• Baroque Buffet: Baroque on Modern Instruments

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Three experienced tutors in strings, wind and keyboard guide the course in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere!

  • Irish Recorder and Viol Course

    An Grianán, Co. Louth

    The Irish Recorder and Viol Course (IRVC) offers a warm welcome and a unique combination of great music-making and a house-party atmosphere, set in a Country House within walking distance of a sandy beach on the East Coast of Ireland.

  • HISS 2022

    Bishop Burton College York Road, Bishop Burton

    The Historically Informed Summer School - where early, folk & traditional music come together.

  • Stylish Baroque with Theresa Caudle & Alastair Ross

    Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

    A baroque chamber music course at A415 predominantly for pre-formed groups, individual players are also welcome to apply.

  • Medieval Music in the Dales 2022 Summer School

    The Jonas Centre Redmire, Leyburn

    The Medieval Music in the Dales Summer School this year offers the chance to work with the superlative team of Stef Conner, Hanna Marti and Elisabeth Pawelke. Two strands are available for you to choose: the reconstruction and recreation of medieval music, or ensemble playing of medieval music.

  • Medieval Music in the Dales

    Bolton Castle Nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire

    Medieval Music in the Dales 2022: Medieval Women: Music Makers & Muses.

  • The City Musick With William Lyons and Richard Thomas

    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, for wind and brass instruments: cornett, sackbut, shawm, dulcian, recorder (at 440) and crumhorn.

  • Voices, Viols & Recorders Association

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    An un-tutored course for experienced singers and players of early instruments at 440 pitch.

  • Recorders at Rydal with Mary Tyers

    Rydal Hall Ambleside, Cumbria

    Foundation / Lower Intermediate Level. Enjoy beautiful music and develop your skills in the company of players of a similar ability.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    The Hayes Swanwick, Alfreton, Derbyshire

    Elementary, Lower Intermediate & Pre-formed Consorts. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.

  • MEMF Workshop with Gawain Glenton

    Collegiate Church of Saint Mary, Stafford Saint Marys Place, Stafford

    Schütz and his world - for sackbuts, cornetti and voices.

  • Liverpool Early Music Festival

    Liverpool Parish Church Chapel Street

    Classical, early, world music & theatre shows and a workshop at multiple venues across Liverpool with some exciting, pioneering & international musicians lined up: The Sixteen, The Telling & The Linarol Consort.

  • Before Leipzig

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Tutors: Joe Crouch and Sam Evans. Celebrating Bach's incredibly fertile Weimar and Köthen years, exploring works of his contemporaries along the way. The course is for singers and those playing baroque instruments at A=415 pitch.

  • Recorder Weekend with Anna Stegmann

    Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

    Work with one of the foremost teachers and performers of this instrument, Anna Stegmann, to explore the vibrant and varied world of the recorder; solo and consort, ancient and modern.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    High Leigh Lord Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

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

  • Tabea Debus – Recorder Masterclass

    Huntingdon Hall Crowngate, Worcester

    Tabea Debus will appear with Elizabeth Kenny (lute) and Jonathan Rees (viola da gamba) to play works from her Ohrwurm programme. There will be a Masterclass at midday with students from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, followed by the concert at 3pm.

  • The Recorder: Lecture and Masterclass

    Snape Maltings Concert Hall Snape

    A treat for recorder players and early music enthusiasts alike, in a morning lecture and afternoon masterclass, led by Francesca Clements.

  • Lassus Plus: A Late Renaissance Musical Maestro

    Knuston Hall Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

    Masses, motets, madrigals; from Lamentations to Lieder, witty chansons to obscene carnival songs: no Renaissance composer was more prolific or varied than Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594). We contrast his settings with those of others, composers he definitely met or may have known, others he could not possibly have encountered.

  • MEMF Workshop with Philip Thorby

    Solihull School Solihull

    Songs of Love and Death – the music of Leonhard Lechner Athesinus - workshop for Voices and Instruments.

  • Viola da Gamba Society Autumn Meeting

    St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh

    Speakers: David Hatcher, Martin Barnett and Susanna Pell. Free admission, open to all – no need to be a viol player!  You can attend individual sessions or stay for the whole day.

  • NEEMF Workshop with David Hatcher

    Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

    A workshop for voices and instruments on the music of Constanzo Porta, with AGM.

  • London International Festival of Early Music 2022

    Blackheath Concert Halls 23 Lee Road, London

    A three-day exhibition with a full programme of workshops, lecture recitals, talks and makers’ demonstration recitals, plus concerts and evensong at St Michael & All Angels Church.

  • Recorders at Rydal with Mary Tyers

    Rydal Hall Ambleside, Cumbria

    Upper Intermediate / Advanced Level. Enjoy beautiful music and develop your skills in the company of players of a similar ability.

  • SEMF Workshop With Patrick Craig

    Bosham Village Hall Chichester

    More music inspired by the two Marys, with an emphasis on Spanish/Portuguese composers.  For voices plus strings and lower soft wind.

  • Consorting 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. Two-day option also available.

  • Benslow Recorder Festival

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Benslow's Recorder Festival celebrates the recorder with ensemble, technique and orchestral sessions at elementary, intermediate and advanced levels.