Just to show you what you’ve been missing all these years, here is a list of older workshops.
This archive is currently being updated. Most recent events appear at the top (from 2016 to 2008), then the order reverses for 1998 to 2007. You can jump straight to 1998.
Saturday 9th June 2018
Italian Concertos – workshop for strings @ pitch A415
Tutor: Teresa Caudle
Venue: Knowle Village Hall
Saturday 19th May 2018
Lions of St.Marks: Gabrieli, Grillo & Guami – Workshop for Voices and instruments @ pitch A440
Tutor: Jamie Savan
Venue: St George’s Church, Rugby
Saturday 28th April 2018
Dominique Phinot: Pater Peccavi, Missa si bona suscepimus and the Lamentations – workshop for voices
Tutor: Paul Spicer
Venue: Dorridge Village Hall
Saturday 10th March 2018
Handel: Dixit Dominus – workshop for voices and instruments @ A415
Tutor: David Hatcher
Venue: St Nicholas’ Church, Warwick
Saturday 10th February 2018
Ceremony and Devotion:Sacred Music of the Tudors (Tallis, Parsons, Sheppard & White) – workshop for voices
Tutor: Sally Dunkley
Venue: St.Faith and St.Laurence Church, Harborne
Saturday 2nd December 2017
Christmas Music – workshop for voices and instruments A440
Tutor: Alison Kinder
Venue: Dale Street Methodist Church, Leamington Spa
Saturday and Sunday 4th & 5th November 2017
Orazio Benevoli: Dixit Dominus & Gloria – workshop for voices and instruments
Tutor Philip Thorby
Venue: Knowle Village Hall, St.John’s Close, Knowle, B93 0NH
Saturday 14th October 2017
The Noodle Factory
Improvisation, Ornamentation and Decoration – workshop for voices and instruments A440
Tutor Paula Chateauneuf
Venue:Dorridge Village Hall, Grange Road, Dorridge, Solihull, B93 8QA
Saturday 16th September 2017
Purcel: King Arthur – workshop for voices and instruments A415
Tutor John Hancorn
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist Church, Langley’s Road, Selly Oak.
Saturday 22nd July 2017
French Music for Baroque Band (A415)
Instrumental Workshop with Tutor Steven Devine
Venue: St.Nicholas Church, Warwick, CV34 4JD
Saturday 3rd June 2017
Hieronymus Praetorius – Music from Hamburg around 1600
Workshop for voices with Tutor Andrew Carwood
Venue: Emmanuel Church, Forest Road, Loughborough, LE11 3NW
Saturday 6th May (includes the MEMF AGM)
The Catholic Kings – Music of the early Spanish Renaissance
Workshop for voices with Tutor Richard Wilberforce
Venue: St.Faith & St.Laurence Church, Harborne, B17 8RE
Saturday 22nd April 2017
Monteverdi the Sacred Dramatist
Workshop for voices and instruments (pitch A440)
Tutor: Justin Doyle
Venue: St.Andrew’s Parish Centre, Sandhills Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham B45 8NR
Saturday March 18th 2017
Josquin, Dufay and Ockeghem
Workshop for Singers with Tutor Andrew Kirkman
Venue: The Dome, Bramall Building, Birmingham University, Edgbaston
Saturday 4th February 2017
Muffat – music from Armonico Tributo and Florilegium Primum
Workshop for strings ( pitch A415) with Tutor Nicolette Moonen
Venue: Dale Street Methodist Church, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HL
Saturday 14th January 2017
O Admirabile Commercium – Renaissance music for Epiphany
Workshop for Singers with Tutor David Allinson
Venue: St.Nicholas Church, Warwick, CV34 4JD
Saturday 10th December 2016
Charpentier- Messe de Minuit
Workshop for voices, instruments and organ.
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist Church, Langleys Road, Birmingham, B29 6HT
Saturday 24th September 2016
Zielensky – the Gabrieli of Poland
Workshop for Voices, Strings, Wind instruments and continuo (Pitch A440)
Tutor: Graham O’Reilly
Venue: Dale Street Methodist Church, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HL
Saturday 22nd October 2016
Italian Masters of the Renaissance incl. Padovana’s 24 part Mass and Striggio in 40 parts if we have sufficient numbers.
Workshop for voices and instruments A440
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: David Turnbull Music School, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DJ
Sunday 23rd October 2016
Baroque Band Telemann Workshop A415
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: David Turnbull Music School, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DJ
Saturday 12th November 2016
Martin Peerson’s Grave Chamber Music of 1630 Workshop for voices, viols and organ to promote a forthcoming recording.
Tutors:Robert Hollingworth and Richard Boothby
Venue: St Faith and St.Laurence Church, Harborne, B17 8RD
Saturday 16th July 2016
Renaissance Fest for Voices and Viols with Strawberries, cream and cake!
Venue: St George’s Church, St.John’s Avenue, Hillmorton, Rugby, CV22 5HR
Saturday 18th June 2016
Renaissance Polychoral Music (A440) Instrumental workshop for recorders, voices and viols
Tutor: Alison Kinder
Venue: The David Turnbull Music School, Solihull School
Saturday 21st May 2016
Baroque Band – Handel Concerto Grossi Instrumental workshop for strings, oboes and bassoons A415
Tutor: David Hatcher
Venue: Dale Street Methodist Church, Leamington Spa
Saturday 16th April 2016
Schein. Workshop for voices and instruments.
Tutor: Peter Syrus
Venue: Methodist Church, Blossomhill Road, Solihull
Saturday 12th March 2016
de Rore and Jacquet de Mantua. Workshop for singers.
Tutor: Stephen Rice
Venue: St Nicholas’Church, Warwick
Saturday 13th February 2016
Princeley Splendour – Choral music from C18th Rome Workshop for voices and continuo.
Tutor: Peter Leech
Venue: St Andrew’s Church Hall, Barnt Green
Saturday 13th February 2016
Princeley Splendour – Choral music from C18th Rome
Workshop for voices and continuo.
Tutor: Peter Leech
Venue: St Andrew’s Church Hall, Barnt Green
Saturday 16th January 2016
Sacred Music by Gesualdo and others – vocal workshop
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth
Venue: Lutley Community Centre, Halesowen
Saturday 5th December 2015
Come and sing /play some of Handel’s Messiah – bring your friends! Mince pies included.
Tutor: Steve Davis Venue: Dale Street Methodist Church, Leamington Spa
Sunday 15th November 2015
Master classes for pre-formed groups with Philip Thorby
Venue: Solihull Music School
Saturday 14th November 2015
Andrea Gabrieli – workshop for voices and instruments A440
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: Solihull Music School
Saturday 3rd October 2015
Baroque String Workshop – Purcell and Scheidt A415
Tutor: Kate Fawcett
Venue: Dorridge Village Hall, Grange Road, Dorridge
Saturday 19th September 2015
Giaches de Wert: Ascendite Jesu and Vox in Rama – workshop for voices.
Tutor: Will Dawes
Venue: St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne
Saturday 11th July 2015
Johann Jasper Kerll: Missa in fletu solatium Workshop for voices and instruments A440
Tutor: David Hatcher
Venue: St George’s Church, Rugby
Saturday 6th June 2015
Rigatti Magnificat – workshop for voices and instruments A440. This workshop will include the AGM at 1.45pm.
Tutor: Richard Roddis
Venue: Solihull School
Saturday 16th May 2015
Madrigals – an informal afternoon, singing one / two / three or more to a part as you choose.
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist Church
Saturday 25th April 2015
Three Generations of Bach – a workshop for voices and instruments (pitch A415) to commemorate Edwin Griggs our past Chairman. Includes a free buffet lunch.
Tutor: Paul Spicer
Venue: Solihull Methodist Church Hall
Saturday 7th March 2015
Palestrina, Victoria and de Padilla – a workshop for voices
Tutor: Nigel Short.
Venue: St Nicholas Church, Warwick, CV34 4JD
Saturday 7th February 2015
Workshop for Baroque Instrumentalists (Pitch A415)
Early booking required
Tutor: Martin Perkins
Venue: St Nicholas Church, Warwick, CV34 4JD
Saturday 15th November 2014
Purcell a vocal and instrumental workshop A440
Tutor: Steven Devine.
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist church, Langleys Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6HT
Saturday 4th October 2014
Lully and Scarlatti – String Workshop A415.
Tutor Theresa Caudle
Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa
Saturday 27th September 2014
Verse Anthems. Vocal workshop with Tutor Bill Hunt
Venue: St Margaret’s Church Hall, Leicester LE1 3EB
Saturday 5 July 2014
Renaissance Music.
Vocal workshop with tutor David Allinson.
Venue: St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne.
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May 2014
Florentine Intermedii 1589. Workshop for singers, players and dancers.
Tutor: Philip Thorby.
Venue: The David Turnbull Music School, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3DJ
Saturday 29 March 2014
Rosenmuller: Vespers. Instrumental and vocal workshop (joint NWEMF-MEMF event).
Tutor: James Weeks.
Venue: St Andrew’s Westland, Pilkington Avenue, Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs ST5 3RE
Saturday 22 February 2014
Music by Charpentier. Instrumental and vocal workshop (A415).
Tutor: Graham O’Reilly.
Venue: Dale Street Methodist Church, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HL
Saturday 11 January
Mediæval Music. Vocal workshop.
Tutor: Donald Grieg.
Venue: Clarendon Hall, St Nicholas Parochial Hall, 28 High Street, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1LZ
Saturday 16 November 2013
Handel : Coronation anthems ‘The King shall Rejoice’ and My Heart is Inditing. Instrumental and vocal workshop (A415).
Tutor: Robert King
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist Church, Langleys Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6HT
Saturday 28 September 2013
Russian Rococo church music. Vocal workshop
Tutor: Peter Leech
Venue: St Nicholas Church, St Nicholas Church Street, Warwick, CV34 4JD
Sunday 14 July 2013
Midsummer Revels.
Tutor: David Hatcher.
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth, B78 2AE
Sunday 9 June 2013
John Dowland: Workshop
Tutor: Stuart McCoy
Venue: David Turnbull Music School, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3DJ
Saturday 8 June 2013
John Dowland: Masterclass
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: David Turnbull Music School, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3DJ
Saturday 27 April 2013
Instrumental and vocal workshop (A=415): J.S. Bach: Cantatas 77 and 150
Tutor: Paul Spicer
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Smethwick, West Midlands B67 5LS
Saturday 16th March
Instrumental Workshop (A=415): Vivaldi L’Estro Armonico
Tutor: Lyn Selwood
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Smethwick, West Midlands B67 5LS
Saturday 2 March 2013
Rare/large-scale Tallis/Mundy Singers
Tutor: Alastair Dixon
Venue; Solihull Methodist Church Hall, Blossomfield Road, Solihull, B91 1LG
Saturday January 26th 2013
Scarlatti Stabat Mater
Singers Plus Continuo
Tutor: John Hancorn
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist Church
Saturday 1st December 2012
Vocal Workshop
Clemens (non Papa) and Mouton
Tutor: Stephen Rice
Venue: Harborne, St. Faith’s & St. Lawrence
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 October 2012
Non-residential weekend workshop
Giovanni Gabrieli: Vocal and instrumental music.
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: Solihull School
29th September 2012
Vocal workshop
The Different Faces of William Byrd
Tutor: Will Dawe
Venue: St. Paul’s Church, Friar St. Warwick, CV34 6HA
Sunday 24th June 2012
Midsummer Revels (evening) + workshop (afternoon) + MEMF AGM
Afternoon workshop – Tutor tba
Venue: Middleton Hall nr Tamworth B78 2AE
Saturday 12 May 2012
Motets by JS and JC Bach
A day workshop for singers and instrumentalists (A415)
Tutor: John Butt
Venue: All Saints Church, Birmingham Road, Allesley, Coventry CV5 9EQ
Saturday 10th March 2012
Vivaldi: Two settings of Dixit Dominus, RV594 & RV595
A day workshop for singers, ncluding soloists, and instrumentalists (415)
Tutor: Neil Ferris
Venue:Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Smethwick, B67 5LS
Saturday 11th February 2012
Treasures of the Renaissance
A day workshop for singers
Directed by some members of Stile Antico
Venue: Warwick School, Myton Road, Warwick CV34 6PP
Saturday 21st January 2012
Josquin: motet and Lassus: Praeter Rerum Serium
A day workshop for singer and instrumentalists (A440)
Tutor: David Hatcher
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Blossomfield Road, Solihull, B91 1LG
Saturday 26 November 2011
Renaissance Instrumental workshop (repertoire to include Praetorius etc)
Renaissance instrumental workshop for bowed and plucked strings, keyboards and loud and soft renaissance wind instruments (A=440). Singers welcome to double parts if they would like to explore the repertoire but this is mostly about the instruments.
Tutor: Kathleen Berg (A=440)
Venue: St Nicholas Church , Warwick CV34 4JD
Sunday 6th November 2011
Striggio: 40/60 part Missa sopra Ecco sìbeato giorno
(Border Marches EMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists (A440) supported by MEMF and other fora)
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth
Venue: Kidderminster Town Hall, DY10 1EJ
Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th October 2011
Luca Marenzio: Sacred and secular
A Saturday workshop for singers and instruments, and a Sunday master classes for pre-formed groups
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist church, Langleys Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6HT
Sunday 9th October
Masterclasses for pre-formed groups
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: Knowle Village Hall, St Johns Close, Solihull B93 0NH
Saturday 17th September 2011
William Croft: Sacred music
A workshop for singers and instruments NB A=415
Tutor: Peter Leech
Venue: St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne, Birmingham
8th-10th July 2011
Bach B minor mass (A415)
A non-residential weekend workshop for singers, including soloists, and baroque instruments (A415)
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth assisted by Lynn Selwood
Venue: The David Turnbull Music School, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DJ
Saturday 2nd July 2011
Baroque Band Day – rehearsal for B minor Mass, etc
A day workshop for instruments (A=415)
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Smethwick, West Midlands B67 5LS
Saturday 21st May 2011
17th Century Portuguese Polyphony
A day workshop for singers and appropriate instruments: bassoon, dulcian, viols, violone, continuo (A440)
Tutor: Graham O’Reilly
Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa
Saturday 2nd April 2011
Victoria Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) 1605
A day workshop for singers
Tutor: David Hill
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist Church, 76 Langleys Rd, Birmingham B29 0HT
26th March 2011
Renaissance into Baroque: an exploration of instrumental music of the seventeenth century
A workshop for baroque band: violins, viols and wind (A=415)
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Bearwood B67 5LS
12th February 2011
Lassus Prophetiae Sibyllarum
A day workshop for singers.
Tutor: Stephen Rice
Venue: St Peter’s Church, Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield B72 1JJ
8 January 2011
MEMF Revels
Afternoon workshop and evening feasting and jollification
Tutor: David Hatcher
Venue: Middleton Hall
11th December 2010
Renaissance Christmas
A day workshop for singers
Tutor: David Allinson
Venue: St George’s Church, Rugby CV22 5HR
13 November 2010
Henri Dumont and Contemporaries
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa CV32 5HL
2nd October 2010
Lutes, viols and voices
A day workshop with Stuart McCoy
Tutor: Stuart McCoy
Venue: Arden School, Station Rd, Knowle, Solihull B93 0P
24 September 2010
Vauxhall Gardens Composers.
Workshops for Baroque Band and solo singers (A415) , and a capella singers
Includes MEMF AGM
Tutors : Lyn Selwood, Clare Griffel
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Bearwood B67 5LS
12 June 2010
Handel and James Nares: Anthems
A day workshop for singers and baroque instruments (A415)
Tutor: Peter Leech
22 May 2010
A Risky Business: Improvisation
A day workshop for singers and instruments (A 440)
Tutor: Paula Chateauneuf
Venue: St Mark’s Church, Rugby Road, Leamington Spa CV32 6DL
17/18 April 2010
Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers
Weekend workshop for singers and instruments
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DJ
13 March 2010
Venetian Vespers
A day workshop for singers and instruments
Tutor: Christopher Monks
Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa CV32 5HL
27 February 2010
Ludwig Senfl: Ave Maria (six part)
A day workshop for singers and instruments
Tutor: David Hatcher
Venue: St Faith and St Laurence Church, Croftdown Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 8RE
30 January 2010
Baroque Band
Baroque Band rehearsal.
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Venue : Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Bearwood B67 5LS
9 January 2010
MEMF Revels – Postponed due to bad weather.
South American Baroque
An afternoon workshop for singers and instrumentalists.
Then food (bring and share), and evening performances and jollifcations.
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Middleton Hall nr Tamworth B78 2AE
14 November 2009
Palestrina: Mass movements and Motets
A day workshop for singers
Tutor: David Allinson
Venue: St George’s Church, St John’s Avenue, Rugby CV22 5HR10
10th October 2009
Lutes, Viols and Voices
The ever popular event. Opportunities to play/sing one to a part or in a bigger group.
Tutor: Stuart McCoy
Venue: Arden School, Solihull
24 October 2009
Baroque Band Day (A 415)
Oboe concertos and Bach’s Bass Cantata ‘Ich habe genug’, Albioni, Alcock
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church B67 5LS
26 September 2009
Scheidt and Schein
Singers and instruments
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth
Venue: St Peter’s Church, Maney, Sutton Coldfield
30 May 2009
Baroque Band
Bach, Brandenburg 4; Vivaldi, two of the L’Estro Armonico concertos – No. 1 in D major (RV 549) and No. 10 in B minor
Sinfonia from Handel’s Saul
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church B67 5LS
16 May 2009
Manchicourt, Crecquillon and Phinot
A day workshop for singers and instruments
Tutor: Stephen Rice
Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa
17 – 19 April 2009
Handel: Saul
Residential weekend workshop
Tutor: Laurence Cummings
Venue: Nottingham University (Interfora event)
21 March 2009
Victoria: Anthems and Marian Antiphons
A day workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)
Tutor: Peter Seymour
Venue: St Nicholas Church, Warwick CV34 4JD
14 February 2009
The Old Hall Manuscript
A day workshop for singers
Tutor: Leigh Nixon
Venue: St George’s Church, St John’s Avenue, Hillmorton, Rugby CV22 5HR
3 January 2009
MEMF Revels
Afternoon workshop (Banchieri, Festino) for singers and players, and evening entertainment
Afternoon tutor: Richard Roddis
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth, B78 2AE
8 November 2008
Handel, Acis and Galatea
Baroque Band day, with singers
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Saturday 11 October 2008
Lutes, viols and voices
Day workshop for singers and players
Tutor: Stewart McCoy
Venue: Arden School, Station Road, Knowle, Solihull B93 0PT
20 September 2008John Blow (c 1648-1708) Anthems and motetsA day workshop for singers and instrumentsTutor: Peter LeechVenue: St Peter’s Church, Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield B72 1JJ
Sunday 6th April 2008
Master classes for preformed groupsTutor: Philip ThorbyVenue: Solihull School Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DJ
Saturday 5 April 2008
Michael Praetorius on de Wert, Lassus et alA day workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)Tutor: Philip ThorbyVenue: Polesworth Abbey, High Street, Polesworth B78 1DU
Saturday 9 February 2008
Handel Wedding Anthem “This is the day”A day workshop for singers and instruments (A415)Tutor: Laurence CummingsVenue: St Nicholas Church, Warwick CV34 4JD
Saturday 26 January 2008
Baroque Band Day – Pieces by Handel with Lynn Selwood
Saturday 5th January 2008MEMF’s New Year Revels including an afternoon workshop: ‘Christmas in the West Gallery’ – Jolly Georgian Carols, for Voices and instruments (strings, winds and keyboards – pitch A440) with Beresford King-Smith and our usual evening jollifications with dancing led by Cathy GreenhillVenue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth B78 2AE
J.S. Bach Cantatas – a workshop for singers & Baroque Orchestra (A=415 Hz)Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36
Herr, gehe nicht in’s Gericht, BWV 105
Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben, BWV 109
Tutor : Nicholas Kraemer
Venue: St. George’s Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Saturday 28th February 1998
William Byrd : Motets and Mass for five voices – a workshop for singersTutor : Christopher Robinson
Venue: Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
Joint Promotion with Border Marches Early Music Forum
Good Friday, 10th April 1998
Buxtehude : Cycle of Passion Cantatas – Membra Jesu NostriA workshop for singers, strings and continuo instruments (A=415Hz)
Tutor : Nicholas McGegan
Venue: Sutton Coldfield United Reformed Church
Saturday 16th May 1998
French Baroque Chamber Music Workshop (Any pitch : A440, A415 or A392)Tutors : Trio Faronell (Alan Davis (recorder), Jane Ryan (bass viol), Andrew Hurst (theorbo))
Venue: Elgar Suite, University of Birmingham
In association with West Midlands Region Early Music Consortium
Thursday 21st May 1998
Uncle Beresford’s 10th Anniversary Musical PartyVenue: Bartholomews, Little Packington, Meriden, Coventry – from 7:00 pm
Saturday 20th June 1998
European Sacred Music – A workshop for singers and OrganTutor : John Rutter
Venue: St. Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Saturday 25th July 1998
MEMF’s Summer Event at Middleton HallMadrigals from Il Trionfo di Dori (1592) and The Triumphs of Oriana (1601)
Tutors : Clare Griffel, Beresford King-Smith
Playford Workshop & Dance
Tutors : Valerie “Boss” Webster, with “Pilgarlick”
Saturday 12th September 1998
A Workshop for young peopleInstrumental music, singing, dancing, drama, history.
With Diabolus in Musica, Saltarello, and Diversions
Venue: Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
In association with Wolverhampton Council Leisure Services and West Midlands Region Early Music Consortium. Funded by the National Lottery via the “Arts 4 Everyone” scheme.
Saturday 19th September 1998
Hildegard of Bingen : A 900th Anniversary Workshop for singersTutor : Alison Sabedoria
Venue: St. Alban’s Church, Highgate, Birmingham
Saturday 7th November 1998
Music for the Courts of Burgundy (Josquin, de la Rue, Barbireau)A workshop for singers, including some work from facsimiles.
Tutor : Edward Wickham
Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
Joint promotion with Warwick Arts Society, linked to a Clerks’ Group concert on 11th November
Saturday 12th December 1998
Christmas in VeniceA workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A=440)
Tutor : Alan Lumsden
Venue: St. Germain’s Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Saturday 9th January 1999
MEMF’s New Year RevelsVenue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth
Saturday 23rd January 1999
Music composed for the Sistine Chapel ChoirTutor : Jonathan Brown
Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Warwick.
Sat/Sun 13th/14th February 1999
Purcell : The Fairy QueenA weekend workshop for singers, dancers and baroque orchestra (A=415Hz)
Tutors : Harry Christophers, Catherine Mackintosh, Lucy Graham, Stephen Adby
Venue: mac, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Saturday 20th March 1999
Victoria : Music for Holy Week and EasterA workshop for singers
Tutor : Beresford King-Smith
Venue: Erdington Methodist Church
Saturday 24th April 1999
Handel : Alexander’s FeastA workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A=415Hz)
Tutor : Paul Spicer
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist Church
Saturday 12th June 1999
A Consort Playing DayFor recorders, viols and “broken consorts”
Tutors : The Arden Consort (Caroline Jones, Jacqui Robertson, Val Brodie)
Venue: Middleton Hall
Saturday 26th June 1999
15th century dance at the Burgundian and Italian courtsTutor : Diana Cruickshank
Venue: Arden School, Knowle
Saturday 17th July 1999
Monteverdi : “Madrigals made spiritual”A workshop for singers
Tutor : Jeffrey Skidmore
Sunday 12th September 1999
A Workshop for young peopleInstrumental music, singing, dancing, drama, history.
With Diabolus in Musica, Saltarello, and Diversions
Venue: Rugby Music School
Saturday 9th October 1999
John Blow – a 350th anniversary workshopFor singers, strings and organ
Tutor: David Hill
Saturday 30th October 1999
Guerrero : Vespers for All Saints’ DayFor singers & renaissance instruments (A=440Hz)
Tutor : Alastair Dixon
Venue: St. Alban’s church, Highgate, Birmingham
Linked to a Birmingham Early Music Festival concert by Chapelle du Roi – “The Iberian Peninsula”
Saturday 11th December 1999
Medieval and renaissance Christmas musicFrom The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols
A workshop for singers
Tutor : Jeremy Summerly
Venue: St. Peter’s Maney, Sutton Coldfield
Saturday 8th January 2000
MEMF’s Millennium Revels
At Middleton Hall, near Tamworth. 6:30 to 10:30 pm
Sunday 6th February 2000
J.S. Bach : 250th anniversary workshop
Cantata 50 : Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft
Cantata 71 : Gott ist mein König
Tutor : Nicholas McGegan, assisted by Jaqueline Ross
Venue: Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
Saturday 18th March 2000
Thomas Tallis
A workshop for singers
Tutor: Michael Procter
Venue: St. Peter’s Church, Kinver
Joint promotion with Border Marches Early Music Forum
31st March – 2nd April 2000
Cavalieri : La Rappresenatione de Anima et di Corpo (A=440Hz) 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
Venue: Nottingham University – Florence Boot Hall (residential) and Great Hall
Joint promotion by the participating Early Music Fora
Saturday 6th May 2000
Vivaldi : Gloria
A workshop for singers and Baroque orchestra (A=415)
Tutor: Stuart Deeks
Venue: St. Nicholas’ church, Warwick
Saturday 17th June 2000
MEMF in the Ale-house
Jolly madrigals, rude catches and Playford dances.
Dance Tutor : Valerie “Boss” Webster
Singing Tutor : Claire Griffel
Music by “Pilgarlick”
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth
Saturday 15th July 2000
Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
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
Friday 28th July 2000
A Musical Evening to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death at the home of MEMF members John & Elizabeth Turner
Saturday 23rd September 2000
‘Nothing new under the sun’
A workshop for singers, combining short choral works by ‘modern’ composers with works by earlier composers who influenced them
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Hawksyard Priory, Armitage, Staffs
14th October 2000
Scenes from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
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
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth
Sunday 29th October 2000
Workshop for Young People
Venue: St. Dominic’s School, Brewood, nr. Wolverhampton
18th November 2000
Handel: Coronation Anthems for King George II and Queen Caroline
The King shall rejoice / Zadok the priest
A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)
Tutor: Simon Halsey
Venue: St. James’s Church, Styvechale, Coventry
9th December 2000
Praetorius: Christmas Music
A Workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)
Tutor: Peter Holman
Venue: St. Paul’s Church, St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham
6th January 2001
Twelfth Night Revels
MEMF’s Annual New Year Social and Concert
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth
Saturday/Sunday 17th/18th February 2001
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (Prologue, Acts 1 & 2)
A non-residential Weekend Workshop for singers, instrumentalists (Low pitch, A=415Hz) and dancers
Tutors: Laurence Cummings, Catherine Mackintosh, Lucy Graham
Venue: mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham
Saturday 24th March 2001
Palestrina : Lamentations and other works for Tenebrae
A workshop for singers
Tutor : Edward Wickham
Venue: St. Nicholas’ Church, Warwick
Joint Promotion with Warwick Arts Society
Saturday 5th May 2001
Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli
A workshop for singers, cornetts, sackbuts, recorders, viols, etc. (Modern pitch, A=440Hz)
Tutor : Alan Lumsden
Venue: St. Alban’s Church, Highgate, Birmingham
Saturday 16th June 2001
Music of the Spanish Golden Age
A workshop for singers
Tutor: Clive Walkley
Venue: St. Peter’s Maney, Sutton Coldfield
Saturday 14th July 2001
John Alcock (1715-1806): Sing to the Lord
A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (Low pitch, A=415Hz)
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Hawksyard Priory
In association with Lichfield International Arts Festival
Saturday 15th September 2001
Handel : Dixit Dominus
A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (Low pitch, A=415Hz)
Tutor: Mark Deller
Venue: Meriden Methodist Church
Saturday 6th October 2001
A Workshop for young people
“Music and Dance at an English Court”
With Diabolus in Musica, Saltarello, and Julia Lowe
Venue: Trinity High School, Redditch
In association with Worcester Schools Instrumental Music Service
Saturday 13th October 2001
Johannes Brahms and his Library of Early Music
A workshop for singers
Tutors: Professor Robert Pascall and Nigel Simeone
Venue: Arden School, Solihull
In association with Birmingham Early Music Festival
Saturday 20th October 2001
English Consort Music
A Workshop for Recorder Players (A=440)
Tutors: Brisk Recorder Quartet, Amsterdam
Venue: The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford upon Avon
in association with the Stratford English Music Festival
Saturday 1st December 2001
Christmas at the Chapel Royal
Including music by Sheppard, Mundy, and Tallis
A workshop for singers
Tutor : Alistair Dixon
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Leamington Spa
Saturday 5th January 2002
New Year Revels
MEMF’s Annual New Year Social and Concert
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth
Saturday 19th January 2002
Music of the Crusading Era
A workshop for Singers
Tutor: Leigh Nixon (of Gothic Voices)
Venue: St. Nicholas’ Church, Warwick
(in association with Warwick Arts Society)
Saturday 9th February 2002
Bach Cantatas
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
Saturday 23rd March 2002
Giovanni Croce – A Mass, some Motets and a Madrigal
A workshop for singers
Tutor: Beresford King-Smith
Venue: Christ Church, Hilderstone, Staffs
Saturday 13th April 2002
Lassus: Motet & Mass, ‘Vinum bonum’
A Workshop for singers and renaissance Instruments (A440)
Tutor: Roger Wilkes
Venue: Mount Grace High School, Hinkley
Saturday 18 May 2002
Francesco Cavalli (b.1602): Magnificat, Laudate Dominum
A Workshop for singers and renaissance Instruments (A440)
Tutor: Laurence Cummings
Venue: Hagley Free Church
Saturday 15th June 2002
Music for St. Alban (including Fayrfax: Missa Albanus)
A workshop for singers
Tutor: David Skinner
Venue: St. Alban’s Church, Highgate, Birmingham
In association with the St. Alban’s Festival
Saturday 27th July 2002
Afternoon Workshops and Evening Social
Music for Voices & Viols: Mainly Orlando Gibbons
Tutors: Clare Griffel (singers), Jacqui Robertson (viols)
Playford Dance tutor/caller: Barbara Kinsman
Venue: Middleton Hall,A4091 Near Tamworth, Staffs
Saturday 14th September 2002
Music for a Borgia Wedding, 1502
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
Saturday 2 November 2002
‘Twin Peaks’ (or: ‘When fine music met commedia dell’arte’)
A workshop for singers
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth
Venue: Dale Street Church Hall, Leamington Spa
Saturday 14 December 2002
Bach: Magnificat (with the Christmas interpolations)
A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)
Tutor: Paul Spicer
Venue: St Peter’s Methodist Church, Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Joint promotion with North West EMF
Saturday 4 January 2003
MEMF’s 21st Birthday Revels
Including an afternoon workshop for singers and strings (A415) on Monteverdi’s ‘Ballo Concertato’ Tirsi e Clori
Tutor: Robert King (MEMF founder-member)
and an evening celebration for all at
Venue: Middleton Hall, nr Tamworth
Saturday 1st February 2003
Music for Lent by Josquin Des Prez and Pierre de la Rue
A workshop for singers
Tutor: Edward Wickham
Venue: St Nicholas’ Church, Warwick
In association with Warwick Arts Society
Saturday/Sunday 15/16 February 2003
Purcell: King Arthur
A non-residential weekend workshop
For singers and baroque orchestra (A415)
Tutors: Harry Christophers, Walter Reiter
Venue: mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham
Sunday 23 March 2003, 10.00am-5.00pm
“In Honour of The Virgin Queen”
A Singing and Playing Day for Voices, Viols and Recorders marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth I, 24 March 1603
Venue: Middleton Hall, nr Tamworth
Saturday 26th April 2003
De Lalande: De Profundis
A workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: St. Laurence and St. Faith, Harborne, Birmingham
Saturday 31st May 2003
Heinrich Schütz
Passion Motets from Cantiones Sacrae, 1625 and Motets from Geistliche Chormusic, 1648
A workshop for singers
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: St. Philip’s Anglican Cathedral, Colmore Row, Birmingham
Saturday 21st June 2003
William Byrd
Motets from Cantiones Sacrae & Gradualia
A workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)
Tutor: Roger Wilkes
Venue: Mount Grace High School, Hinckley, Leics
Saturday 13th September 2003
Monteverdi: Excerpts from the Vespers (1610)
A workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)
Tutor: David Allinson
Venue: St John’s Church, Ladywood, Birmingham
Saturday 1st November 2003
Philip de Monte (1521-1603)
A 400th anniversary workshop for singers
Tutor: Andrew Carwood
Venue: Kinver Church, nr. Kidderminster
Saturday 13th December 2003
Christmas Music from Handel’s “Messiah”
A day-workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)
Tutor: Simon Halsey
Venue: St Martin’s-in-the-Bullring, Birmingham
Saturday 10th January 2004
MEMF’S New Year Revels including an afternoon workshop for singers and renaissance instruments, working on Jannequin’s ‘La Guerre’ and associated ‘Battle Mass’ movements
Tutor: Jeremy Summerly + Playford Dancing with Peter Levesley
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth (A4091)
Saturday 21st February 2004
‘Music Divine’ – The music of Thomas Tomkins
A day-workshop for singers
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth
Venue: Dale Street Church Hall, Leamington Spa
Sunday 4th April 2004
Charpentier – Missa Assumpta est Maria
A day-workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)
Tutor: Laurence Cummings
Venue: Birmingham Conservatoire
Part of ‘Charpentier and his world’, an international conference by Dr Shirley Thompson of the Birmingham Conservatoire
Saturday 15th May 2004
Heinrich Biber: Requiem in F minor
A day-workshop for singers, strings, trombones and continuo (A=440) – includes MEMF’s AGM
Tutor: Paul Spicer
Venue: St. George’s Church, Rugby
Saturday 12th June 2004, 3pm to 10pm
‘Music for a Great Tudor House’
‘A Singing and Playing Event’ for voices and recorders
Tutors: Sheila Koch (voices) Peter Cooke (recorders)
Venue: 61 Salisbury Road, Moseley, Birmingham
Saturday 10th July 2004
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
A day workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A=415)
Tutor: Nicholas McGegan
Venue: St Faith and St. Lawrence, Harborne, Birmingham
Saturday 31st July 2004
Dieterich Buxtehude and his Contemporaries
A day workshop for singers, strings and continuo (A440)
Tutor: Beresford King-Smith
Venue: Hagley Free Church and Hall
Saturday 11th September 2004
Cipriano de Rore: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem
A day workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)
Tutor: Roger Wilkes
Venue: Mount Grace School, Hinckley
Saturday 2nd October 2004
Music by Byrd and Morley
A day workshop for singers
Tutor: Alistair Dixon
Venue: Warwick
In association with Warwick Arts Society
Saturday 27th November 2004
Sounds South American
A day-workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A 440)
Including AGM of NEMA and Margot Leigh-Milner Lecture
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Arden School, Knowle, Solihull
Saturday 8th January 2005
MEMF’s New Year Revels
Afternoon and evening jollification for all
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth (A4091)
Saturday 19th February 2005
Machaut and Dunstaple: The Spirit of England and France
A day-workshop for singers
Tutor: Leigh Nixon
Venue: St Nicholas Church, Warwick
In association with Warwick Arts Society
Saturday 19th March 2005
J.S.Bach – Cantatas 8 and 123 and opening chorus from 102
A day workshop for singers and baroque orchestra (A415)
Tutor: John Butt
Venue: St James Church, Styvechale, Coventry
Saturday 23 April 2005
The Requiem Mass in the Iberian Golden Age
A day workshop for singers and instruments (A440)
Tutor: Clive Walkley
Venue: Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield
Saturday 4th June 2005
Tallis and his contemporaries
A day-workshop for singers
Tutor: David Allinson
Venue: St John’s Church, Darnley Road, Ladywood, Birmingham B16 8TF
Saturday 16th July 2005
Schütz Polychoral works including Latin Magnificat
A day workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)
Tutor: Beresford King-Smith
Venue: St George’s Church, St John’s Avenue, Rugby CV22 5HR
Saturday 10th September 2005
Dowland Lute Songs, Lachrimae
A day workshop for singers, lutes, and viols
Tutor: Stewart McCoy
Venue: Arden School, (Jean Loosemore Music and Drama Block), Station Road, Knowle, B93 0PT
Sunday 9th October 2005
Carrissimi and contemporaries
A day workshop
Tutor: Graham O’Reilly of L’Ensemble William Byrd Européen
Venue: Bridge House Theatre, Warwick
In association with Warwick Arts Society
Saturday 19th November 2005
Henry Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia
A day workshop
Tutor: Laurence Cummings
Venue: Elgar Suite, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
Saturday 7 January 2006
MEMF’s New Year Revels
Afternoon and evening jollification for all
Venue: Middleton Hall,near Tamworth (A4091) Staffs B78 2AE
Saturday 18 February 2006
Victoria
A day workshop for singers and renaissance instruments (A440)
Tutor: Roger Wilkes
Venue: St Mary’s Church, Hinckley
Saturday 25 February 2006
Concerti Grossi
A day workshop for baroque instruments (A415)
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Watford Road, Cotteridge, Birmingham B30 1JB
Saturday 18 March 2006
Master works from Venice
A day workshop for voices, viols and recorders (A440)
Tutor: Ann Lyall
Venue: Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove
Tuesday 25 April 2006
Recordings of English lute-songs of the 1950s and 60s
An evening “At Home” talk by Ian Harwood
Venue: 256 Station Road, Knowle B93 0ES
Saturday 6 May 2006
Renaissance laments on the death of friends
A day-workshop for singers
Tutor: David Allinson
Venue: St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne, B’ham B32 2EJ
Saturday 27 May 2006
French baroque overtures etc.
A day-workshop for baroque instruments (A415)
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Saturday 22 July 2006
Contrasting renaissance psalm settings
A day-workshop for singers and instruments (A440)
Tutor: Alan Lumsden
Venue: St Nicholas Church, Warwick CV34 4JD
Saturday 9 September 2006
Lutes, viols and voices: Dowland’s contemporaries
A day workshop for singers, and lute and viol players
Tutor: Stewart McCoy
Venue: Arden School, (Jean Loosemore Music and Drama Block), Station Road, Knowle, B93 0PT
Sunday 28 October 2006
Bach Cantatas
A day workshop for singers and baroque instruments (A415)Tutor: John Butt
Venue: The Elgar Suite, the University of Birmingham
Saturday 9 December 2006
A German Baroque Christmas, including a tercentenary celebration of PachelbelA day workshop for singers and continuoTutor: Beresford King-Smith
Venue: St Peter’s Church, Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield B72 1JJ
Saturday 6 January 2007
MEMF’s Epiphany RevelsAn afternoon workshop for singers and instruments (A:440) of seasonal polychoral worksTutor: Clare Griffel
and our usual evening jollifications, including dancing with Cathy Greenhill.
Venue: Middleton Hall, near Tamworth, B78 2AE
Saturday 10 March 2007
Bouzignac (c 1587 – after 1642)A day-workshop for singers and baroque instruments (A415)Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Emmanuel Church, Birmingham Road, Wylde Green B72 1DP
Saturday 19th May 2007
Bach: Missa Brevis in A majorA day workshop for singers and baroque instruments (A415) + MEMF AGMTutor: Paul Spicer
Venue: St George’s Church, St John’s Avenue, Rugby CV22 5HR
Saturday 30th June 2007
Mater ave! Josquin des Prez in Mass and motetA day workshop for singers and renaissance instrumentsTutor: Peter Syrus
Venue: Dales Street Church Hall, Leamington Spa CV32 5HL
Saturday 29th September 2007
Buxtehude (d.1707)A day workshop for singersTutor: Peter Leech
Venue: St Faith and St Laurence Church, Croftdown Road, Harborne, Birmingham
Saturday 27th October 2007
“Come again!” Music of the European RenaissanceA day workshop for Lutes, viols and voices (A440)Tutor: Stewart McCoy
Venue: Arden School, Station Road, Knowle B93 0PT
Saturday 8th December 2007
Croce four-choir mass and other works.A day workshop for singers and selected instruments (A440)Tutor: Michael Procter
Venue: St Andrew’s Church in Westlands, Pilkington Avenue, Newcastle Under Lyme ST5 3RE
Joint workshop with NWEMF