BMEMF Workshop with David Hatcher
Meditations on suffering set to music by Josquin, Byrd, Lassus, Willaert. Texts written from prison by Girolamo Savonarola. Workshop for singers and instrumentalists with David Hatcher, also includes BMEMF AGM.
Meditations on suffering set to music by Josquin, Byrd, Lassus, Willaert. Texts written from prison by Girolamo Savonarola. Workshop for singers and instrumentalists with David Hatcher, also includes BMEMF AGM.
The workshop is led by Keith Orrell, its focus is on Spanish polyphony. We will look at three Spanish works, Tomas Luis de Victoria's Missa Gaudeamus and O Magnum Mysterium followed by Alonso Lobo's Versa Est In Luctum. Price £25. Refreshments will be provided.
Music for the death of Prince Henry in 1612 - a workshop for voices led by Patrick Craig.
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 on Secular music by Tudor composers, with Clare Griffel.
Dowland 400 workshop for voices, lutes, viols, recorders and other appropriate softer instruments with Lynda Sayce. Details TBC.
Praise and Prayer - a day for voices and instruments exploring texts on the theme of praise and entreaty, led by Ali Kinder.
15th century popular songs - a workshop for voices and plucked strings (A=440) with Leah Stuttard.
Step up to the jukebox and explore the music of Josquin des Prez. He was a central figure of the Franco-Flemish school and arguably the most influential composer of his generation. His works, which were circulated widely across Europe in the early age of music printing, were admired for their expressive text-setting and clarity of...
Workshop for Voices with Patrick Allies - details TBC.
Polyphonica are delighted to be returning to Northampton to deliver the annual Polyphonica workshop day again in August 2026. Suitable for mixed ability players but not complete beginners.
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.
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!
John Hancorn will conduct choruses from Samson and Saul for singers and instrumentalists at A440. Further details later.
Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh. BWV 131: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir BWV 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
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.
Open to all singers, an opportunity to explore the fabulous Christmas Oratorio by Bach, led by Harry Bradford.
German double-choir music of the late Renaissance and Early Baroque time A workshop for singers, recorders (4 and 8 foot) viols, sackbut, cornett, curtal, baroque violin / cello, led by Peter Wendland.
Petros Singers join forces with Toby Ward (co-founder and artistic director of Ensemble Pro Victoria) for a come-and-sing workshop exploring the rich world of William Byrd’s Great Service for ten-part double choir.
Workshop for voices and instruments with Andrea Brown - details TBC.
This course, taught in informal masterclass style, provides an opportunity to try some Baroque repertoire on the harpsichord, as a way of gaining more insight into historical style.
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.
The Annual Nidderdale "Come & Sing Messiah".
TVEMF Renaissance Day - details TBC.
Advent Music with David Allinson. 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.