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  • EMFS Workshop with Laurie Stras

    12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh

    Music and Ritual in a 16th Century Florentine Convent - Workshop for SA voices, Viols and low recorders led by Laurie Stras.

  • EEMF Workshop: Indigenous meets Baroque

    Castle Street Methodist Church, Cambridge

    Workshop of early music with South American links with El Parnaso Hyspano, for voices and continuo. Contact Janet Tanburn janetmtanburn@gmail.com for further details.

  • Easter Early Music Course

    Haberdashers' School, Monmouth

    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.

  • Deep Dive Online Recorder Workshop Series: Interpretation for Beginners Part 4

    Online

    How often do we play early music based on songs without the text present? This is very common for ensembles especially when playing 16th century music.  Most of the music from this period arranged for recorders is vocal music but without the text present how do we know if it is true to the original...

  • Baroque Opera Project: Rameau’s Pygmalion

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Be part of a fully staged historically informed staging of Rameau’s one-act acte de ballet Pygmalion, working from first rehearsal to public performance in six days under the guidance of a team of leading baroque specialists. Tutors: Catarina Costa e Silva, Fernando Miguel Jalôto, Judy Tarling, Gail Hennessy, Josh Salter.

  • Casterbridge Music: Malta 2026

    Make new friends in a week of singing and sightseeing in historic, beautiful Malta. The week is aimed at keen singers who enjoy a challenge.  The course will be led by experienced choral director, David Greenwood.  For more information email: casterbridge.music.uk@gmail.com. Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi Munera Byrd Ave Verum Redford Rejoice in the Lord Parry...

  • Baroque Choruses

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Explore and deepen your knowledge of a range of baroque choruses and be part of a fully staged historically informed performance of Rameau’s Pygmalion on this Opera Project companion course led by Nicholas Shaw.

  • BMEMF Workshop with Ali Kinder

    St John's Church, Ludlow

    Repertoire: Très Élégant, the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier.  Workshop for instrumentalists.

  • Revelry and Refinement: Medieval Band Camp

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    A fun and inclusive introduction to playing and singing medieval repertoire for all instrumentalists and singers. Explore the wealth and variety of musical timbres and textures found in music of the 12th-15th centuries. Tutors: Emily Baines, Arngeir Hauksson.

  • Trills in the Baroque for Recorder Players: Part 2

    Online

    Following on from Trills in the Baroque for Recorder Players Part 1, this workshop provides fingerings, technical exercises to increase control, and examples in the context of standard recorder repertoire.

  • NWEMF Workshop with Rory Wainwright Johnston

    The Harris, Preston

    Missa Ave Virgo Sanctissima by Gery de Ghersem, and other pieces from 17th century Iberia, a workshop for voices with Rory Wainwright Johnston.

  • MEMF Workshop with Katy Silverman

    St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne Birmingham

    Composers of the English Reformation. Katy will concentrate on John Sheppard and Robert Parsons who both composed in both English and Latin, in the traditions of Catholic polyphony and then wrote music for the new Protestant reforms.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • Gregorian Chant: The Joys of Singing

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    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.

  • Baroque Solo Sonatas: Melody and Continuo

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    This course will explore the early history of the solo Sonata, from the era of Merula and Fontana through to Bach and Handel. Participants will study the arts of melody, accompaniment and the interface between them. Tutors: Naomi Burrell, Gavin Kibble, Satoko Doi-Luck.

  • MEMF Workshop with Greg Skidmore & Sue Addison

    Swallowbeck Methodist Church, Lincoln

    !A la Batalla! workshop for voices with Greg Skidmore and Sue Addison.  This workshop will include a mass by Victoria – details to be announced nearer the time.

  • SEMF Workshop with Lizzie Gutteridge

    Scaynes Hill Village Hall Haywards Heath

    A Party in Augsburg - Music of the early 16th century German Town and Dance bands This workshop is for players of all Medieval & Renaissance instruments at A=440.  Players of loud winds are encouraged to also bring a quieter alternative instrument with them for occasional calmer moments.  There will be a few pieces in...

  • Baroque and Renaissance Instrument Discovery Day

    St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh

    Explore, Hear and Play!  No musical experience is necessary. In celebration of a recent bequest of Baroque and Renaissance instruments St Mary’s Music School is opening its doors to anyone who would like to learn about, hear, try to play, or share expertise in, early wind, brass and stringed instruments (viols and vielle).  The afternoon...

  • Stirling Music Party with Rory McCleery

    Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling

    A course in one of Scotland’s most famous churches, centred on the music of Vincente Lusitano (c.1520-1561), a Portuguese composer of African descent.

  • Bristol Early Music Festival

    All Saints Clifton Bristol

    Bristol's Early Music Festival, with concerts, exhibits, workshops, and more...

  • Lute Songs from England, France and Germany

    Hawkwood College, Stroud

    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 visited, finding great acclaim in music-loving courts. Open to singers of all ranges - soloists and ensemble voices - as well as lutenists, this course...

  • Country Choral Upper Voices Weekend

    High Trenhouse, Yorkshire Dales

    This upper-voice (SSA/SSAA) ensemble singing weekend, led by Rory Wainwright Johnston, is built around detailed, small-ensemble choral work, drawing on repertoire from the early Baroque through to the present day.

  • Come & Sing Spem in Alium + Scarlatti Stabat Mater

    St Luke's, Battersea London

    Vasari Singers and Jeremy Backhouse return with another ‘Come and Sing’ event, singing the 40-part motet, Spem in Alium, and Domenico Scarlatti’s 10-part Stabat Mater – a fantastic combination for a day’s singing.

  • Dorset Bach Cantata Club

    D’Urberville Centre, Wool

    Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    Shepherd's Dene, Northumberland

    Intermediate and Upper Intermediate. Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.

  • Fairest Isle Festival

    Isle of Wight

    Early Music Extravaganza on the Isle of Wight - includes concerts, workshops, talks, and more!

  • NWEMF Workshop with Ben England

    Wilmslow URC

    Come and sing the choruses from Vivaldi’s momentous Gloria in D major, and learn about the fascinating history of this work.  For voices, oboe, trumpet, strings and continuo.

  • NEEMF Workshop with Andrew Griffiths

    Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

    La Fèsta de ƚa Sènsa: Venetian Music for Ascension - a workshop for singers and instrumentalists.

  • Purbeck Art Weeks Festival 2026

    PAW Festival 2026 brings together music, visual art, and poetry in a vibrant programme of nine concerts, a vocal workshop and our annual open mic poetry evening.  Featuring I Fagiolini, Parnassus Ensemble, Lizzie Ball, Miloš Milivojević, Fieri Consort, Toby Carr, Liza Sommers & Grace Newcombe, Jeremy Avis, Sam Stadlen, Suntou Susso, Simo Lagnawi, Rebecca Askew,...

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • Voices, Viols & Recorders Association

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    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 groups depending on participants.  Evening sessions for all are conducted and include music for instruments and voices.

  • Come & Sing A Cappella Wonders

    St Olave's, York

    Led by Ben England BEM, these events offer a rare opportunity to delve into some of the most sublime works in the vocal canon, including: Allegri’s Miserere Stanford’s Bluebird Bono/U2 (arr. Bob Chilcott) MLK Tallis’ If Ye Love Me Chesnokov (arr. Gowers) Let My Prayer Arise This event will be repeated in Warrington and Wimbledon...

  • Come & Sing A Cappella Wonders

    Church of the Ascension, Warrington

    Led by Ben England BEM, these events offer a rare opportunity to delve into some of the most sublime works in the vocal canon, including: Allegri’s Miserere Stanford’s Bluebird Bono/U2 (arr. Bob Chilcott) MLK Tallis’ If Ye Love Me Chesnokov (arr. Gowers) Let My Prayer Arise This event will be repeated in York and Wimbledon...

  • Saltaire Recorder Weekend

    Titus Salt School, Shipley

    A full weekend of music-making, inspiration and discovery, including concerts, playing sessions and more.

  • Come & Sing A Cappella Wonders

    St John The Baptist, Wimbledon London

    Led by Ben England BEM, these events offer a rare opportunity to delve into some of the most sublime works in the vocal canon, including: Allegri’s Miserere Stanford’s Bluebird Bono/U2 (arr. Bob Chilcott) MLK Tallis’ If Ye Love Me Chesnokov (arr. Gowers) Let My Prayer Arise This event will be repeated in York and Warrington...

  • Purbeck Art Weeks Medieval Vocal Workshop

    Wareham URC

    Led by Grace Newcombe with Liane Sadler & Colin Heller. Following Friday's fusion of folk and medieval sound worlds, and ahead of her recital of medieval song, Grace Newcombe invites singers to step inside the soundscape themselves.  This immersive workshop explores the luminous textures of 15th-century polyphony alongside 13th-century Middle English song.c Open to confident...

  • Renaissance Polyphony

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass. Tutors: Jeremy West, Gareth Wilson.

  • NEEMF Workshop with Deborah Catterall

    Calcutt & Forest Moor Village Hall

    Missa Laetatus Sum by Tomás Luis de Victoria - a workshop for voices and instruments led by Deborah Catterall.

  • Come & Sing Bach Magnificat

    Gloucester Cathedral

    Come & Sing Bach Magnificat with Gloucester Choral Society Conductor: Jonathan Hope, Assistant Director of Music, Gloucester Cathedral Accompanist: Piers Maxim, Director of Music and Organist at Great Malvern Priory

  • EMFS Viol Consort Cafe

    Morningside Edinburgh

    Viol players who can hold a line are invited to come and play in a session led by Jo Green in Morningside - the address will be confirmed when you register.  This session is for intermediate and advanced players.

  • EEMF Consorts Workshop with David Hatcher

    Kingston Village Hall Cambs

    Two separate workshops for small consorts: 1) viols and strings 2) recorders (David will spend time with each ensemble, in two separate rooms).

  • Music at Monteconero 2026

    Monteconero, Sirolo

    This course is based on the music of the generation that followed Adrian Willaert and preceded Claudio Monteverdi. Directed by Eamonn Dougan.

  • NWEMF Workshop with Peter Wendland

    Lancaster Campus, University of Cumbria

    Polychoral music by Heinrich Schütz, workshop for voices and instruments with Peter Wendland.

  • TVEMF Workshop with Bill Hunt

    St John's URC, Northwood Hallowell Road

    The Pre-Restoration consort anthem: a trove of neglected English treasures, a workshop for singers, viols and wind (A=440), with Bill Hunt. ​

  • EMFS Choral Workshop with David Allinson

    Inverleith St Serf's Church Edinburgh

    EMFS welcome David Allinson back to Edinburgh for a full day choral workshop entitled 'A Garden Enclosed - Singing the Song of Songs', singing works by Guerrero, Victoria, Brumel and Palestrina.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.

  • Summer Viols

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Summer Viols, directed by Alison Crum and Alison Kinder.

  • Viol Discovery Day

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    In this discovery day course tutors provide an introduction to the instrument, basic playing techniques and rich repertoire. The course also includes a ticket to the evening's Rose Consort of Viols concert. No previous string playing experience required.

  • MEMF Workshop: Colossal Baroque with Stephen Bullamore

    St Mary Magdalene Church, Newark-on-Trent

    Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Dr Stephen Bullamore. Music to include large scale works for voices, strings, wind and brass at pitch A=440 by Giovanni Gabrieli (Venice), Heinrich Schütz (Dresden), Orazio Benevoli (Rome), and Heinrich Biber (Salzburg)

  • SEMF Workshop with Walter Reiter

    Blackbridge Community Centre, Horsham

    Baroque workshop for instruments at A415 with Walter Reiter. The workshop is for string players (violin and viol families), wind instruments at 415 and continuo, including plucked continuo, and will cover seventeenth century repertoire typical of the Stylus Fantasticus way of writing.

  • Go4B’rque Viva Vivaldi IV

    St Catherine's Argyle Church, Edinburgh

    Modern string players are invited to come and play Vivaldi's Concerti for 1, 2 or 4 violins under the direction of Philip Redfern.

  • Oxford Early Music Weekend

    Magdalen College, Oxford

    Continuo Connect partner once again with Oxford Festival of the Arts to present a full weekend of Early Music at Magdalen College and New College, Oxford.

  • Palestrina the Perfectionist

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    Registration from 13:45 Immerse yourself in the world of Palestrina and encounter polyphony at its most poised and refined. The music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina earned him the title Principe della Musica (the “Prince of Music”) thanks to the legend that his writing helped demonstrate to the Council of Trent how clarity of text...

  • International Pipe and Tabor Festival

    York

    The 2026 International Pipe and Tabor Festival will be in beautiful York, and will include playing in costume for the York Mystery Plays on Sun 28th June.

  • Choral Workshop with Martin Lightowler

    Wesley Hall, Sheffield

    ‘Light Beyond the Veil’ for 5 from 500’s 3rd birthday. A spiritual journey from the depths to ecstasy: John Taverner’s O Wilhelme, Pastor bone Peter Philips’ Ascendit Deus Antonio Lotti’s Crucifixus Anton Bruckner’s Christus Factus es James MacMillan’s O Radiant Dawn

  • String Musicianship and Body Awareness

    Hawkwood College, Stroud

    Join internationally acclaimed baroque violinist Rachel Podger for a joyful, hands-on exploration of ensemble playing and expressive musicianship.  This short course will cover gut-string playing, connecting the breath and the bow, and also body awareness and body resonance.  Rachel will introduce BOGA (a unique form of “bow-yoga”) as well as Alexander Techniques, chamber music making...

  • York Early Music Festival

    National Centre for Early Music York

    The York Early Music Festival 2026.

  • BMEMF Workshop with David Hatcher

    Bishopswood Village Hall, Herefordshire

    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.

  • Sing Joyfully! Workshop

    Christ Church, West Didsbury Manchester

    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.

  • Ludlow Summer School 2026

    St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow

    Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance ~ the music of the golden century: Cristóbal de Morales, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Philippe Rogier, Juan de Esquivel and Alonso Lobo. Directed by Bill Carslake.

  • Chalemie Summer School

    Uppingham School, Oakham Rutland

    Chalemie 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, commedia and costume making, with a particular emphasis on the English repertoire of this period.

  • When David Heard with Patrick Craig

    St Stephen's, Rochester Row London

    Music for the death of Prince Henry in 1612 - a workshop for voices led by Patrick Craig.

  • Country Choral Early Music Course

    High Trenhouse, Yorkshire Dales

    This mixed-voice early music workshop marks 400 years since John Dowland with an in-depth exploration of his complete published lute-song output. Working in small mixed-voice ensembles, the weekend will focus on Dowland’s music as shared ensemble repertoire, with attention to text, rhetoric, tuning, contrapuntal clarity and ensemble contact. *More tenors and basses needed!*

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Summer Meeting

    St Michael's, Cornhill, London

    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.

  • TVEMF Workshop: Dowland 400 with Lynda Sayce

    Seer Green Jubilee Hall, Beaconsfield

    Dowland 400 workshop for voices, lutes, viols, recorders and other appropriate softer instruments with Lynda Sayce.  Exploring some of Dowland's most famous and lesser known works, ranging through all of his song collections.  Pitch A440.

  • NEEMF Workshop with Ali Kinder

    St Francis Church Hall, Newcastle

    Praise and Prayer - a day for voices and instruments exploring texts on the theme of praise and entreaty, led by Ali Kinder.

  • EEMF Workshop with Leah Stuttard

    Little St Mary's, Cambridge

    15th century popular songs - a workshop for voices and plucked strings (A=440) with Leah Stuttard.

  • Beauchamp Early Music Summer School

    Malvern College

    Summer School for Enthusiasts of Early Music, both instrumentalists and singers, offering full board or daily attendance. Spread over 6 days the course is ably led by David Hatcher and David Allinson, allowing participants to enjoy a high standard of music making.

  • Choral Matinée Workshop – Josquin Jukebox

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    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...