At Middleton Hall, near Tamworth. 6:30 to 10:30 pm

Cantata 50 : Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft

Cantata 71 : Gott ist mein König

Tutor : Nicholas McGegan

Assisted by Jaqueline Ross

Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire

A workshop for singers

Tutor : Michael Procter

St. Peter’s Church, Kinver

Joint promotion with Border Marches Early Music Forum

and Italian vocal & instrumental music of the period

Interfora Millennium Residential Weekend Workshop for singers, instrumentalists and dancers

Tutors : Philip Thorby, Margaret Westlake, Alan Lumsden, John Bryan, Mary Collins

Nottingham University – Florence Boot Hall (residential) and Great Hall

Joint promotion by the participating Early Music Fora

A workshop for singers and Baroque orchestra (A=415)

Tutor : Stuart Deeks

St. Nicholas’ church, Warwick

Jolly madrigals, rude catches and Playford dances.

Dance Tutor : Valerie “Boss” Webster

Singing Tutor : Claire Griffel

Music by “Pilgarlick”

Middleton Hall, near Tamworth

A Bach Day forming part of the Warwick Festival 2000, including

A MEMF Workshop on Bach’s Motet Jesu, meine Freude

Tutor: Keith Orrell

plus concerts by The Bach Players and Armonico Tributo,

an organ recital, an exhibition, an architectural walk

and a rare showing of the 1967 film

The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

(featuring Gustav Leonhardt as Johann Sebastian)

Venues include St. Mary’s Church, The Court House, and Warwick School

to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death

at the home of MEMF members John & Elizabeth Turner

A workshop for singers, combining short choral works by ‘modern’ composers

with works by earlier composers who influenced them

Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore

Hawksyard Priory, Armitage, Staffs

A workshop for solo singers, chorus singers, continuo players (A415) and dancers,

exploring baroque gesture and movement

Tutors: Steve Adby, Lucy Graham, Beresford King-Smith

Middleton Hall, near Tamworth

St. Dominic’s School, Brewood, nr. Wolverhampton

The King shall rejoice / Zadok the priest

A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)

Tutor: Simon Halsey

St. James’s Church, Styvechale, Coventry

A Workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)

Tutor: Peter Holman

St. Paul’s Church, St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham

MEMF’s Annual New Year Social and Concert

Middleton Hall, near Tamworth

A non-residential Weekend Workshop for singers, instrumentalists (Low pitch, A=415Hz) and dancers

Tutors: Laurence Cummings, Catherine Mackintosh, Lucy Graham

mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham

A workshop for singers

Tutor : Edward Wickham

St. Nicholas’ Church, Warwick

Joint Promotion with Warwick Arts Society

A workshop for singers, cornetts, sackbuts, recorders, viols, etc. (Modern pitch, A=440Hz)

Tutor : Alan Lumsden

St. Alban’s Church, Highgate, Birmingham

A workshop for singers

Tutor: Clive Walkley

St. Peter’s Maney, Sutton Coldfield

A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (Low pitch, A=415Hz)

Tutor : Jeffrey Skidmore

Hawksyard Priory

In association with Lichfield International Arts Festival

A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (Low pitch, A=415Hz)

Tutor : Mark Deller

Meriden Methodist Church

“Music and Dance at an English Court”

With Diabolus in Musica, Saltarello, and Julia Lowe

Trinity High School, Redditch

In association with Worcester Schools Instrumental Music Service

A workshop for singers

Tutors : Professor Robert Pascall and Nigel Simeone

Arden School, Solihull

In association with Birmingham Early Music Festival

A Workshop for Recorder Players (A=440)

Tutors: Brisk Recorder Quartet, Amsterdam

The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford upon Avon

in association with the Stratford English Music Festival

Including music by Sheppard, Mundy, and Tallis

A workshop for singers

Tutor : Alistair Dixon

Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa

MEMF’s Annual New Year Social and Concert

Middleton Hall, near Tamworth

A workshop for Singers

Tutor: Leigh Nixon (of Gothic Voices)

St. Nicholas’ Church, Warwick

(in association with Warwick Arts Society)

No 39: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot / No. 46: Schauet doch und sehet

A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)

Tutor: Nicholas McGegan

Venue: St. James’s Church, Styvechale, Coventry

A workshop for singers

Tutor: Beresford King-Smith

Venue: Christ Church, Hilderstone, Staffs

A Workshop for singers and renaissance Instruments (A440)

Tutor: Roger Wilkes

Venue: Mount Grace High School, Hinkley

A Workshop for singers and renaissance Instruments (A440)

Tutor: Laurence Cummings

Venue: Hagley Free Church

A workshop for singers

Tutor: David Skinner

Venue: St. Alban’s Church, Highgate, Birmingham

In association with the St. Alban’s Festival

Music for Voices & Viols: Mainly Orlando Gibbons

Tutors:

Singers :	Clare Griffel
Viols :	Jacqui Robertson

Playford Dance

Tutor/caller: Barbara Kinsman

Venue: Middleton Hall,A4091 Near Tamworth, Staffs

A Workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)

Tutor: Nancy Hadden

Venue: Church House and The Court House, Warwick

In association with Warwick Arts Society

A workshop for singers

Tutor: Robert Hollingworth

Dale Street Church Hall, Leamington Spa

A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)

Tutor: Paul Spicer

St Peter’s Methodist Church, Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Joint promotion with North West EMF