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
