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 curtals) are all welcome. (Verses will be sung by sections, not as solos, so all singers will have plenty to do!) *** Workshop full apart from […]
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 few more sopranos Online booking form (preferred) Further details and paper booking form (PDF)
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 paper booking form and further details
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. At this time of year there could be some late cancellations, so we are maintaining a waiting list. If you would like to come, please […]
'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 further details (including a link to the online booking form) Online booking form You can pay by bank transfer (preferred) or by cheque
The workshop will include dances by Lorenzo Allegri written for entertainments at the Florentine court (c. 1612); a 16-part canzona by Tiburtio Massaino; Jubilate Deo in 16 parts by Lambert de Sayve, and Giovanni Gabrieli’s Canzona in echo a 12. Open to the following instruments: Cornetts, sackbuts, curtals/dulcians, recorders, viol and violin family, plucked continuo. […]
Peter Syrus will direct his new programme of borrowings in Spanish church music of the Golden Age. Bookings for recorder players are now full. Singers: more tenors needed. Online booking form (preferred) Paper booking form and further details
Clapham and Patching Village Hall201 Long FurlongWorthing, BN13 3UT Reusing old material is not a new concept; Renaissance composers did it all the time, sometimes with their own material and sometimes with someone else's. This workshop will look at three examples, in each case a kind of 'upcycling' from a short initial motet or chanson […]
A one-day conference hosted by the National Early Music Association St Paul's Church, Church Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1NH Invitation and Call for Contributors Speakers (historians, musicologists, practitioners) are invited to submit proposals for papers, round tables or workshops on the topics such as vocal style, performance practice and institutions.See https://singing-the-baroque.webnode.co.uk/ for details of this […]
A workshop for voices and orchestra, directed by John Hancorn. The workshop will look at the Magnificat by Durante , and choral works by Vivaldi. This event is for singers of all voices, along with strings, oboes, bassoon and trumpet. *** Wind places are now full. ***If you would like to be put on the […]
St George's Church, Folkestone Conductor: Duncan Lord Accompanist: Kevin Bull An opportunity to work on a couple of the church cantatas of J.S.Bach, “Ein Feste Burg” and “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”. We will sing them in English. Music will be provided. Further information and booking details. This event is not organised by […]
A workshop for singers with Will Dawes and Katie Bank Findon Village Hall, near Worthing, West Sussex To book, please use the online booking form if possible.Download further details and a paper booking form in the flier for the event (PDF file).