NWEMF Workshop with Deborah Catterall
University of Cumbria LancasterThe music of Johannes Prioris, Palestrina and Josquin, for voices, viols, lower recorders and sackbuts. Lancaster.
The music of Johannes Prioris, Palestrina and Josquin, for voices, viols, lower recorders and sackbuts. Lancaster.
Baroque Chamber Music Day (A=415) with Victoria Helby, for one-to-a-part singers as well as instrumentalists.
Ben England will direct music by Purcell for singers, strings, and continuo at baroque pitch (A=415).
Explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage.
Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West and Gareth Wilson.
This Chamber Weekender, directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger, will marry the sacred (Monteverdi Beatus Vir) with the profane (Strozzi Silentio nocivo); two sublime works, exploring rather different subject matter!
Join a consort of singers from Stile Antico in a wonderful session singing music from the Sistine Chapel.
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...
Weelkes and Gibbons singing workshop with Tim Brown - details TBC.
Palestrina, Anerio and Victoria Marian music for the Feast of the Visitation. A workshop for singers with Patrick Craig.
This course is for experienced singers who want to improve their choral technique and enjoy exploring a rich mix of repertoire in a convivial social setting. Musical Director: David Ogden.
An inclusive course for all to experience Gregorian chant in a friendly, entertaining, informative and enjoyable context. Tutor: John Rowlands-Pritchard.
Misa en Granada, sacred and secular works by Pedro de Escobar, led by Richard MacKenzie.
Orlando Gibbons’ 400th anniversary (Second Service / See, see the Word is incarnate). Round Byrd is an occasional choir focussing on the “performance” of English Cathedral Music from the 16th...
Guerrero singing workshop with Huw Morgan - details TBC.
A course directed by Rory McCleery in a former monastery, now a small hotel, on the Adriatic coast of Italy. The repertoire is centred on the larger-scale music of the...
Workshop for Singers: Rejoice and Sing! Exploring Palestrina’s Missa Confitebor tibi Domine with David Allinson.
The ‘Full Moon’ Mass – an exquisite Italian rarity from the mysterious Giuseppe Corsi da Celano, for voices and instruments.
Exploring national styles in suites and concertos by Purcell, Campra, Corelli, Vivaldi and Fasch. Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams.
Four days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes with other players of an advanced and upper-intermediate level. Tutors: Alison Crum, Alison Kinder, Ibi Aziz, Peter Wendland.
A scholarly exploration of the life and music of Thomas Morley. A workshop for voices with Will Dawes and Katie Bank.
Explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Come and sing Bach: Mass in B minor choruses with Goldsmiths Choral Union choir, conducted by Jack Apperley.
Gibbons Verse Anthems for voices and instruments, directed by Bill Hunt.
Workshop for singers and instrumentalists - Francisco Valls, Missa Scala Aretina, with Patrick Craig.
Gibbons Verse Anthems workshop for voices and strings with Clare Griffel - details TBC.
Whether you're new to singing Bach or a seasoned Bach Club stalwart, these workshops offer a chance to deepen your appreciation of his genius. Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger.
Chalemie's 25th 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,...
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
A course directed by Bill Carslake, with repertoire drawn from the larger-scale works in one of the most important sources of Tudor church music, the Baldwin Partbooks.
Chamber Weekender for Upper Voices, exploring Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, in its original setting for two vocal lines. This exquisite, haunting rendering of the Marian hymn captures Mary’s deep sorrow at...
Schein’s Banchetto Musicale – a workshop for instruments (recorders, strings, brass and reeds at pitch A=440) with Alison Kinder.
This residential course is for singers and players of Renaissance instruments and has been running for many years.
Orlando Gibbons and the music of Westminster Abbey. This course, directed by Patrick Craig explores anthems by three towering musicians of Westminster Abbey, focussing on Orlando Gibbons who died in...
The 53rd NORVIS summer school - a week-long early music summer school in County Durham.
The group will teach two courses: Vocal Ensembles - a course designed to improve ensemble singing skills. Participants will be divided into small groups, normally with just one or two...
Assisi 2025 – Palestrina, Prince of Music, with Musical Director Rory McCleery.
The festival will be in three independent parts, with one part being an in depth look at some Music of the Renaissance and how to sing Plainsong.
An increasingly popular course for those interested in Baroque performance practice using modern instruments.
Workshop in Cambridge with David Allison. Further details to follow.
For competent singers, viol and recorder players, covering music c1450-c1650.
The theme for 2025 is Visiting Vienna: Exploring Music at the Habsburg Court.
A course designed for players of recorders, viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from ancient to modern. Sessions include one-to-a-part groups, consort songs, trio sonatas, choir, large...
Join Zarek Trio in a course focused on the baroque trio sonata.
The Historically Informed Summer School - where folk, traditional and early music meet.
This course is for experienced singers who want to improve their choral technique and enjoy exploring a rich mix of repertoire in a convivial social setting. Repertoire includes works by...
Chamber choir and consort singing of madrigals and Partsongs.
The music of Lusitano and other Portuguese composers.
Explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage.
Explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage.
The Linarol Consort's Renaissance Viol and Recorder course is for experienced viol and recorder players with an interest in improving their technique on Renaissance instruments and in reading from facsimile....
Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Philip Thorby - details TBC.
Workshop for singers and instrumentalists, led by Trouvere (Gill Page and Paul Leigh) and Richard de Winter. Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel. Details TBC.
Explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage.
An opportunity for singers and continuo players to explore Purcell's solo songs and ensemble works in detail with Emily Owen and Satoko Doi-Luck.
Ave Maria - from Parsons to Palestrina for singers with David Crown.
Explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage.
Polychoral music for voices and instruments with Stephanie Dyer - details TBC.
This is for experienced choral singers who can sight read on the day or prepare their part in advance, so we can reduce note bashing to the minimum. There will...
Workshop for instruments directed by Emily White - details TBC.
Internationally acclaimed conductor Andrea Brown will direct another splendid program of Venetian music.
Discover the exquisite world of early music in Singing Baroque: From Monteverdi to Bach, with Jonathan Peter Kenny.
BFCS Musical Director Thomas Leech will take us through a selection from Handel's Messiah. Sing along with our friendly and supportive choir!
Renaissance Italian canzonas for viols and recorders (A=440).
Two day event in Thaxted Church with George Parris. Heinrich Schütz Schwanengesang for voices and instruments.
Vivaldi Gloria with Tutor Ben England - a Baroque (A415) workshop for voices and instruments - further details TBC.
This course, directed by Rory Wainwright Johnston, celebrates the musical achievements of renaissance Florence, both by its native composers and those drawn by the city’s dazzling éclat.
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...
A friendly introduction for flute, lute and cello players to the rich but sometimes forbidding world of baroque chamber music.
Female Composers of 17th Century Italy with Emily White, for singers and instrumentalists.
Philip Thorby will be the musical director of this wonderful workshop, which will mark the 540th anniversary of the death of the great Andrea Gabrieli, composer and first organist at...
This course offers viol players the chance to explore consort repertoire from the viol's Golden Age and to improve their technique along the way. Composers studied will include Jenkins, Purcell,...
‘The Sound of Power‘ – Johann Stadlmayr’s Polychoral Music for the Habsburg Courts. Sale, Manchester - Further details TBC.
Renaissance Playing Day (A=440), for one-to-a-part singers as well as instrumentalists.
Workshop for Voices with Angus Smith - details TBC.
Come and discover Medieval music with Mary Mohan, Jude Rees and Leah Stuttard. 2025’s focus will be Adam de la Halle.
Three days of viol consort playing in preformed groups of any level, studying in depth any music chosen by the group, coached by members of the Rose Consort of Viols.
The life and music of Thomas Morley, a workshop for singers with Will Dawes & Katie Bank.
Music for voices and instruments - Leckhampton, Cheltenham.