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  • BEMF Choral Workshop with Tenebrae’s Joseph Edwards

    Hexagan Music Centre, Beverley

    The workshop is open to all voices (S/A/T/B) with some sight-singing experience. Music for the day includes Alfonso Lobo’s Versa est in luctum and Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Taedet anima...

  • Voices, Viols & Recorders Association

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    An un-tutored course for experienced singers and players of early instruments.

  • Gregorian Chant: The Joys of Singing

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Tutor: John Rowlands-Pritchard. 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...

  • SEMF Workshop with Ali Kinder

    Clapham and Patching Village Hall, Worthing

    Workshop for voices and instruments.  Further details and booking forms will be available later.

  • EMFS Viol Consort Café

    St Catherine's Argyle Church, Edinburgh

    A sociable playing morning for viol players at all levels, working in small groups with players of similar experience, facilitated by Vickie Hobson and Philip Redfern.

  • Sing Saturday: Messiah

    Gloucester Cathedral

    Discover or re-ignite a passion for choral singing with Handel’s Messiah in Gloucester Cathedral, with Gloucester Choral Society directed by Adrian Partington.

  • 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...

  • NWEMF Workshop: Polychoral Music with Peter Wendland

    St Mary's Church Hall, Sale

    Polychoral music of the Renaissance & early Baroque, a workshop for singers in all voice ranges, and players of viols, cornetts, recorders (tenor downwards) & renaissance wind instruments (A=440).

  • 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.

  • Music at Monteconero

    Monteconero, Sirolo

    A course for choral singers of all ages and nationalities in a former monastery overlooking the Adriatic, centred on Renaissance music inspired by the biblical Song of Songs.  Directed by...

  • Baroque Orchestra: Music at the Dresden Court of Augustus II

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams. 18th century repertoire that would have been performed by the Dresden Hofkapelle, including works by Pisendel, Heinichen and Zelenka; scored for two oboes,...

  • BMEMF Workshop: Straus with David Hatcher

    Bishopswood Village Hall, Herefordshire

    Straus Missa Concertata in Echo - for singers and instrumentalists (A=440). Includes BMEMF AGM.  Booking now open via the BMEMF website,

  • Chalemie Summer School

    Uppingham School, Oakham Rutland

    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...

  • Bach Cello Suites with Jenny Curtis

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    This course is about discovering the joy and genius of the Bach suites in an open lesson/masterclass format.

  • 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....

  • Baroque Trio Sonatas with the Herschel Players

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    The Herschel Players will coach a range of trio sonatas for combinations of baroque instruments: recorders, violins, oboes, flutes, viols, baroque cello, bassoon and harpsichord. Any appropriate repertoire can be...

  • York Early Music Festival

    York

    Concerts and talks with the theme of Metamorfosi culminating with the biennial International Young Artist Competition.

  • Cancelled Early Music Academy *Cancelled*

    Cheltenham College

    A course exploring our great heritage of Renaissance choral music and developing a performance style appropriate to it.

  • Ludlow Summer School

    St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow

    A course that explores some of the glories of Early Tudor sacred music, centred on the six-part Videte miraculum Mass by Nicholas Ludford.  Directed by Rory Wainwright Johnston.

  • The International Viol Summer School

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Five days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes with other players of an advanced level, and opportunities to study various afternoon 'options' including technical sessions, some...

  • 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.

  • Beauchamp Adult Early Music Course 2024

    Malvern College

    Course Director - David Hatcher.  Choral Director - David Allinson. Tutors: Ann Allen, Jennie Cassidy, Stephanie Dyer, Jeremy West.

  • Cambridge Early Music Baroque Summer School

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Offered in collaboration with the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM), with: Laurence Cummings as course director, voices and continuo, Bojan Čičić upper strings, Joseph Crouch lower strings, Leo Duarte woodwind...

  • Music Summer School & Festival

    Gresham's School, Norfolk

    The Music Summer School and Festival will feature a range of courses for participants including Choir, Vocal Ensembles and Chamber Choir, Opera Scenes, Improvisation, Chamber Music, Baroque Orchestra, Wind Ensemble,...

  • Cambridge Early Music Renaissance Summer School

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Daisies, pearls, musical mysteries: Margaret of Austria and her famous Flemish scriptorium - music by Pierre de la Rue, Josquin, Verdelot and others. Tutors: Clare Wilkinson (voices and course director),...

  • NORVIS Summer School 2024

    Barnard Castle School Newgate, Barnard Castle

    The 52nd NORVIS summer school - a week-long early music summer school in County Durham.

  • Assisi Summer School with Rory McCleery

    Piazza del Comune, Assisi

    Repertoire includes the Plainchant "Salve Regina", and related works by Josquin, Victoria, Mouton and Morales.

  • A Cappella Choir Summer School

    Hawkwood College, Stroud

    This course spans 6 centuries of music, participants can choose to join for the whole course, or just the sections that appeal to them. Facilitators:  Patrick Allies, Owain Park &...

  • Higham Hall 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.

  • Baroque Week – Residential Baroque Music Summer School

    Queen Anne's School Caversham, Berkshire

    The theme for the 2024 course will be "Fairest Isle: A Musical Journey Around the British Isles" although you can play any baroque music of your choice in the chamber...

  • Lincoln Singing Holiday

    Lincoln University

    Voices from Tudor Lincolnshire: Motets for the Virgin Mary.  This course will be directed by David Allinson and will focus on English choral music of the 'Golden Age'.

  • Baroque Buffet: A Baroque Orchestra Course on Modern Instruments

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    A course for those interested in Baroque performance practice using modern instruments, with three experienced tutors in strings, wind and keyboard. Tutors: Julia Bishop, Sophie Middleditch, David Pollock

  • Irish Recorder and Viol Course

    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,...

  • HISS (Historically Informed Summer School)

    Bishop Burton College York Road, Bishop Burton

    International residential summer school for singers and players of early, traditional & folk music. Opportunities for folk voices/instruments, singers, baroque strings, viols, lute/theorbo, reeds/capped wind, early brass, recorders, continuo. Highlights...

  • Minch Fest 24

    Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton

    Minch Fest showcases beautiful sacred music in its intended setting and gives young singers an experience of singing this rich legacy. Four church services will each feature the music of...

  • Stylish Baroque with Theresa Caudle & Alastair Ross

    Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

    A baroque chamber music course at A415.  Theresa (violin) and Alastair (harpsichord), bring their wealth of knowledge to encourage and cajole you into stylish performances of repertoire from the early...

  • 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...

  • Medieval Greatest Hits

    St John's Church, Brighton

    A workshop for early instrumentalists and singers led by Emily Baines. Participants should be reasonably experienced and will have the option of participating in Emily’s lunchtime concert with Blondel in...

  • Medieval Music in the Dales Study Day

    Bolton Castle Nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire

    A Study Day focusing on The Feast of Fools, led by Leah Stuttard, with back-up from Gill Page.

  • Madrigal and Partsongs

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    An exploration of the riches of secular vocal music from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Tutors: James Oldfield, Simon Gregory

  • Medieval Music in the Dales Festival

    Bolton Castle Nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire

    Medieval Music festival, including concerts, workshops, tuition, and more.

  • The Sixteen Choral Workshop: Tewkesbury

    Parish Hall, Tewkesbury Abbey

    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...

  • MEMF Workshop for Singers with Anita Datta

    St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne Birmingham

    Anita Datta gives a fascinating introduction to Catalonian Mateus Fletxa (1481–1553) and the music he is most well known for, the Ensalades – works for four or five voices.

  • Come & Sing: The Power & The Passion

    Duke Street Baptist Church, Richmond

    Experience the drama and beauty of Tomas Luis de Victoria’s Requiem and Antonio Lotti’s settings of the Crucifixus with Richmond Chamber Choir as part of a Come and Sing day,...

  • EMFS Choir Meeting

    St Michael & All Saints Church, Edinburgh

    Come and sing Charpentier's Messe de Minuit and some other 'surprise' French Baroque repertoire, led by Michael Cameron-Longden.

  • Voices, Viols & Recorders Association at Halsway

    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...

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    Yarnfield Park, Stone

    Elementary, Lower Intermediate, Pre-formed Consorts.

  • Early Music in the Marches

    Discoed, Powys

    Friday evening concert and weekend workshop for singers and instrumentalists. Julia Bishop and David Hatcher will lead the two day workshop for singers and instrumentalist on music to include Charpentier's...

  • The Sixteen Choral Workshop: Blackburn

    Blackburn Cathedral

    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...

  • EMFS Viol Consort Cafe

    St Catherine's Argyle Church, 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...

  • 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.

  • Polyphonies Franco-Flamandes

    Gourdon-en-Quercy, Lot

    A course in the historic town in southwest France that explores the music of Josquin des Pres and his influential school.  Directed by Rory McCleery.

  • 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...

  • EMFS Making Music Day & AGM

    Inverleith St Serf's Church Edinburgh

    With separate groups for singers and instrumentalists led by Michael Cameron-Longden and Lynne Hope, the workshop will look at some French Baroque music. The EMFS AGM will take place over...

  • Come & Sing: Bach Mass in B Minor

    St Margaret Pattens, City of London

    The Esterhazy Singers invite singers for a fun day of singing selections from Bach’s Mass in B Minor under their inspirational Music Director David Halstead.

  • Banbury Early Music Festival

    St Mary's Church, Banbury

    Banbury Early Music Festival is a brand new festival for 2024 where early music fans and newcomers can come and participate in inspiring workshops, listen to world class concerts, leaf...