Music from the Odhecaton INSTRUMENTS (A=440) Tutor: Lizzie Gutteridge Bolton Parish Church Hall, Silverwell Street, Bolton BL1 1PS Reviewer: Win Ashmore Enjoyable and demanding in exactly the right proportion - our meeting of twenty or so under the guidance (some with a drum) of Lizzie Gutteridge on a sunny day at Bolton Parish Church Hall … Continue reading Workshop Review – 17 October 2026
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Workshop Review – 13 June 2026
The Polychoral Music of Heinrich Schütz and his contemporaries VOICES & INSTRUMENTS (A=440) Tutor: Peter Wendland St Martin’s Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster Reviewer: John Insole On Saturday 13th June, I attended my second NWEMF workshop. Having enjoyed a similar event a year earlier, I couldn’t resist another one, especially since it was happening in … Continue reading Workshop Review – 13 June 2026
Workshop Review – 16 May 2026
Vivaldi's Gloria VOICES, STRINGS, CONTINUO (A=440) Tutor: Ben England Wilmslow United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 1PR Reviewer: James Walton No Lancashire man would leave home without an umbrella, but he might well leave it in the car after an hour’s drive south to equatorial Wilmslow, for it was most certainly not raining when … Continue reading Workshop Review – 16 May 2026
Workshop Review – 21 March 2026
From Despair to Joy: Holy Week with Tomás Luis de Victoria VOICES Tutor: David Allinson Didsbury Baptist Church, Beaver Road, Manchester, M20 6SX Reviewer: Gerardo Vigo The North West Early Music Forum (NWEMF) choral workshop on Victoria's music for Lent and Holy Week, held at Didsbury Baptist Church, was a thoroughly engaging and rewarding day. … Continue reading Workshop Review – 21 March 2026
Workshop Review – 8 November 2025
The Sound of Power: Johann Stadlmayr’s Polychoral Music for the Habsburg Courts VOICES, LOUD WINDS, BASSOONS, SACKBUTS, TROMBONES & STRINGS (A=440) Tutor: Gawain Glenton St Mary’s Church Hall, 44 Moss Lane, Sale, M33 6GD Reviewer: Tom McLean The appeal of NWEMF workshops has been rising steadily over the past couple of years with increasingly expert … Continue reading Workshop Review – 8 November 2025