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 … Continue reading Workshop report – 8 November 2025

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

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 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 … Continue reading Workshop report – 11 October 2025

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 … Continue reading Workshop report – 13 September 2025