Workshops and courses throughout the country and abroad
Please check details with event organisers before turning up for an event or course, as this information comes from a variety of sources which may not all be accurate. N.B. the * in email addresses has been replaced by * to defeat address-gathering software. Information on course and event venues
MAY
Wed 22 Lewes. Workshop for baroque string players A=440 (Julia Bishop) (07521 897422) julia*redpriest.com
24-26 Benslow Music Trust harpsichord course (Penelope Cave)
24-26 Early Music in the Marches 2013. Venice & beyond (Steven Devine, David Hatcher) (01547 560369) Discoed Early Music*BTConnect.com
Sat 25 St John the Baptist church hall, Bathwick, Bath. Workshop on Gregorian chant for a complete office, which will be recited in the church at 5pm. All welcome, no previous experience needed. Emma Hornby with Bristol University Schola Cantorum (in association with the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge). Info from Emma Hornby (emma.hornby*bristol.ac.uk) or Paul Rouse ((schola*doynton.org, phone 0117 9374372)
Sat 25 South West EMF Renaissance music for voices & instruments (Peter Syrus)
Sat 25 North East EMF Beverley. Lassus choral workshop (Gabriel Crouch)
Sun 26 EMF of Scotland workshop & concerts by the Flanders Recorder Quartet, for all instruments lrahope*btinternet.com
30-2 Hof, Germany. The Sound of Venice - workshop for cornetts, sackbuts & singers (Bruce Dickey, Adam Woolf, Jennie Cassidy) renejampen.de
30-2 Dublin Run by Singers. Handel Messiah (Jeremy Jackman)
JUNE
Sat 8 Midlands EMF John Dowland masterclasses for pre-formed groups (Philip Thorby)
Sat 8 Border Marches EMF Leominster. Verse Anthems for singers & instrumentalists + AGM (Bill Hunt)
Sun 9 Midlands EMF John Dowland workshop for lutes, voices & viols (Stuart McCoy)
8-16 Triora music. Italian madrigals for voices & instruments www.trioramusica.com
10-13 Benslow. Corelli & the Concerto Grosso (Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle, Alistair Ross)
Sat 15 Thames Valley EMF London, St Sepulchre’s. Lassus for voices and renaissance instruments (Patrick Allies) davidking125*btinternet.com
Sat 15 North East EMF. Lassus for recorders (Sandra Foxall)
25-29 Faculty of Music, Oxford. The Bate Collection, the Galpin Society and "Making the Tudor Viol" present a four-day conference covering all areas of musical instrument history and development and their effects on culture and society www.bate.ox.ac.uk/conference-2013.html
28-4 University of Leeds International Medieval Congress www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc
Sat 29 North West EMF workshop (John Butt)
Sat 29 Border Marches EMF Presteigne. Tallis: Spem in alium for singers & instrumentalists (David White)
29-06 Midtjysk Efterskole, Ejstrupholm, Denmark. Renaissance Music Week for instrumentalists, singers and dancers. Tutoring is offered in renaissance wind, string and plucked instruments and in solo singing, vocal ensemble, choir and dance. There is also the opportunity of taking part in tutored mixed ensembles and in large-scale works. Original notation will be used throughout
JULY
Sat 6 Thames Valley EMF Ickenham. Icons and parodies. Masses by George de la Hele and Gery de Ghersem plus two motets by Josquin and Guerrero for voices and appropriate wind instruments (Peter Syrus) jeffgill9160*waitrose.com
Sat 6 Southern EMF Easebourne Priory. The Other Italians - workshop for voices & instruments (Kathleen Berg)
7-8 London, Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The National Early Music Association and Guildhall ResearchWorks (supported by the Handel Institute and the Institute of Musical Research) conference on Mechanical Musical Instruments and Historical Performance www.earlymusic.info Emily.Baines*stu.gsmd.ac.uk (cheaper if you book by 17th May)
13-19 Trafford Hall nr Chester. North West EMF Renaissance music summer school (Grace Barton, Deborah Cattrall, Elizabeth Dodd, Martin Eastwell, David Hardie, Peter Syrus) bjh16_52*hotmail.com
Sat 13 St George's Metropolitan Cathedral, Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark, London, SE1 7HY. Venetian Vespers, a workshop for singers run by the Academy of St Cecilia. Tutored by Robert King, Nick Gale and Alistair Dixon with a period band. The repertoire will include Giovanni Gabrieli: Magnificat a 14, Giovanni Croce: Laudate Pueri a 12 and Giovanni Rovetta: De Profundis. Leaflet
Sun 14 Midlands EMF Middleton Hall nr Tamworth. Midsummer revels
14-19 Benslow Music Trust. International viol summer school (Alison Crum, Roy Marks, Ibi Aziz, Peter Wendland)
14-21 Budapest Run by Singers (Nigel Perrin)
Sat 20 North East EMF Durham area. Choral workshop - Canticum Canticorum (David Allinson)
25-29 Oxford Faculty of Music Bate Collection. Musical instrument conference to include contributions from the Galpin Society, University of Huddersfield and the International Council of Museums. This has been times to coincide with the proposed Stradivarius exhibition planned by the Ashmolean. www.bate.ox.ac.uk/conference-2013.html
26-28 Bury St Edmunds Cathedral Run by Singers (Peter North)
27-3 Durham NORVIS summer school norvis.org.uk enquiries*norvis.org.uk
27-3 Recorder summer school www.recordersummerschool.org.uk
28-3 Beauchamp House Early Music Week for singers and renaissance instruments, in a new venue at Longhope Gloucestershire. Michael Praetorius, Composer, Arranger and Teacher (Philip Thorby & David Hatcher) holidaycourses*gamusic.co.uk (01452 522170) www.gamusic.co.uk
AUGUST
4-11 Cambridge Early Music Summer School - Italian Baroque music from Monteverdi to Vivaldi (Peter Holman, Judy Tarling, Mark Caudle, Gail Hennessy, Philip Thorby)
5-9 Scarborough HISS Historically Informed Summer School exploring the common ground and connections between early music and folk and traditional music (Jacob Heringman, Susanna Pell, Stewart Hardy, Mary Tyers, Vivien Ellis, Graham Coatman, Due Corde) www.hiss.org.uk hissdirect*btinternet.com
10-17 36th Baroque Week Summer School. Ardingly College, W Sussex (Theresa Caudle, Clare Beesley, Jane Francis, Peter Lea Cox, Marion Scott, Peter Collier) p.b.collier*googlemail.com (0161 281 2502)
11-17 Cambridge Early Music Summer School - Lessons with Lassus (Philip Thorby, David Hatcher, Emma Murphy, Frances Eustace, Stewart McCoy)
11-18 Mondaye (Normandy) Summer Academy. Isaak etc for singers (Edzard Burchards) with parallel courses for painters (Claudia Procter) and young musicians. Leaflet mail*edzardburchards.de
13-18 Headington. Chalemie Summer School on renaissance instrumental music & singing www.chalemie.co.uk (020 7700 4293)
16-18 Parcevall Hall recorder playing weekend (Margaret Shearing) parcevall*bradfordanglican.org
16-25 Varazdin, Croatia. Aestas Musica Summer School. Purcell: The Fairy Queen. Daily instrumental classes, chamber music, choir, orchestra, baroque dance, concerts & everyone takes part in the opera in costume in the baroque theatre (Andreas Helm, Rachel Brown, Adrian Butterfield, Catherine Denley, Mary Collins etc) www.aestasmusica.com
16-26 Cardiff Philippa Waite/Consort de Danse Baroque. Baroque dance summer school
17-24 Irish Recorder and Viol Course www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
19-22 Benslow Music Trust. Baroque chamber music at A=440
25-31 Florence. Giovanni Gabrieli for voices and instruments (Fabio Lombardo) Book by 15th May www.culturaepiu.com
SEPTEMBER
2-6 Benslow Music Trust. Monteverdi for voices & instruments (Julian Perkins, Teresa Caudle)
6-8 Rondo Viol Academy Course, elementary (Alison Kinder & Jacqui Robertson- Wade) www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk
6-8 Rondo Viol Academy Course, pre-formed groups (Alison Kinder & Jacqui Robertson-Wade) www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk
Sat 7 Thames Valley EMF Franco-Flemish Marian motets, centred on Josquin's Benedicta es, caelorum regina and Praeter rerum seriem, for singers (David Allinson) n.wilson-smith*ntlworld.com
Sat 7 North East EMF workshop for singers & instrumentalists (Alex Kyle)
7-15 Triora music. Music from the English choirbooks for experienced consort singers www.trioramusica.com
13-15 Cambridge, St Catherine’s College. Liturgical weekend for singers. ‘Cuides vous que Dieu’ Mass by Pierre de Manchicourt and motet Ave Virgo Sanctissima by Guerrero (Edward Wickham) neiled11*btinternet.com
Sat 14 Border Marches EMF handbells workshop (Alison Hird & Freda Lymath)
Sat 21 South West EMF West Bay. Janequin to Charpentier for voices, viols & recorders (Mike Bailey)
Sat 28 Eastern EMF Elsworth, Cambridge. Music for the Peace of Utrecht by Handel, Croft & Roseingrave (Peter Holman)
Sat 28 Midlands EMF Russian Baroque Music (Peter Leech)
Sat 28 Southern EMF Cori spezzati day at Paddock Wood musick*talk21.com
OCTOBER
Sat 5 Southern EMF Music from the time of Richard III for instruments & singers (Tim Bayley)
Sat 5 Border Marches EMF Improve your sight-reading skills (Sebastian Fields etc)
Sat 12 South West EMF Thorverton. Dowland for voices, viols & recorders (Clare Griffel)
11-13 Rondo Viol Academy Course, upper intermediate (Alison Kinder & Jacqui Robertson-Wade) www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk
Sat 19 Eastern EMF Cambridge. Gesualdo for singers (Gerald Place)
20-27 Ljubljana Run by Singers (Jeremy Jackman)
Sun 27 North East EMF AGM & workshop for singers & players (Patxi del Amo)
NOVEMBER
1-3 Midlands EMF. Biber Salzburg Mass by Biber (Philip Thorby) POSTPONED
Sat 16 Midlands EMF workshop for singers & instrumentalists (Robert King)
22-24 Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire. Intermediate viol course (Ali Kinder & Jacqui Robertson-Wade) www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk (07949 511619)
22-24 Hawkwood College. Baroque strings weekend
22-24 Benslow Music Trust. Viol consorts (Alison Crum, Roy Marks, Ibi Aziz, Peter Wendland)
Sat 30 Southern EMF Cori spezzati day at Paddock Wood musick*talk21.com
DECEMBER
6-8 Parcevall Hall recorder playing weekend parcevall*bradfordanglican.org
Sun 8 Amersham. Thames Valley EMF Christmas workshop (Philip Thorby)
Sat 14 Border Marches EMF Corelli workshop for instrumentalists (Pam Smith)
JANUARY 2014
Sat 25 Southern EMF Cori spezzati day at Paddock Wood musick*talk21.com
FEBRUARY 2014
Sat 22 Southern EMF Cori spezzati day at Paddock Wood musick*talk21.com
Sat 22 Midlands EMF Charpentier for singers & instrumentalists (Graham O’Reilly)
MARCH 2014
Sat 29 Southern EMF Cori spezzati day at Paddock Wood musick*talk21.com
APRIL 2014
Sat 20 Southern EMF Cori spezzati day at Paddock Wood musick*talk21.com
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