Workshops

Roses in Wild Weather - a singing afternoon of early and traditional songs.

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.

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.

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

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),...

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.

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.

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.

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

De Monte – Peccantem me quotidie Byrd – Cibavit eos Clemens non Papa – Tristitia et anxietas

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.

Come and Sing day featuring the Vivaldi Gloria.

Sing short A Cappella pieces by Tallis, Byrd, Weelkes, Bruckner & Josquin, supported by Harry’s Chamber Choir, Recordare.

The music will be the Missa l'hora passa (Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei) of Ludovico da Viadana; and Adoremus in Æternam of Gregorio Allegri. The cost to participate in the day is £25 per singer, and pre-registration is required by email (jnmr84094@gmail.com). All voice parts are most welcome.

Come and Sing: Vivaldi Gloria, Zadok The Priest, Quanta Qualia, and other short pieces.

Join the Waynflete Singers in a workshop on Handel's four Coronation Anthems, including Zadok the Priest, and Parry's I Was Glad.

The Sadler partbooks preserve much pre-Reformation Catholic music alongside more contemporary Latin motets by Tallis, Byrd and Morley.

A choral day with Martin Lightowler, singing pieces from the last 500 years - from John Taverner’s Kyrie ‘Leroy’, to John Tavener’s The Lamb.

A chance to sing William Byrd's Mass for Four Voices on the 400th anniversary of his death, with Liverpool Renaissance Singers led by Deborah Catterall.

De Monte – Peccantem me quotidie Byrd – Cibavit eos Clemens non Papa – Tristitia et anxietas

The Prescot Festival Chorus will assemble once again this June, and sopranos, altos, tenors and basses from across the region are invited to join them.  The typically 100-strong massed choir will be singing Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria, under conductor Ian Wells, accompanied by organist Peter Kwater.

Come and Sing Monteverdi and Durante with the Northampton Chamber Choir and the Malcolm Arnold Chapel Choir - led by Marcela Campana and Simon Toyne.

Join Richmond Opera, led by Lindsay Bramley, in a musical workshop followed by an informal concert singing excerpts from Handel’s Semele plus other choral pieces from the Baroque era.  

Come and sing works by Tallis, Taverner and Byrd.

Receive expert tuition from Jeff Stewart, assisted by Ben Saul, with accompaniment from a string quartet and professional soloists.

Singing day directed by Keith Orrell. Palestrina's Missa Assumpta Est Maria and Pizzetti's De Profundis.

Members of Stile Antico will lead and coach participants through a feast of Byrd’s music, chosen to mark 400 years since the composer’s death. The day will culminate with a grand service of evensong.

The Sound of (Sixteenth-Century) Music: All upper voices welcome to enjoy an evening singing “equal-voice” polyphony, with all its strange dissonance and surprising textures.

A vocal workshop to include music by Byrd, Tallis, Mundy, Giles and Baldwin.

Come and sing music by Arcadelt, Isaac, Lassus, Wilbye and others.

Director of Music and Co-Founder of the Calder Consort, Dylan McCaig kicks off Banbury Early Music Day with his 'Motets & Madrigals, Come and Sing Masterclass', aimed at amateur and experienced singers all ages.

A choral workshop enjoying a selection of Bach Motets under the guidance of Nicholas O'Neill. The Motets will be "Lobet den Herrn", "Jesu, meine Freude", "Komm and Jesu, komm".

An extended workshop exploring music written for coronations over the past five centuries, including favourite music such as Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’ alongside some hidden gems by earlier and later composers.  The conductor is Nicholas Wilks, and the organist will be Chris Nickol. ​ ​

Nigel Short and Tenebrae will hold Masterclasses for Spem in Alium by Tallis and the Allegri Miserere.  Then in the evening, join Tenebrae for Spem in Alium and the Miserere as part of a Tenebrae concert.