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SUMMARY:Praetorius Christmas Workshop with Patrick Craig on 14th December 2024
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for voices and any number of instruments – strings\, including viols\, wind and brass at pitch A440. \nThe German composer and music theorist Michael Praetorius (born Michael Schultze about 1571/2) was the son\, and brother\, of Lutheran pastors. After studying theology and philosophy in Frankfurt he later became organist and music director to the Duke of Brunswick\, where he stayed for over 20 years. After the death of his employer\, he travelled extensively in Germany working as music director in several north German courts where he met and worked with Schütz\, Schein & Scheidt. Praetorius considered himself a pioneer in the introduction of the new Italian Baroque style into Protestant Germany. \nWe will work on a selection of his pieces for the festive season. \nMusic will be provided on the day                   Instrumentalists please bring a named Music stand \n \nPatrick Craig is a countertenor who sang a thousand concerts with The Tallis Scholars while singing as a Vicar Choral at St Paul’s Cathedral where he has worked for almost thirty years. He has also recorded extensively as a member of The Cardinall’s Musick. He lectures on choral music for the Arts Society and conducts singing workshops for organisations across Europe. He is the founder Director of this country’s preeminent all-female professional choir Aurora Nova. \nTimetable for the Day \n10 am:           Registration and drinks\n10.30am;       Morning Session with a short break\n1 pm:             a free buffet lunch will be provided as part of a very generous  legacy left by the late Heather Holt\, our previous Treasurer – and much more.\n2pm:              Afternoon session\n3.30 approx   Tea\n4.00:              Final session\n5.00:              Finish \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirections   Dorridge Village Hall\, Grange Road\, Dorridge\,  B93 8QA has plenty of parking but there is height restricting barrier of 2m at the entrance\, If you need to travel in your pantechnicon please inform the organiser who will arrange for it to be open! \nWarning for sat nav users. The official postcode for the Village Hall B93 8QA may set your destination quite some distance from the Hall.\nThe What3Words location is ///sponge.flopping.wedding . \nFrom Dorridge centre on the B4101 (Grange Road) the turning to the Hall is the first left after Dorridge Park. If you get to the Railway pub you have gone too far!\nFrom Hockley Heath\, the driveway to the Hall is the first right after the Railway pub\, before the “Welcome to Dorridge” signs. \nPlease note: The M42 will be closed between junctions 6 & 7a the weekend of the workshop\, which will affect anyone travelling southbound on the M42.  Details of the closure and the diversions in place can be found here. \nDorridge Station (Chiltern Line) is about ½ mile away. Turn left out of the station and at the main road turn left under the railway bridge = Grange Road. The venue is on the left past the park. \nThe Organiser is Jonathan Spencer 07784 657563                              \nTo book click here\n 
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/christmas-workshop-with-patrick-craig-on-14th-december-2024/
LOCATION:Dorridge Village Hall\, Grange Road\, Dorridge\, B93 8QA
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Continuo,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240914T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240914T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
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SUMMARY:Mateo Flecha's 'Ensalades' with Anita Datta on 14th September 2024
DESCRIPTION:Those of us who were able to attend Anita Datta’s ’s last MEMF workshop will know we are in for a treat! \nShe will explore with us three of the ‘Ensaladas’ of Mateo Flecha el Viejo (1481-1553). So-called for their eclectic mixing of languages and musical styles\, they depict allegorical dramas as a form of courtly and carnivalesque entertainment. Exploring the Ensaladas offers musicians liberty to play with sound and imagination\, creating rich and atmospheric depictions of life and politics in early modern Europe through delightful polyphony. \nRepertoire: La Guerra; El Jubilate; La Bomba and Riù Riù Chiù.  There’s a Spotify playlist here with performances of all the pieces to get a flavour of what we’ll be doing. \nThe workshop is for SATB voices and pretty much any instruments – melody (which can double any vocal line in their range) or continuo.  Especially welcome: sackbuts and cornets\, early percussion\, early Iberian instruments (e.g. Vihuela). There will be some percussion instruments at the workshop\, so anyone who would like to bang a drum or rattle a tambourine is welcome to come as a percussionist. Pitch: A=440 \nPlease note that Anita will need notice well in advance for instruments not in C so she can prepare parts. \n \nThe Tutor\, Anita Datta\, is a conductor and Early Music Specialist from East Yorkshire. She is the founder and artistic director of vocal ensemble The Swan Consort\, and with them has performed at major music festivals across the UK and Europe. Graduating from Sidney Sussex College\, Cambridge as an organ scholar (2014)\, she is frequently engaged as an organist and continuo player\, and has directed a number of early and contemporary operas. She is also a soprano\, Indian Classical musician\, and composer\, having recently delivered commissions for Multitude of Voyces and the BBC Singers. \nThe Venue   St Faith & St Laurence Church is on the junction of Balden Rd & Croftdown Rd in Harborne. There is a small amount of parking on site\, and plenty more street parking on Croftdown Road. \nThe MEMF AGM will be held during the lunch break at 1pm. \nOrganiser: Jonathan Spencer 07784 657563 or jonathan-spencer@blueyonder.co.uk \n  \nBooking is now open – click here for the booking form. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/mateus-fletxas-ensalades-with-anita-datta-on-14th-september-2024/
LOCATION:St.Faith & St.Laurence Church Hall\, Balden Road\, Harborne\, Birmingham\, B32 2EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Continuo,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240713T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240713T170000
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SUMMARY:Music for the Dedication of St Gertrude's in Hamburg 1607 with David Hatcher on 13th July 2024
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is appropriate for players of strings (violin and viol families)\, sackbuts\, cornetts\, double reeds (yes\, crumhorns too\, if a quorum can be reached!)\, recorders\, lutes\, keyboards and of course\, voices. Pitch will be A440. \nWe shall be working on music by Michael and Hieronymus Praetorius\, Orlando di Lasso\, Pierre Bonhomme and their contemporaries that was performed during a service in 1607 for the dedication of the church of St. Gertrude in Hamburg. \n“… After that was sung the Introit In nomine Jesu in eight parts by Bandovius [Bonhomme]. Next followed the Missa super Deus misereatur nostri\, also in eight parts\, by the excellent composer Orlando [di Lasso]. Instead of the Sequence was sung Alleluia by Handl [Jacobus Gallus]\, composed for twelve parts\, but in three choirs. The first choir was sung by the boys and musicians in the chancel\, the second [was played] by cornetts and sackbuts\, the third by the organ… After that was sung Herr Gott dich loben wir\, which Hieronymus Praetorius\, our church organist\, has composed for sixteen parts in four choirs… Following that was also sung the Cantate [Domino] in eight parts\, by the same Hieronymus Praetorius\, by the choir\, organs\, cornetts\, and sackbuts all together. To conclude\, Sei Lob und Ehr mit hohem Preis was sung by the congregation\, choir\, organ\, and instruments.” \nHamburg\, 7 January\, 1609\, Lucas van Cöllen\, Pastor of St. Jacobi in that city. \nThe music is a fascinating snapshot of the German response to Monteverdi’s works in Italy\, including the Vespers of 1610\, showing considerable experimentation and inventiveness in the movement towards the baroque splendour of later years. \nThe tutor: David Hatcher is well known to MEMF regulars. David was born in Warwick and upon attaining the LTCL diploma two years after taking up music\, he went on to study viola da gamba with Charles Medlam and recorder with Philip Thorby at Trinity College of Music\, London. He began his career based in England\, touring America\, Israel\, France\, Germany and the Netherlands. He has broadcast for both the BBC and independent radio and television. In 1987 he moved to Japan where he was to remain for the next 9 years\, taking an active part in that country’s flourishing early music scene. He has recorded with Evelyn Tubb\, The Consort of Musicke\, I Fagiolini\, Sprezzatura\, and the Japanese ensembles Chelys\, Ensemble Ecclesia and the Bach Collegium of Japan. \nDavid now lives in Leominster on the Welsh Marches and has appeared with Fretwork\, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre\, The Globe Theatre\, The Consort of Musicke\, Musica Antiqua of London\, The Corelli Orchestra\, The Harp Consort\, Glyndebourne Opera and many other period orchestras and ensembles. \nHe has taught on numerous summer schools\, including the Cambridge Early Music Summer School\, the Easter Early Music Course at Monmouth and Sastamala Gregoriana in Finland\, and is in demand as a tutor for many weekend and day courses. \nPast projects include performing in Damon Albarn’s opera ‘Dr Dee’ and performing and recording with I Fagiolini in their hugely successful interpretation of Striggio’s 40-voice mass. He performed in the inaugural season of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2014 and in the highly acclaimed production of The Knight of the Burning Pestle in 2014 & 2015. He is a founder member of The Linarol Consort of Viols\,  the UK’s only consort specialising in the earliest repertoire for that instrument. \nKnowle Village Hall https://knowlevillagehall.co.uk is 1.5 miles away from the M42 Junction 5 and approximately 3.5 miles to the east of Solihull town centre.  Nearby bus stops provide frequent transport links to Solihull Station and Dorridge Station.\nThere is very limited parking on site but there are several carparks very close by – some only take payment with the PayByPhone app. \nBooking is now open – click here for the booking form.\n  \n 
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/workshop-for-voices-and-instruments-with-david-hatcher-on-23th-july-2024/
LOCATION:Knowle Village Hall\, St John’s Close\, Knowle\, Solihull\, B93 0NN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Continuo,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240622T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240622T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
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SUMMARY:Music by Marc'Antonio Ingegneri with Gareth Wilson on Saturday 22nd June 2024
DESCRIPTION:The workshop is suitable for singers of all voice types plus cornetts\, sackbuts\, dulcian/bassoon\, strings/viols\, theorbo\, organ/harpsichord and recorders\, A=440. \nIntroduction  The Cremonese composer Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (1535/36-92) is remembered chiefly as the teacher of Claudio Monteverdi while\, for well over 400 years\, his own achievements have been left to sit in the shadows. This workshop will look at the music Ingegneri wrote for the major events of the church year\, from Advent through to the Assumption\, allowing participants to experience the extraordinary range of moods achieved and musical techniques employed by a composer whose remaining output is comparatively small but extremely varied. \n  \n \nThe tutor Gareth Wilson is Director of Girton College Chapel Choir\, university of Cambridge\, where he is also an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Music\, is Director of Music at Christ Church Chelsea\, Academic Professor at the Royal College of Music\, and is an examiner for the Royal College of Organists. While his repertoire covers music spanning over 500 years\, his growing discography has focused upon neglected or unrecorded Renaissance polyphony with instruments. He has now recorded four volumes of music by Marc’Antonio Ingegneri\, all of which have entered the Specialist Classical Charts and have been met with critical praise. \nMusic will be provided on the day if you book by Friday 7th June \nInstrumentalists please bring a labelled music stand \n  \nVenue   St Phillip’s Church Centre\, Manor Road\, Dorridge\, B93 8DX \nTo get to the church\, drive along the B4101 from the Knowle direction into Dorridge and under a railway bridge.  There is a Sainsbury’s garage on the right after the bridge and you need to turn right after this onto Manor Road where the church is immediately on the right.  There is some parking at the church and free street parking by the church and nearby.\nThere is also a large public car park immediately behind the church. To get to it you turn right immediately after going under the railway bridge and before the Sainsbury’s garage.  This is a station over-spill park which is available on Saturdays at £5 for the day. There is a footpath at the back of the car park which takes you to the back door of the church so you do not need to walk all the way round by the road.\nThe station is 5 minutes walk away – 2 left turns then right into Manor Road \nTimetable for the Day \n10 am:           Registration and drinks\n10.30am;       Morning Session with a short break\n1 pm:             Lunch (bring your own or use pubs and cafés nearby)\n2pm:              Afternoon session\n3.30 approx   Tea\n4.00:              Final session\n5.00:              Finish. \nBooking has now closed.\n  \n 
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/workshop-for-voices-and-instruments-with-gareth-wilson-on-saturday-22nd-june-2024/
LOCATION:St Philip’s Church Centre\, Dorridge\, B93 8DX
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Continuo,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240511T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240511T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20231128T183053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240401T201044Z
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SUMMARY:Music and Ritual in a C16th Florentine Convent with Laurie Stras on Saturday 11th May 2024
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for upper voices\, all viols\, lower pitch recorders and dulcians. We would also welcome one or two continuo keyboard players (there will be one instrument provided). Instrumentalists may expect to be asked to sing or listen at times. \nInstrumentalists please bring a labelled music stand. \nThe Music \nThe Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript\, MS 27766 in the library of the Brussels Conservatoire\, is the only surviving manuscript of polyphonic repertoire from a sixteenth-century convent.  The two nuns named on its binding\, Clemenzia Sostegni and Agnoleta Biffoli\, lived at the convent of San Matteo in Arcetri\, which later became home to Suor Maria Celeste Galilei\, ‘Galileo’s Daughter’. \nThe manuscript contains 78 works for equal voices that would have adorned the convent’s worship at its most solemn feasts and for its daily devotions. This full day workshop will introduce you to this fascinating record of the musical lives of Florentine nuns at the end of the Renaissance\, exploring its song\, psalmody\, motets\, and imitation masses. \nMusic will be provided on the day\, or can be sent in advance as PDFs to download and print\, or read from a device. (If you want advance copies please let the organiser know as soon as you have booked.) \nLaurie Stras is Professor Emerita of Music at the University of Southampton and director of the ensemble Musica Secreta\, with whom she has made six critically acclaimed recordings of polyphony from the 15th to the 17th centuries. Her research focus over many years has been the music and musical activities of women in Renaissance Ferrara and Florence: she is currently preparing a Cambridge Element on the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript\, and Musica Secreta have recently recorded this repertoire for a forthcoming album https://musicasecreta.org/ \nLaurie is an expert in the convent music of C16 Italy and has undertaken extensive research into the original sources\, music often written by women for women. \nThe Venue – The Angel Centre is located in central Worcester\, on the corner of The Butts and Angel Place. The entrance is at the side\, in Angel Place\, directly opposite the excellent Francini’s café (recommended for lunch.) Look out for the WEM banner by the door. There is no parking immediately outside\, but the Cattle Market car park (off the Butts) is a five-minute walk away\, up the hill\, and costs £6 per 24 hrs\, or Croft Road is slightly further (by the Racecourse) and slightly cheaper at £4. (Both carparks are Pay and display or Ringo\, post-coded WR1 3NZ and are accessed from Croft Road). \n \nClick here to open link \nWorcester Foregate Street station is very close by in the Main (Foregate) Street. \nNeither MEMF nor the venue can accept any responsibility for property lost or damaged. \n  \nTimetable for the day \n10.00            Registration and drinks \n10.30            Morning session (with a short break) \n1.15              Lunch break – bring your own or use local shops and cafes \n2.00              Afternoon session with tea break \n5.00              Finish \n  \nClick here for the booking form\nThis is a direct link\, rather than seeing the form on this page as mentioned below. Payment details are on the form.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/workshop-for-voices-with-laurie-stras-on-saturday-11th-may/
LOCATION:Angel Centre\, Worcester
CATEGORIES:A440,Continuo,Recorders,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231202T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231202T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T180022Z
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SUMMARY:Angels and Shepherds: Christmas workshop with Philip Thorby on Saturday 2nd December 2023
DESCRIPTION:Angelus ad Pastores \nThis year we have invited Philip to tutor our pre-Christmas workshop. Philip has found some wonderful music on the theme of Angels and Shepherds in the Christmas story. There will be music by Christoph Buehl\, Hans Leo Hassler\, Johann Hermann Schein and Agostini Soderini. \nThe angels are generally\, well\, angelic\, but the shepherds are revealed as zither-strumming\, boisterous and (as depicted by Schein) initially very grumpy at being woken up by the heavenly host. \nThe workshop will be for voices\, violins\, viols\, cornetts\, sackbuts\, curtals\, recorders and continuo. The pitch will be A440. Tenor viol players/violas please note that most  pieces have octave-treble rather than alto clef parts. \nInstrumentalists please bring a labelled music stand. \n\n \nPhilip Thorby is one of our most popular and respected tutors. He specialises in early Italian Music. Many people will have seen his wonderful Zoom lectures during the lockdown period\, which are still available to watch on this website. \n  \n  \n  \nVenue is Solihull Methodist Church\, next to the Railway station SatNav B91 1LG. There is a large car park with the entrance in Station Approach. \nNB: If approaching from the west along Blossomfield Road\, please note that recent road layout changes mean there is no left turn into Station Approach. Either go completely around the roundabout and then turn right into Station Approach\, or take the first exit at the roundabout into Streetsbrook Road and then turn left into the opposite end of Station Approach at the traffic lights. \nBooking is now closed.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/christmas-workshop-for-voices-and-instruments-with-philip-thorby/
LOCATION:Solihull Methodist Church\, Bossomfield Road\,\, Solihull\, B91 1LD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Continuo,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230909T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230910T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20221203T202546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T163320Z
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SUMMARY:William Byrd weekend- two workshops 9th & 10th September with Alison Kinder & Helen Charlston (9th only)  + AGM
DESCRIPTION:To mark the 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death we present two individual workshops this weekend and a short concert on Saturday at 5.30 pm. \nThe MEMF  AGM will take place in the lunch break on the Sunday. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday 9th September 2023\nPsalms\, Songs and Sonnets of 1588\nwith Tutors Alison Kinder and Helen Charlston \nThis workshop is the first of MEMF’s celebratory Byrd weekend and will focus on small-scale pieces for voices and instruments. This day is for viols\, low recorders (especially basses\, great- and contra- basses) and voices\, and will focus on pieces from the ‘Psalms\, Songs and Sonnets’ of 1588. Pitch A=440 \nThe Music is likely to include Blessed Is He\, All As A Sea\, Though Amaryllis Dance\, but will be chosen to best suit the forces available once applications have closed. We will spend time all together\, but also have access to a couple of breakout rooms where instrumentalists will be able to work on a consort song with Helen singing. The day will finish with an informal mini-concert to include pieces we have worked on. \nIn addition\, you are invited to submit for performance at the mini concert a piece of Byrd (or Weelkes) prepared in advance\, for any forces (so a viol fantasy\, consort song\, madrigal…).  Please email Jill Davies (daviesmusic@btinternet.com) before 6 September if you would like to offer a piece for the concert.  Friends and relatives are welcome to attend at 5.30 pm. \nSunday 10th September 2023\nWilliam Byrd on a Grand Scale\nThe Sunday workshop is for everyone – Singers\, viols\, recorders\, brass\, double reeds\, anything at pitch A=440 – and will be Tutored by Alison Kinder. Everyone is welcome singing or playing as we celebrate this masterful composer. \nThe Music\nByrd – The Great Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis)\nByrd – Domine Quis Habitabit a9\nWe thought that as Thomas Weelkes shares Byrd’s anniversary\, we ought to allow him a piece as well!  So we will include a Weelkes anthem – either ‘Hosanna to the Son of David’\, or ‘O Lord Arise’ \nMusic will be provided on the day.        Instrumentalists please bring a labelled music stand \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheTutors \n \nSince winning the London Handel Singing Competition in 2018\, Helen Charlston has crafted a place for herself at the forefront of the classical music scene in the UK and abroad. A founder participant of the Rising Star of the Enlightenment programme\, she regularly works alongside the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. She is a BBC New Generation Artist (2021-23) and recently won the 2023 BBC Music Magazine Vocal Awards.\nhttps://www.helencharlston.com/ \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlison Kinder is a viol player with Chelys Consort of Viols\, who this year released a recording of consort songs and instrumental music by William Byrd with Helen singing. Alison is a regular tutor for the various early music fora and on courses including the Easter Early Music Course and NORVIS. She is also a member of the Linarol Consort\, who play on a set of viols copied from the earliest surviving viol\, made in Italy by Francesco Linarolo in about 1540. Alison has a love of working with singers\, and one of her favourite places to be is as the viol player for the female polyphonic ensemble Musica Secreta.\nhttps://www.alisonkinder.co.uk/\nhttps://linarolconsort.com/ \n\n\n\nVenue: Knowle Village Hall is 1.5 miles away from the M42 Junction 5 and approximately 3.5 miles to the east of Solihull town centre.  Nearby bus stops provide frequent transport links to Solihull Station and Dorridge Station. \n  \nBooking is now open – please scroll down\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/william-byrd-two-days-with-alison-kinder-9th-10th-september-20123/
LOCATION:Knowle Village Hall\, St John’s Close\, Knowle\, Solihull\, B93 0NN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Continuo,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221022T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221022T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20220815T193121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T202255Z
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SUMMARY:Songs of Love and Death - the music of Leonhard Lechner Athesinus with Philip Thorby
DESCRIPTION:Philip Thorby is one of our most popular tutors and has again found some wonderful music by a composer most of us will have never heard of. This year it is a one day workshop so that members who could previously never commit to a whole weekend can take part. \nAll singers and the following instruments are welcome – recorders\, cornetts\, sackbuts\, curtals\, viols\, violins and continuo (with figured bass). Pitch will be A=440. \nThe fees are £20 for MEMF and other EMF members\, £25 for others. \nMusic will be provided on the day. Instrumentalists please bring a labelled music stand. \nThe Music \nThe German composer Leonhard Lechner Athesinus was born in the Italian Tyrol and was a gifted boy soprano who went on to sing tenor and study composition with Orlando di Lasso. The influence of the master is evident in the pupil\, but Lechner is very much his own man\, as demonstrated in the wonderful pieces Philip has chosen for our workshop. These include a six-part setting of a section of the funeral sentences\, a fifteen-part three-choir setting of Laudate Dominum\, and the masterly and splendid 24-part setting of a Latin verse commissioned for a wedding. In keeping with the German practice of the time the singers will be supported by many varied instrumental sounds. \nDirections to Solihull School \nBy road – leave the M42 at junction 5 and onto the A41 towards Solihull. Take the first left turning towards Solihull town centre. \nTurn right at the roundabout and continue towards Solihull town centre along the Warwick Road B 4025.The school entrance is on the right at the second set of traffic lights. There is plenty of parking in front of the chapel. The David Turnbull Music Centre is a short walk beyond the car park. The barrier will be unlocked so that instrumentalists can drive to the centre to drop off instruments. \nSolihull railway centre is approximately a 1km walk through the town. \nBooking is now open.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/workshop-for-voices-and-instruments-with-philip-thorby/
LOCATION:Solihull School
CATEGORIES:Continuo,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220917T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220917T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20220301T130626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220904T201155Z
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SUMMARY:Schütz and his World - with Tutor Gawain Glenton
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will focus on the works of Heinrich Schütz and his brilliant German 17th-century contemporaries. \nSchütz is regarded today as the leading German composer before Bach\, but there is still much we can learn about his life and world (for example his first name: he only ever signed himself Henrich). Born in Thuringia in 1582\, he received early training at the court of Moritz von Hessen-Kassel before being allowed to study for three years in Venice with Giovanni Gabrieli. This sparked in Schütz a life-long desire to incorporate the sounds and styles of Venetian music into German musical life\, a project he would take to great heights during his long tenure as kapellmeister at the court of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden. \nSchütz was not the only German composer to be inspired in this way. Michael Praetorius also wrote highly Italianate music despite never travelling south of the alps (thanks to the explosion in Venetian music printing he could educate himself in the latest styles via imported printed editions). Hans Leo Hassler meanwhile made the journey to Venice a decade before Schütz\, also studying with Gabrieli. \nMore broadly\, Schütz was just one of many gifted German kapellmeister composers who produced music of great skill and emotional depth in the appalling backdrop of the Thirty Years War which ran from 1618-48. We will also explore large-scale works by some of these\, including Hammerschmidt\, Staden and Berger. \nWe invite singers and players of renaissance strings (from the viol and violin families) and winds (in particular cornetts\, sackbuts and dulcians). Pitch A=440. Music will be provided\, but players must bring your own music stand. \n \n  \nThe Tutor – Gawain Glenton is a specialist cornetto player whose work as a soloist and an ensemble musician takes him all over the world and is a member and co-director of  the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. \n  \n  \nThe Venue: St Mary’s Church is in St Mary’s Place situated just off the main street (Greengate Street) accessible on foot by the side of Boots Chemist or the Ancient High House. Road access (drop-off only) off Earl Street. \nSTOP PRESS: THERE IS A TRAIN STRIKE SCHEDULED FOR THIS DAY SO PLEASE CHECK BEFORE TRAVELLING. If you have no other way to get there please get in touch with Tim Boardman on 07794 837396 and he will try and help. \nFrom Stafford Station (five minutes walk): turn left then immediately right over the river bridge\, straight on through pedestrian area between Stafford College and law courts into St Mary’s Place. Regular direct trains from Birmingham New St. \nPlease note that the church does not have its own car park. We have arranged for a limited number of parking spaces in the church close\, for those bringing bulky instruments or those with limited mobility. Please telephone or message Tim Boardman if you would like to make use of one of these spaces\, and please try to car-share where possible. Tim’s mobile: 07794 837396. \nDetails of town car parks can be found at https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/car-parking-in-stafford. The website includes a link to a map. Note that some car parks are pay-by-phone only. \nBooking is now open.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/schutz-and-his-world-with-tutor-gawain-glenton/
LOCATION:Collegiate Church of St  Mary’s \, Stafford
CATEGORIES:A440,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220716T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220716T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20220301T125412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220614T142739Z
UID:4573-1657965600-1657990800@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Not Mortals but Angels - Convent polyphony from the 13th-16th centuries - with Tutor Prof Laurie Stras
DESCRIPTION:MUSIC \nThis one-day workshop will look at music from the convents of Europe\, drawn from medieval and renaissance manuscripts and prints. We will cover a range of styles and practices\, from simple harmonisations to complex imitative polyphony\, in songs\, antiphons\, mass movements\, and motets. Depending on voices available\, sources will include manuscripts from the Bologna library\, the Brenzoni-Maffei manuscript from Verona\, the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript from San Matteo in Arcetri (convent home of Galileo’s daughter)\, and motets attributed to Suor Leonora d’Este – including repertoire that has fed into Musica Secreta’s newest project\, Mother Sister Daughter.  All female voices\, from high soprano to low tenor\, are very welcome\, along with soft instruments  (including viol\, theorbo and recorder players of any gender). A keyboard player would be a welcome addition\, too! \n \nTUTOR \nLaurie Stras is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Southampton and the director of Musica Secreta (co-directed with Deborah Roberts from 2002-2021). Stras and Musica Secreta have been at the forefront of research and performance of music written for and by women in the Renaissance. They have made numerous acclaimed recordings\, the latest of which\, Mother\, Sister\, Daughter\, is released in June 2022. Her book\, Women and Music in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara (CUP\, 2018)\, won the prestigious Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society in 2019. \nBooking will open in a few days.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/nuns-with-tutor-prof-laurie-stras/
LOCATION:St.Faith & St.Laurence Church Hall\, Balden Road\, Harborne\, Birmingham\, B32 2EL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Continuo,Recorders,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220205T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220205T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20211010T204723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220111T152106Z
UID:3852-1644055200-1644080400@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Gabrieli Times Table with Tutor Alison Kinder
DESCRIPTION:This will be an innovative multi choir day of music by Giovanni Gabrieli\, with Tutor Ali Kinder\, increasing the choir numbers as we go from 6 parts\, to 8 parts (two choirs)\, to 12 parts (three choirs) and 14 parts (three choirs) \nWe welcome all singers and instrumentalists (strings\, recorders\, reeds and brass all welcome) Pitch A=440. Fees for MEMF and other EMF members is £18\, non-members £23. \n  \nGiovanni Gabrieli\nNephew of the great Andrea Gabrieli and student of Orlando Lassus\, Giovanni Gabrieli held the posts of both principal organist and principal composer at the basilica of St Mark’s in Venice. This workshop will look at four pieces from his vast output\, two with sacred texts and two secular. As well as being beautiful music\, it will hopefully be fun to witness the expansion of our ensemble into ever increasing numbers of parts during the day! \n  \nAlison Kinder read Music at Oxford and then studied viol with Alison Crum at Trinity College of Music\, being awarded the college’s Silver Medal for Early Music Studies. Her love is of viols in all shapes and sizes\, from soundpost-less Renaissance instruments to 7-string baroque basses. Alison is an enthusiastic teacher both privately and on courses\, and she runs the Rondo Viol Academy with fellow teacher and player Jacqui Robertson-Wade \n  \nBooking now open – please scroll down
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/the-gabrieli-times-table-with-tutor-alison-kinder/
LOCATION:Dorridge Village Hall\, Grange Road\, Dorridge\, B93 8QA
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211106T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20210818T190813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T201920Z
UID:3557-1636192800-1636218000@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Josquin 500 with David Hatcher
DESCRIPTION:  \nFollowing on from their excellent Josquin 500 festival of concerts and online events\, David Hatcher from The Linarol Consort of renaissance viols is going to lead this workshop for voices and viols (Jacobean and Renaissance) at A440 pitch. \nWe will be celebrating the life of Josquin.  Imagine\, shortly after his death in Condé sur Escaut on August 27th\, 1521\, that a group of this associates\, friends\, and colleagues\, gather together to privately lament his recent passing. They are singers\, but they are also players of the still relatively new viol and have access to copies of a number of his greatest works that would normally have been heard only in church without instrumental participation. With this as our pretence\, we will look at a selection of motets written by Josquin\, including what was possibly his last work\, Pater noster/Ave Maria\, which he asked to be sung in front of his house on religious processions. We will also take a look at some of the many songs of lamentation that were composed in his memory \n  \nLinarol Consort \nDavid Hatcher was born in Warwick and upon attaining the LTCL diploma two years after taking up music\, he went on to study viola da gamba with Charles Medlam and recorder with Philip Thorby at Trinity College of Music\, London.  In 1987 he moved to Japan where he was to remain for the next 9 years\, taking an active part in that country’s flourishing early music scene.  David now lives in Leominster on the Welsh Marches and regularly teaches on summer schools and is in demand as a tutor for many weekend and day courses.  He is a founder member of The Linarol Consort of Viols\, exploring the rich heritage of early 16th century music. \n  \nPlease scroll down to book. \n 
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/josquin-workshop-with-david-hatcher/
LOCATION:Solihull Methodist Church\, Blossomfield Road\, Solihull\, B91 1LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211023T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211024T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20210627T182614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T182844Z
UID:3437-1634983200-1635094800@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Welcome to Beautiful Venice - with Philip Thorby
DESCRIPTION:Philip will introduce us to a feast of music showing Venice at her most extravagant and sumptuous best in order to welcome royal and distinguished guests.  In 1574 King Henri III of France visited the Serenissima and Andrea Gabrieli wrote the 10 part “Ecco Vinegia Bella” for the occasion. The King attended services in San Marco and we will represent this with Andrea Gabrieli’s sumptuous 16 part Gloria and Claudio Merulo’s setting of the Te Deum verse “Salvum Fac Populum”. Andrea also composed “Dal Gran Tuonante” for a distinguished lady visitor. \nIn this 2 day workshop we will also enjoy Giovanni Gabrieli’s 12 part motet “Virtute Magna” in honour of St Mark and “Udite\, Chiari” to celebrate the Sposalizio\, the annual ceremony when the Doge marries Venice to the sea. \nPhilip Thorby is a specialist in music of the Italian Renaissance\, particularly Venetian. Formerly a Professor at Trinity College\, Philip has become one of the most popular of workshop tutors. His four Zoom lectures on the music of Venice earlier this year were stunning and widely acclaimed. They can be viewed on another page of this website. \nThis workshop is for all voices\, cornets\, sackbuts\, curtals\, recorders\, viols\, violins and continuo instruments. The pitch will be 440. \nBooking now open – please scroll down for the booking form.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/welcome-to-beautiful-venice-with-philip-thorby/
LOCATION:Solihull School
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210427T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20210315T131134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210415T120325Z
UID:2856-1619551800-1619555400@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Requiem for a King - a workshop for voices and instruments (A=415) with Jeffrey Skidmore
DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey Skidmore explores music by Michel-Richard de Lalande including two magnificent Grand Motets written for Louis XIV to be performed in the golden splendour of the Chapelle Royale in the palace of Versailles.  The workshop includes the powerfully moving Requiem from De Profundis\, which was performed at the Sun King’s funeral in 1715\, and the uplifting Hymn for Easter Day O filii et filae. He will take a look at primary source material\, discuss research and explore some important features of French Baroque style – ornamentation\, pronunciation and notes inégales. \nWe will sing these two pieces at A 415 – SATBB chorus\, backed by an orchestra of strings\, oboes\, bassoons\, flutes\, recorders\, organ and theorbo. (Instrumental parts will also be available) \nThe powerful music of Lalande is still the least well-known of the great Baroque composers.  With a major anniversary creeping up in 2026 NOW is the time to start putting things right.  His music is consistently incroyable! \nJeffrey Skidmore OBE has been Artistic Director of Ex Cathedra for over 50 years and has an international reputation for the quality and range of his work. Baroque music from Latin America has featured prominently in recent years and he has given many magical performances in beautiful venues around the world\, he has recorded four  CDs\, created many new editions and explored a whole new world of performance practice. \nPlease book below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/ex-cathedra-an-illustrated-talk-by-jeffrey-skidmore/
LOCATION:Online(Zoom)
CATEGORIES:A415,Online,Recorders,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210322T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210322T203000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20210222T145759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210310T130216Z
UID:2628-1616441400-1616445000@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Renaissance Recycling: an instrumental  workshop (singers welcome) with Alison Kinder
DESCRIPTION:Reusing old material is not a new concept – Renaissance composers did it all the time\, sometimes with their own material and sometimes with someone else’s. We’ll look at two such examples in this workshop\, in both cases a kind of ‘upcycling’ from a short initial motet or chanson into an entire mass. \nThe first is a composer reworking his own material: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s beautiful 6-voice motet Tu Es Petrus is then gloriously expanded into a mass\, not once\, but twice! The first Missa Tu Es Petrus is also for 6 voices\, but then he gets a bit carried away and does a setting for 18 voices in three choirs\, still based on the same material. We’ll do the motet and a movement from the 6-voice mass\, and if we’re feeling very brave then maybe the Kyrie of the three choir version…! The second example is where one composer borrows a piece by someone else. At that time it was thought of as a compliment – today we’d call it plagiarism! The original piece is the beautiful 4-part chanson by Josquin\, Mille Regretz\, and the recycling is done by Cristobal de Morales\, who uses it as the basis for a 6-voice mass setting. \nAlison Kinder read Music at Oxford and then studied viol with Alison Crum at Trinity College of Music\, being awarded the college’s Silver Medal for Early Music Studies. Her love is of viols in all shapes and sizes\, from soundpost-less Renaissance instruments to 7-string baroque basses. Alison is an enthusiastic teacher both privately and on courses\, and she runs the Rondo Viol Academy with fellow teacher and player Jacqui Robertson-Wade. \nPlease book below:
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/renaissance-classics-an-instrumental-workshop-with-alison-kinder/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:brass,Loud wind,Online,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200613T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200613T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20200124T175452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200604T173016Z
UID:1526-1592042400-1592067600@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Handel: Judas Maccabeus - postponed to 2021
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for Voices and Instruments with Tutor Justin Doyle + AGM.  \nInformation and booking details available end of March
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/handel-judas-maccabeus-saturday-13th-june/
LOCATION:Knowle Village Hall\, St John’s Close\, Knowle\, Solihull\, B93 0NN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A415,brass,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200321T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200321T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20190908T195209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T171000Z
UID:1404-1584784800-1584810000@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Johann Rosenmüller
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for voices and Baroque instruments (A=415) with William Carslake.  \nFollowing his early career in Leipzig\, Rosenmüller spent over twenty years in Venice where he was Maestro di Coro at the Ospedale della Pieta (like Vivaldi after him). At the end of his career he returned to Germany and settled in Wolfenbuttel. There is a fine blend of Italian and German styles in these appealing and approachable pieces of sacred music which show the influence of both Corelli and Schütz. Before emigrating to Italy in the late 1650s Rosenmüller had already been there briefly in 1645/46 and the trip had a decisive influence on his style. This can be heard in his two famous collections of 1648 and1652/3\,the Kern -Spruche (Core Sayings) and Andere Kern Spruchen (Other Core Sayings )The word painting is evocative and the sudden turns of harmony can take you\nby surprise! If you don’t yet know him you’re in for a treat. \nRepertoire: Rosenmüller\, Siehe an die Werke Gottes\nRosenmüller\, Lauda Jerusalem\nRosenmüller\, Also hat Gott\nRosenmüller\, Magnificat \nInstruments: One harpsichord and one chamber organ (or electronic organ) at A415 or two harpsichords at A415.\nOne or two theorbos. All keyboard and theorbo players need to be comfortable reading figured bass.\nStrings with baroque set ups\, or modern instruments with gut strings and baroque bows:\n    violins; violas or tenor/bass viols; baroque cellos\nSackbuts\, cornets\, curtals and recorders are welcome. \nTutor\nWilliam is Artistic Director of Farnborough Symphony Orchestra\nand Imperial College Sinfonietta and was Music Director for the Royal Ballet’s Elizabeth in\n2018 and 2016. He is passionate about Renaissance and Baroque music and directs\nprogrammes for EMF forums\, Lacock Choral Courses and Benslow Music. (more on the leaflet available below)
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/workshop-for-voices-and-baroque-instruments/
LOCATION:Coton Centre\, Tamworth\, Church Comberford Road\, Tamworth\, B79 9AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A415,brass,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190713T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190713T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20190404T145022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T111101Z
UID:1292-1563012000-1563037200@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Delights of Summer
DESCRIPTION:A workshop with Tutor Alison Kinder for all voices and instruments enjoying the delights of Summer. A time when The Leaves be Green\, Fair Phyliss is to be found feeding her flock\, nymphs and shepherds are courting and dancing\, and All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded. We’ll have a predominantly English day\, with composers including Wilbye\, Farmer\, Bennett and Morley. Such as John Bennett’s ‘All Creatures Now’ (5-part)\, and the Morley ‘Hard By A Crystal Fountain’ (6-part)\, and Farmer ‘Ye Blessed Bowers’ (8-part). \nWe welcome all voices\, strings (viols and violin family)\, recorders\, brass\, housetrained double reeds and wind caps (it would be wise to have a quieter alternative instrument or voice with you too for the daintier nymph and shepherd moments…!) \nFind the details in the leaflet below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/the-delights-of-summer/
LOCATION:St George’s Church\, Rugby\, St.John's Avenue\, Hillmorton\, Rugby\, CV22 5HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190316T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190316T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20181201T211333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T151719Z
UID:1220-1552730400-1552755600@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Purcell: The Fairy Queen
DESCRIPTION:The Fairy Queen\, composed by Henry Purcell in 1692\, is written in the form most popular with the audiences of the day – a play with substantial incidental music\, with each of its five acts completed with an extended masque: a Restoration spectacular – following the huge success of Dioclesian and King Arthur. The libretto is an anonymous adaption of Shakespeare’s wedding comedy – A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Purcell did not set any of Shakespeare’s text to music; music was to be played as the audience took their seats and also to be played between the acts. The music for short masques in nearly every act\, presented by Titania and Oberon\, is subtly related to the action in the play and makes reference to King William and Queen Mary.\nAs in King Arthur the principal characters do not sing\, unless they are supernatural\, pastoral or drunk! Secondary characters sing to them\, usually as entertainment\, or as supernatural beings.\nWe shall need plenty of singers. There may be a chance to include some of the short solos and ensembles\, especially where they lead straight in to a chorus. At the moment we cannot be more specific but if you are interested please contact Sheila Koch the organiser\,saying whether you sing Soprano 1\, Soprano 2\, Alto or Counter Tenor\, Tenor\, Bass. \nThe orchestration is for 2 recorders\, 2 oboes\, 2 trumpets\, timpani\, strings and continuo. Pitch will be A-415. \nJohn Hancorn \nJohn Hancorn is music director of various choral groups in the Sussex area and has directed performances of Bach\, Monteverdi and Purcell\, among others\, for the Brighton Early Music Festival. John leads vocal workshops and masterclasses  specialising in baroque repertoire\, including regular visits to Early Music Fora and ‘Sing and Discover’ days with Richard Wigmore throughout the UK. He teaches at Trinity Laban College of Music\, the University of Chichester\, East Sussex Academy of Music and Lancing College. He directed chamber choir courses at Dartington for many years and is a tutor at AIMS International Music School. John was a popular tutor for Purcell’s King Arthur in 2017.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/purcell-the-fairy-queen/
LOCATION:Selly Oak Methodist Church Hall\, Langleys Road\, Birmingham\, B29 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A415,brass,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181201T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20180620T135221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181112T230807Z
UID:1064-1543658400-1543683600@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:In Dulci Jubilo - Seasonal music by Praetorius
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for voices and all instruments exploring Christmas motets by Michael Praetorius\, tutored by Steven Devine
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/music-to-be-announced/
LOCATION:West Orchard United Reformed Church\, 83 Baginton Road\,Styvechale\, Coventry\, CV3 6FP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180707T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180707T160000
DTSTAMP:20260515T035952
CREATED:20180520T152656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180618T100808Z
UID:938-1530954000-1530979200@memf.org.uk
SUMMARY:Verse anthems
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for voices and viols @ pitch A415
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/verse-anthems/
LOCATION:Solihull Methodist Church\, Blossomfield Road\, Solihull\, B91 1LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A415,Viols,Voices
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