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Benslow
Music Trust
Early Music courses
For
details of scheduled courses click
here.
Online
courses
Benslow
Music is currently closed.
For now all live courses, events
and concerts at Benslow Music are cancelled.
Click
here to view the
online courses in Lockdown Links
which we hope will be of
interest to you.
If you know of anyone who may be interested
in these courses or events please help
spread the word and
pass this message on.
Benslow are currently exploring the
idea of further online courses and events with
multiple
tutors/artists – so do keep an eye on their website for
further updates.
Benslow Music
Trust, Little Benslow Hills, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB
Tel:
01462 459 446 (9am-5pm weekdays) Email: info@benslow.org Website:
www.benslow.org
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In
East Anglia the leading source of Early Music instruction is the
annual
Cambridge
Early Music Summer Schools
which
occupy two weeks in July & August.
The tuition is of
a high standard and the setting at St Catharine’s College,
Cambridge, is atmospheric.
BAROQUE
WEEK (26 July – 2 August 2020)
Baroque Dresden: The
Musical Melting Pot
The
Parley of Instruments
Director: Peter Holman
RENAISSANCE
WEEK (2–9 August 2020)
The Triumphs of Maximilian: Music
from the time of Emperor Maximilian I
The
Courtiers of Grace
Co-Directors: Claire Wilkinson & Gawain
Glenton
Both courses are CANCELLED for 2020.
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Cambridge
Woodwind Makers
“Preservation
through participation”
A large range of courses is
on offer in the new premises in Linton, Cambs.
Instrument
making, repair and maintenance. Classical and Baroque are
covered.
Early booking is recommended as the response has
been heavy. See the website:
www.cambridgewoodwindmakers.org
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Courses
in other areas
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1-8 August
2020
NORVIS 50
A week-long
early music course in County Durham. Come and help us celebrate
50 years of this wonderful event
in our new, more accessible
and comfortable home in Barnard Castle. We welcome players of
recorders,
viols, lutes, baroque strings, harpsichord and
voices. There is a wide range of activities with repertoire from
early renaissance to late baroque. We are lavishly staffed
with inspirational tutors who also feature strongly in our
evening concerts. Generous bursaries available. See
www.norvis.org.uk or email enquiries@norvis.org.uk.
PPOSTPONED
until 2021
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2 –
8 August 2020
BEAUCHAMP EARLY MUSIC COURSE
Directed
by David Hatcher with tutors David Allinson and Sue Addison.
The
theme is O quam gloriosam – music inspired by the saints
and sainthood.
Venue: Rendcomb College in the heart of the
Cotswolds.
Accommodation available on site; all meals
provided; 4 tutor-led sessions each full day.
For further
information visit www.glosacadmusic.org or email
anne@glosacadmusic.org
Quote from 2019 participant: I’ve
had a brilliant week; lovely people and very warm atmosphere –
a great experience and highly recommended.
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Baroque
Week 2020
Chamber music
summer school
Queen Anne’s
School, Caversham, Berkshire
16–23 August
There are
still some places available, but last year the course was sold
out, so book quickly to secure your place!
Harpsichord and
chitarrone players particularly welcome.
We will have
the largest team of tutors ever this year with the addition of
David Miller (chitarrone);
also Tom Hammond-Davies and Oliver
Webber will be joining us for a morning each.
www.baroque-week.org.uk
POSTPONED
until 2021
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HISS
2020
The Director and Administrators regret that the
summer school for 2020 is CANCELLED.
Anyone wishing to make a
donation is asked to contact the organisers
on
hissenquiries@gmail.com.
http://www.hiss.org.uk
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