Charles Burney Early Music Festival

The Charles Burney Early Music Festival returns for a third year to celebrate the life of one of King’s Lynn's most distinguished residents.  Events include chamber concerts, a talk and a walk, enabling audiences to find out more about this renowned music historian and his family.

Online Early Music Forum

Online

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. In addition to the usual equipment (your voice and your musical talent), you will need a computer with Jamulus software (https://jamulus.io). Turn off Wi-Fi (please...

Choral workshop for all on Vivaldi’s Gloria

The Dance Space, Brighton

A workshop open to all, including families.  Discover the joys of singing this highly accessible music. No experience needed.  Led by Christopher Monks of the Armonico Consort.  Registration closes on 29 September 2024.

The Sixteen Choral Workshop: Exeter

The Hall, Exeter

The Sixteen Choral Workshops are a rare and rewarding opportunity for keen amateur singers to explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage. This workshop will explore Casulana: Morir non puo ‘I mio core, and Lassus: Justorum animae.

Monteverdi Vespers with Paul McCreesh

St Peter's Church, Hammersmith Black Lion Lane, London

Monteverdi Vespers workshop, organised by Petros Singers; led by Paul McCreesh, with the Gabrieli Consort and Players.  

MEMF Workshop: Purcell with Simon Harper

Angel Centre, Worcester

This is a workshop for singers and one keyboard player, exploring some of the sacred anthems by Henry Purcell, regarded as one of England's greatest composers of the Baroque period.

Bach Cantata Workshop: BWV 80 &106

St George's, Folkestone

An opportunity to work on a couple of the church cantatas of J.S.Bach, “Ein Feste Burg” and “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”, with conductor Duncan Lord and accompanist Kevin Bull.

Come & Sing Purcell with James Weeks

Durham Cathedral

James Weeks leads an inspiring day exploring the brilliant, varied and stunningly expressive church music of Henry Purcell.  This special workshop takes place in the magnificent Chapter House of Durham Cathedral, and culminates in a unique opportunity to for participants to sing one of the workshop pieces as an Introit at the cathedral’s service of...

Dorset Bach Cantata Club

Sturminster Newton High School Bath Road, Sturminster Newton

Cantata 29 Wir danken dir, Gott. Cantata 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag. ​

Rondo Viol Academy

St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

Intermediate and Upper Intermediate.

South West Baroque Orchestra Rehearsal

Culmstock Village Hall, Devon

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 techniques.

SEMF Workshop: Morley with Will Dawes & Katie Banks

Findon Village Hall, West Sussex

In this workshop, Katie and Will take you on a sung exploration of Thomas Morley’s life and music; the programme will include both his secular and his sacred music in up to 7 parts, with texts in Latin, English and Italian.

NWEMF Workshop: Voices & Viols with Elizabeth Dodd

St Mary's Church Hall, Sale

Apt for voices & viols - Music from Jacobean England Singing with viols and viol playing with singers is a special and unique experience with a particularly English repertoire consisting of madrigals, motets, verse anthems and consort anthems (A=415). Applications now open via the link below.

EEMF Workshop: Valentini with Philip Thorby

St Peter's by the Waterfront, Ipswich College St, Ipswich

Giovanni Valentini Missa Diligam Te Domine a 12-part polychoral workshop for singers and instrumentalists.

London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

St Michael's Church, 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.

Medieval and Renaissance Consorts

Hawkwood College, Stroud

A weekend of medieval and renaissance consort music coaching and performance, with William Lyons & The City Musick.

Come & Sing with The Renaissance Singers

St Stephen's, Rochester Row London

Treasures from Latin America - Early Polyphony from Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, with Sarah Latto.

EMFS Viol Consort Cafe

St Catherine's, Edinburgh

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 Hobson.

NWEMF Workshop: Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla with Clive Walkley

Quaker Meeting House, Lancaster

This workshop provides singers and instrumentalists with an opportunity to perform some of the exciting and rhythmically challenging music by the Spanish composer Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla. The main work to be studied is Padilla’s Missa sine nomine. Booking now open via the link below.

London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

St Michael's Church, 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.

South West Baroque Orchestra Rehearsal

Culmstock Village Hall, Devon

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 techniques.

NWEMF Workshop: Recorders with Polyphonica

All Saints, Chester

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 via the link below.

NEEMF Workshop: The Borgias with Caius Lee

Summerhill Bowling Club, Newcastle upon Tyne

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 composers associated with this notorious dynasty.

Come & Sing with Stile Antico

St Clement Danes, London

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 of the Aztec Empire.

EEMF Workshop: Convent Music with Laurie Stras

Swaffham Prior Village Hall Cambridgeshire

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.

Page to Performance: Medieval Music

Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

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.

Consorting Viols

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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, coached by members of the Rose Consort of Viols.

SWEMF Workshop: Robert Parsons with David Allinson

St Peter's Church, Leckhampton Cheltenham

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 high quality, and so little known, that it will be a pleasure to explore it.

Nidderdale Messiah 2024

Holy Trinity, Knaresborough

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 Gray.

York Early Music Christmas Festival 2024

National Centre for Early Music York

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 Rehearsal

Culmstock Village Hall, Devon

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 techniques.

London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

St Michael's Church, 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.

TVEMF Christmas Workshop

Amersham Community Centre Chiltern Avenue, Amersham

Lambert de Sayve mass for four choirs, and some festive music - for voices and instruments.

Gaudete! Renaissance Music for the Festive Season

Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

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 during the Renaissance.

Christmas Music with Owain Park & The Gesualdo Six

Hawkwood College, Stroud

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 of the Tudor church right up to the twenty-first century.

MEMF Christmas Workshop with Patrick Craig

Dorridge Village Hall Solihull

This workshop is for any number of voices and all instruments at pitch A=440 – strings, including viols, and all wind and brass.  The workshop will include a selection of different pieces for the festive season by the German composer and music theorist Michael Praetorius.

EMF Viol Consort Cafe

St Catherine's, Edinburgh

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 Hobson.

NEEMF Workshop: Medieval Christmas with Trouvere

Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

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 to the fifteenth centuries, including plainchant, paraliturgical hymns, secular music and devotional carols from as far afield as France, Sicily and England.

Pam’s Carols 2024

Online

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 free to play another instrument or sing if you want) and access to Zoom.  Pam will play one part and you can play the other...

Baroque String Band

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Explore the rich repertoire of the 17th-century string band. For baroque instruments at A=415. Tutors: Judy Tarling, Rachel Stott, Kinga Gaborjani.

Rondo Viol Academy

St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

Elementary, Lower Intermediate, Pre-formed Consorts.

MEMF Workshop with Stephanie Dyer

Solihull Methodist Church Blosssomfield Road, Solihull

Tribus Miraculis – Music for a Saturday after Epiphany This workshop is for all voices and instruments and Renaissance wind instruments – cornetts curtals, recorders, sackbuts and shawms – are particularly welcome.  String players are also warmly invited to participate plus one continuo player, or others who come with their own instrument.  A=440.

London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting

St Michael's Church, 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.

Harpsichord Clinic with John Butt

Handel Hendrix House London

An opportunity to work on a piece of music with an internationally renowned musician in a friendly and supportive environment.

Bath Bach Choir Choral Workshop: Cantata BWV 75

St Swithin's, Bath

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.

NEEMF Workshop: Marian Music with David Allinson

St Francis Church Hall, Newcastle

With this day of music for voices and instruments, David Allinson explores some of the sunniest music of the Renaissance: settings of texts such as Regina Cæli and Ave Maria.

Come & Sing: English Chapel Royal Masters

St Mary at Hill, Eastcheap London

Explore choral masterpieces, learn about their historical and musical contexts, and brush up on singing technique with a vocal expert.

EEMF Epiphany Party

Blyburgate Hall Beccles

The annual EEMF Epiphany party, this year slightly later than Epiphany.  Philip Thorby will lead a wealth of festive music.

Consorting Viols

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Three days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes. Tutors: Alison Crum, Peter Wendland.

Baroque Chamber Music at A=415

Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

For pre-formed chamber groups on period instruments. Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams, Stephen Preston.

Recorder Orchestra Weekend 2025

Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

Recorders@Plymouth are back for their annual visit to Halsway Manor, offering an opportunity to explore the huge diversity of recorder orchestra repertoire.

SWEMF Workshop with Ben England

West Leigh Infant School, nr Bristol Backwell

Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway and Monteverdi Beatus Vir.  Workshop with Ben England BEM, for SATB voices and strings.  Pitch will be A=415.

Open Workshop – Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

St Andrew's, Surbiton

Join Twickenham Choral for a workshop on Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 in preparation for their concert with His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornets.

The City Musick with William Lyons and Richard Thomas

Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

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 (at 440) and crumhorn.

Dorset Bach Cantata Club

D’Urberville Centre, Wool

Cantata 61 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland. Cantata 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen.

SEMF Talk by Patrick Craig

Online

Palestrina 500 and the glories of Rome. In this Zoom talk Patrick will celebrate the extraordinary life and career of this ever-inspiring composer who made his home in the city that forms the heart of the Catholic Church.

NWEMF Workshop with Laurie Stras

Wilmslow URC

Laurie Stras of Musica Secreta leads this workshop for upper voices, all viols, lower pitch recorders and continuo.  The workshop will introduce you to the fascinating record of the musical lives of Florentine nuns at the end of the Renaissance.

MEMF Workshop: Tomkins with Carys Lane

Coton Centre, Tamworth

The Music of Thomas Tomkins – from both his madrigal output, and his sacred output.  A workshop for voices with Carys Lane.

Monteverdi Vespers Workshop

Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Reading

Enjoy a rewarding day singing this sublime piece with former Music Director of Reading Bach Choir, JanJoost van Elburg.