Workshops and courses throughout the country and abroad
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JULY
Sat 10 NEEMF/YEMF The Sonority of La Serenissima, exploring Monteverdi’s Vespers 1610, with Andrew Griffiths. St George’s (RC) Church, Peel Street, York, YO1 9PZ. The workshop is open to all singers, and players of both modern and period instruments. Pitch A=440. chairman*neemf.org.uk
Sun 11 NEEMF IMC workshop at Weetwood Hall, Leeds. The 21st Century Art of Being a ‘Medieval’ Musician: A Workshop for Singers and Musicians, drawing upon the Cantigas de Santa Maria (13th century Spain) and the Laude Spirituali (14th century Italy) (Belinda Sykes) chairman*neemf.org.uk
11-16 Oxford Lacock. Early Music workshop on early Tudor performance practice. The music will include the Mass Videte miraculum by Nicholas Ludford. (Andrew Parrott)
17-22 Benslow International Viol Summer School (Alison Crum, Roy Marks etc)
17-25 Assisi. Madrigal masterclass for formed groups (Martin Morell & Michael Procter
18-23 Tuscany. Fiori Musicali choral workshop
19-21 Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College Dublin Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies & School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Liverpool. Reading Anthologies in Renaissance Europe (1450-1650)
24-30 NWEMF Ambleside summer school of renaissance music for singers, recorder, viol players and lutenists with other instruments. At the University of Cumbria. Information from Roger Wilkes (01565 872650)mostlymusic*btinternet.com
24-31 Dartington week 1
24-31 Chichester. DHDS summer school. Dances from the courts of 15th C Italy www.dhds.org.uk
Sun 25 Benslow. Music for a While workshop for singers, clavichordists & lutenists (James Bowman, Julian Perkins, Elizabeth Kenny)
25-31 Beauchamp House early music course. Lassus and the Gabrielis. For singers, violins, cornetts, sackbuts, curtals & continuo, with some opportunities to play viol (Philip Thorby, Alan Lumsden, Clifford Bartlett) (01452 522170) www.gamusic.co.uk
26-30 Warwick. Early Music for Youth Summer School alison.kinder1*btinternet.com www.earlymusicforyouth.co.uk
31-7 NORVIS XL Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School, College of St. Hild and St. Bede, Durham City. Recorders, viols, singing, harpsichord, lute, baroque strings, etc (Jane Beeson 01652 678 230) enquiries*norvis.org.uk www.norvis.org.uk
31-7 Dartington week 2
31-8 France, Mondaye Abbey, Normandy. 13th Summer Academy. Daily monastic Vespers, final solemn mass, Gregorian chant, Renaissance motets (Ingegneri and others), Monteverdi Missa da Capella a4, Charles Ives Psalm 67, works by Howard Skempton. (Michael Procter
AUGUST
1- 6 Lacock. Corsham (near Lacock in Wiltshire) Consort Workshop. A week of one-to- a-part consort singing (JanJoost van Elburg)
1-7 Woodhouse recorder week for age 16-25 www.woodhouserecorderweek.co.uk
1-8 Cambridge Early Music Summer School (Bach and his world)
1-8 Bristol. Dolmetsch recorder playing days
7-14 Oxford Baroque chamber music week at Headington School for players (A = 415 and 440) & solo singers (+ choir in the evenings) (Teresa Caudle, Rachel Latham, Jane Francis, Clare Shanks, Peter Collier, Peter Lea Cox) p.b.collier*googlemail.com (0161 281 2502) or SAE to 13 Brackley Road, Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester M30 9LG www.baroque-week.org.uk
8-14 Cambridge Early Music Summer School - renaissance music from Spain
9-12 Benslow. Baroque chamber music at A=440
14 –21 Irish Recorder and Viol Course - An Grianán, Termonfechin, Ireland. For recorders, viols & other early insts. Wide repertoire from the 15th to 21st C (Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Marion Scott, Eileen Silcocks, Philip Thorby). Contact Pat Flanagan (00 353 1 8337869) info*irishrecorderandviolcourse.org www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
17-22 Oxford, Chalemie Summer School - renaissance instrumental music, singing etc (Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring, Adam Wolf, Katie Hodges, Russell Gilmour, Bill Tuck, Barbara Segal, Barry Grantham, Ian Chipperfield) chalemie*thorn.demon.co.uk www.chalemie.co.uk (020 7700 4293)
19-24 Harrogate. Nonsuch historical dance and music summer school www.nonsuchdance.co.uk summershcool*nonsuchdance.co.uk
20-22 Christ Church, Oxford. Lute Society residential weekend for lutes, viols, voices & one or two flutes or recorders. Tutors: Jacob Heringman, Jakob Lindberg (lute) Stewart McCoy (ensemble playing), Jeni Melia (lute song and partsong), Ian Harwood (mixed consorts), and Sarah Groser (viol/viol consort) Lutesoc*aol.com
20-30 Cardiff. Consort de Danse Baroque summer school www.ukbaroquedance.com
22-29 Rimini International Choral workshop (Peter Phillips) www.musicaficta.org
24 - 27 NEEMF HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) at Sneaton Castle, nr. Whitby. There will be a range of singing, playing and tuition opportunities to give insight into early music style, such as when, where and how to ornament; relationship to dance and folk music; the historical and social context of the music, etc. For players of modern or period instruments and singers http://hiss2010.weebly.com/ (01904-673675) 31-3 Benslow. The Torment of Love - Italian Madrigals (Julian Perkins) The Torment of Love:
SEPTEMBER
4-5 Lacock. Dordrecht English Weekend. Choral evensong in the historic Grote Kerk
4-11 La Maison Verte consort singing course Level 1 (very experienced) 17 students (three tutors inc Francis Steele)
Sat 11 TVEMF St Andrew's Church, Mount Park Road, Ealing W5 2RS. Monteverdi at San Marco: church music of the Venetian years for voices & instruments (James Weeks) n.wilson-smith*ntlworld.com (0208 933 7908)
Sat 11 SWEMF Thorverton, Devon. Baroque playing day
Sat 18 Tewkesbury Abbey. The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage 2010 workshop. Ceremony and Devotion – Music for the Tudors (Eamonn Dougan and Sally Dunkley) (020 7936 3420) intern*thesixteen.com
17-19 Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College. Choral Study Weekend. Missa Pater peccavi by Andrea Gabrieli based on the composer's own motet, two more motets and other music for Sung Eucharist on the Sunday held in the College's Chapel. Michael Procter ian.et.thompson*googlemail.com
18-19 Discoed, Powys. Handel’s Dixit Dominus for voices and instruments (James Bowman & David Hatcher) (01547 560369) AnnieNethercott*btconnect.com
22-29 Tel Aviv, Israel. International Intensive Seminar of 17th Century Music http://drora.me/files/EM_course_english.pdf
Sun 26 NEEMF Polychoral music of the renaissance for voices & instruments (Eileen Silcocks) (01904 645964 after 6pm)
26-28 Benslow. Preformed viol consorts (Alison Crum & Roy Marks)
OCTOBER
1-3 Talgarth. Recorder consorts (Margaret Westlake)
1-3 Jackdaws. Stylish baroque (Theresa Caudle & Alistair Ross)
Sat 2 EEMF Elsworth. Blow & Purcell anthems (Peter Holman)
2-3 Lincoln Early Music Courses. SennflFest III. Sennfl’s German sacred and secular tenorlieder, motets, mass propers and instrumental music (Philip Thorby) FULL
6-10 Berlin. Anglican Evensong course Michael Procter
8-10 Farncombe. Huddersfield 2: viol playing (Jacqui Robertson-Wade & Alison Kinder)
8 – 10 Anglican Evensong in Marienkirche, Alexanderplatz, Berlin Michael Procter
Sat 9 TVEMF London, St. Sepulchre Church, EC1A9DE Handel: Israel in Egypt for chorus and baroque orchestra A = 415 (Julian Perkins) (020-83464759) davidking2*waitrose.com
Sat 9 SEMF Bosham. Polychoral day (Alan Lumsden)
Sat 9 SWEMF/BMEMF Tewkesbury Abbey. Polish & Eastern European baroque music for voices & strings (Peter Leech)
10-15 Lacock. Singing in Venice. A week of Venetian music (Erik van Nevel) The course will be held in the Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli.
15-17 Alston Hall. Viol consorts (Elizabeth Dodd)
Sat 16 Edinburgh, Greyfriars Kirk. The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage 2010 workshop. Ceremony and Devotion – Music for the Tudors (Eamonn Dougan and Sally Dunkley) (020 7936 3420) intern*thesixteen.com
Sat 23 London, St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, Bishopsgate (Liverpool St tube). The Clerks singing workshop (Edward Wickham) www.theclerks.co.uk info*theclerks.co.uk
Sat 23 Huddersfield University. NEEMF Joint workshop with NWEMF. Giovanni Croce Sacre Cantilene Concertate 1610 for voices and instruments (Michael Procter) (01352 740971) davidallen*freeola.com
23-30 France, St Clair & Le Lavandou, Provence. 11th Singing Week centred on a chamber choir, with opportunities to sing in smaller ensembles, led by tenor James Griffett and bass Ian Caddy of Pro Cantione Antiqua (01943 874649) provence*singingdays.co.uk
Sat 30 EEMF Bury St Edmunds. Exploring medieval music workshop (Jon Banks) RobtNJohnson*aol.com (01480 493573)
Sat 30 SWEMF Bach’s B minor mass for singers (Ralph Allwood & David Goode)
NOVEMBER
5 – 7 Hamburg. Motets and Psalms by Claudio Monteverdi Michael Procter
5-7 Hawkwood. Advanced baroque string ensemble A=415 (Warwick Cole, Jane Francis, Sharon Lindo)
Sat 6 Burnham. Baroque chamber music playing day (Victoria Helby) secretary*tvemf.org
Sat 6 NEEMF AGM & workshop on Comes & Rogier (Clive Walkley)
12-14 Greenwich early music exhibition and festival
12-14 Wedgwood. Italia Mia - 16th C Italian madrigals for voices & instruments(Peter Syrus)
12-19 Lacock. Mexico. Early post-Columbian Mexican music (Carlos Fernandez Aransay)
Sat 13 MEMF. Henry Dumont, Henry Purcell, John Blow & others, for singers and instruments (Jeffrey Skidmore) +NEMA AGM
23-25 Benslow. A practical history of the piano and its predecessors
26-28 Viol consorts (Alison Crum, Roy Marks)
Sat 27 EEMF Bury St. Edmunds. Palestrina workshop for singers (David Allinson) RobtNJohnson*aol.com (01480 493573)
Sat 27 SEMF Canterbury consort day
DECEMBER
Sat 4 NEEMF Village carol traditions for singers & players (Dr Julia Bishop)
Sat 4 NWEMF music for Advent for voices & instruments (Peter Syrus)
Sun 5 TVEMF Amersham. Italian Christmas workshop (Philip Thorby) secretary*tvemf.org
10-12 Benslow. Handel Chandos anthems for singers & orchestra A=440 (Murray Stewart)
17-19 Farncombe. Huddersfield 2: viol playing (Alison Crum & Peter Syrus)
27-1 Lacock Winter School. Hay-on-Wye. A week of choral music (JanJoost van Elburg) 27 December 2010
JANUARY 2011
Sat 29 TVEMF Ickenham United Reformed Church. Victoria (Eamonn Dougan) davidking2*waitrose.com
FEBRUARY 2011
27-5 Lacock. Music in Mexico. A week of early post-Columbian Mexican music in the historic town of Cholula, between Puebla and Popocatépetl (Carlos Fernández Aransay) (change of date)
APRIL 2011
12 to 19 Easter Early Music Course St George's School Ascot. Philip Thorby, Eileen Silcocks, Marion Scott, Emma Murphy, Alison Kinder, David Hatcher, Jane Francis, Andrew Collis. For players of recorders and viols. Small consort groups plus ensembles, chamber groups and multi-choir works. Contact Geri Coop 07971 388509. info*easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk, www.easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk
Sat 30 TVEMF/EEMF Waltham Abbey. Striggio 40-part mass (with 60-part Agnus) (Philip Thorby)
MAY 2011
27-29 Wedgwood. Possibilities of our music...marvellously increased - music from the 15th century for voices & instruments (Peter Syrus)
JUNE 2011
11 –19 Venice. The 20th International Academy of Sacred Music will be devoted to the music of Andrea Gabrieli and his pupils and contacts North and South of the Alps – Lassus, Aichinger, Hassler and others Michael Procter
JULY 2011
23-29 Burton Manor, Cheshire. NWEMF summer school
NOVEMBER 2011
18-20 Wedgwood. Palestrina & Victoria for voices & instruments (Peter Syrus)
DECEMBER 2011
Sun 4 TVEMF Amersham. Christmas workshop (David Allinson)
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