Fundamentals of playing the early Irish harp (Course 3)
This course will teach you the the foundational skills and knowledge you need to explore the music and traditions of the early Irish harp at post-beginner level. Tutor: Alessia Bianchi.
This course will teach you the the foundational skills and knowledge you need to explore the music and traditions of the early Irish harp at post-beginner level. Tutor: Alessia Bianchi.
A six-week course for all who struggle with performance nerves. You’ll learn what performance anxiety is, why it happens, and how you can use physical and mental tools to lessen the symptoms. Tutor: Dr Jennifer Mackerras.
De Monte – Peccantem me quotidie Byrd – Cibavit eos Clemens non Papa – Tristitia et anxietas
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
Intermediate and Upper Intermediate.
Workshop for voices and instruments with the NEEMF AGM at lunchtime - further details TBC.
‘Lob, Ehr und Dank’ – sacred music by Johann Hermann Schein, for singers and instruments.
An all day workshop singing the Four Coronation Anthems by George Frideric Handel. Led by David Ballard and accompanied by Philip Adams.
Sing well-known and glorious masterpieces by great Baroque composers, an exciting and rewarding day of rehearsal led by Alex Kyle, culminating in a ‘Best of Baroque’ public concert at 6pm.
A ‘Gloria!’ Workshop Day with Music Director of The Tan House Singers, Lee Wiltamuth.
Come & Sing Choral Anthems, including works by Purcell, Bach and Handel.
Cherubim’s fourth choral weekend under rising choral conductor Harry Bradford. The weekend includes three sessions of choral training and a concert accompanied by Cherubim young musicians and the Cherubim Chamber Orchestra.
This course, for amateur choral singers of all ages and nationalities centres on extended pieces in honour of the Virgin Mary from the seminal Franco-Flemish school of polyphonists.
Make your own professional wooden recorder with expert recorder maker, Tim Cranmore.
A chance for experienced singers and players with good sight-reading skills to work on a collection of some of Handel’s most thrilling choruses, under the guidance of David Hatcher and Julia Bishop.
Live workshop for singers on the music of Weelkes and his contemporaries, led by Will Dawes and Katie Bank. Weelkes died on 30th November 1623.
Come and join Matthew O'Donovan (ex-Stile Antico) for a day exploring 'Aspects of William Byrd'. Booking details to be confirmed, or email events@emfscotland.org.uk.
Come & Sing Messiah with Daventry Choral Society, conducted by Laura Bailie.
Weelkes workshop for voices with Will Dawes and Katie Bank.
Workshop exploring polychoral music for grand occasions by Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli, Giovanni Croce and Claudio Monteverdi (A=440). This is an “all comers” workshop for voices, wind, string, brass and continuo players.
Workshop for voices and instruments - details TBC.
A Tudor Celebration - liturgical music by Byrd, Farrant, Gibbons and Tomkins.
Join Sheffield Music Makers, conducted by Georgina Hulse, and accompanied by Graham Wilkinson, to learn Vivaldi’s Gloria for an informal performance.
End this Coronation year spending the day learning and singing Handel’s Coronation Anthems with Cardiff Bach Choir, led by conductor Stephen Moore.
Join members of Benson Choral Society preparing for their performance of Bach's B Minor Mass on 25th November. The workshop will be led by renowned conductor Steven Grahl and accompanied by Anita D'Attellis.
An uplifting day singing Baroque music from the masters including Vivaldi's Gloria, Bach, Handel and other classic choral pieces. *Note change of date from 3rd June to 4th November 2023*
The festival's 50th anniversary year.
Straus Missa Concertata in Echo - a workshop for voices and instruments.
Peter Phillips & contemporaries for singers and instrumentalists - details TBC.
An open event to sing William Byrd's Mass for Four Voices and Thomas Weelkes' motet 'When David Heard', led by Simon Shaw, director of music at Waltham St Lawrence, with Peter Spencer accompanist.
Regina Caeli: Polychoral Motets for Mary. David Allinson will direct a live workshop on larger-scale works for voices and instruments.
Join the German Choir of London and musical director Barbara Höfling to sing Bach’s choral favourite, the Christmas Oratorio.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
A special and insightful online articulation class, led by not one, but two esteemed teachers: Lobke Sprenkeling and Michael Piraner! This unique joint class, combines two different perspectives on articulation to provide you with a comprehensive course.
Come and discover Medieval music with Mary Mohan and Jude Rees. Delve into the vast collection of Cantigas da Santa Maria, Medieval 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.
A full-day singing workshop of Thomas Tallis’ 40-part motet with The Petros Singers. The day will be overseen by Richard Bannan, each of the eight choirs will be led by a professional singer, and the day will culminate in a ticketed recital in St Peter's Church.
Messa La Luna Piena by Giuseppe Corsi da Celano, for singers and instruments.
A morning workshop exploring the choruses in Handel's Messiah. This day is designed for those who have sung Handel’s Messiah and would like to study the choruses in more depth.
The Nidderdale Messiah is a once a year treat for singers to come together to perform Handel's amazing music & raise money for a local charity.
Tutors: Alyson Lewin, Caroline Jones, Tabea Debus Benslow's Recorder Festival celebrates the recorder with ensemble, technique and orchestral sessions at elementary, intermediate and advanced levels.
Explore and celebrate some of Handel’s wonderful arias with an aficionado of his music.
Workshop on Palestrina's Missa Hodie Christus natus est a8, directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger, and Ghislaine Morgan.
Music on the theme of Angels and Shepherds in the Christmas story - a vocal and instrumental workshop with Philip Thorby. There will be music by Christoph Buehl, Hans Leo Hassler, Johann Hermann Schein and Agostini Soderini.
Candlelit concert of traditional & medieval carols from around Europe featuring a potent mix of all-time favourites and magical unknown gems. There will also be a workshop from 3-3.45pm.
A day of seasonal fun led by Tricia Moores.
Christmas with the shepherds - The legacy of Jean Mouton's Quaeramus cum pastoribus.
Singing workshop prior to candlelit carol concert of traditional favourites & unknown medieval gems from around Europe.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
With Lobke Sprenkeling's fascination and training in a multi-disciplinary approach to performance, and Michael Piraner's interest in the relationship between language and musical performance, you will learn ways to develop a rhetorical style of playing through a refined use of articulation.
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 from her music room and you...
Handel’s Messiah is coming to Peterborough and you are invited to join in the fun. Led by conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren, CLS musicians, and an amazing line-up of soloists including internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Yvonne Howard, you will have the opportunity to join us for the performance as part of the chorus, singing from the auditorium.
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...
Tutors: Emma Kirkby, Peter Harvey, Judy Tarling, Dionysios Kyropoulos. An opportunity for vocalists, string and continuo players to study the joys of Bach arias with renowned exponents of this repertoire.
A fully staged performance of Handel’s opera Semele with full Baroque Orchestra. Anyone is welcome to join the chorus.
‘A Musical Banquet’ – music from Banchetto Musicale by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630). All instruments are welcome. Pitch A=440.
This workshop is for singers of all voice types, plus cornetts, sackbuts, dulcians and string instruments. Recorder players are welcome, but should be prepared to also sing and/or play a different instrument. A = 440.
Come and join Romsey Choral Society for an afternoon Workshop on Bach’s powerful and dramatic St John Passion, led by Richard Pearce.
Playing for Dance - a workshop for instrumentalists led by Peter Barnard and Kate Billmore of de Mowbray's Musicke.
Come & Sing with York Musical Society, led by David Pipe.
City Chamber Choir invites you to take part in this workshop on glorious key works from the Roman School Renaissance, led by CCC Music Director, Stephen Jones.
Join Platinum Consort to explore the dramatic and thrilling choruses of Semele at their first Flagship Workshop of the year.
Come and sing some well-known choruses and chorales from Bach's timeless St Matthew and St John Passions.
A London-based music club who meet once a month to sing repertoire from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras from Britain and Europe.
A talk by harpist Leah Stuttard, preceded by TVEMF AGM at 7.30pm. Talk - open to all; AGM - TVEMF members only.
‘Regina Caeli, Regina Mundi’: musical veneration of the Virgin Mary in the Spanish Golden Age. The talk will be recorded for those not able to hear it on the night.
Enjoy a whole day singing a number of Handel’s choruses from the Messiah. The sessions will be led by Jack Apperley and Maria Forsström. Open to any singer, whatever their experience.
Come and join in with members of Bath Bach Choir to sing two of Bach’s most uplifting cantatas under the direction of Musical Director, Benedict Collins Rice.
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.
Inspirational and encouraging instruction in baroque style from expert tutors. For pre-formed chamber groups on period instruments. Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Claire Williams, Stephen Preston.
The annual EEMF Epiphany party with Philip Thorby.
A joyful exploration of Purcell's "The Fairy Queen".
Advanced.
Come and sing choruses from the Vivaldi Gloria and other music, as part of Reigate and Redhill Music and Drama Festival Chorus.
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.
A course exploring the Real Roots! of European traditional and renaissance music, both the music and the instruments. The focus of the course will be playing 4 or 5 part harmony.
Come and Sing Handel's Messiah with Nantwich Choral Society, accompanied by Nantwich Sinfonia and conducted by John Naylor.
The workshop will include dances by Lorenzo Allegri written for entertainments at the Florentine court (c. 1612); a 16-part canzona by Tiburtio Massaino; Jubilate Deo in 16 parts by Lambert de Sayve, and Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzona in echo a 12.
Come & Sing: Vivaldi "Gloria" & L'Estrange "Love's Philosophy" with Stowmarket Chorale, directed by William Baldry.
Join the Northampton Chamber Choir for a day of music making in Northampton's beautiful and historic Church of the Holy Sepulchre.