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
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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 … Continue reading Applications now open
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
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 … Continue reading Workshop report – 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