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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

Realising All the Musical Instruments of The Famous Luttrell Psalter

Realising All the Musical Instruments of The Famous Luttrell Psalter

by Peter Barnard, de Mowbray’s Musicke This article first appeared on de Mowbray’s Musicke website and is reproduced here with kind permission. See also their YouTube channel to see them … Continue reading Realising All the Musical Instruments of The Famous Luttrell Psalter

Posted on 1 September, 202525 October, 2025 By nwemfchairPosted in ArticlesLeave a comment

A timeline of early music composers

by Kirsten Flores On my recent travels on t’internet, I came across this fascinating Gantt chart showing a timeline of early music composers from 1400-1610, accompanied by a written list … Continue reading A timeline of early music composers

Posted on 1 September, 202525 October, 2025 By nwemfchairPosted in ArticlesLeave a comment

Cornamuse or rebec?

Cornamuse or rebec?

By Peter Syrus Which came first? No, I’m not talking about their place in the evolution of instruments. I’m talking about my student grant, and its depletion for the purchase … Continue reading Cornamuse or rebec?

Posted on 1 September, 202525 October, 2025 By nwemfchairPosted in ArticlesTagged Peter Syrus. 1 Comment

Dowland in the Dales 6-8 June 2025

Dowland in the Dales 6-8 June 2025

A Country Choral weekend with Rory Wainwright Johnston6-8 June 2025 by Kirsten FloresWhen I first found out about Country Choral’s plans to hold a singing weekend in the heart of … Continue reading Dowland in the Dales 6-8 June 2025

Posted on 11 June, 202530 April, 2026 By nwemfchairPosted in Articles, Workshop ReviewsTagged 2025, Country Choral, Rory Wainwright Johnston, Voices, Yorkshire Dales. 1 Comment

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Future EMF Events

  • EMFS Edinburgh 6 June, 2026 Viol Consort Cafe
  • EEMF Newmarket 6 June, 2026 David Hatcher (voices & instruments)
  • NEEMF Knaresborough 6 June, 2026 Deborah Catterall (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 (voices)
  • MEMF Newark 20 June, 2026 Dr Stephen Bullamore (voices & instruments)
  • SWEMF Wells 20 June, 2026 Katy Silverman (voices)
  • 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 Birmingham 25 July, 2026 Patrick Allies
  • MEMF Stafford 12 September, 2026 Mark Wilson (voices & instruments)
  • NWEMF Chester 12 September, 2026 Stephanie Dyer (voices & instruments)
  • EEMF Cambridge 12 September, 2026 Patrick Craig (voices)
  • NEEMF Burley in Wharfedale 19 September, 2026 Leah Stuttard (voices & instruments)
  • SWEMF Keynsham 26 September, 2026 Mark Wilson (voices & instruments)
  • BMEMF Hereford 26 September, 2026 Simon Harper (voices)
  • EEMF/TVEMF Waltham Abbey 17 October, 2026 Gawain Glenton (voices & instruments)
  • NEEMF York 17 October, 2026 Peter Wendland (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)
  • SWEMF Yatton 21 November, 2026 Huw Morgan (voices & instruments)
  • EEMF Workshop 28 November, 2026 David Allinson (voices)
  • NWEMF 50th ANNIVERSARY York 27 February, 2027 – 28 February, 2027 Gawain Glenton/David Allinson
  • NWEMF Workshop 13 March, 2027 Peter Barnard & Kate Billmore
  • NWEMF Workshop 20 March, 2027 Elizabeth Dodd
  • NWEMF/BMEMF Workshop 24 April, 2027 Philip Thorby
  • NWEMF Workshop 22 May, 2027 Angus Smith
  • NWEMF/NEEMF Workshop 19 June, 2027 Eamonn Dougan
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