2013 Courses and Summer Schools

The Early Music Shop Guide to Summer Schools, Courses and Workshops
A wide range of Courses and Summer Schools to suit all tastes and abilities.
 
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The Benslow Baroque Opera Project: The Fairy Queen 1st-7th April


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1-7 April Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


After the artistic success last year of Handel’s Semele we couldn’t wait to give ourselves another challenge. We’ve opted this year for Purcell’s beguiling semiopera The Fairy Queen, which we’ll present, fully staged and directed by rising star Deborah Cohen, at the theatre of North Hertfordshire College just five days after the course begins. We are seeking highly competent instrumentalists and choral singers who are able to learn their lines before the course, and early in 2013 we will be auditioning singers – who must be of a professional standard – for the solo roles. We work at A=415Hz and with period instruments or copies. The course congregates at Benslow Music in time for an initial run through at 5 pm on the Monday and leaves after brunch on the Sunday, the morning after the performance.

Tutors: Deborah Cohen, John Flinders, Julian Perkins, Henrik Persson, David Roblou and Judy Tarling

Residential £580/Non residential £440 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount).

Course Code 13/229
Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Northern Recorder Course 2nd-9th April




2-9 April, Bawtry Hall near Doncaster DN10 6JH

The Northern Recorder Course was founded in 1966 by Dennis Bamforth and Colin Martin and has grown to become one of the foremost recorder courses in the world. A particular feature of the NRC is the interesting range of music available to be studied. Repertoire from the Medieval period to the present day is studied in a variety of ensembles from recorder orchestras to suit players of all abilities to Trio Sonatas and one to a part classes.

Tutors: Brian Blood, Ruth Burbidge,  Ruth Hayward, Helen Hooker, Laura Justice, Josef Manser, Ann Marshall, Steve Marshall, Andrew Melville, Janice Ormerod, Rosemary Robinson and Pam Smith.

Email: justine@northernrecordercourse.org
Web Site: www.northernrecordercourse.org

The Early Music Shop will be visiting with a display of recorders, recorder accessories and CDs from April 3rd-7th. 

NYRO Easter Course 2nd-6th April




2-6 April, Rugby School, Warwickshire

This is a relaxed and informal course, including technique and beginner bass classes as well as chamber music and recorder orchestra sessions. No audition is required, so it is the perfect starting point for younger and less experienced players as well as providing playing challenges for the more advanced. The course will culminate with a concert at Rugby School on the Saturday afternoon for families and friends.

Tutors: Chris Orton and Adam Dopadlik.

Email: nyro@srp.org.uk
Web Site: www.nyro.org.uk

The Early Music Shop will be visiting with a display of recorders, recorder accessories and CDs from April 5th-6th.

Easter Early Music Course 4th-10th April


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4 - 10 April 2013,  St Georges School Ascot

The Easter Early Music Course is designed for players of recorders and viols with some opportunities to play other instruments and sing.
Consort Songs • Broken Consorts • Multi-Part Music (ten to twenty parts, often mixed voice/instruments, multi-choir, verse anthems etc) • Large and Small Ensembles • Trio Sonatas • Choir • Renaissance Wind Band • Technique Classes • Lectures • Small Consort Groups.

Tutors: Philip Thorby, Eileen Silcocks, Marion Scott, Emma Murphy, Alison Kinder, David Hatcher and Jane Francis.

Contact: Geri Coop Tel: 07971 388509
Email: info@easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk
Web: www.easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk

The Early Music Shop will be visiting with a display of recorders, viols, accessories and CDs from April 7th-10th


Springtime Recorders 17th-19th April




17-19 April Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


A golden opportunity to experience Sandra Foxall’s and Alyson Lewin’s sympathetic and helpful teaching as they encourage course members to tackle a broad range of styles in their confidence-building course. You will gain more from the course if you are a reasonable sight-reader and have some experience of playing with others, and we would like you to be competent at playing at least two sizes of recorder. Please let us know which when you book. A repertoire list will be available in good time before the course.

Tutors: Sandra Foxall, Alyson Lewin

Resident: £240 Non-resident: £195 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount). Code: 13/229
Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Alleluya: The Chant of Easter 17th-19th April




17-19 April Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


John Rowlands-Pritchard, of Opus Anglicanum, leads a special course devoted to the Alleluya, an ornate celebratory chant form pertinent to the Easter festival. We invite singers of both genders and of any or no faith to explore with us this wonderful and mysteriously affecting and powerful art-form which lies at the root of Western music.

Tutor: John Rowlands-Pritchard

Resident: £240  Non-resident: £195 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount). 
Code: 13/231

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Evelyn Nallen’s Advanced Recorder School 7th-10th May




7-10 May Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


Renowned teacher and soloist Evelyn Nallen leads a new course designed for the more experienced non-professional recorder player from about Grade 7 upwards. You should be confident of your abilities but need not have taken any formal examinations. We’ll be working in a class format on both solo pieces – you are encouraged to bring pieces you are currently working on – and in ensembles.

Tutor: Evelyn Nallen

Resident: £315 Non-resident: £245 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an
automatic 25% discount). 
Code: 13/320

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Voices and Viols 10th-12th May


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10-12 May Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


This weekend of music for voices and viols will include madrigals and motets by various composers, as well as some larger scale works. There may also be some opportunity for consort songs. Come and explore some of this rich repertoire with two leading experts in the field. Singers should be good sight readers, and experienced in singing one to a part. Viol players who sing and singers who play viols are especially welcome. We’ll be playing at A = 415 Hz.

Tutors: Alison Crum and Peter Syrus

Resident: £240  Non-resident: £195 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount).

Code: 13/238
Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Matters of Style: Baroque Performance on Modern Strings 10th-12th May




10-12 May Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


Sacrilege? Not at all. Judy Tarling will show participants, who should be of intermediate to advanced standard, how it’s possible to apply historical performance principles when you play music written before about 1750 on modern instruments at standard concert pitch (A = 440Hz). We’ll look at music by composers like Corelli, Handel and Vivaldi as well as less familiar repertoire, and there might be some solo opportunities. Judy is a much loved Benslow regular as well as a world-renowned baroque violinist, and you’ll go away with fresh insights into this wonderful repertoire. Good sight reading ability will be an advantage.

Tutor: Judy Tarling

Resident: £240  Non-resident: £195 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount).
Code: 13/239
Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Troubadours, Trobairitz and Miestersinger 17th-19th May




17-19 May, Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


Following her successful weekend in 2012 devoted to the work of Hildegard of Bingen, Sara Stowe turns to the magical secular love songs of the Germanic Minnesinger and Meistersinger and the Provençal Troubadours and their female equivalents, the Trobairitz. This is a course geared mainly towards singers but we welcome also those who can contribute melody lines and drones on instruments medieval and not, especially if you can also sing.

Tutor: Sara Stowe

Resident: £240  Non-resident: £195  (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to anautomatic 25% discount). 
Code: 13/245

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Bach and his Ilk: The Benslow Haprsichord Course 24th-26th May




24–26 May Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB

The erudite Penelope Cave leads another inspiring course for harpsichordists, this time devoted to the music of Bach and his relations and contemporaries. She asks students to prepare at least one thoroughly learnt work but will also happily help with work in progress. The prepared or semi-prepared pieces should be selected from Bach’s Little Preludes, from either book of The Well-Tempered Clavier (a Prelude rather than a Fugue) or from the six Partitas.

Tutor: Penelope Cave

Resident: £240  Non-resident: £195  (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount). 
Code: 13/245

Tel: 01462 459446  
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

John Upperton’s Choral School 3rd-6thJune




3-6 June Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


Opera star and choral expert John Upperton drills reasonably experienced choral singers with the objective of creating a clearly defined choral identity by the end of the course. He’s expert at working with the sound a choir makes, and his exercises will help you realise more of your vocal potential. He’ll also offer learning challenges in non-English repertoire, thus preparing you for almost anything that your choral society or chamber choir director might throw at you.
Resident: £315 Non-resident: £245 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount). Code: 13/326

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Benslow Baroque Strings: Corelli and the Concerto Grosso 10th-13th June




10-13 June Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


Violinist Theresa Caudle, her brother the cellist Mark Caudle and harpsichordist Alastair Ross lead an ambitious and exciting new course in which an orchestra of baroque strings playing period instruments (or modern instruments with baroque bows and gut strings) at A=415 Hz work on concerti grossi by Arcangelo Corelli and his ilk. We’ll also need at least one harpsichordist and the continuo group may include plucked strings. Players must be of an advanced standard and willing to rehearse in detail.

Tutors: Theresa Caudle, Mark Caudle and Alastair Ross

Resident: £315  Non-resident: £245 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount). Code: 13/327

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Jackman’s Summer Choral School 1st-4th July




1-4 July Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts. SG4 9RB

We are delighted to welcome the distinguished singer, arranger, conductor and choir trainer Jeremy Jackman to Benslow Music to direct this course, the objective of which is to produce in three days a choir that really sings well as a unit. In realising that challenge we will also be working on a satisfyingly wide range of choral repertoire. Please note that you must already have reasonable experience of choral singing to get the most from this course, which is not for beginners.

Tutor: Jeremy Jackman

Resident: £315 Non-resident: £245 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an
automatic 25% discount). 
Code: 13/329
T: 01462 459446  
E: info@benslowmusic.org 
W: www.benslowmusic.org

International Viol Summer School 14th-19th July




14-19 July Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


One of the most prestigious and well-established summer schools for viol players in the land, our International Viol Summer School, directed by Alison Crum, offers an invaluable chance for viol players of all ages with a particular interest in English consort music to work with members of the world renowned Rose Consort of Viols for the best part of a week. There will also be optional sessions on several other aspects of viol music, such as madrigals, consort songs, early renaissance repertoire and the art of continuo playing, as well as lectures, demonstrations and a concert given by the tutors in the evening sessions. Those wishing to work in depth on repertoire of their own choice will be able to do so in some sessions. We are looking for experienced players with good sight reading skills capable of playing at least two sizes of viol. Please note that this course finishes after lunch on the final day.

Tutors: Alison Crum, Roy Marks, Ibi Aziz and Peter Wendland

Resident: £475  Non-resident: £360  (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount).  Code: 13/501

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Summer School Of Renaissance Music 13th-19th July




13-19 July, Trafford Hall, Wimbolds Trafford, Chester
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As in previous years, Summer School provides an opportunity for musicians, amateur or professional, to study Renaissance music and performance practice in a happy, relaxed and informal atmosphere. Applications are invited from experienced early music enthusiasts, and from musicians with less knowledge and experience of Renaissance music who are seeking an introduction to the field.
Specialist tuition is available for singers, and for players of the viol, lute, and recorder.

Our tutors are:-

Deborah Catterall. Freelance singer, voice teacher and choir director.  Formerly Musical Director, National Youth Training Choir of Great Britain.
Grace Barton. Teacher and perfomer on recorder.
Elizabeth Dodd.  Freelance viol player and early dancer; freelance lecturer, and tutor of viol, early music and dance.
Martin Eastwell.   Freelance performer and teacher of lutes and early guitar.
David Hardie. Choral singing
Peter Syrus.  Tutor, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.

Application forms and brochures are available on the NWEMF web site www.nwemf.org.uk 
Or contact the course administrator Barbara Hammond phone - 0151 336 1640; email -  bjh16_52@hotmail.com

Registered charity no 508218

The Eight Foot Recorder Course 15th-19th July




15-19 July 2013, Hothorpe Hall, Theddingworth, Leicestershire

A unique opportunity to play a wide variety of
music on larger recorders.

Tutors: Helen Hooker, Ann Marshall,
Steve Marshall, Andrew Melville and Pam Smith

Email:
Adminstrator
Web: Hothorpe Hall Recorders

The Early Music Shop will be visiting with a large display of recorders, both large and small, recorder accessories and CDs from July 17th - 19th.

Woodhouse Recorder Courses 2013




Junior Day
Monday 19th August
St John's Centre, Merrow, Guildford
A great day of recorder activities for 18 years and under, with Fontanella tutors Annabel Knight, Rebecca Austen-Brown and Katriina Boosey
10am – 4.30pm

Woodhouse Short Courses 2013
Ruckmans, Okewood Hill, near Dorking, Surrey
Our short courses are open to individuals and ensembles, at a minimum level of around Grade 8 and over 16 years of age

Friday 2nd August - Saturday 3rd August (£280)
Susanna Borsch, Annabel Knight (recorders); Robin Bigwood (harpsichord/piano accompaniment); with guest lecturer, recorder maker Adrian Brown
All periods of music will be covered in solo and ensemble classes, with optional contemporary music workshops (including music with electronics); Special evening lecture on historical recorder making, with Adrian Brown
 
Sunday 4th August - Monday 5th August (£280)
Dan Laurin, Annabel Knight (recorders) with Robin Bigwood (harpsichord, piano accompaniment)
All periods of music covered, in solo and ensemble classes

(Enjoy both courses together at a reduced rate of £495)

Saturday 10th August - Sunday 11th August (£160)
‘Barn Course’ with Annabel Knight (recorders) and Robin Bigwood (harpsichord, piano accompaniment)
All periods of music covered in solo and ensemble classes and also baroque chamber music. Particularly suitable for advanced players working towards auditions, exams or diplomas; priority given to full-time students and players aged Under 25.

Further details available from www.woodhouserecorderweek.co.uk, including information about our Early Bird Discount!!


NORVIS 27th July-3rd August





27 July-3 August, College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham

The Northumbrian Recorder & Viol Summer School (NORVIS) is held annually in Durham, England. The course covers all aspects of early music and is suitable for beginners through to advanced and solo players.


There are technique classes for viols, recorders, singing, harpsichord, lute and baroque strings. Other activities include consort playing, concerts, lectures, trio sonatas, renaissance band, choir, baroque orchestra and early dancing.

Tutors:
Alan Davis, Elizabeth Dodd, Duncan Druce, Martin Eastwell, Andrew Fowler, Clare Griffel, Manfred Harras, Laura Hird, Alison Kinder, Stewart McCoy, Susanna Pell, Jacqui Robertson-Wade, Jane Rumney, Mary Tyers, Ralph Woodward

Email: info@norvis.org.uk
Web: http://www.norvis.org.uk

Recorder Summer School 27th July-3rd August




27 July-3 August 2013, Bishop Burton College, near Beverley

This course is designed for recorder players of all standards, from near beginners to advanced students. It is a large course, with up to 130 students, and the atmosphere is always friendly and encouraging.

Tutors in 2012 were: Tom Beets, Sandra Foxall, Chris Hartland, Helen Hooker, Caroline Jones, Marion Scott, Eileen Silcocks, Philip Thorby, Moira Usher

Email: Josée Beeson
Web: http://www.recordersummerschool.org.uk/

The Early Music Shop will be visiting with a large display of recorders, recorder accessories and CDs from July 27th - August 3rd. Our recorder technician will be visiting too for a 1 day recorder clinic.

Baroque Chamber Summer Advanced Summer School 19th-22nd August


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19-22 August Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


This summer school, tutored by some of the most eminent experts in the business, aims to teach players of modern instruments (tuned to A=440 Hz) the skills peculiar to the playing of baroque chamber music. Participants will attend workshops devoted to such matters as the principles of continuo playing and ornamentation. We will create small chamber groups, matching as best we can players of compatible abilities, but these groups will be supervised and may change personnel during the course. There may also be sessions involving larger groups. We require good sight-reading skills and/or the ability to learn unfamiliar music swiftly, as well as open minds ready to assimilate and put into practice information which might be new to students. Because of the need to maintain a workable balance of instrumentalists please note that we might need to delay confirmation of some bookings. Participants can bring their own choice of music, but we may also send a list of set works to prepare before the course.

Tutors: Julian Perkins, Stephen Preston, Joel Raymond, Lucy Russell

Resident: £345.00 Non-resident: £270.00 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount). Code: 13/33

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

HISS - Historically Informed Summer School 5th-9th August




5-9 August 2013  Scarborough Campus of Hull University, Scarborough


A residential summer school offering workshops for singers and players of period and modern instruments, open to all student, professional and amateur musicians from early, classical and folk traditions. The course explores connections between early music and folk & traditional music. Early music performance style, simple improvisation, and learning by ear will be substantial components. If you like early music, come along and find out more about its context. If your background is traditional music or classical music, come along, try something you've never tried before - learn something new in a friendly atmosphere. The tutors are Graham Coatman (course director/keyboards), Vivien Ellis (voice), Stewart Hardy (fiddle/violin), Jacob Heringman (lute, cittern, renaissance guitar), Susanna Pell (viols), Mary Tyers (recorder, flute & other winds), Anne Marie Christensen & Amélie Addison (baroque violin and 'cello)


The
HISS 2013 will be held at the Scarborough Campus of Hull University. HISS was launched in 2011, with great enthusiasm and popular success.

 

Enquiries & further information from:
Christopher Roberts
Email: hissenquiries@gmail.com
Tel:
0844 870 6478
Twitter: follow @NEEMF. Hashtag #HISS2013
Website: http://www.hiss.org.uk/

The Early Music Shop will be visiting with an exhibition of early woodwind, recorders, viols, baroque strings, lutes, percussion, accessories and CDs from 7-9 August.

36th Baroque Week Summer School 10th-17th August




10-17 August Ardingly College, West Sussex
                                                  

Baroque Week, now in it’s 36th year  is open to players of baroque and modern instruments, wind, string or keyboard, at baroque or modern pitch. An extensive library allows you to immerse yourself in baroque music from trios and quartets up to orchestral suites and concerti grossi in a friendly environment with the aid of excellent , experienced and helpful tutors. The week  ends  with two course concerts and a choral work with orchestra. Full board for the week with tuition is £630. Some student bursaries are available.

For a brochure please contact:
Peter Collier, 13, Brackley Road, Monton Green, Eccles Manchester. M30 9LG
Tel: 01602812502  

email: p.b.collier@googlemail.com
Web site: www.baroque-week.org.uk

Irish Recorder and Viol Summer School 17th-24th August




17-24 August, An Grianan, Termonfechin, near Drogheda

A course designed for players of viols, recorders and other early instruments. Non players are also welcome in this lovely area, and players often come to the course with their families.

Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty, Pam Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Marion Scott and Philip Thorby

Email: Adminstrator
Web: http://www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org/

The Early Music Shop will be visiting with a display of recorders, viols, early instruments and accessories and CDs from August 19th - 23rd.


Cheltenham Recorder Festival 30th August-1st September




30 August-1 September, The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester

The Cheltenham Recorder Festival has grown to become one of the highlights of the recorder year, with an enviable reputation of being one of the friendliest and most enjoyable recorder courses run in the UK. One reason for this is that the CRF offers an exciting variety of music to cater for all tastes and abilities, ranging from established renaissance and baroque repertoire through to contemporary pieces which will be premièred at the Festival.

Tutors: Grace Barton, Paul Burnell, Ruth Burbidge, Simone Curley, John Hawkes, Helen Hooker, Ann Marshall, Steve Marshall, Andrew Melville, Janice Ormerod, Michael Piraner, Pam Smith and Moira Usher


Email:
justine@cheltenhamrecorderfestival.org.uk
Web: http://www.cheltenhamrecorderfestival.org.uk

The Early Music Shop will be visiting with a large display of recorders, recorder accessories and CDs over the weekend.

Mars and Venus: Monteverdi for Voices and Instruments 2nd-5th September




2-5 September Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


Singers, players of bowed and plucked strings and harpsichordists are all welcomed to this new and exciting course, taught by two renowned experts in the field, during which we’ll prepare the unprecedentedly rich, expressive and brilliant madrigals which open each part of Monteverdi’s Book VIII, published in 1638. For the best singers there will be solo opportunities, while the instrumentalists will also work on non-vocal pieces of the period and if there’s time the singers will indulge in some a capella music-making. Singers and instrumentalists alike should have experience of working at a reasonably competent level in small groups. We’ll be singing and playing at A=440Hz (the same as modern pitch but slightly lower than the North Italian pitch of the period) but will use period-style instruments and techniques.

Tutors: Julian Perkins, Theresa Caudle

Resident: £345.00 Non-resident: £270.00 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount).
Code: 13/334

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org

Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Accord Music and Arts Projects – Residential Course for Advanced Recorder Players with Ian Wilson. 20th-26th October




20-26 October Moulin de Cajarc, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France


South of France - The Moulin de Cajarc is located on the river Cerou, just outside the beautiful medieval fortified hilltop town of Cordes-sur-Ciel, in the Tarn "department" (county) of the Midi-Pyrenees region.
This popular course is now returning for a fourth time and demand is such that we have added an extra day to the course, which comprises a mixture of ensemble playing, masterclasses and individual tuition, with work on particular aspects of technique. The course ends with an informal concert in one of the local churches or the Mill.
The price of the course is £295. This includes 5 days tuition, a harpsichordist to accompany the masterclasses all meals with wine and beverages during the day. It does not include travel or accommodation (but the latter can arranged at minimum cost).

Please apply to Jane Ebel.
E: penski@btinternet.com 
T: 0203 674 2187 or Mobile 07515 822479
www.moulindecajarc.com
 

Consorting Viols 22nd-24th November




22-24 November Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB


This extremely popular weekend course offers up to eight pre-formed viol consorts of any level the chance to work with Alison Crum and members of the renowned Rose Consort of Viols on music of their own choice. Each group will be pro-actively coached by a tutor for half of every playing session, and each will work with every tutor during the course. Students will be coached on technical and musical aspects of what they play, and will learn about the music’s structure and about how better to articulate it through applying historically appropriate techniques. Please note that this course finishes immediately after lunch on the Sunday.

Tutors: Alison Crum, Ibi Aziz, Roy Marks, Peter Wendland

Resident: £245.00 Non-resident: £195.00 (Guests who were under 27 years of age on 1 January 2013 are entitled to an automatic 25% discount).
Code: 13/291

Tel: 01462 459446   
Email: info@benslowmusic.org
Web: www.benslowmusic.org