Sopranos and tenors most welcome for this single day event singing Casciolini's beautiful Missa brevis in a minor and John IV of Portugal Crux fidelis. (We could squeeze in an alto or bass if they came as part of a pair with a sop or tenor!) To register, please contact JNMR84094@gmail.com.
A course for choral singers held in the Monasterio de San Bernardo, close to the Alhambra Palace in Granada. The repertoire will be based on the largely six-part Lamentations of Jeremiah by Pedro Ruimonte, 1565-1627.
The 2024 winter course focusses on the works of J. Sebastian Bach, with emphasis on the chorale preludes.
Plenty of opportunities to play at all levels of ability, and to socialise with like-minded early music enthusiasts. Tutors: Fred Jacobs, Jacob Heringman, Lynda Sayce, Matthew Spring, Sara Stowe.
Sebastianist Music from Renaissance Portugal.
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.
Polychoral Music from the Polish Court of Sigismund III. A workshop for voices & instruments led by Eamonn Dougan.
Enthusiastic amateur singers and Handel enthusiasts are invited to join LHF Musical Director Laurence Cummings and leading Handel scholar Ruth Smith to explore just how Handel’s vocal writing is so utterly extraordinary. Singers will work through selected choruses from Messiah, focusing on the marriage of text and vocal line, examining vocal techniques and dramatic intent...
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.
Learn some of the choruses from Handel's Messiah, led by Paul Herrington.
Join the Pentland Singers and enjoy singing through the wonderful choruses of Vivaldi's Gloria!
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Elementary, Lower Intermediate, Pre-formed Consorts.
'I am troubled on every side!': music by Tallis and his contemporaries, for singers and instruments (A=440). Details and Application Form
The aim of the day is to enjoy the rich and varied sonorities of a Renaissance Wind Band.
In Monte Oliveti - motets by Lassus, Victoria, Weelkes, Guerrero and others - a Choral workshop on early music for Palm Sunday.
Come and enjoy learning some of the popular choruses from Handel's Messiah, led by the former King Singers members Phillip Lawson.
Includes videos of performances from the 2023 live festival, plus a vocal workshop and visit to Dodd Lutherie.
Ring in the Easter Weekend by joining with fellow singers to form the chorus of Handel’s triumphant masterpiece, led by conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren.
Tutors: Fernando Miguel Jalôto, Judy Tarling, Henrik Persson, Nick Shaw, Ricardo Barros. An inspiring opportunity to participate in a staged Baroque opera with amazing period costumes and scenery.
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...
This workshop will explore Casulana: Morir non puo ‘I mio core, and Lassus: Justorum animae.
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.
Details TBA.
Polyphony workshop for voices and instruments.
A workshop to give confident players, with good sight-reading skills and on modern or baroque instruments, the opportunity to hone their baroque playing technique.
Settings of sections of the Missa l'homme armé by Busnois, Dufay, Guerrero, Morales, and Palestrina. New singers are always welcome.
A sociable playing morning for viol players at all levels, working in small groups with players of similar experience, plus coaching from Susanna Pell.
A course for choral singers with repertoire drawn from the music of Renaissance Portugal, including the Ave Virgo sanctissima Mass of Géry de Ghersem.
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.
‘O What Evil is War’: War and Peace in 17th Century Germany, for all voices and specified instruments (A=440). Details and Application Form
A workshop for singers and players. Peter Syrus will direct his new programme of borrowings in Spanish church music of the Golden Age.
Madrigals from the Triumphs of Oriana - a workshop for voices. Further details to follow.
Choral workshop - choruses & chorales only.
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.
Recorder Workshop with Palisander Recorder Quartet, for intermediate to advanced recorder players in tutti and smaller ensemble sessions.
This workshop will explore Casulana: Morir non puo ‘I mio core, and Lassus: Justorum animae.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Singers and instrumentalists are invited to a “MESSIAH 24 hour Drop-In”. Starting at 3pm on the 25th with AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD and working through the choruses until the end. Then, starting all over again, and repeating for 24 hours. With conductors including John Rutter, Laurence Cummings, Ben England, Ralph Allwood, James Day,...
Tutors: Emily Ashton, Richard Boothby, Jon Rees, Joanna Levine. This course offers viol players the chance to explore the consort repertoire and improve their technique along the way.
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate.
A day of playing and singing some of the magnificent polychoral works by Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli, led by Greg Skidmore and Sue Addison. Further details and application form can be found at www.sixteen85.co.uk.
The Festival includes a number of workshops - a mediaeval singing workshop with Leah Stuttard, a workshop for voices and instruments with Alison Kinder, a harpsichord workshop with Julian Perkins, and two recorder workshops with Annabel Knight.
Early Music Extravaganza on the Isle of Wight.
Workshop for singers in all voice ranges, and players of violins, cornetts, sackbuts, curtals, recorders (tenor downwards), viols or lutes.
Music and Ritual in a C16th Florentine Convent - a workshop for upper voices, viols, low recorders and organ.
Polychoral works by Giovanni Gabriel, Hans Leo Hassler, Giovanni Croce, and Claudio Merulo.
This workshop will explore Casulana: Morir non puo ‘I mio core, and Lassus: Justorum animae.
JS Bach Cantata 119: Preise, Jerusalem, der Herrn. JS Bach Cantata 171: Gott wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm. JS Bach Cantata 192: Nun danket alle Gott.
Two parallel, friendly courses offering a variety of music for players at any level except beginners. For those who wish, there are opportunities to mix and match between the two courses.
JS Bach's Cantata BWV 4 'Christ lag in Todesbanden', for singers and instrumentalists, directed by Dr Stephen Muir.
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.
* Postponed to 6th October 2024 in Little Chalfont - further details here* A workshop exploring the rich creative seam of the century’s most beloved songs - for voices and plucked strings.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Tutors: Jeremy West, Gareth Wilson Glorious renaissance polyphony for choir with historic brass.
Concerts, workshops and talks with the theme of Threads of Gold.
'The Compendium of Revelation' - further details will be available shortly on the SWEMF website.
A workshop on Baroque orchestral performance practice based on the writings of George Muffat with additional music by Corelli and Lully, directed by Julio Caballero of El Gran Teatro del Mundo, with Miriam Jorde oboe, Bruno Hurtadoviol, cello and Andrés Murillo violin. The workshop is open to players of Baroque oboe, traverso, bassoon, recorder and...
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 and Astiterunt reges terrae.
An un-tutored course for experienced singers and players of early instruments.
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 towards daily performances of a meditative chant sequence.
Come & Sing workshop with The Fountain Singers, directed by Anna Cristoni-Apel.
A workshop for voices, strings, keyboard, oboe, bassoon and recorders (alto or bass), continuo (inc bass viols), A=440.
Workshop for voices and instruments. Further details and booking forms will be available later.
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.
Discover or re-ignite a passion for choral singing with Handel’s Messiah in Gloucester Cathedral, with Gloucester Choral Society directed by Adrian Partington.
The event will celebrate East Anglian madrigalists of the Jacobean period, John Wilbye, George Kirbye, and John Ward.
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.
This workshop will explore Casulana: Morir non puo ‘I mio core, and Lassus: Justorum animae.
This workshop will explore Casulana: Morir non puo ‘I mio core, and Lassus: Justorum animae.
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).
Choral workshop - choruses & chorales only.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
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 Lucy Goddard.
Sing Victoria's magnificent Requiem in the majestic cathedral in Burgos, Spain.
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, bassoon and strings.
Sing Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas (abridged) with Platinum Consort.
The Music of Marc’Antonio Ingegneri - a workshop for voices and instruments. Further details to follow.
This workshop will explore Casulana: Morir non puo ‘I mio core, and Lassus: Justorum animae.
Spanish and Latin American Renaissance Music - a Workshop for Voices and Instruments.