Early Music events organised by other groups
25 May: 11am-6pm Gregorian Chant. We will spend the day learning the chant for a complete office, which we will recite in the church at 5pm. All welcome, no previous experience needed. St John the Baptist church hall, Bathwick, Bath. Workshop cost: £10 (£5 student/unwaged); no charge if you simply wish to take part in the liturgy 5pm. For booking and further information, please contact Emma Hornby (emma.hornby@bristol.ac.uk) or Paul Rouse (email schola@doynton.org, phone 0117 9374372).
8th/9th June John Dowland Anniversary. Masterclass (Saturday) and Workshop (Sunday).
Tutors: Philip Thorby and Stuart McCoy. Venue: Solihull School, Warwick Road, B91 3DJ. For an application form, please go to www.memf.org.uk
8- 16 June: Italian madrigals for voices and instruments
A course for solo, and consort singers and players of renaissance instruments organised by Triora Music. Includes music by Marenzio, Wert and Monteverdi. For more information go to www.trioramusica.com
15th June: EEMF workshop on verse anthems by Tomkins and Gibbons, led by Bill Hunt at Trinity College, Cambridge. Please click here for more information.
13th-19th July: NWEMF Summer School at Trafford Hall near Chester. This is open to singers and instrumentalists of all abilities and features some eminent tutors. Please click here for details.
Saturday 20th July: Study morning at St Michael's Church Tenbury Wells, led by Roger Judd (Chairman of Herefordshire Organists Society). French Classical Organ Music featuring Couperin le Grand, Dandrieu and their contemporaries. 10.30 start. £5, no need to book.
'Musical Instruments - History, Science and Culture': a major conference to be held in Oxford in late July 2013. It is a joint enterprise by the Bate Collection at the University of Oxford, the Galpin Society, the 'Making the Tudor Viol' project, and CIMCIM.
The conference is basically about all sorts of musical instruments. However, one day of it will be devoted to a particular focus on early English viols, though papers on cognate matters are expected and will be welcome.
We hope that participants will include not only professionals and scholars, but also amateur and professional makers and players.Details and the call for papers are on this website: http://www.bate.ox.ac.uk/conference-2013.html
5th-9th August: HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) at Scarborough, run under the auspices of NEEMF, A residential summer school for singers & players of wind, string and plucked instruments, exploring the common ground between early music and traditional folk music. See www.hiss.org.uk for details.
17–24 August 2013: Irish Recorder and Viol Course - An Grianán, Termonfechin, Ireland.
Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Marion Scott, Philip Thorby. For players
of recorders, viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from the 15th to the 21st centuries. Sessions include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, choir, large and small ensembles.
Contact Pat Flanagan (00 353 1 8337869) info@irishrecorderandviolcourse.org www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
7 – 15 September: Music from the English Choirbooks - works from the Eton and Lambeth choirbooks
A course for experienced consort singers. Please visit www.trioramusica,com for more information and application/booking. Tuition for each 8 night course has been frozen at £300 and as always students are half price.
Saturday 28th September: Russian Baroque Music. Tutor: Peter Leech. Venue: St Nicholas Church, Warwick. For an application form, please go to www.memf.org.uk
Tuesday 8 – Tuesday 15 October 2013: a musical study trip to Venice, led by Roger Wilkes and organised by the Wilmslow Guild. Please click here for details.
Saturday 16th November: MEMF workshop, topic, venue and tutor tba.
Saturday 22nd February 2014: MEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists working on music by Charpentier. Tutor: Graham O'Reilly. Venue tba. For details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
Courses for Viol players, run by the Rondo Viol Academy. Please see their website for details: www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk
Elementary ~ November 2nd - 4th 2012, High Leigh, Hertfordshire; September 6th – 8th 2013, High Leigh, Hertfordshire
Intermediate ~ September 28th - 30th 2012, Hayes, Derbyshire; May 10th - 12th 2013 High Leigh, Hertfordshire; November 22nd - 24th 2013, Hayes, Derbyshire
Upper Intermediate ~ March 8th - 10th 2013, Hayes, Derbyshire; October 11th - 13th, High Leigh, Hertfordshire
Pre-formed Consorts ~ November 2nd - 4th 2012, High Leigh, Hertfordshire; September 6th – 8th 2013, High Leigh, Hertfordshire
8th/9th June John Dowland Anniversary. Masterclass (Saturday) and Workshop (Sunday).
Tutors: Philip Thorby and Stuart McCoy. Venue: Solihull School, Warwick Road, B91 3DJ. For an application form, please go to www.memf.org.uk
8- 16 June: Italian madrigals for voices and instruments
A course for solo, and consort singers and players of renaissance instruments organised by Triora Music. Includes music by Marenzio, Wert and Monteverdi. For more information go to www.trioramusica.com
15th June: EEMF workshop on verse anthems by Tomkins and Gibbons, led by Bill Hunt at Trinity College, Cambridge. Please click here for more information.
13th-19th July: NWEMF Summer School at Trafford Hall near Chester. This is open to singers and instrumentalists of all abilities and features some eminent tutors. Please click here for details.
Saturday 20th July: Study morning at St Michael's Church Tenbury Wells, led by Roger Judd (Chairman of Herefordshire Organists Society). French Classical Organ Music featuring Couperin le Grand, Dandrieu and their contemporaries. 10.30 start. £5, no need to book.
'Musical Instruments - History, Science and Culture': a major conference to be held in Oxford in late July 2013. It is a joint enterprise by the Bate Collection at the University of Oxford, the Galpin Society, the 'Making the Tudor Viol' project, and CIMCIM.
The conference is basically about all sorts of musical instruments. However, one day of it will be devoted to a particular focus on early English viols, though papers on cognate matters are expected and will be welcome.
We hope that participants will include not only professionals and scholars, but also amateur and professional makers and players.Details and the call for papers are on this website: http://www.bate.ox.ac.uk/conference-2013.html
5th-9th August: HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) at Scarborough, run under the auspices of NEEMF, A residential summer school for singers & players of wind, string and plucked instruments, exploring the common ground between early music and traditional folk music. See www.hiss.org.uk for details.
17–24 August 2013: Irish Recorder and Viol Course - An Grianán, Termonfechin, Ireland.
Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Marion Scott, Philip Thorby. For players
of recorders, viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from the 15th to the 21st centuries. Sessions include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, choir, large and small ensembles.
Contact Pat Flanagan (00 353 1 8337869) info@irishrecorderandviolcourse.org www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
7 – 15 September: Music from the English Choirbooks - works from the Eton and Lambeth choirbooks
A course for experienced consort singers. Please visit www.trioramusica,com for more information and application/booking. Tuition for each 8 night course has been frozen at £300 and as always students are half price.
Saturday 28th September: Russian Baroque Music. Tutor: Peter Leech. Venue: St Nicholas Church, Warwick. For an application form, please go to www.memf.org.uk
Tuesday 8 – Tuesday 15 October 2013: a musical study trip to Venice, led by Roger Wilkes and organised by the Wilmslow Guild. Please click here for details.
Saturday 16th November: MEMF workshop, topic, venue and tutor tba.
Saturday 22nd February 2014: MEMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists working on music by Charpentier. Tutor: Graham O'Reilly. Venue tba. For details, please go to www.memf.org.uk
Courses for Viol players, run by the Rondo Viol Academy. Please see their website for details: www.rondoviolacademy.co.uk
Elementary ~ November 2nd - 4th 2012, High Leigh, Hertfordshire; September 6th – 8th 2013, High Leigh, Hertfordshire
Intermediate ~ September 28th - 30th 2012, Hayes, Derbyshire; May 10th - 12th 2013 High Leigh, Hertfordshire; November 22nd - 24th 2013, Hayes, Derbyshire
Upper Intermediate ~ March 8th - 10th 2013, Hayes, Derbyshire; October 11th - 13th, High Leigh, Hertfordshire
Pre-formed Consorts ~ November 2nd - 4th 2012, High Leigh, Hertfordshire; September 6th – 8th 2013, High Leigh, Hertfordshire
