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  • Fondazione Milano Institute of Early Music

    Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado Villa Simonetta, Via Stilicone 36, Milan, Italy

    Unique in Italy and modelled on Europe’s leading early music schools, the Institute of Early Music at the Claudio Abbado Civic School of Music attracts students from all over the...

  • Cambridge Early Music Baroque Summer School

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    The Baroque course will focus on Purcell’s semi-opera Dioclesian. Applications are invited from dancers, proficient singers and confident players of gut-strung Baroque instruments, with Baroque bows, bass viol, violone, recorder,...

  • Venus & Adonis: A Chamber Weekender Opera

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    John Blow (1649-1708) Venus and Adonis "A Masque for the Entertainment of the King", directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger Desire, pursuit, and a fatal misjudgement: when Venus urges her lover to...

  • Recorder Workshop Day with Polyphonica

    Camp Hill Community Centre, Northampton

    Polyphonica are delighted to be returning to Northampton to deliver the annual Polyphonica workshop day again in August 2026.  Suitable for mixed ability players but not complete beginners.

  • NORVIS Early Music Summer School

    Barnard Castle School Newgate, Barnard Castle

    NORVIS is the full week-long early music summer school in County Durham which they are proud to describe as one of the UK’s longest-established and friendliest.  They teach recorders, Baroque...

  • The Music Summer School & Festival

    Gresham's School, Norfolk

    Courses available in choral singing, vocal ensembles, solo singing, baroque orchestra, baroque chamber music, renaissance ensembles and singing, harpsichord and organ. Course tutors include Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini, The...

  • Assisi Summer School with Patrick Craig

    Piazza del Comune, Assisi

    Patrick Craig, taking over the Assisi residency, has put together a wonderful programme of music for the saints including - of course - St Francis.

  • Early Music Summer School

    Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria

    For competent singers, viol and recorder players, covering music c1450-c1650.  Instruction in choral/solo singing, viol and recorder playing, lute, plus vocal technique and various consorts. Tutors: Deborah Catterall, Elizabeth Dodd,...

  • Lincoln Summer School

    Lincoln University

    Pater peccavi - exquisite choral music from the birth of the Italian Baroque. This course will be directed by early music specialist and award-winning director of the Marian Consort, Rory...

  • Irish Recorder and Viol Course 2026

    An Grianán, Co. Louth

    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, workshops, consort songs, trio sonatas, choir,...

  • Baroque Week 2026

    Queen Anne's School Caversham, Berkshire

    The course offers inspiration and guidance to both singers and players of baroque music from an expert team of leading specialists in historical performance.

  • HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) 2026

    Bishop Burton College York Road, Bishop Burton

    Now in its 16th year, this international summer school explores common grounds between early, folk and traditional music.  All singers and instrumentalists welcome.  Classes for lute/theorbo, viols, recorders, renaissance wind,...

  • Bach Cello Suites

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Discover the beauty and genius of Bach’s Cello Suites and improve your cello playing in this relaxed course with tutor Jenny Curtis.

  • Consort de Danse Baroque Summer School

    Rubicon Dance Centre Nora Street, Cardiff

    This non-residential course is designed for all levels from the absolute beginner to the professional dancer and concentrates on the technique & presentation of Baroque dance.

  • TVEMF Benevoli Workshop with Robert Hollingworth

    St Michael and all Angels, Oxford

    Benevoli’s 4-choir Missa Dum Complerentur and the Palestrina motet on which it is based.  A workshop for voices and instruments with Robert Hollingworth.

  • Madrigals and Partsongs

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Experience the uplifting power of chamber and consort singing, as tutors James Oldfield and Simon Gregory guide you through a range of beautiful madrigals and partsongs from the 16th century...

  • Country Choral Mixed Programme Weekend

    High Trenhouse, Yorkshire Dales

    This mixed-voice workshop centres on a varied programme of choral music connected by texts reflecting different aspects of love — playful, devotional, reflective, and lyrical — set across a wide...

  • Medieval Music in the Dales 2026

    Bolton Castle Nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire

    A glorious three-day extravaganza dedicated solely to enjoying medieval music.  This year’s Medieval Music in the Dales explores repertoires from the medieval Margins - geographically, culturally and socially.

  • NWEMF Workshop with Stephanie Dyer

    All Saints, Chester

    Renaissance ‘Back-to-School’ – Music for Learning & Scholarship, a workshop for voices and instruments with Stephanie Dyer.

  • EEMF Workshop with Patrick Craig

    Castle Street Methodist Church, Cambridge

    Music for the Feast of the Holy Cross - a workshop for voices only with Patrick Craig.

  • MEMF Workshop with Mark Wilson

    Oddfellows Hall, Stafford

    Pentecostal Polychoral Music - workshop for voices and instruments at A440 with Mark Wilson.

  • EMFS Choir Autumn 2026

    Polwarth Parish Church, Edinburgh

    Guest choir MD for the autumn sessions will be Kristine Donnan. All are welcome. Scores are circulated in advance.

  • London Motet & Madrigal Club Meeting + AGM

    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.  This meeting includes the AGM.

  • EMFS Try a Viol Workshop with Alison Kinder

    Inverleith St Serf's Church Edinburgh

    Come and Try a Viol - a popular instrument of the Renaissance and Baroque periods - in a small group of complete beginners. Alison Kinder is a leading UK viol...

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (1/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • NEEMF Workshop with Leah Stuttard

    Burley in Wharfedale Methodist Church

    Feast of Fools - a workshop for singers and all instrumentalists, led by Dr Leah Stuttard.

  • Brighton Early Music Festival

    Brighton

    BREMF 2026 - Bringers of Dreams 26 exciting live music events, including vocal and instrumental workshops.  

  • Go 4 B’rque: Peerless Purcell III – Drama at Court

    St Catherine's Argyle Church, Edinburgh

    EMFS invites modern string players to come and play music from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Welcome and Birthday Odes, under the direction of Philip Redfern.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

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

  • BREMF Choral Workshop with Donald Greig

    Exeter Street Hall, Brighton

    A workshop for singers led by Donald Greig exploring Florentine Renaissance polyphony.  The day will include music by Dufay, Isaac and Verdelot.

  • Come & Sing Bach in Leipzig

    St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig , Germany

    Five-day Come & Sing event culminating in a full-scale, baroque-pitch performance including Bach's Cantata 140 ("Wachet auf"), Cantata 147, and the Magnificat in D major, led by Ben England BEM.

  • Music of the Netherlands in Tenby

    St Mary’s Church, Tenby Pembrokeshire

    Music of the Netherlands - directed by Patrick Allies The library of the Marian Brotherhood in ’s-Hertogenbosch is an extraordinarily rich source of music of Josquin’s successors including Pierre de...

  • BMEMF Workshop with Simon Harper

    The Bishop's Palace, Hereford

    Simon Harper tutors a workshop for singers on the theme of Saints and Angels, to include pieces by composers such as Victoria, Sweelinck, Weelkes and Philips.

  • BREMF Instrumental Workshop with William Lyons

    St John’s, Brighton Knoyle Road

    A workshop for players of Renaissance woodwind, brass and strings at A=440 exploring the rich musical cultures of court and civic ceremony in Shakespeare’s London, and that of the Venetian...

  • Banbury Early Music Festival 2026

    St Mary's Church, Banbury

    Banbury Early Music Festival is for early music fans and newcomers alike, to come and participate in inspiring workshops, listen to world class concerts, leaf through a myriad of music...

  • BREMF Baroque Dance Workshops with Mary Collins

    The Dance Space, Brighton

    Explore the elegance and poise of baroque dance with leading specialist Mary Collins, joined by Fernando Santiago Serrano dos Santos.  No dance experience needed, but participants should be comfortable taking...

  • Renaissance Viol and Recorder course

    Holland House, nr Pershore

    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....

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (2/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • EMFS Workshop with John Bryan + AGM

    12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh

    Singers and instrumentalists will work together on sacred and secular music from the Renaissance period, on the theme of "regretz" and departures.

  • SEMF Workshop with John Hancorn

    Headcorn Village Hall Kent

    John Hancorn will conduct choruses from Samson and Saul for singers and instrumentalists at A440.

  • Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    This course will provide a rare opportunity to play in a pure cornett & sackbutt ensemble; famous for its noble sound and rich sonorities and an endangered species in need...

  • Singing Baroque: From Monteverdi to Bach

    Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

    Discover the exquisite world of early music in Singing Baroque: From Monteverdi to Bach, with Jonathan Peter Kenny.

  • Dorset Bach Cantata Club

    Milborne Port Village Hall

    Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh. BWV 131: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir BWV 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

  • EMFS Choir Autumn 2026

    Guest choir MD for the autumn sessions will be Kristine Donnan. All are welcome. Scores are circulated in advance.

  • 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.

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (3/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • Bach Christmas Oratorio Workshop

    Christchurch, Hitchin

    Open to all singers, an opportunity to explore the fabulous Christmas Oratorio by Bach, led by Harry Bradford.

  • NEEMF Double Choir Workshop with Peter Wendland

    Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

    German double-choir music of the late Renaissance and Early Baroque time A workshop for singers, recorders (4 and 8 foot), viols, sackbut, cornett, curtal, baroque violin / cello, led by...

  • EMFS Playing Day with Palisander Recorder Quartet

    Inverleith St Serf's Church Edinburgh

    A recorder playing day and concert with the excellent Palisander Recorder Quartet. Supported by the Continuo Foundation and with additional support from the Edinburgh branch of the Society of Recorder...

  • Come and Sing Byrd’s Great Service

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

    Petros Singers join forces with Toby Ward (co-founder and artistic director of Ensemble Pro Victoria) for a come-and-sing workshop exploring the rich world of William Byrd’s Great Service for ten-part...

  • BREMF A=415 Instrumental Workshop with Olwen Foulkes

    The Rose Hill, Brighton 70-71 Rose Hill Terrace

    This workshop will give amateur players of instruments at A=415 a chance to explore some baroque chamber music repertoire together with like-minded enthusiasts.

  • Baroque Trio Sonatas with ZAREKTrio

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Discover the joy of playing Baroque trio sonatas from across Europe in this insightful new course led by experienced musicians from ZAREKTrio, and enjoy a concert from the trio as...

  • The Gesualdo Six: Singers’ Workshop 2026

    Arnside Educational Institute Carnforth

    A half-day workshop aimed at confident and experienced singers who can read music.  The repertoire is not yet finalised but will feature early music masterpieces.

  • Come & Sing Bach in Leipzig

    St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig , Germany

    Five-day Come & Sing event culminating in a full-scale, baroque-pitch performance including Bach’s Cantata 140 (“Wachet auf”), Cantata 147, and the Magnificat in D major, led by Ben England BEM.

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (4/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • Discovery Day: Harpsichord for Pianists

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    This course, taught in informal masterclass style, provides an opportunity to try some Baroque repertoire on the harpsichord, as a way of gaining more insight into historical style.

  • TVEMF Renaissance Day

    White Hill Centre, Chesham

    TVEMF Renaissance Day - a day of small chamber groups, for cornetts, sackbuts, curtals, recorders, viols, lutes, keyboards and other appropriate instruments, plus one-to-a-part singers with good sight reading, organised...

  • NEEMF Workshop for Singers with Alex Woodrow

    Summerhill Bowling Club, Newcastle upon Tyne

    Heavenly Harmonies - Exploring the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from William Byrd’s ‘Great’ Service, along with motets by Byrd, Blitheman, Tomkins and Philips.

  • Seventeenth-century Strings

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Explore some of the most intriguing string music of the baroque era in this course focusing on the 17th century - the age of ‘wonder and delight’ in the arts,...

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (5/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.

  • EMFS Choir Autumn 2026

    Guest choir MD for the autumn sessions will be Kristine Donnan. All are welcome. Scores are circulated in advance.

  • EMFS Workshop with Alison Kinder

    Inverleith St Serf's Church Edinburgh

    Renaissance Italian canzonas for bowed strings, soft winds and other instruments, led by Alison Kinder.

  • 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.

  • Consorted Viols

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Dive into the rich and transportative sound of the viol and improve your ensemble’s playing in this inspiring course with expert coaching from Alison Crum and members of the renowned...

  • NWEMF Workshop with Peter Syrus

    St Agnes & St Pancras, Liverpool Ullet Road

    1535 - a year in the life of Pierre Attaingnant. A workshop for voices and instruments at A=440 with Peter Syrus.

  • SWEMF Workshop with Huw Morgan

    St Mary's Church, Yatton

    Workshop for voices and instruments - Tomás Luis de Victoria with Huw Morgan, further details TBC.

  • SEMF Workshop with Alison Kinder

    Fishbourne Church Hall Chichester

    Workshop for voices and instruments directed by Alison Kinder.  Full details will be posted at a later date.

  • Page to Performance: Medieval Music

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    Come and discover Medieval music with Mary Mohan, Jude Rees and Leah Stuttard. Delve into the world of Medieval manuscripts, dance tunes, beautiful sacred music and more.

  • EMFS Viol Improvers (6/6)

    University of Edinburgh

    Fortnightly meeting of post-beginner to intermediate viols, tutored by professional gambist, Sarah Small.