Intermediate, Pre-formed Consorts.
Tribus Miraculis – Music for a Saturday after Epiphany This workshop is for all voices and instruments and Renaissance wind instruments – cornetts curtals, recorders, sackbuts and shawms – are particularly welcome. String players are also warmly invited to participate plus one continuo player, or others who come with their own instrument. A=440.
An opportunity to work on a piece of music with an internationally renowned musician in a friendly and supportive environment.
With this day of music for voices and instruments, David Allinson explores some of the sunniest music of the Renaissance: settings of texts such as Regina Cæli and Ave Maria.
The annual EEMF Epiphany party, this year slightly later than Epiphany. Philip Thorby will lead a wealth of festive music.
Three days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes. Tutors: Alison Crum, Peter Wendland.
For pre-formed chamber groups on period instruments. Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams, Stephen Preston.
Recorders@Plymouth are back for their annual visit to Halsway Manor, offering an opportunity to explore the huge diversity of recorder orchestra repertoire.
Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway and Monteverdi Beatus Vir. Workshop with Ben England BEM, for SATB voices and strings. Pitch will be A=415.
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.
Advanced.
Exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music, as heard in both court and country.
Laurie Stras of Musica Secreta leads this workshop for upper voices, all viols, lower pitch recorders and continuo. The workshop will introduce you to the fascinating record of the musical lives of Florentine nuns at the end of the Renaissance.
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. Work at 415 or 440Hz, with availability of one harpsichord playable at either pitch, plus Higham’s transposable electric pianos. Tutors: Katharine May and Michael Sanderson.
Purcell choruses from Come ye Sons of Art and Hail bright Cecilia! for singers and baroque orchestra with Benjamin Nicholas, A=415.
Henry Purcell: King Arthur - A workshop for all voices and orchestral instruments, led by Robert Hollingworth.
Workshop for voices and instruments directed by Peter Wendland, including works by Hassler, Victoria, Lassus, Praetorius, and Zielenski.
The 2025 winter course will focus on the works of J. Sebastian Bach’s predecessors. Tutors: Philip Scriven, Andrew Millington, Peter Parshall, Peter Lea-Cox, Richard Godfrey.
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.
Plenty of opportunities to play at all levels of ability. Tutors: Jacob Heringman, Lynda Sayce, Matthew Spring, Sara Stowe, Evangelina Mascardi, Andrea Damiani.
Johann Stadlmayr’s polychoral music for the Habsburg Courts - a workshop for singers and renaissance instruments with Gawain Glenton.
The aim of the day is to enjoy the rich and varied sonorities of a Renaissance Wind Band. Applications welcome from players of Renaissance wind instruments – shawms, sackbutts, cornetts, curtals, crumhorns, recorders, etc.
Workshop on Missa Diligam Te Domine a 12 by Giovanni Valentini, for voices and instruments, led by Philip Thorby.
Palestrina workshop for voices and instruments, directed by David Allinson. Further details TBC.
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.
A weekend of 16th and 17th century vocal music ‘apt for voyces and vyalls’, playing mainly in small groups. Tutors: Emma Kirkby, Alison Crum.
Music for the Chapel Royal, for voices, strings, and continuo, led by Christopher Roberts. NWEMF AGM over lunch.
A fun and inclusive introduction to playing and singing medieval repertoire for all instrumentalists and singers. Tutors: Emily Baines, Arngeir Hauksson (Amyas).
George Parris will tutor this workshop, for voices and instruments, on Lamentations by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla & López Capillas.
This 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.
Perform Charpentier's sacred masterpiece Messe pour MrMauroy. Tutors: Miguel Jaloto, Nick Shaw, Kinga Gaborjani, Gail Hennessy, Judy Tarling.
Suitable for musicians and dancers who would like to learn Medieval music and dance.
Two parallel, friendly courses for players at any level, though not beginners.
A 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.
This workshop, devised and directed by Nancy Hadden, celebrates the 500th anniversary of Palestrina's birth, featuring the richly expressive sacred music of Palestrina and his Roman contemporaries, Felice Anerio and Luca Marenzio. For voices, and instruments: viols, recorders, Renaissance flutes, cornetts, sackbuts, curtals.
Come and experience a day with brilliant instrumental music by Henry Purcell, led by Robert Hollingworth of I Fagiolini and the University of York, and baroque violin specialist Naomi Burrell. This is a day for modern instruments (strings, oboes and bassoons) at modern pitch.
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate.
Workshop for instrumentalists, followed by a short concert. Repertoire: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton.
The music of Johannes Prioris, Palestrina and Josquin, for voices, viols, lower recorders and sackbuts. Lancaster.
Baroque Chamber Music Day (A=415) with Victoria Helby, for one-to-a-part singers as well as instrumentalists.
Ben England will direct music by Purcell for singers, strings, and continuo at baroque pitch (A=415).
Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West and Gareth Wilson.
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.
Misa en Granada, sacred and secular works by Pedro de Escobar, led by Richard MacKenzie.
The ‘Full Moon’ Mass – an exquisite Italian rarity from the mysterious Giuseppe Corsi da Celano, for voices and instruments.
Exploring national styles in suites and concertos by Purcell, Campra, Corelli, Vivaldi and Fasch. Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams.
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.
Gibbons Verse Anthems for voices and instruments, directed by Bill Hunt.
Workshop for singers and instrumentalists - Francisco Valls, Missa Scala Aretina, with Patrick Craig.
Gibbons Verse Anthems workshop for voices and strings with Clare Griffel. This workshop will explore Gibbons' wonderful legacy of verse anthems with instruments, including ‘See, see, the Word is incarnate’, which reprises the entirety of salvation history in a few astonishing pages, and ‘Behold Thou hast made my days’. Pitch will be A=440; all voices,...
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, commedia and costume making, with a particular emphasis on the English repertoire of this period.
Schein’s Banchetto Musicale – a workshop for instruments (recorders, strings, brass and reeds at pitch A=440) with Alison Kinder.
Weldon/Purcell The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island. Offered in collaboration with the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM), directed by Laurence Cummings. Pitch: A=415.
This residential course is for singers and players of Renaissance instruments and has been running for many years.
Charles V and the Spanish Golden Age: music for an empire where the sun never sets - music by Morales, Guerrero, Anchieta, Vasquez, Crecquillon, Victoria and others. For voices and viols, with Clare Wilkinson, Carys Lane, Giles Underwood, Alison Crum and Alison Kinder.
The 53rd NORVIS summer school - a week-long early music summer school in County Durham.
An increasingly popular course for those interested in Baroque performance practice using modern instruments.
For competent singers, viol and recorder players, covering music c1450-c1650.
The theme for 2025 is Visiting Vienna: Exploring Music at the Habsburg Court.
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 and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Caoimhe de Paor, Pamela Flanagan, Philip Thorby, Peter Wendland.
Join Zarek Trio in a course focused on the baroque trio sonata.
The Historically Informed Summer School - where folk, traditional and early music meet.
A Friday night concert given by early music professionals and a two day workshop for vocalists and instrumentalists. Georg Philipp Telemann's 'Paris Quartets' This year focusses on Telemann's famous collection of music for flute, violin, viola da gamba and continuo (cello and harpsichord). Friday night concert: Marches Baroque Ensemble, playing on period instruments, will present...
Bill Hunt will direct singers and viol players in works by Orlando Gibbons in a full day workshop.
The Medieval Instrumentarium - celebrate instrument design, construction, history and - of course - playing!
An un-tutored course for experienced singers and players of early instruments.
The 2025 International Pipe and Tabor Festival with French guest artist Benjamin Melia. The main events will be based near the station and the cathedral.
All modern strings are welcome to come and play Vivaldi in the latest Go 4 B'roque event. Spend a morning playing some of Vivaldi's concerti for strings under the direction of Philip Redfern.
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 Horacek and Timothy Lin.
Workshop for voices and instruments with Philip Thorby. There will be a short AGM at lunchtime. This workshop to mark the 540th anniversary of the death of Andrea Gabrieli, and will explore some of his 12-part works for singers, cornetts, sackbuts, recorders, curtals, strings & continuo and, depending on forces, his 16-part Gloria.
Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel. Workshop for singers and instrumentalists - flutes, guitar-types and bowed strings of all kinds, harp, psaltery, hurdy gurdy, percussion of all kinds. Led by Trouvere (Gill Page and Paul Leigh) and Richard de Winter.
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!
Join renowned recorder player and YouTube sensation, Sarah Jeffery (aka Team Recorder) for an inspiring recorder-focused intermediate-level workshop exploring early music by female composers. Delve into beautiful, lesser-known repertoire in the welcoming setting of St Mary’s Church Hall, Banbury. Limited places available! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to deepen your skills and discover the rich...
2025 marks 400 years since the death of Orlando Gibbons, one of the finest composers of the English Renaissance, so what better way to honour his legacy than by playing and singing his music together! In this special multi-instrumental and vocal workshop led by festival founder and viol player Alison Kinder, participants will dive into...
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.
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren. Polychoral music for voices and instruments, with Stephanie Dyer.
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 workshop will cover a wide range of music, from France, Scotland, Germany and Italy and ranging from 5 to 22 parts. Open to the following instruments: Cornetts, sackbuts, curtals/dulcians, recorders, viol and violin family, plucked continuo.