An inclusive course for all to experience Gregorian chant in a friendly, entertaining, informative and enjoyable context. A shared exploration of its music and cultural history, works towards daily performances of a meditative chant sequence. Tutor: John Rowlands-Pritchard.
!A la Batalla! workshop for voices with Greg Skidmore and Sue Addison. This workshop will include a mass by Victoria – details to be announced nearer the time.
With Victoria Helby - for baroque instruments (A=415) and solo singers.
A course in one of Scotland’s most famous churches, centred on the music of Vincente Lusitano (c.1520-1561), a Portuguese composer of African descent.
Bristol's Early Music Festival, with concerts, exhibits, workshops, and more...
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 visited, finding great acclaim in music-loving courts. Open to singers of all ranges - soloists and ensemble voices - as well as lutenists, this course...
This upper-voice (SSA/SSAA) ensemble singing weekend, led by Rory Wainwright Johnston, is built around detailed, small-ensemble choral work, drawing on repertoire from the early Baroque through to the present day.
Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh.
Early Music Extravaganza on the Isle of Wight - includes concerts, workshops, talks, and more!
Music Director: Tim Horton, Piano: William Munks. A choral workshop with free public performance.
Come and sing the choruses from Vivaldi’s momentous Gloria in D major, and learn about the fascinating history of this work. For voices, oboe, trumpet, strings and continuo.
La Fèsta de ƚa Sènsa: Venetian Music for Ascension - a workshop for singers and instrumentalists.
PAW Festival 2026 brings together music, visual art, and poetry in a vibrant programme of nine concerts, a vocal workshop and our annual open mic poetry evening. Featuring I Fagiolini, Parnassus Ensemble, Lizzie Ball, Miloš Milivojević, Fieri Consort, Toby Carr, Liza Sommers & Grace Newcombe, Jeremy Avis, Sam Stadlen, Suntou Susso, Simo Lagnawi, Rebecca Askew,...
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
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. Evening sessions for all are conducted and include music for instruments and voices.
Led by Ben England BEM, these events offer a rare opportunity to delve into some of the most sublime works in the vocal canon, including: Allegri’s Miserere Stanford’s Bluebird Bono/U2 (arr. Bob Chilcott) MLK Tallis’ If Ye Love Me Chesnokov (arr. Gowers) Let My Prayer Arise This event will be repeated in Warrington and Wimbledon...
Led by Ben England BEM, these events offer a rare opportunity to delve into some of the most sublime works in the vocal canon, including: Allegri’s Miserere Stanford’s Bluebird Bono/U2 (arr. Bob Chilcott) MLK Tallis’ If Ye Love Me Chesnokov (arr. Gowers) Let My Prayer Arise This event will be repeated in York and Wimbledon...
Workshop for singers with the theme 'Faith as Treason'.
Vocal and instrumental polychoral music with Peter Wendland.
Led by Ben England BEM, these events offer a rare opportunity to delve into some of the most sublime works in the vocal canon, including: Allegri’s Miserere Stanford’s Bluebird Bono/U2 (arr. Bob Chilcott) MLK Tallis’ If Ye Love Me Chesnokov (arr. Gowers) Let My Prayer Arise This event will be repeated in York and Warrington...
Led by Grace Newcombe with Liane Sadler & Colin Heller. Following Friday's fusion of folk and medieval sound worlds, and ahead of her recital of medieval song, Grace Newcombe invites singers to step inside the soundscape themselves. This immersive workshop explores the luminous textures of 15th-century polyphony alongside 13th-century Middle English song.c Open to confident...
Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West, Gareth Wilson.
Missa Laetatus Sum by Tomás Luis de Victoria - a workshop for voices and instruments led by Deborah Catterall.
Praetorius and other composers - a workshop for voices and instruments with David Hatcher.
This course is based on the music of the generation that followed Adrian Willaert and preceded Claudio Monteverdi. Directed by Eamonn Dougan.
Polychoral music by Heinrich Schütz, workshop for voices and instruments with Peter Wendland.
The Pre-Restoration consort anthem: a trove of neglected English treasures, a workshop for voices and instruments with Bill Hunt.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Save the date for this Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Dr Stephen Bullamore. Music, subject to confirmation, to include large scale works for voices, strings, wind and brass at pitch A=440 by Giovanni Gabrieli (Venice), Heinrich Schütz (Dresden), Orazio Benevoli (Rome), Heinrich Biber (Salzburg), M.A Charpentier (Paris).
Vocal music by Edmund Hooper and his contemporaries, with Katy Silverman.
‘Light Beyond the Veil’ for 5 from 500’s 3rd birthday. A spiritual journey from the depths to ecstasy: John Taverner’s O Wilhelme, Pastor bone Peter Philips’ Ascendit Deus Antonio Lotti’s Crucifixus Anton Bruckner’s Christus Factus es James MacMillan’s O Radiant Dawn
Workshop for singers and instrumentalists with David Hatcher, also includes BMEMF AGM.
Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance ~ the music of the golden century: Cristóbal de Morales, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Philippe Rogier, Juan de Esquivel and Alonso Lobo. Directed by Bill Carslake.
Chalemie 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.
This mixed-voice early music workshop marks 400 years since John Dowland with an in-depth exploration of his complete published lute-song output. Working in small mixed-voice ensembles, the weekend will focus on Dowland’s music as shared ensemble repertoire, with attention to text, rhetoric, tuning, contrapuntal clarity and ensemble contact. *More tenors and basses needed!*
Summer Meeting with optional lunch. A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Clare Griffel. Details TBC.
Dowland 400 workshop for voices, lutes, viols, recorders and other appropriate softer instruments with Lynda Sayce. Details TBC.
Praise and Prayer - a workshop for all singers and instruments, led by Ali Kinder.
15th century popular songs - a workshop for voices and plucked strings (A=440) with Leah Stuttard.
Summer School for Enthusiasts of Early Music, both instrumentalists and singers, offering full board or daily attendance. Spread over 6 days the course is ably led by David Hatcher and David Allinson, allowing participants to enjoy a high standard of music making.
The Song of Songs: sacred love songs by Palestrina, Lassus, L’Héritier, Gombert and others. For Voices and Viols. Spend time with like-minded musicians, and develop your skills under the guidance of a world-class team of tutors: course director and vocal tutor Clare Wilkinson, vocal tutors Carys Lane, Giles Underwood and Nicholas Hurndall Smith, and viol...
Workshop for Voices with Patrick Allies - details TBC.
The Baroque course will focus on Purcell’s semi-opera Dioclesian. Applications are invited from dancers, proficient singers and confident players of gut-strung Baroque instruments, with Baroque bows, bass viol, violone, recorder, baroque flute, oboe, bassoon, lute family and harpsichord/organ. Pitch: A=415.
NORVIS is the full week-long early music summer school in County Durham which they are proud to describe as one of the UK’s longest-established and friendliest. They teach recorders, Baroque flutes, viols, lutes and early guitars, harpsichords and voices. Repertoire from early Renaissance to late Baroque.
Courses available in choral singing, vocal ensembles, solo singing, baroque orchestra, baroque chamber music, renaissance ensembles and singing, harpsichord and organ. Course tutors include Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini, The Lyons Mouth, James Gilchrist, Steven Devine, Gail Hennessy, Gavin Kibble, The Brook Street Band, The City Musick, Jane Chapman & David Titterington.
The course offers inspiration and guidance to both singers and players of baroque music from an expert team of leading specialists in historical performance.
Now in its 16th year, this international summer school explores common grounds between early, folk and traditional music. All singers and instrumentalists welcome. Classes for lute/theorbo, viols, recorders, renaissance wind, early brass, Baroque strings & continuo. Especially welcoming strong singers (potential soloists). Rich programme of music marking anniversaries of de Lalande, Cavalli, Weelkes and Dowland,...
Experience the uplifting power of chamber and consort singing, as tutors James Oldfield and Simon Gregory guide you through a range of beautiful madrigals and partsongs from the 16th century to today.
This mixed-voice workshop centres on a varied programme of choral music connected by texts reflecting different aspects of love — playful, devotional, reflective, and lyrical — set across a wide stylistic range. Working in small to medium mixed-voice groups, singers will explore how different composers treat similar themes in very different musical ways.
Renaissance ‘Back-to-School’ – Music for Learning & Scholarship, a workshop for voices and instruments with Stephanie Dyer. Chester.
Music for the Feast of the Holy Cross - a workshop for voices only with Patrick Craig.
Workshop for voices and instruments at A440 with Mark Wilson. Details to follow. Venue Stafford.
Feast of Fools - a workshop for singers and all instrumentalists, led by Dr Leah Stuttard.
Five-day Come & Sing event culminating in a full-scale, baroque-pitch performance including Bach's Cantata 140 ("Wachet auf"), Cantata 147, and the Magnificat in D major, led by Ben England BEM.
Simon Harper tutors a workshop for singers on the theme of Saints and Angels, to include pieces by composers such as Victoria, Sweelinck, Weelkes and Philips. Further details to be confirmed.
Polychoral Pentecost, for voices and instruments, directed by Mark Wilson.
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!
Music from the Odhecaton workshop for voices and instruments with Lizzie Gutteridge. Bolton.
Large-scale music by Hassler for voices and instruments, with Gawain Glenton. Details TBC.
Hans Leo Hassler - Large scale music for voices and instruments with Gawain Glenton, Waltham Abbey.
John Hancorn will conduct choruses from Samson and Saul for singers and instrumentalists at A440. Further details later.
Workshop for voices and instruments with Andrea Brown - details TBC.
Five-day Come & Sing event culminating in a full-scale, baroque-pitch performance including Bach’s Cantata 140 (“Wachet auf”), Cantata 147, and the Magnificat in D major, led by Ben England BEM.
1535 – a year in the life of Pierre Attaingnant - a workshop for voices and instruments with Peter Syrus. Bramhall, Stockport.
Workshop for voices and instruments - Tomás Luis de Victoria with Huw Morgan, further details TBC.
Workshop for voices and instruments directed by Alison Kinder. Full details will be posted at a later date.
TVEMF Renaissance Day - details TBC.
Come & Sing Messiah with Basingstoke Choral Society. Details TBC.
Christmas Workshop for voices and instruments with Philip Thorby.
Renaissance workshop for voices and instruments with Bill Lyons. Further details later.
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