FEBRUARY

Thur 2     SEMF Zoom Talk with David Allinson  Online

3-5         Handel: His Life and Music  Higham Hall, CA13 9SH

Sat 4       EEMF Byrd Workshop for Singers with David Allinson  Storey's Field Centre, Cambridge, CB3 1AA

Sat 4       Come and Sing Handel Israel in Egypt  St Mary at Hill, Eastcheap, EC3R 8EE

Sat 4       Come & Sing Coronation Anthems  St Mary's Church, Nantwich, CW5 5RQ

Sat 4       Come & Sing Workshop: At the Water's Edge  Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, HR4 0DU

Mon 6     Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.  A Celebration of Early Keyboard Instruments, including an introduction to early keyboard maintenance with Andrew Wooderson, a harpsichord masterclass with Steven Davine and an evening concert  www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar

6-9         Consorting Viols  Benslow Music, SG4 9RB

8/2-1/3  Facsimile c.1430-44 for recorder playersONLINE

Thur 9    Bach Choir ONLINE choral workshop 6.30pm.  Bach St John Passion (David Hill) thebachchoir.org.uk

10-12     The City Musick with William Lyons and Richard Thomas  Jackdaws Music, BA11 3NY

11-12     Dorset Bach Cantata Club  Sturminster Newton High School, DT10 1DT

Sat 11     NEEMF Workshop with Christopher Roberts  Clements Hall, York, YO23 1BW

Sat 11     Come and Sing Byrd with Ben Sawyer  Christ Church, Cheltenham, GL50 2JH

Sat 11     Come & Sing Music by the Bach Family  Quaker Meeting House, Lancaster, LA1 1TX

Sat 11     Come & Sing Vivaldi Gloria  Trinity Methodist Church, Woking, GU21 4LH

Sat 11     Striggio Workshop  ​Hampstead Baptist Church, NW3 1DN

Sat 11     Come & Sing Handel's Samson  Christchurch, Hitchin, SG5 1HF

13-17     *Cambridge Woodwind Makers.  Recorder Making (Tim Cranmore)

17-19      Baroque Style for String Players  Dartington, Devon, TQ9 6EL

17-19      Viol Consorts with Jane Francis & David Hatcher  Hawkwood College, Stroud, GL6 7QW

Sun 19    London, St George’s Hanover Sq, 1.30pm. Come & sing Alexander’s Feast *Laurence Cummings) london-handel-festival.com

Sat 18     SEMF Workshop with John Bryan  Scaynes Hill Village Hall, RH17 7PG

Sat 18     Oxford, Keble College Chapel TVEMF Keble Workshop with Benjamin Nicholas  Sacred settings by Charpentier for voices and baroque orchestra A=415

20-23      Piva – Real Roots!  Halsway Manor, TA4 4BD

Fri 24      Come and Sing Messiah  RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester, M13 9RD

24-26      Friends of I Fagiolini Weekend  Hawkwood College, Stroud, GL6 7QW

Sat 25     Come & Sing Messiah  Christ Church, Swindon, SN1 3HG

Sat 25     MEMF Workshop with Paula Chateauneuf  on improvisation.  Dorridge Village Hall, B93 8QA

Sat 25     Come and Sing Handel's Monarchs  Stowmarket URC, IP14 1AD

Sat 25     Come & Sing Handel's Messiah St Mary's Church, Swansea SA1 3LP
26/2-2/3 More Mournful Music with Rory McCleery  Sarum College, SP1 2EE

Sat 25     Battersea.  *Platinum Consort workshop. Seventh Heaven (Scott Inglis-Kidger)

Sun 26    Choral Workshop with David Allinson  St Gregory's, Canterbury, CT1 1ND

26-2        Salisbury.  *Run by Singers.  More Mournful Music – Byrd & Gibbons (Rory McCleery)

 

MARCH

3-5         Song of Songs: Consort Music  Benslow Music, SG4 9RB

3-24       *The Telling ONLINE Medieval Women singing workshops on Fridays 11-11.40 on Zoom.

Sat 4       SWEMF Byrd Workshop with John Bryan  St Mary's Church, Yatton, BS49 4HH

Sat 4       BMEMF Workshop with Stephanie Dyer  Yarpole Parish Hall, HR6 0BL

Sat 4       NEEMF Workshop with Peter Wendland  St Benedict’s, Garforth, LS25 1PX

5-10       *Lacock. Cádiz, Spanish and Mexican music (Gabriel Díaz)

6-9         Springtime Recorders  Benslow Music, SG4 9RB

9-12        LuteFest  Benslow Music, SG4 9RB

10-12      Pimlico.  *Platinum Consort.  Missa Mexicana (Scott Inglis-Kidger

Sat 11     EEMF Workshop for Singers with Angus Smith  Venue TBC

Sat 11     SEMF Workshop with Laurie Stras  Bosham Village Hall, PO18 8QF

Sat 11     NWEMF Workshop with Gawain Glenton  Quaker Meeting House, Lancaster, LA1 1TX

Thur 16   Come and Sing Messiah  St George's Church, Jesmond, NE2 2TF

Sat 18    *TVEMF Pinner.  Motets by Pierre de Manchicourt (c1510-1564) forvoices and instruments (Peter Syrus)

Sat 18     Come and Sing Messiah  St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, EH1 2EP

Sat 18     Come & Sing Handel Oratorio Choruses  St Margaret's, Horsforth, LS18 5LA

25-26      Medieval Music in the Dales Online  Online

Sat 25     Come and Sing Messiah  St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, NR2 1QQ

Sat 25     MEMF Workshop for Singers with Bill Carslake  Coton Centre, Tamworth, B79 9AA

Sat 25     BMEMF Workshop with Rory McCleery  Grange Court, Leominster, HR6 8NL

Sat 25     Come & Sing Vivaldi Gloria  Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, L3 5TQ

 

APRIL

Thur 6     City Lit online 11-1 Great works: Allegri's Miserere 

12-16      Venice.  Run by Singers (Jeremy Jackman)

Thur 13   Come and Sing Messiah  St. Ann's Church, Dublin, D02 YV57

Sat 15      NEEMF Workshop with Deborah Catterall  Clements Hall, York, YO23 1BW

Sat 15      Come and Sing Messiah  Belfast Central Church, BT1 4NA

15-21      Easter Early Music Course  Haberdashers' School, Monmouth, NP25 5XT

16-21      *Lacock Tenby Music Party with Patrick Craig  St Mary’s Church, Tenby, SA70 8AP

25/4-4/7 Early music in the 20th century  Keeley Street, London, WC2B 4BA

27/4-6/7 Topics in Renaissance music 3  Online

Sat 29     Come & Sing Workshop: Spem in Alium  Gloucester Cathedral, GL1 2LX

Sat 29     *EEMF workshop (Patrick Craig)

Sun 30    SEMF Workshop with Emily White  Normandy Village Hall, GU3 2DD

 

MAY

13-14      Dorset Bach Cantata Club  Sturminster Newton High School, DT10 1DT

Sat 13     BMEMF Workshop with David Skinner *Revised Date*  Stockenny, New Radnor, LD8 2RE

Sat 13     BEMF Festival Workshop with Robert Hollingworth  All Saints Clifton, BS8 3ED

13-14     *Cambridge Woodwind Makers.  Baroque and modern oboe reed making and adjustment

14-21     Granada. *Run by Singers. Spanish polyphony (David Ogden)

Sat 20     MEMF Workshop with Peter Leech  Barnt Green Church Hall, B45 8NR

21-26     *Lacock Singing in Skipton with Justin Doyle  Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, BD23 1NJ

29-1       *Benslow.  Gregorian Chant: the joys of singing (John Rowlands-Pritchard)

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JUNE

Sat 3       MEMF Workshop with George Parris  Venue TBC

Sat 10     EEMF Workshop with Rory McCleery  Castle Hill Methodist Church, Cambridge, CB3 0AH

Sat 10     BMEMF Workshop with George Parris  Venue TBC

Sun 11    Bourne End *TVEMF David Fletcher Celebration with David Allinson and Jeremy West 

11-17     *Lacock. Monteconero, Palestrina’s successors (Eamonn Dougan)

18-24     *Lacock. Monteconero. Duarte Lobo and Frank Martin (JanJoostvanElburg)

18-25     Italy.  *Run by Singers.  Voyage to Puglia (David Ogden)

25-29     *Cambridge Woodwind Makers.  Natural trumpet making (Bob Barclay)

 

JULY

9-16         Belgium.  *Run by Singers.  Ghent early music week (David Allinson)

10-23      *Cambridge Woodwind Makers.  Classical clarinet making (Daniel Bangham)

10-16      *Chalemie summer school

Sat 15      MEMF Workshop for Voices with Rory McCleery  Venue TBC

16-23      *Lacock Edinburgh Early Music Week with Rory McCleery  Old St Paul’s Church, Edinburgh, EH1 1DH

22-29       Dartington Summer School - Week 1  Dartington, Devon, TQ9 6EL

23-30      *Cambridge Early Music baroque course

29/7-5/8 NORVIS 2023  Barnard Castle School, DL12 8UN for recorders, viols, lutes, harpsichords, baroque strings and voiceswww.norvis.org.uk

29/7-5/8 Dartington Summer School – Week 2  Dartington, Devon, TQ9 6EL

30/7-5/8 Beauchamp Early Music Week  Malvern College, WR14 3DF

30-6        *Cambridge Early Music renaissance course

 

AUGUST

13-20      Baroque Week  Queen Anne's School, RG4 6DX

13-20      Italy.  *Run by Singers.  Assisi summer school (Rory McCleery)

19-26      Irish Recorder and Viol Course  An Grianán, A92 X9TF

21-25      The Historically Informed Summer School  Bishop Burton College, HU17 8QG

27-1        *Lacock. Gourdon en Quercy, Josquin & Co. with Rory Wainwright Johnson

 

SEPTEMBER

1-3         Stylish Baroque with Theresa Caudle & Alastair Ross  Jackdaws Music, BA11 3NY

2-3         *Cambridge Woodwind Makers.  Baroque & modern oboe reed making &adjustment (Adam Shapiro)

2-10        Italy.  *Run by Singers.  Music from the Sistine Chapel 2 (David Skinner)

Thur 7     Medieval Music in the Dales Study Day  The Jonas Centre, DL8 4EW

8-10        Medieval Music in the Dales Festival  Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET

8-10        The City Musick with William Lyons and Richard Thomas  Jackdaws Music, BA11 3NY

9-10        MEMF Workshops with Ali Kinder  Venue TBC

11-17      *Lacock. Trogir, Venetian music in the 16th century (Patrick Craig)

Sat 16     BMEMF Workshop for Singers with ​David Allinson  Titley Village Hall, HR5 3RN

Sun 17    SEMF Workshop with John Hancorn  Venue TBC

Sat 30     SWEMF Workshop with Philip Thorby  St Thomas of Canterbury, Thorverton, EX5 5NU

Sat 30     TVEMF Weelkes 400 with Will Dawes and Katie Bank  Somerville College, Oxford, OX2 6HD

 

OCTOBER

Sat 7       MEMF Workshop for Voices with Patrick Allies  Venue TBC

14-15     *EEMF weekend in Thaxted.  Music of Francisco Valls (Patrick Craig)

23-27     *Cambridge Woodwind Makers.  Recorder making (Tim Cranmore)

23-27     *Lacock. Dartmouth, Josquin, Willaert and Mouton (Bill Carslake)

Sat 28     SEMF Workshop with Will Dawes and Katie Banks  Venue TBC

 

NOVEMBER

Sat 4       MEMF Workshop with Will Dawes and Dr Katie Bank  Venue TBC

8-11       London International Festival of Early Music 2023  Blackheath Concert Halls, SE3 9RQ

Sat 18     SEMF Workshop with David Allinson  Venue TBC

 

DECEMBER

2-6         Germany.  *Run by Singers.  Advent in Dresden (Jeremy Jackman)

Sun 10   *TVEMF Workshop with Rory McCleery  Amersham

 

FEBRUARY 2024

Sat 17    *TVEMF Keble Workshop  Keble College Chapel, Oxford, OX1 3PG

 

DECEMBER 2024

Sun 8     *TVEMF Christmas Workshop Amersham (tbc)