Workshop Review – 11 October 2025

Renaissance Italian canzonas BOWED INSTRUMENTS & SOFT WINDS Tutor: Ali Kinder St Matthew’s Community Hall, Chapel Lane, Stretford, Manchester M32 9AJ Reviewer: Frank Gibson Recorder and strings workshop with Alison Kinder October 2025 We were in Stretford this month, and if you weren’t able to come, I’m afraid you missed a real treat - no … Continue reading Workshop Review – 11 October 2025

Workshop Review – 13 September 2025

Lusitano and other Portuguese composers VOICES Tutor: Rory McCleery St Agnes & St Pancras Church, 1 Buckingham Ave, Liverpool L17 3BA Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar Workshop with Rory McCleery: 13 September 2025 The church of St Agnes and St Pancras provided a warm welcome to the 40 or so singers who assembled on Saturday 13 September … Continue reading Workshop Review – 13 September 2025

Workshop Review – 14 June 2025

The ‘Full Moon’ Mass – Giuseppe Corsi da Celano VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: George Parris All Saint's Church, Hoole, Chester Reviewer: Roger Wilkes Roughly two dozen people came to Hoole on 14 June to an attractive workshop, directed by George Parris (his second visit to NWEMF), devoted to music by a hitherto-unfamiliar mid-seventeenth composer, Giuseppe Corsi … Continue reading Workshop Review – 14 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 the Yorkshire Dales National Park, my interest was piqued. I’d never been on a singing week before, mostly because I couldn’t justify the time or … Continue reading Dowland in the Dales 6-8 June 2025

Workshop Review – 17 May 2025

The secret spirituality of Prioris, Pomponio and Palestrina VOICES & SOFT INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Deborah Catterall St Martin's Chapel, University of Cumbria, Lancaster Reviewer: Chris Martin An intriguing title. Difficult to demonstrate really and impossible to prove without written evidence concerning the meditations of their hearts as they wrote their music. Nevertheless, given that all these … Continue reading Workshop Review – 17 May 2025