On 16 November 2024, we will be holding a workshop for recorders (A=440) in All Saints Church Parish Centre, Vicarage Road, Hoole, Chester CH2 3HZ. This is a much-anticipated workshop will be run by Grace Barton and the Polyphonica Recorder Trio. They will be taking the players through the vocal and instrumental music of Gabrieli … Continue reading Recorders Workshop 16 November 2024 – applications now open
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Workshop Review – 4 November 2023
Photo by Modern Mooch “Gaudeamus!” borrowings in Spanish church music of the Golden Age VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Peter Syrus St Columba’s RC Church, Plas Newton Lane, Chester SH2 1PL Reviewer: Kirsten Flores Much as I always look forward to workshop days, the November weather provided a bit of a hurdle in getting to St … Continue reading Workshop Review – 4 November 2023
Workshop Review – 9 October 2021
Josquin (and Jacquet) VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Andrew Griffiths Location: St Columba's RC Church, Chester Reviewer: Anna Wright Josquin at 500: a remarkable tribute motet A significant anniversary always provides the possibility of a theme for a workshop and the opportunity to mark 500 years since the death of Josquin on 27 August 1521 was … Continue reading Workshop Review – 9 October 2021
Workshop Review – 9 October 2021
Josquin (and Jacquet) VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Andrew Griffiths Location: St Columba's RC Church, Chester Reviewer: Hugh Cherry Writing this, the morning after this workshop, I still have one of the musical phrases from Josquin’s Miserere running through my head. It is a simple downwards minor scale of an octave and occurs several times with … Continue reading Workshop Review – 9 October 2021
Workshop Review – 9 October 2021
Josquin (and Jacquet) VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Andrew Griffiths Location: St Columba's RC Church, Chester Reviewer: Kirsten Flores This was the first “in person” NWEMF workshop I’ve been to since November 2019, and I was a little unsure what to expect. The great pleasure of these workshops for me has always been a chance to … Continue reading Workshop Review – 9 October 2021