Valentini’s Missa Diligam te Domine a 12 VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Philip Thorby Didsbury Baptist Church, Manchester Reviewer: Bryan Au Yeung Nearly sixty singers and instrumentalists gathered at Didsbury Baptist Church for another round of early music fun, welcoming Philip Thorby to guide us through the musical genius behind Missa Diligam te, Domine a 12 … Continue reading Workshop Review – 22 March 2025
Tag: Voices & Instruments
Workshops 17 May & 14 June – applications now open
We are pleased to announce that applications for our May and June workshops are now open for bookings. Deborah Catterall will be leading a workshop for voices, viols and low recorders in Lancaster on 17 May 2025 titled The Secret Spirituality of Prioris, Palestrina and Pomponio. As well as looking at a several pieces by … Continue reading Workshops 17 May & 14 June – applications now open
Workshop Report – 15 February 2025
Our first workshop of the year took place in Wilmslow United Reformed Church, a new venue for us and one we will be returning to. Laurie Stras led a wonderful workshop with 38 singers, all upper voices (including some intrepid men), viol and recorder players, accompanied by continuo. We worked through 12 pieces of beautiful … Continue reading Workshop Report – 15 February 2025
Workshop Review – 15 February 2025
Music and Ritual in a 16th Century Florentine Convent VOICES & SOFT INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Laurie Stras Wilmslow United Reformed Church Reviewer: James Walton A brisk walk, a back seat ride on the number 35, a delayed train to Piccadilly, a just-made-it-with-less-than-a-minute-to-spare connection on Platform 12 and another, brisker - much brisker - walk was the … Continue reading Workshop Review – 15 February 2025
Workshop 5 April 2025 – applications now open
Christopher Roberts of the National Centre for Early Music will be leading a workshop for NWEMF for the first time in Bolton Parish Church Hall. For voices and strings, this workshop will look at three pieces by Purcell and Blow written for the coronation of James II in 1685. Applications are now open for this … Continue reading Workshop 5 April 2025 – applications now open