Voices & Instruments Workshop 9 November 2024 – applications now open

On 9 November 2024, Clive Walkley will be leading a workshop on the music of Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, a Spanish composer who ended up as maestro de capilla at Puebla Cathedral in Mexico. The main work will be Padilla's Missa sine nomine, as well a number of other pieces. The workshop is for singers … Continue reading Voices & Instruments Workshop 9 November 2024 – applications now open

Book Review

Juan Esquivel: A Master of Sacred Music during the Spanish Golden Age by Clive Walkley Review by Roger Wilkes Clive Walkley, Juan Esquivel: A Master of Sacred Music during the Spanish Golden Age, The Boydell Press, 2010.  ISBN 9781843835875.  270pp.  £55. Clive Walkley’s workshops, devoted to various aspects of Spanish sacred music during the Renaissance … Continue reading Book Review

Workshop Review – 14 May 2016

Landsknechte, etching by Daniel Hopfer, c. 1530 Into Battle!  a workshop for singers and instrumentalists VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Clive Walkley Location: St Mark’s Church, Natland Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar Battle Music in the 16th century, Clive Walkley, Natland, 14 May. On 14 May, in the quiet village church of St Mark’s, Natland, a group of … Continue reading Workshop Review – 14 May 2016

Workshop Review – 11 October 2014

Choir organ and fascitol (choir book stand) at Puebla’s cathedral (Undated photo) Music from Spain and the New World: music by Ribera and Padilla VOICES Tutor: Clive Walkley Location: St Mark’s Church, Natland Reviewer: Valerie Pedlar Over the years I've become accustomed to doing all sorts of exercises before singing: physical exercises, vocal exercises, exercises … Continue reading Workshop Review – 11 October 2014

Workshop Review – 9 April 2011

JUAN ESQUIVEL: Music from a Golden Age VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Clive WalkleyLocation: St Mark's Church, Natland, near Kendal, CumbriaReviewer: Hugh Cherry Juan Esquivel in the Lake District On Saturday 9th April 2011 a group of  singers and instrumentalists gathered in the parish church at Natland on the edge of the Lake District to study … Continue reading Workshop Review – 9 April 2011