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.
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.
Giovanni Valentini Missa Diligam Te Domine a 12-part polychoral workshop for singers and instrumentalists.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
A weekend of medieval and renaissance consort music coaching and performance, with William Lyons & The City Musick.
NEEMF AGM and workshop - Cristόbal de Morales: Missa Mille Regretz.
Treasures from Latin America - Early Polyphony from Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, with Sarah Latto.
Come & Sing Choruses from Handel's Messiah with Sheffield Music Makers.
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.
Double choir Lassus workshop, for voices and instruments.
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater - a workshop for sopranos and altos led by Mhairi Lawson and accompanied by Jan Waterfield.
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.
Here is the chance to play your Baroque stringed instruments (A=415) under the Tutorship of Oliver Webber. Further 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.
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 Castile c.1504-6.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, coached by members of the Rose Consort of Viols.
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.
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 Gray.
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 techniques.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Lambert de Sayve mass for four choirs, and some festive music - 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 during the Renaissance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
Workshop covering Gregorian 4-line and neume notation with Tony Berridge.
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.
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.
Explore choral masterpieces, learn about their historical and musical contexts, and brush up on singing technique with a vocal expert.
The annual EEMF Epiphany party, this year slightly later than Epiphany. Philip Thorby will lead a wealth of festive music.
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 and Monteverdi Beatus Vir. Workshop with Ben England BEM, for SATB voices and strings. Pitch will be A=415.
Join Twickenham Choral for a workshop on Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 in preparation for their concert with His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornets.
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.
Cantata 61 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland. Cantata 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen.
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.
Advanced.
Exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music, as heard in both court and country.
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.
The Music of Thomas Tomkins – from both his madrigal output, and his sacred output. A workshop for voices with Carys Lane.
Enjoy a rewarding day singing this sublime piece with former Music Director of Reading Bach Choir, JanJoost van Elburg.
Drawing on historical visualisation and memorisation techniques, this session aims to introduce the participant to the basic building blocks of improvised counterpoint. The session is led by Tim Braithwaite, director of the Cappella Pratensis, and is open to all, whether you sing professionally, for fun, or simply enjoy listening to early music.
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 440Hz, with availability of one harpsichord playable at either pitch, plus Higham’s transposable electric pianos. Tutors: Katharine May and Michael Sanderson.
A trilogy of Crucifixus settings by Antonio Lotti, plus Lotti’s setting of Ad Dominum cum tribularer, as well as the Salve Regina by his Venetian forebear, Francesco Cavalli. Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger.
Purcell choruses from Come ye Sons of Art and Hail bright Cecilia! for singers and baroque orchestra with Benjamin Nicholas, A=415.
Henry Purcell: King Arthur - A workshop for all voices and orchestral instruments, led by Robert Hollingworth.
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, including works by Hassler, Victoria, Lassus, Praetorius, and Zielenski.
The 2025 winter course will focus on the works of J. Sebastian Bach’s predecessors. Tutors: Philip Scriven, Andrew Millington, Peter Parshall, Peter Lea-Cox, Richard Godfrey.
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.
Join David Allinson for a day exploring Palestrina’s music, in a programme which moves from the majestic to the intimate, from the contemplative to the joyful, and which avoids well-worn and obvious pieces.
Messa La Luna Piena (The ‘Full Moon’ Mass) in 8 parts by Giuseppe Corsi da Celano. A workshop for singers and instruments with George Parris.
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 Alhambra in Granada’s Albaicín. The central work is the mass that Morales based on Josquin’s chanson ‘Mille regretz’.
Plenty of opportunities to play at all levels of ability. Tutors: Jacob Heringman, Lynda Sayce, Matthew Spring, Sara Stowe, Evangelina Mascardi, Andrea Damiani.
This practical workshop, led by Tim Braithwaite, explores how Josquin and his contemporary singer-composers actually visualised their music and the compositional techniques they employed in a musical language so very different from our own.
Workshop for singers, led by Richard de Winter - songs from the Henry VIII manuscript.
Hei Mihi, Domine – Iberian Penitential Motets. A workshop for voices with David Allinson.
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.
Johann Stadlmayr’s polychoral music for the Habsburg Courts - a workshop for singers and renaissance instruments with Gawain Glenton.
The aim of the day is to enjoy the rich and varied sonorities of a Renaissance Wind Band. Applications welcome from players of Renaissance wind instruments – shawms, sackbutts, cornetts, curtals, crumhorns, recorders, etc.