9th - 17th JULY

York Early Music Festival. Leaflet enclosed. website: www.ncem.co.uk

17th - 22nd JULY

International Viol Summer School with Alison Crum, Roy Marks, Peter Wendland, Ibi Aziz. Resident: £355.00 Non-resident: £305.00, website: www.benslow.org

24th - 30th JULY

NWEMF annual Summer School of Renaissance music at Ambleside. , website: www.nwemf.org.uk

25th JULY

One Day Wonder Workshop: Music For A While, with James Bowman, Elizabeth Kenny, Julian Perkins. Purcell, for singers, clavichordists and lutenists. 9am- 6.15pm. Observers £37. Course fee: £75.00., website: www.benslow.org

25th - 31st JULY

Early Music Week at Beauchamp House, Gloucestershire, led by Philip Thorby and Alan Lumsden. For singers and instrumentalists - featuring the music of Lassus and the Gabrielis. website: www.gamusic.co.uk

31st JULY - 7th AUGUST

NORVIS annual early music summer school at Durham. website: www.norvis.org.uk

7th - 14th AUGUST

Recorder annual summer school at Bishop Burton College. website: www.recordersummerschool.org.uk

14th - 21st AUGUST

Irish Recorder and Viol Course. Very popular course at Termonfechin, near Drogheda. Website: www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org. Tutors include Marion Doherty, Ibi Aziz, Pam Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Marion Scott, Eileen Silcocks, Philip Thorby. technique, ensembles, broken consorts, trio sonatas, choir, etc.

20th -22nd AUGUST

16th - 20th AUGUST

Oakapple Day, Musical Play in a Week. Age range: 9-14, £80 for the week. Venue: NCEM, St Margaret's Church, Walmgate, York, YO1 9TL. 01904 632220 education@ncem.co.uk

17th - 22nd AUGUST

Chalemie Summer School of Early Music, Dance, Period Costume Making and Commedia in Oxford. Leaflet enclosed. website: www.chalemie.co.uk

18 - 22 AUGUST

Worcester Early Music Weekend. Includes educational activities for early years (age 3-7), primary (8-12) and Grade 5+, early keyboard workshop and concerts by The Bach Duo, Lady Georgianna, Passacaglia, Piva, and the Dew-Schmitz Duo with Andrew Watts. Advance booking for masterclass recommended. 01386 898162 website: www.earlymusica.org . Tickets: http://website: www.wegotickets.com/WorcesterEarlyMusicWeekend or Festival Box Office 01905 611427.

20th - 22nd AUGUST

Recorder playing weekend at Parcevall Hall, conducted by Margaret Shearing. 01756 720213 parcevall@bradford.anglican.org

24th - 27th AUGUST

NEEMF HISS summer school at Sneaton Castle, Whitby. Leaflet and application form enclosed. (see p. 6)

11th SEPTEMBER

SWEMF Baroque Chamber Music Playing Day, near Exeter. Sylvia Davies 0117 973 2777 or Dick Little 0117 968 8549 website: www.swemf.org.uk

16th SEPTEMBER, 8 pm

Stile Antico at Ripon Cathedral. Prices to follow, (£16 or £17?). Also Contact: Susan Goldsbrough, 01765 605508. Artistic Director: Janusz Piotrowicz E: svgrif@hotmail.com website: www.riponinternationalfestival.com

24th SEPT - 3rd OCT

Hexham Abbey Festival, website: www.hexhamabbey.org.uk/festival

26th SEPTEMBER

NEEMF Polychoral Music of the Renaissance with Eileen Silcocks. Workshop for voices and instruments (especially recorders and renaissance strings, 440Hz) - Palestrina, Marenzio, Handl and others. 10am for 10:30 'til 4:30, Main Hall, Priory Street Centre, 15, Priory Street, York, YO1 6ET (form enclosed) website: www.neemf.org.uk

OCTOBER

MEMF workshop, lutes, viols and voices with Stuart McCoy. Venue: tba. website: www.memf.org.uk

2nd OCTOBER

EEMF workshop, John Blow and Purcell (A415), with Peter Holman., website: www.eemf.org.uk

9th OCTOBER

SEMF workshop, from Renaissance to Baroque, polychoral music for voices & instruments, Bosham., website: www.semf.org.uk

9th OCTOBER

BMEMF/SWEMF Polish Baroque Splendour, Grzegorz Gorczycki (c. 1665 - 1734), workshop for voices and strings with Peter Leech, Tewkesbury Abbey. Organisers Hannah Davies (BMEMF) 01432 341 154 and Heather Gibbard (SWEMF) 01275 463 012

23rd OCTOBER

NEEMF / NWEMF joint workshop with Michael Procter at Huddersfield University. Music of Giovanni Croce. Application form enclosed. chairman@neemf.org.uk

30th OCTOBER

EEMF workshop, mediaeval music with Jon Banks at Cambridge., website: www.eemf.org.uk

30th OCTOBER

SWEMF, Bach B minor Mass, workshop for singers with Ralph Allwood and David Goode, Exeter. Organiser Heather Gibbard, 01275 463 012 website: www.swemf.org.uk

6th NOVEMBER

NEEMF workshop with Clive Walkley for singers and instrumentalists. Polychoral music from the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque by Comes and Rogier at Guiseley Methodist Church. Details: 0113-2843350 or newsletter@neemf.org.uk Application form online, see Forthcoming Workshops

13th NOVEMBER

MEMF workshop and NEMA AGM, Henri Dumont and Contemporaries, Jeffrey Skidmore. website: www.memf.org.uk

14th NOVEMBER (Sunday)

Recorder playing day at Parcevall Hall, conducted by Hilary Oliver. 01756 720213 parcevall@bradford.anglican.org

27th NOVEMBER

EEMF polyphony workshop, with David Allinson. Venue tba, website: www.eemf.org.uk

27th NOVEMBER

SEMF Canterbury Consort Day Details: ursula.fuller@o2.co.uk, website: www.semf.org.uk

4th DECEMBER

NEEMF workshop: Village Carol Traditions, with Dr Julia Bishop. For singers and players of both period and modern instruments (A440) . At Dore Parish Church, Sheffield S17 3GY; 10 for 10.30 - 4.30. Downloadable application form to come. Enquiries to 01904 673675 or stuff@greenery.me.uk

4th December,

NWEMF Music for Advent. Workshop for voices and instruments with Peter Syrus. Music probably by Michael Praetorius and others. Detail tba., website: www.nwemf.org.uk

5th DECEMBER (Sunday)

TVEMF Christmas in Rome with Philip Thorby at Amersham. website: www.tvemf.org

10th - 12th DECEMBER

Recorder playing weekend at Parcevall Hall, conducted by Mary Tyers. 01756 720213 parcevall@bradford.anglican.org

2011

12th - 19th APRIL

Easter Early Music Course, recorders and viols, Ascot. Philip Thorby, Eileen Silcocks, Marion Scott, Emma Murphy, Alison Kinder, David Hatcher, Jane Francis, Andrew Collis. Small consort groups, ensembles, chamber groups, multi-choir works. Info: Geri Coop 07971 388509 website: www.easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk