Border Marches Early Music Forum
This site was last updated 19 September 2020
In line with our Outreach Funding policy, we're delighted to announce that we will be giving a grant to the Linarol Consort in support of their next CD recording project. This is a particularly exciting project since the material to be recorded is from a manuscript that has been the subject of a lock-down project that David Hatcher has been leading with students from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Click here for an article that David has written about this project, and click here for a short video of the Consort recording their first CD.
 
Latest news​​
  • As there seems no chance of our getting together to sing before next year, we are organising an online workshop with one of our favourite tutors, David Allinson, on Thursday October 22nd at 7.30pm. 
    It will be in the nature of an experiment, as the format will differ from that of the workshops David has held for other EMF's.  We're aiming to give participants as much opportunity as possible to actually sing (albeit muted)!  
    This is our first run at this type of workshop, so there will be no charge for those attending. BMEMF members will have priority booking until 30 September. After that, we shall open it to others who would like to take part.  See the 'Future Workshops' page for details.
  • Gawain Glenton, (who tutored a splendid workshop for BMEMF in 2018) and Silas Woolaston are recording their first CD together.  'La brilliantina' will pair the cornetto with historical organs, playing music from 16th century Venice - very much the same sound-world that we covered in our workshop. 
    They are crowdfunding the recording, and the website below takes you to their page with full information about the project, how to donate - and how to get some very attractive rewards! 
    https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/labrillantina#start
  • Are you stuck at home looking for things to do? We are collating a list of online activities: click here to see the page.

About BMEMF

The Border Marches Early Music Forum, BMEMF, exists to promote the enjoyment of early music. It doesn't matter if you're a singer or an instrumentalist; very experienced or a beginner; amateur or professional - if you enjoy early music, BMEMF is for you. We publish a quarterly newsletter packed with news, reviews and details of forthcoming events in January (copy deadline 25th November), April (copy deadline 25th February), June (copy deadline 25th April) and September (copy deadline 25th July).
  • We organise regular day workshops in Herefordshire and the surrounding counties of England and Wales.
  • Our workshops cater for a range of interests and abilities.
  • All our workshops are led by highly-regarded specialist tutors.
  • You don't have to be a member - everyone is welcome.
  • Find out more on our Facebook page.
We're welcoming, friendly and very, very enthusiastic! We hope that you will browse through our website and find an event to interest you. We look forward to seeing you at one of our workshops.
Registered Charity No 512160
We are members of 'Making Music'
Please click here for a copy of our Data Protection Policy (27th April 2018)
Please click here for a copy of our Constitution (revised Sept 2015)
Please click here for a copy of our Annual Report 2019-20