• Early Music Forum Scotland Choir

    St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh

    The EMFS Choir will meet under the direction of Michael Cameron-Longden to sing some seasonal Christmas music.  Mince pies and nibbles will be provided!

  • EMFS Workshop: Go 4 B’roque – Classic Corelli

    Reid Memorial Church Hall, Edinburgh

    Tackle one of the best Christmas pieces written - Corelli's magnificent Concerto Grosso in G minor, the Christmas Concerto - under the direction of Philip Redfern.  All modern string players...

  • Christmas Choral Weekend with 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...

  • TVEMF Online Talk by Kerry McCarthy

    Online

    One singer's life in 16th-century England, talk on Zoom by Dr. Kerry McCarthy (open to everyone) at 7.30pm, followed by TVEMF AGM (TVEMF members only) at 8.30pm.

  • Workshop with Stephanie Dyer a22 – All Instruments Welcome

    Saint Andrew's Church Hall, Marks Tey Colchester

    Bring vocal and instrumental Renaissance works to life in this ensemble performance workshop for winds – cornetts, curtals, recorders, sackbuts and shawms – and string players, with continuo very welcome...

  • Gibbons & Son Choral Workshop

    St Thomas Church Hall, Lewes

    Anthems and Madrigals by Dr Orlando Gibbons and his son, Christopher. The day will be hosted by James Geer, the LCC Music Director, with Colin Hughes on piano.  The fee...

  • NEEMF Workshop with Lizzie Gutteridge

    Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

    A party in Ausburg - music of the early 16th century German Town and Dance bands - a workshop for instruments at A=440 pitch.

  • Come & Sing/Play Handel & Bach

    St. Michael and All Angels, Nottingham

    Come and Sing/Play Handel: Dixit Dominus and C P E Bach: Magnificat with Director: Richard Roddis, Répétiteur: Michael Overbury, and Instrumental Specialist: Kelly McCusker.

  • Consorting Viols

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Three days of viol consort playing in a variety of group sizes and exploring some lesser-known repertoire in addition to ‘old favourites’. Tutors: Alison Crum, Peter Wendland.

  • Baroque Chamber Music at A=415

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Inspirational and encouraging instruction in baroque style from expert tutors. For pre-formed chamber groups on period instruments. Tutors: Rachel Beckett, Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams, Oliver John Ruthven.

  • SWEMF Workshop with Bruce Saunders

    St Peter's, Bristol Henleaze

    Mass settings by early Tudor composers based on Westron Wynde, including Taverner’s exuberant Gloria, Tye’s angelic Sanctus and Sheppard’s luminous Agnus Dei.

  • Come & Sing St Matthew Passion

    Arnside Educational Institute Carnforth

    This Come & Sing day is part of Levens Choir's early preparations for performances of this sublime choral work in March, 2027, to celebrate its first performance 300 years ago. ...

  • The City Musick

    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, with William Lyons & Richard Thomas.

  • Choral Workshop with Bath Bach Choir

    St Mary's Church, Bathwick Bath

    The workshop features Bach’s Cantata Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (BWV 76), part of the Leipzig Cantata Cycle which also enthralled last year’s workshop attendees, and extracts from the...

  • NEEMF Workshop: Zelenka with Chris Roberts

    Northallerton Methodist Church

    This workshop, led by Dr Christopher Roberts, will explore Zelenka’s Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei in D minor ZWV26 (c.1723) and Gloria in F major ZWV30 (1724), and is open...

  • SEMF Renaissance Workshop with Gawain Glenton

    Headcorn Village Hall Kent

    The workshop will focus on the music of Giovanni Croce, a leading Venetian composer of his day. Open to all singers and cornetts, sackbuts, curtals/dulcians, recorders, viol and violin family,...

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    St. Katharine's, Henley-on-Thames

    Preformed Consorts.  Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.

  • Tallis in Wonderland: Choral Workshop

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    Spend the afternoon with Early music specialist, Scott Inglis-Kidger, who will lead you through a selection of Tallis’s sacred works written in the turbulent years following the English Reformation.

  • NWEMF Workshop with Lisa Colton

    The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool

    An Early Music Love Affair - a workshop for voices and instruments with Lisa Colton. This workshop is a joint venture with the University of Liverpool, and is designed to...

  • EEMF Epiphany Party with Philip Thorby

    Blyburgate Hall Beccles

    What better subject could there be for St Valentine's Day than love - sacred and profane and all stages in between?  Join EEMF in Beccles on February 14th for a...

  • SWEMF Workshop with Emma Hornby

    St Monica's Chapel, Bristol

    This workshop will introduce you to seasonal medieval chant (including the tract Jubilate Domino, and one of the Old Hispanic Lamentations chants), together with 13th-century polyphony. All voice parts welcome.

  • EMFS Choir Meeting

    Polwarth Parish Church, Edinburgh

    The EMFS Choir will meet at Polwarth Parish Church under the direction of Michael Cameron-Longden to look at some songs by John Dowland.

  • Dorset Bach Cantata Club

    D’Urberville Centre, Wool

    Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh.

  • 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.

  • PIVA Real Roots!

    Halsway Manor Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton

    Real Roots!  Exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music.  The core of the programme will consist of playing in a mixture of large and small ensembles, as well as...

  • Viol Consorts with Fretwork

    Jackdaws Music Great Elm, Frome, Somerset

    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, with Joanna Levine and Richard Boothby...

  • 17th & 18th Century Chamber Music Workshop

    Higham Hall Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria

    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.

  • BMEMF Workshop – El Parnasso Hyspano

    Belmont Abbey, Hereford

    El Parnasso Hyspano - indigenous Latin American music workshop for singers and continuo, with tutors John Sloboda and Rafael Montero.

  • Come & Sing with London Handel Festival

    Grosvenor Chapel, London

    Members of the London Handel Orchestra, along with its Principal Conductor, Richard Gowers, will guide singers through some of Handel’s most radiant choral works and choruses from works performed across...

  • EMFS Workshop: Go4B’rque

    Reid Memorial Church Hall, Edinburgh

    Go4B'rque will meet under the direction of Philip Redfern to look at Rameau's 'Les Indes Galantes'.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    The Grange, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

    Advanced.  Run by Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder.

  • Lute Fest in association with The Lute Society

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Plenty of opportunities to play at all levels of ability, and to socialise with like-minded early music enthusiasts. Tutors: Bor Zuljan, Peter Croton, Jacob Herringman, Lynda Sayce, Matthew Spring, Sara...

  • Bach Club XVII – Choral Workshop

    St Mary's Church, Battersea London

    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - BWV 65 Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen - BWV 66 Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (Choruses and chorales only) Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger

  • Cádiz Lamentations with Bruno Campelo Muñíz

    Convento de las Reparadoras, Cádiz

    Alonso Lobo ~ De lamentatione Ieremiæ Prophetæ Duarte Lobo ~ Missa pro defunctis 8 vocibus A week of study and rehearsal leading to a public performance in Cádiz.

  • Come & Sing Bite-sized Bach & Friends

    St Mary's Church, Whitkirk Leeds

    Delve into music by Tim's favourite composer - JS Bach, together with other maestros of choral music in the impressive Grade 1 listed St Mary's Church in Whitkirk.

  • NEEMF Workshop with Patrick Craig

    Summerhill Bowling Club, Newcastle upon Tyne

    Mary, Mary, quite contrary - a workshop for singers and players looking at music for Mary, Mother of Jesus, and music for Mary Magdalen.

  • Workshop: The Guidonian Hand

    Holy Trinity, Rotherhithe London

    This workshop, led by Sophia Mucke (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and Royal Academy of Music, London) and Dr Oliver Doyle, will be an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of...

  • 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.

  • Trills in the Baroque for Recorder Players Part 1

    Online

    Did trills in the baroque always start on the note above the written note?  This online workshop gives some simple examples of where to place trills and how to execute...

  • The Victoria Line – Choral Workshop

    St Barnabas, Pimlico London

    Take a ride on the Victoria Line as we enjoy an afternoon of motets by Tomás Luis de Victoria, the leading Spanish composer of the late Renaissance and a central...

  • NWEMF Workshop with David Allinson

    Didsbury Baptist Church Beaver Rd, Manchester

    From Despair to Joy: Holy Week with Tomás Luis de Victoria, a choral workshop led by David Allinson.

  • EMFS Workshop with Laurie Stras

    12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh

    Music and Ritual in a 16th Century Florentine Convent - Workshop for SA voices, Viols and low recorders led by Laurie Stras.

  • EEMF Workshop: Indigenous meets Baroque

    Castle Street Methodist Church, Cambridge

    Workshop of early music with South American links with El Parnaso Hyspano, for voices and continuo. Contact Janet Tanburn janetmtanburn@gmail.com for further details.

  • Easter Early Music Course

    Haberdashers' School, Monmouth

    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.

  • Baroque Opera Project: Rameau’s Pygmalion

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Be part of a fully staged historically informed staging of Rameau’s one-act acte de ballet Pygmalion, working from first rehearsal to public performance in six days under the guidance of...

  • Casterbridge Music: Malta 2026

    Make new friends in a week of singing and sightseeing in historic, beautiful Malta. The week is aimed at keen singers who enjoy a challenge.  The course will be led...

  • Baroque Choruses

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    Explore and deepen your knowledge of a range of baroque choruses and be part of a fully staged historically informed performance of Rameau’s Pygmalion on this Opera Project companion course...

  • BMEMF Workshop with Ali Kinder

    St John's Church, Ludlow

    Repertoire: Très Élégant, the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier.  Workshop for instrumentalists.

  • Revelry and Refinement: Medieval Band Camp

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    A fun and inclusive introduction to playing and singing medieval repertoire for all instrumentalists and singers. Explore the wealth and variety of musical timbres and textures found in music of...

  • Trills in the Baroque for Recorder Players: Part 2

    Online

    Following on from Trills in the Baroque for Recorder Players Part 1, this workshop provides fingerings, technical exercises to increase control, and examples in the context of standard recorder repertoire.

  • NWEMF Workshop with Rory Wainwright Johnston

    The Harris, Preston

    Missa Ave Virgo Sanctissima by Gery de Ghersem, and other pieces from 17th century Iberia, a workshop for voices with Rory Wainwright Johnston.

  • MEMF Workshop with Katy Silverman

    St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne Birmingham

    Composers of the English Reformation. Katy will concentrate on John Sheppard and Robert Parsons who both composed in both English and Latin, in the traditions of Catholic polyphony and then wrote...

  • 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.

  • Gregorian Chant: The Joys of Singing

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    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...

  • Baroque Solo Sonatas: Melody and Continuo

    Benslow Music Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

    This course will explore the early history of the solo Sonata, from the era of Merula and Fontana through to Bach and Handel. Participants will study the arts of melody,...

  • MEMF Workshop with Greg Skidmore & Sue Addison

    Swallowbeck Methodist Church, Lincoln

    !A la Batalla! workshop for voices with Greg Skidmore and Sue Addison.  This workshop will include a mass by Victoria – details to be announced nearer the time.

  • Stirling Music Party with Rory McCleery

    Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling

    A course in one of Scotland’s most famous churches, centred on the music of Vincente Lusitano (c.1520-1561), a Portuguese composer of African descent.

  • Bristol Early Music Festival

    All Saints Clifton Bristol

    Bristol's Early Music Festival, with concerts, exhibits, workshops, and more...

  • Lute Songs from England, France and Germany

    Hawkwood College, Stroud

    An immersive exploration of lute songs from around 1600 in Northern Europe - centred on John Dowland’s best-beloved "First Book of Songes", but also welcoming repertoire from lands that he...

  • Country Choral Upper Voices Weekend

    High Trenhouse, Yorkshire Dales

    This upper-voice (SSA/SSAA) ensemble singing weekend, led by Rory Wainwright Johnston, is built around detailed, small-ensemble choral work, drawing on repertoire from the early Baroque through to the present day.

  • Dorset Bach Cantata Club

    D’Urberville Centre, Wool

    Non-residential study weekend directed by Philip Walsh.

  • Rondo Viol Academy

    Shepherd's Dene, Northumberland

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

  • Fairest Isle Festival

    Isle of Wight

    Early Music Extravaganza on the Isle of Wight - includes concerts, workshops, talks, and more!

  • NWEMF Workshop with Ben England

    Wilmslow URC

    Come and sing the choruses from Vivaldi’s momentous Gloria in D major, and learn about the fascinating history of this work.  For voices, oboe, trumpet, strings and continuo.

  • NEEMF Workshop with Andrew Griffiths

    Clements Hall, York Nunthorpe Rd, York

    La Fèsta de ƚa Sènsa: Venetian Music for Ascension - a workshop for singers and instrumentalists.

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