Past Workshops

We have embarked on an ambitious project to document NWEMF’s history from its inception in 1977. We will do this primarily with reference to our newsletters, but we will also look at other documents and information as well. In particular, we will make available all full workshop reviews written by our members over the years.

From 2024 onwards, there are also short Workshop Reports for each workshop, which include a few photos, and occasionally a recording made on the day.

There follows a list of past workshops with links to the reviews where available – click on the year to see the workshops for that year.

This page is an ongoing project and will be regularly updated.


2020-present
2026
14 February 2026
Liverpool
Love Early Music! Tutors: Lisa Colton & Louise Ellinson
21 March 2026
Didsbury
From Despair to Joy: Holy Week with Tomás Luis de VictoriaTutor: David Allinson
18 April 2026
Preston
Missa Ave Virgo Sanctissima by Gery de Ghersem, and other pieces from 17th century IberiaTutor: Rory Wainwright Johnston
16 May 2026
Wilmslow
Vivaldi’s GloriaTutor: Ben England
13 June 2026
Lancaster
The polychoral music of Heinrich Schütz and his contemporariesTutor: Peter Wendland
12 September 2026
Chester
Renaissance ‘Back-to-School’ – Music for Learning & ScholarshipTutor: Stephanie Dyer
17 October 2026
Bolton
Music from the OdhecatonTutor: Lizzie Gutteridge
21 November 2026
Bramhall, Stockport
1535 – a year in the life of Pierre AttaingnantTutor: Peter Syrus
2025
15 February 2025
Wilmslow
Music and Ritual in a 16th Century Florentine ConventTutor: Laurie Stras
Reviewer: James Walton
22 March 2025
Didsbury
Missa Diligam Te Domine a 12 by Giovanni ValentiniTutor: Philip Thorby
Reviewer: Bryan Au Yeung
5 April 2025
Bolton
Music for the Chapel Royal No 1Tutor: Chris Roberts
Reviewer: Dorret Conway
5 April 2025
Bolton
Music for the Chapel Royal No 2Tutor: Chris Roberts
Reviewer: Martin Godden
17 May 2025
Lancaster
The Secret Spirituality of Prioris, Pomponio and PalestrinaTutor: Deborah Catterall
Reviewer: Chris Martin
14 June 2025
Chester
The ‘Full Moon’ Mass – Giuseppe Corsi da CelanoTutor: George Parris
Reviewer: Roger Wilkes
13 September 2025
Liverpool
Lusitano and other Portuguese composersTutor: Rory McCleery
Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar
11 October 2025
Manchester
Italian Renaissance CanzonasTutor: Ali Kinder
Reviewer: Frank Gibson
8 November 2025
Sale, Manchester
The Sound of Power: Johann Stadlmayr’s Polychoral Music for the Habsburg CourtsTutor: Gawain Glenton
2024
23 March 2024
Liverpool
“I am troubled on every side!
Music by Tallis and his contemporaries
Tutor: Lisa Colton
20 April 2024
Preston
‘O What Evil is War’ – War and Peace in 17th Century GermanyTutor: Gawain Glenton
Reviewer: Gwenda Meredith
11 May 2024
Didsbury
Handl Opus MusicumTutor: Stephanie Dyer
Reviewer: Vincent Walsh
15 June 2024
Sale
Polychoral music to include works by Lassus, Scheidt, Hassler and othersTutor: Peter Wendland
Reviewer: Susie Ross
21 September 2024
Didsbury
Palestrina plusTutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Chris Martin
19 October 2024
Sale
‘Apt for voices and viols‘ – Music from Jacobean EnglandTutor: Elizabeth Dodd
Reviewer: Tom McLean
9 November 2024
Lancaster
The Music of Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaTutor: Clive Walkley
Reviewer: Terry Wareham
9 November 2024
Lancaster
The Music of Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaTutor: Clive Walkley
Reviewer: Helen Johnson
16 November 2024
Chester
Music of Gabrieli and his European contemporariesTutor: Grace Barton with Polyphonica Recorder Trio
2023
11 March 2023
Lancaster
Felix Austriae: Music from Habsburg ViennaTutor: Gawain Glenton
Reviewer: Gwenda Meredith
15 April 2023
Didsbury
Majesty and Magnificence: Andrea Gabrieli and Orlando di LassoTutor: James Weekes
Reviewer: John Huthnance
13 May 2023
Sale
The Orpheus of Amsterdam – Sweelinck and his pupil ScheidtTutor: George Parris
Reviewer: Kirsten Flores
24 June 2023
Chester
‘Back to the Future’: C11 to ByrdTutor: Angus Smith
4 November 2023
Chester
Gaudeamus!” borrowings in Spanish church music of the Golden AgeTutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Kirsten Flores
11 November 2023
Didsbury
Missa Concertata in Echo by Christoph StrausTutor: David Hatcher
Reviewer: Roger Gibson
2022
12 March 2022
Natland
Colours of Orpheus: using Vocalisation and Imagination to lead to new Discoveries (or a different view of COVID – and what it might mean for singers)Tutor: Evelyn Tubb
Reviewer: Jenny Murphy
30 April 2022
Didsbury
Master and Pupil – Music by Orlandus Lassus and Leonhard LechnerTutor: Philip Thorby
Reviewer: Kirsten Flores
11 June 2022
Cilcain
Exaudi Nos – the masses and motets of Jacob Obrecht (1457/8-1505)Tutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Hugh Cherry
17 September 2022
Didsbury
Mother, Sister, Daughter; Music from the Convent of San Matteo in ArcetriTutor: Laurie Stras
Reviewer: Ruth Stock
12 November 2022
Didsbury
Heinrich Schütz: Geistliche ChormusikTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Andy Coatsworth
2021
21 March 2021
Online
Sinking in a Sink-a-pace: Dowland and DanceTutor: Elizabeth Dodd
Reviewer: Caroline Brown
17 April 2021
Online
Josquin des Pres revisited: the myths, the man and his musicTutor: John Bryan
Reviewer: John Huthnance
11 September 2021
Didsbury
Usper & BassanoTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: David Rowley
9 October 2021
Chester
Josquin (and Jacquet) – No 1Tutor: Andrew Griffiths
Reviewer: Anna Wright
9 October 2021
Chester
Josquin (and Jacquet) – No 2Tutor: Andrew Griffiths
Reviewer: Kirsten Flores
9 October 2021
Chester
Josquin (and Jacquet) – No 3Tutor: Andrew Griffiths
Reviewer: Hugh Cherry
13 November 2021
Didsbury
H Praetorius/ Schutz/BianciTutor: Stephanie Dyer
Reviewer: Susie Greenwood
2020
15 February 2020
Hoylake
Zielenski & PekielTutor: Graham O’Reilly
Reviewer: Chris Poyser
28 November 2020
Online
Rorate caeli – William Byrd’s music for Advent in the Gradualia I (1605)Tutor: David Allinson
Reviewer: John Huthnance
2010-2019
2019
16 February 2019
Didsbury, Manchester
Cardoso Requiem & other Portuguese composersTutor: Rory Johnston
Reviewer: Laura Dias de Almeida
9 March 2019
Wilmslow
Music by Hassler, Lassus & LechnerTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Cath
22 June 2019
Windermere
The Gabrielis in VeniceTutor: Gawain Glenton
Reviewer: Liz Richards
14 September 2019
Didsbury
Praise the Lord! Psalm settings (Lassus, de Monte, Palestrina, Asola)Tutor: John Bryan
Reviewer: Rhoda Bramhall
16 November 2019
Chester
Ceremony and Devotion – William Byrd and his circleTutor: Sally Dunkley
Reviewer: Kirsten Flores
2018
24 February 2018
Chester
Schütz, pieces from Geistliche Chormusik (1648, Op 11) & Psalmen Davids (1619, Op 2)Tutor: Andrew Griffiths
24 March 2018
Wilmslow
Music from the early fifteenth-century: a musical momentTutor: Don Greig
Reviewer: Hugh Cherry
21 April 2018
Wilmslow
Works by Giovanni CroceTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Tim Gannicliffe
26 May 2018
Lancaster
Brumel: Missa Et ecce terrae motusTutor: William Carslake
Reviewer: Clive Walkley
16 June 2018
Didsbury, Manchester
Ecce….Peter Philips!Tutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
22 September 2018
Didsbury, Manchester
In nomine Domini’: John TavernerTutor: David Allinson
26 October 2018
Mold
Crequillon & Lambert: French song, 1500 to 1620Tutor: Deborah Catterall
Reviewer: Jacqui Gresham
24 November 2018
Chester
Puer Natus in BethlehemTutor: Ali Kinder
Reviewer: David Parry
2017
14 January 2017
Wilmslow
Works by Hieronymus PraetoriusTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Isobel McCretton
11 February 2017
Lancaster
Agony and Ecstasy: Music of the Song of Solomon & The Sibylline PropheciesTutor: Alistair Dixon
Reviewer: Ann Bond
18 March 2017
Didsbury, Manchester
Alternatively . . . Giovanni GabrieliTutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Nick Eden
22 April 2017
Cilcain
Renaissance Music for RecordersTutor: Grace Barton
Reviewer: Ros Flinn
6 May 2017
Wilmslow
Explore polyphony from 13th & 14th century FranceTutor: Lizzie Gutteridge
Reviewers: Ruth Stock & Hugh Cherry
3 June 2017
Lancaster
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 – NWEMF 40th AnniversaryTutor: Justin Doyle
Reviewers: John Pratt & Alan Jones
16 September 2017
Didsbury, Manchester
Philippe RogierTutor: Sally Dunkley
Reviewer: Roger Williams
14 October 2017
Liverpool
J.S. Bach and the chorusTutor: Philip Duffy
Reviewer: Jean Hill
18 November 2017
Alderley Edge
Explore the chant of the Slavic Orthodox worldTutor: Ivan Moody
Reviewers: Clive Tolley & Ian Dayes
2016
23 January 2016Madrigals for Spring, a Workshop for SingersTutor: Martin Westhorp
Reviewer: Kate Shore
20 February 2016Libera nos….Libera me a workshop for singersTutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
5 March 2016Music for Lent and PassiontideTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: David Parry
11-14 March 2016NWEMF Viol CourseTutors: Ibi Aziz & Hugh Cherry
Reviewer: Clive Tolley
14 May 2016Into Battle!  a workshop for singers and instrumentalistsTutor: Clive Walkley
Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar
18 June 2016Clemens non Papa (in memoriam Jim Marshall)Tutor: Stephen Rice
Reviewer: Jane Micklethwaite
17 September 2016Purcell: Dido and AeneasTutor: John Hancorn
Reviewer: Susie Greenwood
15 October 2016A Polychoral “Tour of Europe”Tutor: Ali Kinder
Reviewer: Helen Jackson
5 November 2016Fyer, fyer! A bonfire day special for singers and instrumentalistsTutor: Robert Hollingworth
Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar
2015
31 January 2015
Didsbury
“O sing unto the Lord a new song” – Sacred music by Johann Schein (1586-1630)Tutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: George Horsman
21 February 2015
Grappenhall
The sacred music of Dominique PhinotTutor: Paul Spicer
Reviewer: Lucy Crispin
13-16 March 2015
Caernarfon
Fifth NWEMF viol weekend, 13–16 March 2015Tutors: Ibi Aziz & Hugh Cherry
Reviewer: Clive Tolley
21 March 2015
Knutsford
Verse anthem workshop (in memory of Pat Lockwood)Tutor: William Hunt
Reviewer: Philip Gruar
18 April 2015
Didsbury
Purcell: King ArthurTutor: John Hancorn
Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar
16 May 2015
Wilmslow
Mediaeval Polyphony – from organum to JosquinTutor: Donald Grieg
Reviewer: Hugh Cherry
27 June 2015
Chester
Masterpieces of the Portuguese Golden AgeTutor: David Allinson
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
19 September 2015
Lancaster
The Music of Ludwig Senfl and his contemporariesTutor: Eileen Silcocks
Reviewer: Ros Flinn
17 October 2015
Grappenhall
Songs of Robin Hood and MarianTutor: Sara Stowe
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
28 November 2015
Didsbury
Lions of St Mark’sTutor: Jamie Savan
Reviewer: Janet Evans
2014
8 February 2014
Westhoughton
Fire and WaterTutor: Martin Westhorp
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
8 March 2014
Grappenhall
Worldes Bliss: A vocal workshop on Early songsTutor: Sara Stowe
Reviewer: Christine Wood
29 March 2014
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Rosenmüller VespersTutor: James Weekes
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
10 May 2014
Didsbury
Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat MaterTutor: John Hancorn
Reviewer: Hugh Cherry
21 June 2014
Upton-by-Chester
Greatest Glory of our Muses: Church music of Robert White (c1538-1574)Tutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar
13 September 2014
Liverpool
Chant Workshop: Holy Cross DayTutor: Philip Duffy
Reviewer: Morris Davies
11 October 2014
Natland
Music from Spain and the New World: music by Ribera and PadillaTutor: Clive Walkley
Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar
22 November 2014
Knutsford
Early Music for Advent and ChristmasTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Rhoda Bramhall
2013
19 January 2013
Liverpool
Chant Workshop: The Ceremony of the StarTutor: Philip Duffy
Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar
23 February 2013
Sale
Hidden treasures of 17th century Latin AmericaTutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
1-3 March 2013
Llanarmon
Fourth NWEMF viol weekend – the viol music of GermanyTutors: Ibi Aziz & Hugh Cherry
Reviewer: Clive Tolley
9 March 2013
Port Sunlight
Murdered anthems and improper psalms?Tutor: Sally Drage
Reviewers: Ruth Stock & David Roberts
13 April 2013
Didsbury
Motets from the Bach and beyondTutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Sheila Livesey
18 May 2013
Natland
Purcell, English madrigals and moreTutor: Evelyn Tubb
Reviewer: Kate Jackson
29 June 2013
Knutsford
German Sacred musicTutor: John Butt
Reviewer: Marian Needham
28 September 2013
Didsbury
Gentlemen of the ChappellTutor: Alistair Dixon
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
9 November 2013
Wilmslow
Music from the time of Henry VIIITutor: Ralph Allwood
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
2012
4 February 2012
Carnforth
Lutheran VespersTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Frank Estcourt
2-4 March 2012
North Wales
3rd Annual Viol weekendTutors: Ibi Aziz & Hugh Cherry
Reviewer: Clive Tolley
10 March 2012
Sale
Schütz for singers & wind playersTutor: Roger Wilkes (for Philip Thorby)
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
28 April 2012
Knutsford
Bach with Paul SpicerTutor: Paul Spicer
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
23 June 2012
Cholmondeley
Ludford and TallisTutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Hugh Cherry
21-27 July 2012
Chester
NWEMF Summer School 2012Reviewers: Diana & Tom McLean
1 September 2012
Sale, Manchester
Renaissance MassesTutor: David Allison
Reviewers: David Allen & Mark Flinn
13 October 2012Josquin and Lassus: Praeter rerum seriemTutor: David Hatcher
Reviewer: Janet Evans
10 November 2012Machaut & DunstapleTutor: John Leigh Nixon
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
2011
12 March 2011
Westhoughton
“….and birds do sing”Tutor: Martin Westhorp
Reviewer: Janet Evans
12 March 2011
Westhoughton
“…and birds do sing”Tutor: Martin Westhorp
Reviewer: Rhoda Bramhall
9 April 2011
Natland
JUAN ESQUIVEL: Music from a Golden AgeTutor: Clive Walkley
Reviewer: Hugh Cherry
6-9 May 2011
Fort Belan
Fort Belan Viol WeekendTutors: Hugh Cherry & Ibi Aziz
Reviewer: Clive Tolley
4 June 2011
Knutsford
Bach MotetsTutor: Paul Spicer
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
23-29 July 2011
Chester
NWEMF Summer School 2011Reviewer: Pat Stewart
23-29 July 2011
Chester
NWEMF Summer School 2011Reviewer: Janey Katovsky
15 October 2011
Chester
Tomás Luis de Victoria: A ConspectusTutor: Roger Wilkes
2010
23 January & 13 February 2010
Chester
Vocal music by Jan Pieterszoon SweelinckTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Jeanette Burden
6 March 2010
Liverpool
Exploring the English Anthem c.1600-1800Tutor: Sally Drage
Reviewer: Janet Evans
16-18 April 2010
Fort Belan
Fort Belan Viol WeekendTutors: Ibi Aziz and Hugh Cherry
Reviewer: Thelma Williams
22 May 2010
Knutsford
Loquebantur variis linguis: responds by Taverner, Sheppard and TallisTutor: David Allinson
Reviewer: Hannah Davies
24-30 July 2010
Ambleside
NWEMF Summer School 2010Reviewers: Margaret Miller, Jeanette Burden, Angela Wood
23 October 2010
Huddersfield
Joint NWEMF/NEEMF Workshop – Giovanni CroceTutor: Michael Proctor
Reviewers: Frances Burditt, Roger Dillon, John Bryan
4 December 2010
Chorley
Season’s Greetings, from Michael PraetoriusTutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
2000-2009
2009
31 January 2009
Carnforth
Carissimi comes to CarnforthTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Charles Browne
7 March 2009
Lancaster
AGM and workshop with Philip ThorbyTutor: Philip Thorby
Reviewer: Janet Evans
17-19 April 2009
Nottingham
Interfora and NEMA Handel 250th Anniversary CommemorationTutor: Laurence Cummings
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
25 April 2009
Chester
William Byrd’s Songs of Sundrie NaturesTutors: Philip Taylor and Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Rhoda Bramhall
16 May 2009
Chester
William Byrd: Songs of sundrie naturesTutors: Philip Taylor & Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Thelma Williams
13 June 2009
Crosthwaite
Renaissance music for harps and early instrumentsTutor: Elizabeth Dodd
Reviewer: Virginia Clucas
20 June 2009
Northwich
Angels and archangels – music from the Chigi CodexTutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
25-30 July 2009
Ambleside
NWEMF Renaissance Summer School 2009Reviewers: Emma Wardell; David Adshead
21 November 2009
Chester
First Vespers of Saint CeciliaTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Mark Flinn
5 December 2009
Chester
The Spanish Renaissance, a workshop for recorder playersTutor: Grace Barton
Reviewer: Alix Bryson
2008
11 October & 8 November 2008
Chester
Music by Jakob Handl (Gallus) and Jacobus de KerleTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Jenny Howard
29 November 2008
Newcastle under Lyme
Juan Esquivel – new music from old manuscriptsTutor: Clive Walkley
Reviewer: Hugh Cherry
26 July-1 August 2008
Ambleside
NWEMF Summer School of Renaissance MusicReviewers: Ron Kelley and Hazel Bone
14 June 2008
Cilcain
Music for a Tudor church ‘Songs to popish ditties’ – music by John Taverner (c1490-1545)Tutor: Peter Syrus
Reviewer: Janet Evans
5 & 26 April 2008
Chester
Marian antiphons and motetsTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Jeanette Burden
2 February 2008
Carnforth
Music and readings for CandlemasTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Sylvia Irvine
2007
20 January & 17 February 2007
Chester
Music by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) and his German predecessorsTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewers: Janey Katovsky & Beth Lloyd
3 February 2007
Carnforth
Tudor EvensongTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Silvia Irvine
10 March 2007
Manchester
In NomineTutors: David Allinson, Elizabeth Dodd, Philip Gruar
Reviewers: Janet Evans, David Roberts
21 April & 19 May 2007
Chester
Lesser-known motets from Byrd’s Gradualia, Book 1 (1605/1610)Tutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: Ron Kelley
9 June 2007
Chester
Voices and Viols WorkshopTutor: Abi Aziz
Reviewers: Clive Tolley, Ron Kelley
21-27 July 2007
Ambleside
NWEMF Renaissance Music Summer SchoolReviewer: David Fletcher
11-18 August 2007
Languedoc
Renaissance consort singing workshop in LanguedocTutors: Francis Steele, Robert Hollingworth, Robert Harre Jones
Reviewer: Nicky Brooks
6 & 20 October 2007
Chester
‘Serious’ British MadrigalsTutor: Roger Wilkes
Reviewer: David Rowley
10 November 2007
Natland
Music in honour of the Blessed VirginTutor: Clive Walkley
Reviewer: Jill Mitchell
8 December 2007
Newcastle under Lyme
Croce: Four Choir Mass and other works (Joint workshop with MEMF)Tutor: Michael Proctor
Reviewer: Jim Rowley

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Workshop Report – 18 April 2026

We were in the Reading Room on the first floor of the imposing Harris Library & Museum in Preston on Saturday 18 April 2026 for our voices workshop with Rory Wainwright Johnston. There were 26 singers, and after a helpful warmup, we started with Guerrero’s 5 part motet Ave Virgo sanctissima, which proved an inspiration…

Workshop Report – 21 March 2026

David Allinson’s workshop on 21 March in Didsbury Baptist Church was a great success. A total of 68 marvellous singers attended for a day of Tomás Luis de Victoria’s finest music – sublime, intense and uplifting in equal measures. And there was something very special to hear it sung so well by such a large…

Workshop Report – 14 February 2026

Our first workshop of the year was a joint venture with the University of Liverpool and took place at The Tung Auditorium, one of the Liverpool’s premier concert venues. Our workshop leaders were Lisa Colton, Head of Music at Liverpool University, and Louise Ellinson, Choral Director. On the day, 37 students from the University Chamber…

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 were represented in the Exhibition Hall with a shared stand. In past years, TVEMF usually went along as London falls within their catchment area, but…

Workshop report – 8 November 2025

Our last workshop of 2025 was a most memorable one, where Gawain Glenton took us through five colossal motets in 3 and 4 choirs by Stadlmayr, Massaino and Zucchini as follows: Nos vos me eligistis a15 (Tiburtio Massaino c1550 – c1608)Kyrie from Missa sine nomine a16 (Gregorio Zucchini c1540 – c1615)Dies sanctificatus a14 (Johann Stadlmayr…

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…

Workshop report – 11 October 2025

Renaissance Italian canzonas Tutor: Alison Kinder St Matthew’s Community Hall, Chapel Lane, Stretford, Manchester M32 9AJ We were delighted to welcome back Ali Kinder to Manchester for an instrumental workshop at St Matthew’s in Stretford where 22 joined us for a day of Italian canzonas. St Matthew’s Community Hall is a great venue, and is…

Workshop report – 13 September 2025

Lusitano and other Portuguese composers Tutor: Rory McCleery St Agnes & St Pancras Church, 1 Buckingham Ave, Liverpool L17 3BA Thanks to everyone who came to Rory McCleery’s workshop today at St Agnes & St Pancras Church in Liverpool. The church has previously been a workshop venue, but in recent years it has undergone a…

Applications now open

Applications for our remaining 2025 workshops are now open – after the summer break, we’ll be starting off in style in the beautiful Gothic Victorian church of St Agnes in Liverpool with Rory McCleery on 13 September 2025. Rory will be leading us through a wonderful programme of Portuguese polyphony, with a special emphasis on…

Workshop report – 14 June 2025

It was a lovely summer’s day in Chester when we met at All Saint’s Church Parish Centre in Hoole, Chester for a workshop with George Parris. With 20 singers and 7 instrumentalists, George took us through the double choir The Full Moon Mass by the somewhat forgotten Italian composer, Guiseppe Corsi de Celano (1631/32–1691). We…

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