Online Early Music Forum
OnlineEvery Monday and Friday, In your own home, online with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). OEMF began just before lockdown, as the COVID19 pandemic was gathering momentum, and has continued ever since....
Every Monday and Friday, In your own home, online with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). OEMF began just before lockdown, as the COVID19 pandemic was gathering momentum, and has continued ever since....
Join award-winning educator Ben England for a six-part online lecture series, exploring the history and development of Classical Music.
Join Pam Smith on Zoom for a day playing beautiful music from its original notation. The repertoire will be taken from the Choirbook for Philip the Fair and Juana of...
South West Baroque Orchestra is the regional period instrument orchestra in the South West. Applicants are welcome to play for a rehearsal to try out the experience of baroque playing...
Grace Barton with Polyphonica Recorder Trio will present a workshop for recorder players exploring how to play vocal and instrumental music of Gabrieli and his European contemporaries. Booking now open...
The Borgias: from sinners to saints. Join Caius Lee, Director of College Music at Worcester College, Oxford, and Director of the Florence International Singing Programme, for a day exploring the...
During this event, you will enjoy exploring sumptuous Sevillian motets written in honour of the Virgin Mary, sacred works written by Mexican composers, and even music in the Nahuatl language...
Music and Ritual in a Sixteenth Century Florentine Convent with Laurie Stras. A workshop for upper voices with keyboard and/or viol or harp accompaniment.
Come and discover Medieval music with Mary Mohan and Jude Rees. Delve into the world of Medieval manuscripts, dance tunes, beautiful sacred music and more.
Tutors: Alison Crum, John Bryan, Peter Wendland, Ibi Aziz. Three days of viol consort playing in preformed groups of any level, studying in depth any music chosen by the group,...
The reputation of Robert Parsons (c.1535–72), today rests almost entirely on the honeyed beauty of his Ave Maria, with its perfect Amen. But his other sacred music is of such...
Music composed in response to loss 1454-1612, for singers.
A once a year treat for singers to come together to perform Handel's amazing music & raise money for a local charity. This year's event will be conducted by Anthony...
Explore and celebrate some of Handel’s wonderful arias with an aficionado of his music.
Repertoire: Gibbons, Hooper and contemporaries, for singers.
A variety of concerts and other events, including a choral workshop for all presented by Robert Hollingworth, director of I Fagiolini.
South West Baroque Orchestra is the regional period instrument orchestra in the South West. Applicants are welcome to play for a rehearsal to try out the experience of baroque playing...
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Christmas Workshop for Voices and Instruments.
William Lyons and Richard Thomas from The City Musick will be heading to Halsway Manor for the very first time, bringing with them all the joys of the festive season...
For centuries Christmas and the surrounding seasons have inspired composers to new heights of invention. The repertoire chosen for this course will reach across the ages: from the eternal beauty...
This is a workshop for voices and instruments at pitch A=440, to celebrate Christmas.
Viol players of all standards are welcome, players will work in small groups of similar standard and experience so everyone will be catered for! Led by Philip Redfern and Vickie...
Five Centuries of a Medieval Christmas: a workshop for all instruments, led by Paul Leigh and Gill Page of Trouvere. The workshop will look at pieces from the eleventh through...
Join Pam Smith on Zoom for half-an-hour every morning on the run-up to Christmas for some beautiful medieval carols. You will need a treble and a tenor recorder (but feel...
Explore the rich repertoire of the 17th-century string band. For baroque instruments at A=415. Tutors: Judy Tarling, Rachel Stott, Kinga Gaborjani.
Elementary, Lower Intermediate, Pre-formed Consorts.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
An opportunity to work on a piece of music with an internationally renowned musician in a friendly and supportive environment.
Come and join members of Bath Bach Choir in singing Bach’s cantata Die Elenden sollen essen (BWV 75), under the direction of David Hill, Musical Director of the Choir.
Workshop for voices and instruments, with David Allinson, Newcastle. Details TBC.
Explore choral masterpieces, learn about their historical and musical contexts, and brush up on singing technique with a vocal expert.
Three days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes. Tutors: Alison Crum, Peter Wendland.
For pre-formed chamber groups on period instruments. Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams, Stephen Preston.
Recorders@Plymouth are back for their annual visit to Halsway Manor, offering an opportunity to explore the huge diversity of recorder orchestra repertoire.
Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway & Monteverdi Beatus Vir - more information to follow.
Explore the rich and varied repertoire of musicians from court and city in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, for wind and brass instruments: cornett, sackbut, shawm, dulcian, recorder...
Cantata 61 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland. Cantata 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen.
Advanced.
Exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music, as heard in both court and country.
For female voices, viols, lower recorders & keyboard - Wilmslow, Cheshire area.
For pre-formed chamber groups (with or without singer) who should bring at least 4 pieces to work on which can be at varying stages of readiness. Work at 415 or...
Further details TBC.
Fairy Queen workshop led by John Hancorn. Details TBC.
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 directed by Peter Wendland. Further details TBC.
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.
Workshop for singers with David Allinson, repertoire: Palestrina, details tbc.
This course, directed by Gabriel Díaz, will celebrate the music of Spain’s first great composer. It will be held in the monastery of San Bernardo, in the shadow of the...
Plenty of opportunities to play at all levels of ability. Tutors: Jacob Heringman, Lynda Sayce, Matthew Spring, Sara Stowe, Evangelina Mascardi, Andrea Damiani.
Workshop for singers, led by Richard de Winter; songs from the Henry VIII manuscript. Details TBC.
A workshop for singers and renaissance instruments with Gawain Glenton.
Music for shawms, sackbutts, cornetts, curtals, crumhorns, recorders, etc. More information to follow.
Missa Diligam Te Domine a 12 by Giovanni Valentini - Didsbury, Manchester area.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Palestrina workshop for voices and instruments, directed by David Allinson. Further details TBC.
This popular and highly acclaimed course provides an excellent opportunity for experienced players of viols and recorders to work on early music in a chamber setting.
A weekend of 16th and 17th century vocal music ‘apt for voyces and vyalls’, playing mainly in small groups. Tutors: Emma Kirkby, Alison Crum.
Workshop for singers with James Weeks. Repertoire: Sacred and secular works by Orlando di Lasso.
Music for the Chapel Royal (voices, strings, continuo), plus AGM (over lunch) - Bolton area.
A fun and inclusive introduction to playing and singing medieval repertoire for all instrumentalists and singers. Tutors: Emily Baines, Arngeir Hauksson (Amyas).
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Ring in the Easter Weekend by joining with fellow singers to form the chorus of Vivaldi’s Gloria and Handel’s Coronation Anthems.
Perform Charpentier's sacred masterpiece Messe pour MrMauroy. Tutors: Miguel Jaloto, Nick Shaw, Kinga Gaborjani, Gail Hennessy, Judy Tarling.
Music will be taken from 'The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems' and 'The Oxford Book of English Madrigals'.
A course directed by Patrick Craig in the historic Pembrokeshire port, centred on the six-part Requiem of the Portuguese composer Manuel Cardoso (c. 1566-1650), interspersed with funerary motets by other...
Programme to be confirmed for instruments and voices with joint items to be included. Further details to follow.
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate.
JS Bach Cantata 118: O Jesu Christ, mein’s lebens Licht. JS Bach Cantata 146: Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal. JS Bach Motet BWV 230: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
A workshop led by Robert Hollingworth, on the 4-choir Missa Benevola, by the 17th-century Franco-Italian composer Orazio Benevoli. More details and booking information to follow.
The music of Johannes Prioris - further details TBC.
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...
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: Palestrina Missa Laetatus sum a8 (and its source motet) with David Allinson.
Celano Mass in luna - Chester area.
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. Further details TBC.