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LIFEM 25 Report – 12-15 November 2025

LIFEM 25 Report – 12-15 November 2025

The London International Festival of Early Music takes place each year in London in Blackheath Halls. This year, for the first time in many years, all the Early Music Forums … Continue reading LIFEM 25 Report – 12-15 November 2025

Posted on 15 November, 202525 November, 2025 By nwemfchairPosted in Articles, NWEMF Admin, Workshop ReportsTagged Blackheath Halls, Early Music Forums, LIFEM, London, NEMA. Leave a comment

Concert review – Breaking the Rules by The Telling

Concert review – Breaking the Rules by The Telling

Picture by Robert Piwko – www.facebook.com/RobertPiwkoPhotography Breaking the Rules - the extraordinary life of 16th/17th-century composer-prince Carlo Gesualdo by The Telling Review by Kirsten Flores1 November 2025, Manchester On an aptly dark … Continue reading Concert review – Breaking the Rules by The Telling

Posted on 1 November, 20256 November, 2025 By nwemfchairPosted in ArticlesLeave a comment

NWEMF Viols at the University of Liverpool

NWEMF Viols at the University of Liverpool

by Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology and Head of Department: Music The University of Liverpool has around 300 undergraduate Music students, whose courses (Music, Popular Music, Music and Technology) encourage … Continue reading NWEMF Viols at the University of Liverpool

Posted on 25 October, 202528 January, 2026 By nwemfchairPosted in ArticlesTagged Lisa Colton, Liverpool, Viols. Leave a comment

CD Review

Ricordanze - a record of love by Musica Secreta Review by Andrew Benson-Wilson Andrew Benson-Wilson has agreed that we can include his review of Musica Secreta's new CD, Ricordanze: a record … Continue reading CD Review

Posted on 25 October, 2025 By nwemfchairPosted in ArticlesLeave a comment

My route into early music (Roger Wilkes)

My route into early music Perhaps with other people too, there is a chicken-and-egg element to this. As a church chorister I encountered a few pieces (by the likes of … Continue reading My route into early music (Roger Wilkes)

Posted on 25 October, 202525 October, 2025 By nwemfchairPosted in ArticlesTagged Roger Wilkes. Leave a comment

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  • SWEMF Cheltenham 25 April, 2026 Tim Bayley (instruments)
  • MEMF Lincoln 2 May, 2026 Greg Skidmore & Sue Addison (voices & instruments)
  • NWEMF Wilmslow 16 May, 2026 Ben England (voices & strings)
  • NEEMF York 23 May, 2026 Andrew Griffiths (voices & instruments)
  • BMEMF Abergavenny 30 May, 2026 Emma Gibbins (voices)
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  • NEEMF Knaresborough 6 June, 2026 Deborah Catterall (voices & instruments)
  • EEMF Newmarket 6 June, 2026 David Hatcher (voices & instruments)
  • EEMF Cambridge 7 June, 2026 David Hatcher (soft instruments)
  • NWEMF Lancaster 13 June, 2026 Peter Wendland (voices & instruments)
  • EMFS Edinburgh 13 June, 2026 David Allinson
  • SWEMF Wells 20 June, 2026 Katy Silverman (voices)
  • MEMF Newark 20 June, 2026 Dr Stephen Bullamore (voices & instruments)
  • BMEMF Ross-on-Wye 4 July, 2026 David Hatcher (voices & instruments)
  • NEEMF Newcastle 18 July, 2026 Ali Kinder (voices & instruments)
  • SWEMF Plymouth 18 July, 2026 Clare Griffel (voices & instruments)
  • EEMF Cambridge 18 July, 2026 Leah Stuttard (voices & plucked strings)
  • MEMF Stafford 12 September, 2026 Mark Wilson (voices & instruments)
  • EEMF Cambridge 12 September, 2026 Patrick Craig (voices)
  • NWEMF Chester 12 September, 2026 Stephanie Dyer (voices & instruments)
  • BMEMF Hereford 26 September, 2026 Simon Harper (voices)
  • SWEMF Keynsham 26 September, 2026 Mark Wilson (voices & instruments)
  • EEMF/TVEMF Waltham Abbey 17 October, 2026 Gawain Glenton (voices & instruments)
  • NWEMF Bolton 17 October, 2026 Lizzie Gutteridge (instruments)
  • SWEMF Langport, Somerset 24 October, 2026 Andrea Brown (voices & instruments)
  • NWEMF Liverpool 21 November, 2026 Peter Syrus (voices & instruments)
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  • EEMF Workshop 28 November, 2026 David Allinson (voices)
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