Experience the joy of singing Handel under the inspirational leadership of LHF Musical Director Laurence Cummings. This event focuses on choruses from Alexander’s Feast, one of Handel’s most thrilling choral works. The event takes place in Handel’s very own parish church in Mayfair and ends with a public performance for family and friends.
'Hallelujah! Get a handle on Handel' with Choruses from Handel ( 2 well known and 2 less familiar).
Come and Sing Messiah Tour UK & Ireland, led by Ben England BEM and Mark Strachan BEM.
Come and join Robert Hollingworth to experience Orazio Benevoli – a mass for several choirs.
Come & Sing / Dewch i Ganu Handel's Messiah with Swansea Bach Choir / Côr Bach Abertawe.
With Swindon Choral Society led by Brian Kay.
Improvisation workshop for singers and instrumentalists with Paula Chateauneuf.
Come and sing some gorgeous motets in seven parts (SSAATTB) with Scott Inglis-Kidger Director and Ghislaine Morgan Associate Musical Director.
Come and Sing Handel's Monarchs with Stowmarket Chorale, directed by Benedict Collins Rice. Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne ‘Eternal Source of Light Divine’.
David Allinson’s second self-run Canterbury early music workshop. Following the success of the Lenten choral day in 2021, which focused on the music of Thomas Tallis, this workshop showcases beautiful music by his younger colleague and friend William Byrd, who died 400 years ago in 1623.
This residential event in Salisbury will feature more deliciously ‘miserable’ music from the Elizabethan Age of Melancholy – with pieces by Gibbons and Byrd.
Tutors: Giles Underwood, Carys Lane An introduction to some of the wonderful renaissance settings of the Song of Songs, the most poetic and allegorical book of the Bible. Composers include Palestrina, Gombert, Lassus, Clemens non Papa, De Rore and Praetorius.
Join Clare Norburn to learn to sing some medieval songs by and about women on Zoom.
As a musician Byrd contributed masterpieces to virtually all the styles of his day: music for English services; mass ordinaries and Latin motets for his Catholic friends; songs for plays and for the home, ranging from devout psalm settings to pastoral topics; instrumental consort music; and keyboard music. This workshop will explore pieces from several...
A Bouquet of Composers - Zielenski, Gabrieli & Praetorius - a workshop for voices and instruments (A= 440). Open to players of recorders across the range, viols, flutes, sackbuts and loud (ish) winds including cornetto.
A workshop of Bulgarian singing followed by a show specially crafted in collaboration with British-Bulgarian storytelling company, A Spell In Time, to celebrate the arrival of Spring.
Master Byrd differs from 'greatest hits' compilations in being a dramatic presentation that helps the audience understand Byrd's life and the conditions of composition and his music.
Choral singers of all ages and nationalities are invited to join this week of study and rehearsal leading to a public performance in Cádiz, a beautiful old port city on Spain’s south coast, known for its mild winter climate. The course will be held in English.
Join tenor James Gilchrist, Henrike Lähnemann, German medieval historian, and the editor David Hatcher for an informal conversation about the making of 'Inn Stetter Hut', find out who was the richest man in the 16th and discuss why the song 'Lust hab ich ghabt zur Musica' couldn't be included in the programme. Followed at 7.30pm...
Join Scott Inglis-Kidger for a weekend taking an in-depth look at Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla's Missa Ego Flos Campi and some of his beautifully crafted motets.
Back to the future - an exploration of composers prior to and leading up to Byrd.
Music from 16th-century convents - for female voices (SAT) plus strings, soft wind, and continuo instruments.
Felix Austriae: music from Habsburg Vienna. Workshop for all voices and specified instruments (A=440). This workshop will be suitable for cornetts, sackbuts and dulcians, as well as strings of both viol and violin families.
Come and Sing - Part 1 and Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. Contact: leipertara@gmail.com for details and booking.
Come and Sing Messiah Tour UK & Ireland, led by Ben England BEM and Mark Strachan BEM.
Join the Athenaeum Singers, led by Thomas Mottershead, to sing selected choruses from this magnificent work.
Come and Sing Messiah Tour UK & Ireland, led by Ben England BEM and Mark Strachan BEM.
Tim will be leading you through Handel's Oratorio Choruses in his own inimitable style!
Motets by Pierre de Manchicourt (c1510 – 1564).
Come & Sing Vivaldi Gloria with the Quayside Choir and Guest Director Simon Earl.
Learn traditional songs from the Republic of Georgia with Anthony Johnston, leader and musical director of Borjghali, Bristol Georgian choir.
Roses in Wild Weather - a singing afternoon of early and traditional songs.
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.
Come and Sing Messiah Tour UK & Ireland, led by Ben England BEM and Mark Strachan BEM.
Workshop for singers - Iberians in Rome: the music of Cristobal de Morales & Vicente Lusitano.
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral have joined forces with Liverpool Hope University to host the Universities Group Festival. Seven university choirs from across the country will join the local community to sing at this event.
Come and sing the popular choral classic, Vivaldi Gloria, with members of The Huddersfield Choral. The workshop will be led by Gregory Batsleer, one of Britain’s most innovative and successful choral leaders, and accompanied by the acclaimed organist, Darius Battiwalla.
Come and sing Vivaldi's Gloria under the tutelage of Matthew Owens, Music Director of the Ulster Consort.
The price for the day is £45 which includes refreshments and lunch. Contact: Mary Maddison memaddison@hotmail.co.uk.
An afternoon of selected choruses from this beloved masterpiece. Free admission. Tea and cakes provided.
The Benslow Baroque Opera: 'The Judgement of Paris' by John Weldon. A=415. Tutors: Julian Perkins, Judy Tarling, Henrik Persson, Nick Shaw.
This popular annual event will be directed by Jeremy Jackman and accompanied by world-renowned trumpeter, Crispian Steele-Perkins.
Come and Sing Messiah Tour UK & Ireland, led by Ben England BEM and Mark Strachan BEM.
Workshop for singers - the Byrd 4 Part Mass.
Come and Sing Messiah Tour UK & Ireland, led by Ben England BEM and Mark Strachan BEM.
Majesty and Magnificence: Andrea Gabrieli and Orlando di Lasso. For singers and instruments (A=440).
Byrd & the birth of the Consort Anthem a workshop for singers, viols & soft wind (A=440), directed by Bill Hunt of Fretwork.
Come & Sing Handel's Messiah with professional orchestra and soloists of Wyatt Sinfonia, and a chorus made up of community singers.
Join singers from across the South West for a workshop exploring some of the beautiful choruses from Handel's masterpiece, working with talented choir director David Everett. For further details, or to register, contact: casterbridge.music.uk@gmail.com
This is a course for invited singers, but you may register an interest using the form on their website.
Come & Sing Handel's Messiah with Somerset Choral Society. Light refreshments and music provided. Tickets: £10 singers, £5 audience. Further details & booking: 07397 806319.
De Monte - Peccantem me quotidie Byrd - Cibavit eos Clemens non Papa - Tristitia et anxietas
Sing Joyfully - a celebration of Spring in Song and Madrigal with Hannes Kaiser. Contact: hansenmerle848@gmail.com / 07730 436766.
In this Byrd year, for a bit of a change, come and spend an evening singing English music mainly NOT by Byrd. This workshop will focus on the rich English madrigal repertoire, focusing on John Wilbye, but also including Orlando Gibbons, John Ward, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes (who also died 400 years ago this year),...
Tutor: Edward Breen Explore the early music pioneers of the 20th century. Learn about different approaches in each genre and unpick some of the arguments about ‘authenticity’ and ‘historically informed performance’ with instruments and voices.
Come and Sing four Coronation Anthems by Handel with Cantores Olicanae, led by Charlie Perry.
Join Gloucester Choral Society for a rare opportunity to sing Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis, led by Adrian Partington. Written for 8 choirs, this 40-part composition involves hundreds of singers, and you can be one of them.
Master and Pupil: Ingegneri and Monteverdi. A polychoral workshop for singers and instrumentalists.
Including music by Child, Weelkes, Vaughan Williams, and Purcell. Led by Peter Nardone and Stephen Tilton. Application forms and more details from saffas73@btinternet.com.
A weekend of 16th and 17th century vocal music ‘apt for voyces and vyalls’, Tutors: Alison Crum, Peter Syrus.
Byrd Takes Flight at 400 - English and Latin church music by William Byrd.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Mass for Four Choirs. This magnificent work was written c.1672 for four choirs, each with an instrumental ensemble. The Festival will provide instrumentalists for the workshop.
Sweelinck & Scheidt for voices & instruments.
Byrd Responses, Orlando Di Lasso Magnificat Sexti Toni a 4 & Nunc Dimittis “Se’l mio sempre per voi”, and Palestrina Figlio immortal d’immortal padre.
Musical Director: Andrew Parnell Accompanist: Clare Selby Soloist: Chloë Allison
Non-residential study weekend directed by Chris Brown.
De Monte – Peccantem me quotidie Byrd – Cibavit eos Clemens non Papa – Tristitia et anxietas
Spend a week singing in the shade of the Alhambra working on a rich programme of choral music.
This event is open to any singer who knows the work and/or can sight-read music proficiently. The performance will be directed by members of the Cathedral music staff and will feature massed choir, professional soloists and the Liverpool Concert Orchestra.
The Sacred Music of Giovanni Battista Casali in Eighteenth Century Rome - a workshop for voices and bass instruments.
Music for singers and baroque orchestra (A=415), including anthems from five coronations.
Come and Sing day featuring the Vivaldi Gloria.
A week of study and rehearsal leading to a public performance in the historic town of Skipton.
Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West, Gareth Wilson.
Sing short A Cappella pieces by Tallis, Byrd, Weelkes, Bruckner & Josquin, supported by Harry’s Chamber Choir, Recordare.
Master Byrd differs from ‘greatest hits’ compilations in being a dramatic presentation that helps the audience understand Byrd’s life and the conditions of composition and his music.
An un-tutored course for experienced singers and players of early instruments.
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.