We are delighted to welcome back Graham O’Reilly to run the next MEMF workshop. Graham O’Reilly, founder of the “Ensemble William Byrd”, has lived in France for more than 30 years. Originally from Australia, he studied at University of Sydney
Want to get a sneaky bit of practice in before the Bach workshop this weekend?
Here is a chance to hear a version of Cantata 150 together with a rolling score. http://youtu.be/LzT4APqCqRY
Come and sing large-scale Tallis/Mundy
Next workshop to look forward to is on 2nd March. Here’s an opportunity to work on some less familiar pieces by two great masters of English renaissance music, Thomas Tallis (1505-85) and William Mundy (1529-1591). Tallis is much the better-known
Ye Olde Quill and Parchmente is no more…
Some time ago I set up a “bulletin board” as an experiment, to allow MEMF members to get in touch with each other online and discuss eg what the last workshop was like, perhaps arrange to meet up for some
Start Advent with a Song (or several…)!
Hopefully you have already booked your place on the December 1st Vocal Workshop with Steven Rice in Harborne. Steven will be taking us through works by Clemens (non Papa) and Mouton and if it lives up to previous vocal workshops
The Different Faces of William Byrd – September Workshop
The booking form and leaflet are now available for the next MEMF workshop “The Different Faces of William Byrd” – tutor Will Dawes – on 29th September 2012. We haven’t had a Byrd workshop for quite a while now, so
Summer Revels 2012
As we assembled to start the afternoon workshop with Jeffrey Skidmore, the heavens opened once again, proving that moving the Revels to midsummer is no guarantee of better weather! Of course, as soon as we started exploring the South American
Midlands Early Music Forum events in Winter 2011-12
The first outing for the Renaissance BIG Band on 26 November brought together a splendid selection of earlier instruments, a few singers and even a couple of drums. Kathleen Berg steered us rapidly through a programme of Susato dances, and
Why Buy A Harpsichord?
When I was a child, one of our Christmas Eve rituals was shouting to Santa Claus up the chimney, with a long list of requests on which we were encouraged to put a range of possible gifts from small and