This non-residential course is designed for all levels from the absolute beginner to the professional dancer and concentrates on the technique, presentation & notation of Baroque dance. Participants can attend selected classes remotely via Zoom.
An Online Course from City Lit
Tutor: Oliver Chandler. Learn to name chords, cadences and recognise basic chord progressions in Bach’s 4-part chorale textures.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary.
Tutor: Patrick Allies. This course will lead you through a sequence of topics in renaissance music starting with music of English composers.
John Dunstaple - context and contenance - online talk.
Join The Gesualdo Six to hear their fresh take on two historic pieces of Renaissance Polyphony.
In the run-up to Christmas, The Telling singer Clare Norburn presents four workshops on Zoom to guide you through how to sing a range of beautiful traditional and medieval carols.
A Plaine and Easie Introduction ... to the mathematics of tuning and temperaments.
Tutor: Edward Breen. This term’s book is Finding Handel by Helen Dymond.
Join Pam Smith on Zoom 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 from her music room, and you can play...
Tutor: Karen Betley From Orfeo to the Vespers, Monteverdi injected into his music new expressive ideas helping to create the Baroque style. Spend the term delving into the life and work of this musical master!
Tutor: Patrick Allies This course will lead you through a sequence of topics in Italian renaissance music.
‘Framed to the life of the words’ - tradition and invention in the sacred music of William Byrd.
Four 1-hour sessions with Pam Smith on 08/02, 15/02, 22/02 & 01/03 at 4-5pm. Music will be from the Egerton Manuscript (MS 3307). Ideally, playing from a tablet/computer but pdfs will also be emailed. You will need a treble and a tenor recorder. This short course is suitable for those with little or no previous...
Repertoire: JS Bach - St John Passion (sung in German) Director: David Hill
The course will provide an in-depth exploration of the ornamentation techniques used in 17th-century Italian music, with an emphasis on how to apply them to the musical pieces of the time.
Join Clare Norburn to learn to sing some medieval songs by and about women on Zoom.
In celebration of Early Music Day, The Telling singer Clare Norburn presents a workshop on Zoom to guide you through how to sing a range of beautiful medieval songs by and about women.
This term’s book is: Finding Handel by Helen Dymond. This novel explores an interrupted journey through Holland that Handel took when he was 65. We will explore the historical record of this event compared to the novel and also some of the themes and works discussed in the book.
Tutor: Edward Breen Explore the history of this most famous choral work and trace the story of the famous high C from the castrati of the 18th century to today’s professional early music vocal ensembles.
Tutor: Patrick Allies This course will lead you through a sequence of topics in Iberian renaissance music from Spain, Portugal, and the New World.
A four-part online lecture series that will take you through Monteverdi's life, work, and most famous piece, the Vespers of 1610.
Join the Stay at Home Choir to learn and study Bach's "Komm, Jesu, komm" with the Leipzig Bach Archiv and David Hill MBE.
Learn to name chords, cadences and recognise basic chord progressions in Bach’s 4-part chorale textures.
Come and explore the rise of Handel to classic status that took place in London in the early 18th century.
Every Monday and Friday, In your own home, online with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). OEMF began just before lockdown, as the COVID19 pandemic was gathering momentum, and has continued ever since. In addition to the usual equipment (your voice and your musical talent), you will need a computer with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). Turn off Wi-Fi (please...
This course is designed to open a door for you into a medieval world of single-line dance melodies and multi-voiced compositions for you to play on any kind of harp. Tutors: Carolin Margraf and Leah Stuttard.
This course will teach you the the foundational skills and knowledge you need to explore the music and traditions of the early Irish harp at post-beginner level. Tutor: Alessia Bianchi.
A six-week course for all who struggle with performance nerves. You’ll learn what performance anxiety is, why it happens, and how you can use physical and mental tools to lessen the symptoms. Tutor: Dr Jennifer Mackerras.
A special and insightful online articulation class, led by not one, but two esteemed teachers: Lobke Sprenkeling and Michael Piraner! This unique joint class, combines two different perspectives on articulation to provide you with a comprehensive course.
With Lobke Sprenkeling's fascination and training in a multi-disciplinary approach to performance, and Michael Piraner's interest in the relationship between language and musical performance, you will learn ways to develop a rhetorical style of playing through a refined use of articulation.
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 from her music room and you...
Every Monday and Friday, In your own home, online with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). OEMF began just before lockdown, as the COVID19 pandemic was gathering momentum, and has continued ever since. In addition to the usual equipment (your voice and your musical talent), you will need a computer with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). Turn off Wi-Fi (please...
A talk by harpist Leah Stuttard, preceded by TVEMF AGM at 7.30pm. Talk - open to all; AGM - TVEMF members only.
‘Regina Caeli, Regina Mundi’: musical veneration of the Virgin Mary in the Spanish Golden Age. The talk will be recorded for those not able to hear it on the night.
Join Leah Stuttard to learn and sing some seasonal medieval music. Live on Zoom plus access via private link to a video of each session. £10 each session or £25 for all three. Email leah@leahstuttard.com to enrol.
Includes videos of performances from the 2023 live festival, plus a vocal workshop and visit to Dodd Lutherie.
Every Monday and Friday, In your own home, online with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). OEMF began just before lockdown, as the COVID19 pandemic was gathering momentum, and has continued ever since. In addition to the usual equipment (your voice and your musical talent), you will need a computer with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). Turn off Wi-Fi (please...
Every Monday and Friday, In your own home, online with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). OEMF began just before lockdown, as the COVID19 pandemic was gathering momentum, and has continued ever since. In addition to the usual equipment (your voice and your musical talent), you will need a computer with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). Turn off Wi-Fi (please...
Every Monday and Friday, In your own home, online with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). OEMF began just before lockdown, as the COVID19 pandemic was gathering momentum, and has continued ever since. In addition to the usual equipment (your voice and your musical talent), you will need a computer with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). Turn off Wi-Fi (please...
Join award-winning educator Ben England for a six-part online lecture series, exploring the history and development of Classical Music.
Join Pam Smith on Zoom for a day playing beautiful music from its original notation. The repertoire will be taken from the Choirbook for Philip the Fair and Juana of Castile c.1504-6.
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...
Palestrina 500 and the glories of Rome. In this Zoom talk Patrick will celebrate the extraordinary life and career of this ever-inspiring composer who made his home in the city that forms the heart of the Catholic Church.
Join Pam Smith online via Zoom on the run up to Christmas to play some beautiful medieval carols, in aid of Cheltenham & District Samaritans.
One singer's life in 16th-century England, talk on Zoom by Dr. Kerry McCarthy (open to everyone) at 7.30pm, followed by TVEMF AGM (TVEMF members only) at 8.30pm.
Zoom Talk given by Patrick Craig on Orlando Gibbons and the Music of Westminster Abbey.
Online workshop on the interpretation of baroque music for players of recorder and other instruments. This workshop will examine two movements of the Trio in G minor Opus 1 no. 3 for 3 recorders (flutes) by Johann Mattheson.
Did trills in the baroque always start on the note above the written note? This online workshop gives some simple examples of where to place trills and how to execute them dispelling the myth that trills in the baroque always started on the note above the main note.
How often do we play early music based on songs without the text present? This is very common for ensembles especially when playing 16th century music. Most of the music from this period arranged for recorders is vocal music but without the text present how do we know if it is true to the original...
Following on from Trills in the Baroque for Recorder Players Part 1, this workshop provides fingerings, technical exercises to increase control, and examples in the context of standard recorder repertoire.