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2022
24th-30th July: NYRO (National Youth Recorder Orchestra) Summer Course at Uppingham School. For further details of all events and to book your place, visit https://nyro.org.uk/whats-on/
30th July - 6th August: NORVIS summer school at Barnard Castle School, Co. Durham. Recorders, viols, lutes, voices, harpsichords and baroque strings. More information at www.norvis.org.uk
10th - 17th August: Recorder Summer School at Bishop Burton College, Beverley, East Yorks. Classes and ensemble playing for all levels. For more information, visit www.recordersummerschool.org.uk or contact Josee Beeson.
Mon 22nd – Fri 26th Aug: HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) exploring the common grounds between Early Music and Folk Music. Join recorder tutors Rebecca Austen- Brown and Mary Tyers, plus the Askew Sisters and many other leading tutors on this dynamic residential course. Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire. Click here to visit the website.
Friday 26th-Sunday 28th August: Recorders For All. A weekend of recorder playing at Dean Close Boarding School, Cheltenham. Residents £275 (including all meals); Non-residents £200 (including all meals except breakfast). Tutors: Andrew Challinger, Helen Hooker, Annabel Knight, Pam Smith, Moira Usher, Sarah Whomersley and Robin Bigwood. All music will be provided.
Venue: Dean Close School (situated just off the A40, five minutes’ drive from junction 11 of the M5 and Cheltenham Spa railway station). For more information, visit www.recordersforall.org.uk
20–27 August: Irish Recorder and Viol Course for players of recorders, viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from ancient to modern. Sessions include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, choir, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty-Hayden, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Philip Thorby. Venue: An Grianán, Termonfechin, Co. Louth, Ireland. Website: https://irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
Monday 12th-Friday 16th September: Cambridge Woodwind Makers: Recorder Making with Jacquline Sorel. Jacqueline will take you through every step of the process of making your own basic-alto recorder at either A:440 or A:415 Hz.
During the course you will be taught some basic theoretical knowledge and you will be involved in turning the profile from drawings, drilling the tone holes, making the head-joint and cutting the windway, block fitting, and tuning and voicing the recorder.
With a maximum of two participants on each course you will have plenty of one-to-one time with Jacqueline.
This course is suitable for both the complete beginner as for advanced amateur makers (and everyone in between those levels). For more information, visit www.cambridgewoodwindmakers.org
16th-18th September: Foundation/Lower Intermediate course at Rydal Hall with tutor Mary Tyers. Click here to visit the Rydal Hall website.
11th-13th November: Upper Intermediate/Advanced course at Rydal Hall with tutor Mary Tyers. Click here to visit the Rydal Hall website.
24th-30th July: NYRO (National Youth Recorder Orchestra) Summer Course at Uppingham School. For further details of all events and to book your place, visit https://nyro.org.uk/whats-on/
30th July - 6th August: NORVIS summer school at Barnard Castle School, Co. Durham. Recorders, viols, lutes, voices, harpsichords and baroque strings. More information at www.norvis.org.uk
10th - 17th August: Recorder Summer School at Bishop Burton College, Beverley, East Yorks. Classes and ensemble playing for all levels. For more information, visit www.recordersummerschool.org.uk or contact Josee Beeson.
Mon 22nd – Fri 26th Aug: HISS (Historically Informed Summer School) exploring the common grounds between Early Music and Folk Music. Join recorder tutors Rebecca Austen- Brown and Mary Tyers, plus the Askew Sisters and many other leading tutors on this dynamic residential course. Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire. Click here to visit the website.
Friday 26th-Sunday 28th August: Recorders For All. A weekend of recorder playing at Dean Close Boarding School, Cheltenham. Residents £275 (including all meals); Non-residents £200 (including all meals except breakfast). Tutors: Andrew Challinger, Helen Hooker, Annabel Knight, Pam Smith, Moira Usher, Sarah Whomersley and Robin Bigwood. All music will be provided.
Venue: Dean Close School (situated just off the A40, five minutes’ drive from junction 11 of the M5 and Cheltenham Spa railway station). For more information, visit www.recordersforall.org.uk
20–27 August: Irish Recorder and Viol Course for players of recorders, viols and other early instruments, covering a wide repertoire from ancient to modern. Sessions include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, choir, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty-Hayden, Pamela Flanagan, Emma Murphy, Philip Thorby. Venue: An Grianán, Termonfechin, Co. Louth, Ireland. Website: https://irishrecorderandviolcourse.org
Monday 12th-Friday 16th September: Cambridge Woodwind Makers: Recorder Making with Jacquline Sorel. Jacqueline will take you through every step of the process of making your own basic-alto recorder at either A:440 or A:415 Hz.
During the course you will be taught some basic theoretical knowledge and you will be involved in turning the profile from drawings, drilling the tone holes, making the head-joint and cutting the windway, block fitting, and tuning and voicing the recorder.
With a maximum of two participants on each course you will have plenty of one-to-one time with Jacqueline.
This course is suitable for both the complete beginner as for advanced amateur makers (and everyone in between those levels). For more information, visit www.cambridgewoodwindmakers.org
16th-18th September: Foundation/Lower Intermediate course at Rydal Hall with tutor Mary Tyers. Click here to visit the Rydal Hall website.
11th-13th November: Upper Intermediate/Advanced course at Rydal Hall with tutor Mary Tyers. Click here to visit the Rydal Hall website.