Early Music events organised by other groups
Saturday 16th November: NWEMF workshop for singers with Sally Dunkley: 'Byrd and his Circle' at All Saints Church, 2 Vicarage Rd, Hoole Rd, Chester CH2 3HZ. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
29 November - 1 December: Recorders course (Upper Intermediate & Advanced, grades 5-8) at Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria. Tutor: Mary Tyers. Click here for a leaflet, or visit www.marytyers.co.uk
Sunday 8 December. 20.00. Our Lady and St Michael’s Church, Pen y Pound, Abergavenny. Advent Concert – Magnificat. The Unicorn Singers and a specialist Cornett and Sackbutt ensemble with early baroque pieces by Gabrielli, Schutz and Schein leading up to the 20-part Magnificat by Praetorius. See www.unicornsingers.co.uk
2020
Tuesday 28 January, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “Musicall Phansies” – country and court songs from Thomas Ravenscroft's book, Melismata 1611. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Saturday 15th February: NWEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists - Zielenski and Pekiel, led by tutor Graham O'Reilly. Venue: Hoylake Chapel (Hope Church), Station Road, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 4AA. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
Saturday 7 March: 'Come and Sing' Mozart's Requiem with the Tan House Singers at Dene Magna school, Mitcheldean, GL17 0DU. Tutor Brian Kay. See tanhousesingers.org
Tuesday 17 March, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “Ma, il mio cuore!” – a selection of duets and madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi. 1567-1643. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Saturday 21 March: NWEMF workshop for recorder players with tutor Marion Scott. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
Saturday 18th April: NWEMF workshop for voices and instruments - Usper (Sponga) and Bassano at
Morley Green Club. Tutor: Roger Wilkes. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
1-3 May: Leominster Early Music Weekend. Details tba.
Tuesday 5 May, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “Terpsichore Dances” – joined by students of the guitar department from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire performing dances by Michael Praetorius 1612. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Saturday 9th May: NWEMF workshop for voices and instruments with tutor Stephanie Muncey-Dyer. working on music by Praetorius/Schutz/Bianci. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
Tuesday 19 May, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “The Kinge’s Musicke” – a celebration of the Henry VIII songbook circa 1520. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Tuesday 2 June, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “Musicall Phansies” – country and court songs from Thomas Ravenscroft's book, Melismata 1611. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Saturday 20th June: NWEMF workshop for voices. 15th Century music with tutor Peter Syrus. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
1-8 August: NORVIS - the fiftieth anniversary of this week-long early music course in Barnard Castle (new venue). Recorders, viols, lutes, baroque strings, harpsichord and voices. Generous bursaries available. See www.norvis.org.uk or email enquiries@norvis.org.uk
2-8 August: Beauchamp Early Music Course. Directed by David Hatcher with tutors David Allinson and Sue Addison. Venue: Rendcomb College in the heart of the Cotswolds. For further information visit www.glosacadmusic.org or email anne@glosacadmusic.org
29 November - 1 December: Recorders course (Upper Intermediate & Advanced, grades 5-8) at Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria. Tutor: Mary Tyers. Click here for a leaflet, or visit www.marytyers.co.uk
Sunday 8 December. 20.00. Our Lady and St Michael’s Church, Pen y Pound, Abergavenny. Advent Concert – Magnificat. The Unicorn Singers and a specialist Cornett and Sackbutt ensemble with early baroque pieces by Gabrielli, Schutz and Schein leading up to the 20-part Magnificat by Praetorius. See www.unicornsingers.co.uk
2020
Tuesday 28 January, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “Musicall Phansies” – country and court songs from Thomas Ravenscroft's book, Melismata 1611. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Saturday 15th February: NWEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists - Zielenski and Pekiel, led by tutor Graham O'Reilly. Venue: Hoylake Chapel (Hope Church), Station Road, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 4AA. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
Saturday 7 March: 'Come and Sing' Mozart's Requiem with the Tan House Singers at Dene Magna school, Mitcheldean, GL17 0DU. Tutor Brian Kay. See tanhousesingers.org
Tuesday 17 March, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “Ma, il mio cuore!” – a selection of duets and madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi. 1567-1643. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Saturday 21 March: NWEMF workshop for recorder players with tutor Marion Scott. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
Saturday 18th April: NWEMF workshop for voices and instruments - Usper (Sponga) and Bassano at
Morley Green Club. Tutor: Roger Wilkes. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
1-3 May: Leominster Early Music Weekend. Details tba.
Tuesday 5 May, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “Terpsichore Dances” – joined by students of the guitar department from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire performing dances by Michael Praetorius 1612. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Saturday 9th May: NWEMF workshop for voices and instruments with tutor Stephanie Muncey-Dyer. working on music by Praetorius/Schutz/Bianci. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
Tuesday 19 May, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “The Kinge’s Musicke” – a celebration of the Henry VIII songbook circa 1520. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Tuesday 2 June, 13.00. Great Malvern Priory. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Musicians & Elizabeth Pallett, Lute. “Musicall Phansies” – country and court songs from Thomas Ravenscroft's book, Melismata 1611. Free admission, retiring collection for the Priory Early Music Series.
Saturday 20th June: NWEMF workshop for voices. 15th Century music with tutor Peter Syrus. Visit www.nwemf.org for details.
1-8 August: NORVIS - the fiftieth anniversary of this week-long early music course in Barnard Castle (new venue). Recorders, viols, lutes, baroque strings, harpsichord and voices. Generous bursaries available. See www.norvis.org.uk or email enquiries@norvis.org.uk
2-8 August: Beauchamp Early Music Course. Directed by David Hatcher with tutors David Allinson and Sue Addison. Venue: Rendcomb College in the heart of the Cotswolds. For further information visit www.glosacadmusic.org or email anne@glosacadmusic.org
