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  • “Mary, Mary, quite contrary” – Zoom talk

    Zoom talk by Patrick Craig on music inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. Some of the greatest music ever written has been inspired by the Blessed Virgin […]

  • Workshop for voices and instruments

    Directed by Gawain Glenton Smarden Charter Hall, Smarden (near Ashford), Kent. This workshop will focus on the works of Heinrich Schütz and his lesser-known German 17th-century contemporaries such as Johann […]

  • Live workshop directed by Patrick Craig

    More music inspired by the two Marys, (plus some of the pieces mentioned in Patrick's September Zoom talk), with an emphasis on Spanish/Portuguese composers. For voices plus strings (especially lower […]

  • Byrd and his contemporaries

    Directed by John Bryan Scaynes Hill Village Centre Saturday 18 February 2023 @ 10:30 am – 5:00 pm William Byrd died 400 years ago, in 1623, an octogenarian whose long life witnessed much change, […]

  • Not mortals but angels

    Convent polyphony from the 13th - 16th centuriesWorkshop for female voices plus instruments Directed by Laurie Stras Saturday 11 March 2023 @ 10:30 am – 5:15 pm Bosham Village Hall For female voices (SAT) […]

  • Workshop for instruments

    Directed by Emily White Sunday 30 April 2023 @ 10:30 am – 5:00 pm Normandy Village Hall (just NW of Guildford) Online booking form (preferred) Download further details and paper booking form (PDF)

  • Verse Anthems

    A workshop for voices and instruments on Verse Anthems (Byrd and his contemporaries) on Saturday 24th June directed by Bill Hunt. Voices, viols, and soft wind (recorders, flutes, well-behaved bass […]

  • Bach’s B minor Mass

    Live workshop directed by John Hancorn on choruses from Bach’s B minor Mass, for singers and orchestra (ie appropriate instruments!) Pitch A=440. Headcorn, Kent 12 September: still room for a […]

  • What about Weelkes?

    Live workshop for singers on the music of Weelkes, led by Will Dawes and Katie Banks. Weelkes died on 30th November 1623. Bosham, near Chichester On-line booking form (preferred) Download […]

  • Workshop directed by David Allinson

    Regina Caeli: Polychoral Motets for Mary David Allinson will direct a live workshop of larger-scale works for voices and instruments. Scaynes Hill (near Haywards Heath) This workshop is now full. […]

  • Online talk by David Allison

    'Regina Caeli, Regina Mundi': musical veneration of the Virgin Mary in the Spanish Golden Age.  The talk will be recorded for those not able to hear it on the night. Flyer with […]