Hjemme i tonearterne
24 - 28 Maj 2006
Klippinge
Underviser: Oliver Hirsh
Information: oliver@email.dk
http://www.music-newborn.dk

Wordplay - A Workshop
3 - 5 Juni 2006
Vocal music of the Renaissance for singers and instrumentalists
Through out the Renaissance, instrumentalists borrowed repertoire from singers, playing in consort (with or without voices) or re-working vocal originals into elaborately decorated solos. The workshop will study the consort repertoire derived from vocal works from a time where "the words were the soul, and music the body". Aimed at singers, recorder players, violists, lutenists. Other soft instruments by agreement. Good consort playing standard required. Repertoire ideas: Josquin: "Missa Malheur Me bat", Senfl: "Ecce quam bonum" à 4.
Undervisere: Philip Thorby & Jacob Heringmann. Kurset foregår på engelsk.
Information: Patience Balslev, Tlf.: +45-39 76 68 62
email: ricc@post.tele.dk
http://www.ricc.dk

Renaissancemusikugen på Engelsholm
1 - 8 Juli 2006
Engelsholm Slot, Vejle
Undervisere: Fredrik Bock, lut, Glenda Simpson, sang, Hans Tjalve, basun, Ingrid Garnæs, blæsersammenspil, blokfløjte, gambe, zink, Jens Bauer, blæsersammenspil, improvisation, Jørgen Schou-Pedersen, dans, Michael Moser Thomsen, blæsersammenspil, dulcian, krumhorn, blokfløjte, Oliver Hirsh, gambe, kor, Ute Goedecke, kor, sang.
Information: Oliver Hirsh, tlf. +45-56 57 82 54
Torben Hove Jensen, tlf. +45-86 27 39 39
http://www.renaissancemusik.dk/engelsholm

DKDM Masterclass in Early Music
3 - 8 Juli 2006
Fuglsang Slot, Lolland
Hovedtemaet er J.S. Bach og G. Ph. Telemann. Kurset er primært tænkt for nordiske konservatoriestuderende, men andre interesserede kan også tilmelde sig.
For konservatoriestuderende er kurset gratis, øvrige skal betale DKK 2000,- for undervisning og ophold.
Kurset afsluttes med to koncerter i Nykøbing F. og i København.
Undervisere: Fra DKDM deltager professor i tidlig musik, violinisten Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch som kunstnerisk leder og gambespilleren Mogens Rasmussen. Herudover deltager fløjtenisten Frode Thorsen (prof. v. Grieg Akademiet), sopranen Mona Julsrud (førsteamanuensis v. Norges Musikhøjskole), cembalisten og organisten Hans Knut Sveen (prof. v. Grieg Akademiet). Disse tre udgør 3/4 af ensemblet Bergen Barokk, som har specialiseret sig i den europæiske og skandinaviske instrumental- og vokalmusik fra det 17. og 18. århundrede. Endelig deltager barokcellisten Chrichan Larson (Kungl. Musikhögskolan i Stockholm).
Folder og tilmeldingsblanket kan downloades fra DKDMs hjemmeside.
Deadline for ansøgninger er d. 12. april 2006
Information: rikke.hjortkjaer@dkdm.dk
http://www.dkdm.dk/Uddannelser/Masterclasses%20og%20kurser.aspx

Vanda Barok
13 - 19 August 2006
Masterclass i sang, barokopera.
Undervisere: Susanne Rydén m.fl.
http://www.vantaanbarokki.fi

Ringve Museum Internasjonale Sommerkurs for Tidlig Musikk
21 - 28 Juli 2006
Sund Folkehøjskole, Trondheim
Masterclasses og ensemblespil for professionelle, studerende og avancerede amatører.
Undervisere: Charles Daniels (sang), Ketil Haugsand (cembalo), Mary Collins (dans), Wieland Kuijken (gambe/barokcello), Richard Gwilt (barokviolin), Peter Holtslag (blokfløjte/traversfløjte), Thomas Boysen (lut, continuo og improvisation).
Information: Tore Aune, tel./fax:+47-76-94 10 50/51
email: toreaune@online.no
http://www.ringvecourse.no

The XI International Organ Academy in Leufsta Bruk
1 - 7 July 2006
Improvisation
Staff/teachers/performers/producers: Hans Hellsten, Karin Nelson, Karl Nelson, Ligita Sneibe, Robert Brodacki, Joel Speerstra, Joris Verdin, Gary Verkade, David Aurelius, Birgitta Östlund.
Application deadline: May 1st
Information: Karin Nelson: phone +46(0)31-773 40 38 or +46(0)70-633 70 65
email: Karin.Nelson@musik.gu.se
Birgitta Östlund, producer: phone: +46(0)294-311 29 or +46(0)73-046 69 85
email: a.birgitta.ostlund@telia.com
http://www.geocities.com/lovstabruk

Mästarkurs i kammarmusik
2 - 9 Juli 2006
I mästarkursen i kammarmusik ligger fokus på kammarmusik av JS Bach i valfria besättningar.
Bl a kommer Die Kunst der Fuge att repeteras in och framföras av kursdeltagarna. Annan repertoar är samtliga violinsonater, flöjtsonater, gambasonater och triosonater inlkusive olika bearbetningar av JS Bach. Redan existerande ensembler är också varmt välkomna.
Kursen är öppen för såväl musiker på moderna instrument som barockinstrument.
Lärare: Anna Lindal, violin, Lena Weman flöjt, Mikko Perkola viola da gamba och Hans-Ola Ericsson cembalo/orgel.
Behörighet: Dokumenterad skicklighet minst motsvarande godkänd B-nivå på respektive instrument.
En inspelning med valfri, men varierad repertoar skall skickas direkt till:
Musikhögskolan i Piteå, Mästarkurs, Box 744, 941 28 Piteå senast 2006-04-15.
Undervisningen sker i masterclass form under vecka 27 i samband med Festspel i Piteå älvdal.
Information: Lena Weman Ericsson, email: ena.weman.ericsson@ltu.se
http://www.ltu.se

Internationella musikveckan i Ransäter
23 - 30 Juli 2006
Geijerskolan, Folkhögskola i Ransäter, Värmland
NB. Kun delvist tidlig musik!
For amatører og halvprofessionelle korsangere, strygere og blokfløjtespillere.
Undervisere: Per-Hendrik Andersson (blokfløjte), Gunda von Busch (krumhorn), Lennart Fredriksson (strygere), Margarete Jobmann (kor og orkester).
Tilmelding senest 10. juni
Information: Magnus Ädel, tel.: +46-152-12 078
email: magnusadel@rixtele.com
Tilmelding: Tel. +46-552-30 250, fax: +46-552-30 448
email: expedition@geijerskolan.se
http://www.geijerskolan.se

Liten Gitarrakademi - Lut & Barokguitar
30 Juli - 5 Augusti 2006
Ingesunds Musikhögskola, Arvika
For guitarister og lutenister på alle niveauer.
Undervisere: Eduardo Fernandez m.fl.
Information: Tel: +46-70-239 13 76
email: anders@vegborn.se
http://www.sgls.nu

Arboga Medeltidsdagar
7 - 13 August 2006
Renaissance og barokmusik for kor, solosang, kammerspil og continuo
Undervisere: Erik Van Nevel m.fl.
Information: Göran Staxäng, tel. +46-730-699769
email: goran.staxang@telia.com

Göteborg International Organ Academy
7 - 17 August 2006
- a biennial summer conference for performers, musicologists, students, organ builders and others.
Mozart and the 18th Century The Organ and Europe
Tutors and lecturers: Bine Katrine Bryndorf, Hans Davidsson, Martin Haselböck, Ludger Lohmann, Kimberly Marshall: Early Phantasies, Jacques van Oortmerssen, Joris Verdin, Pieter van Dijk, Jean Ferrard, Dietrich Wagler, Sverker Jullander, Reinhard Jaud, Joao Vaz, Jan Willem Jansen, Andrea Marcon, Roberto Antonello, Mario Penzar, José Luis Gonzalez Uriol, Edoardo Bellotti, Robin Blanton, Ulrika Davidsson, Pamela Rutier-Feenstra, Joel Speerstra, Tilman Skowroneck, Johan Norrback a.o.
Information: Göteborg International Organ Academy,
Ebbe Lieberathsgatan 25, SE-412 65 Göteborg, Sweden,
Tel +46-(0)31-773 52 11, fax +46-(0)31-773 52 00
email: organ.academy@musik.gu.se
http://www.goart.gu.se/gioa/

Cembaloweekend
1 - 3 September 2006
Undervisare: Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Information: Katrin Meriloo, tel. +46-70-424 22 34
email: katrin.meriloo@svenskakyrkan.se
http://www.overtorneaforsamling.se

Lutkursus på Öland
Next Lute Course on Öland will most likely take place in 2007
Information: tel.: +49-89-272 24 07
email: slundgrenlaute@t-online.de
http://www.luteonline.de

Internationale Tage der Alte Musik
14 - 18 June 2006
Schloss Weinberg, Linz
Tutors: Michi Gaigg, baroque violin, Wolfgang Glüxam, harpsichord/continuo, Rogério Gonçales, baroque bassoon, August Humer, organ/continuo, Colin Mason, voice/vocal ensemble, Claire Pottinger, baroque cello/orchestra, Andreas Sommer, traverso, Carin van Heerden, oboe, Annemarie Dragosit and Norbert Zeilberger, harpsichord.
Registration deadline: 26 April.
Information: Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität
Tel. +43 (0)732 701 000 52
email: va-buero@bruckneruni.at
http://www.bruckneruni.at

Austria Baroque Academy
17 - 28 July 2006
Gmunden, Schloss Orth
Exploring Mozart
ORGAN CLASSES - group and solo tuition, basso continuo, improvisation
CHAMBER MUSIC - violin, viola, violoncello, transverse flute, french horn
VOICE & VOCAL TRAINING - Mastercourses for singers
STAGE DIRECTION - Compiling a concept for directing Mozart's 'Zaide'
Bassoon - Special course on baroque and modern bassoon
Concerts - instructors' and students' concerts
Classic Music Awards - competition by the end of the courses
LECTURES - Mozart: The Organ work. Martin Haselböck
ORGAN EXCURSION - to historical organs of Upper Austria
Information: office@austriabarockakademie.at
http://www.austriabarockakademie.at

Early Music Summer School in the Monastery Heiligenkreuz
24 July - 3 August 2006
Music about animals and for amusement -
Renaissance songs and dances from composers all over Europe, the collection of T. Ravenscroft, the Cancionero de Palacio and Cancionero Upsala, german, french, dutch composers.
email: gertraud.umlauft@chello.at
http://www.kites.org/kitesandmusic/emschoo.htm

Internationales Seminar für Alte Musik
30 July - 5 August 2006
Castle Zell an der Pram, Oberösterreich, Austria
French music 1500-1800
This course is meant especially for professional musicians, music teachers, students and all music-makers who wish to widen their experience.
Tutors: Wolf Matthias Friedrich, voice, Ernst Kubitschek, recorder, Gertraud Wimmer, traverso, Marianne Rônez, baroque violin, viola, viola d'amore, Jorge Daniel Valencia, viola da gamba, Elisabeth Taschner, baroque violoncello, Ullrich Wedemeier, lute and guitar, Christa Pesendorfer, harpsichord, organ and basso continuo, Jadwiga Nowaczek, dance, Gösta Müller and Agnes Ratko, choir.
Registration deadline: 3 June.
Information and Registration: Christa Pesendorfer
A-3001 Mauerbach b. Wien, Hauptstr. 61b/8, Tel/Fax +43/1/97 95 898
email: alte-musik@music.at
http://www.alte-musik.music.at

Vrouwentongen III
1 - 3 April 2006
In this course for women, three- and four-voice sacred repertoire by Lassus and his contemporaries Palestrina and Victoria will be explored. This last generation of polyphonists wrote not only for large and mixed scorings. Now and then they also produced polyphonic gems for equal voices. These gems have been brought together for this course.
Tutor: Erik Van Nevel
http://www.musica.be

Seminaire Estival de Musique Ancienne en Wallonie
20 - 30 July 2006
Italian baroque music
"This course is for Conservatoire students and future professionals, as well as for professional singers desiring a high level introduction to the Baroque repertoire. This course is also for high-level amateurs."
Tutors: Kaï Wessel, singing, Jean-Marc Piquemal, dance, Davitt Moroney, harpsicord, Simon Standage, violin & viola, Charles Medlam, cello & gamba, Jérôme Minis, recorder, Serge Saïtta, traverso, Martin Stadler, oboe, Lorenzo Alpert, bassoon, Jean-Pierre Boullet, chamber music.
Information: Luc Badoux, tel. +32 (0) 87 77 48 92
http://www.semusanc.be

Festival van Vlaanderen - Brugge Masterclasses
24 - 26 July 2006
Brugge
Directors: Marco Beasley & Guido Morini
The masterclass is open to highly educated musicians and (preferably already existing) ensembles. Others may attend the classes as observers. The masterclass is open to the public.
Content: Recitar cantando singing & Basso Continuo playing
Application deadline: April 15
http://www.musica-antiqua.com

International Young Artist's Presentation - Early Music
22 - 24 August 2006
Antwerpen
Coaches: Patrizia Bovi & Adolfo Broegg
The IYAP-Early Music is open to ensembles with a minimum of 2 performers, all aged between 17 and 35, of all nationalities, in any combinaton of voices and/or instruments. The performed repertoire should not exceed 1600 and has to be played on original instruments or copies.
Selected ensembles will be invited to attend the IYAP-Early Music in Antwerp from 22 until 24 August 2006 and to present a 20 minute programme to the public of the festival. They will be accomponied and coached by Patrizia Bovi and Adolfo Broegg for the first two days. The final presentation on 24 August of the same programme will be attended by representatives of international music networks, festivals and radio stations.
Participants are requested to send their applications before 1 April 2006 to Musica
A project of Musica, realised by the Flanders Festival-Antwerp
www.musica.be

International Masterclass
30 October - 5 November 2006
H. Schütz: Musicalische Exequien
American College, Leuven
For soloists, chorus and instrumental ensemble with Dirk Snellings & Wim Becu
In this masterclass we will work on a programme around death and resurrection. The Exequien of H. Schütz will here be complemented by such appropriate motets and instrumental works by contemporaries such as H.L. Hassler and S. Scheidt. At the end of the masterclass there are three concerts.
Tutors: Dirk Snellings, Wim Becu
Deadline for subscription: 15 May
http://www.musica.be

Æstas Musica International Summer School of Baroque Music and Dance
24 August – 2 September 2006
Music – Dance – Concerts – Opera - H. Purcell: The Fairy Queen
A unique environment of artistic excellence, inspiration and learning in which instrumentalists, singers, dancers and audiences have the opportunity to experience the expressive, creative and unifying nature of music and dance.
Tutors: Catherine Denley, solo voice class, Laurence Cummings, harpsichord, vocal coaching, Alastair Ross, choir, harpsichord and vocal coaching, Andreas Helm, oboe, Dada Ruza, choir, Mary Collins, dance , Catherine Mackintosh, violin, viola, chamber music, Jenny Ward Clarke, cello, chamber music
http://www.aestasmusica.org

Cyprus Early MusicWeek
16 - 24 September 2006
Josquin and Lassus
Tutor: Deborah Roberts
http://www.lacock.org/html/lacock_calendar.htm

Valtice International Early Music Summer School
1 - 9 July 2006
This course is for professionals, students and amateurs who are interested in working with leading European specialists in Early Music.
Tutors: Poppy Holden, Irena Troupova-Wilke, Milada Jirglova, Lenka Pistecka, solo singing; Marcin Bornus-Szczyciski, medieval chant, singing technique, renaissance ensembles: Jiri Hodina, gregorian chant; Daniel Hauptmann, Dagmar Zarubova, baroque violin; Irmtraud Hubatschek, baroque cello; Michael Bruessing, viola da gamba; Nancy Hadden, renaissance and baroque flute; Petr Zejfart, recorder; Marek Spelina, recorder ensembles; Paolo Grazzi, baroque oboe; Oswald Hebermehl, theorbo, archlute, vihuela, guitar; Brian Wright, lute, guitar; Helmut Franke, harpsichord; Jaroslav Prikryl, harpsichord, practical instruction to figured bass; Robert Hugo, organ; Helmut Franke, Robert Hugo, vocal ensembles; Petr Zejfart, chamber music; Daniel Hauptmann, orchestra; Eva Kroeschlova, renaissance and baroque dance.
Information: email: valtice.veronika@centrum.cz
http://www.early-music.cz

Prachatice Summer School of Early Music
9 - 16 July 2006
Tutors: Carin van Heerden, Alan Davis, Jan Kvapil (recorder) a.o.
16 - 23 July 2006
Tutors: Rebecca Stewart (singing), Rodolfo Richter (baroque violin), Ashley Solomon (recorder/baroque flute), James Johnstone (harpsicord), Jennifer Morches (baroque cello) m.fl.
Information: email: kvapil@mybox.cz
http://www.mybox.cz/kvapil/lssh/en/indexf-en.html

Orpheon Summer Academy
14 - 23 July 2006
Jindrichuv Hradec
Marin Marais
Tutors: José Vázquez - artistic director , viola da gamba, violin barroco, consort; Bert Honig - flauto de pico, conjunto; Susanne Braumann - viola da gamba, consort; Christian Drechsel - viola da gamba, baroque cello, consort; Andrew Robinson - viola da gamba, consort; Lucia Krommer - viola da gamba, consort; Margit Meckel - viola da gamba, consort; Peter Benovic - viola da gamba, consort; Pierre Funck - madrigal ensembles, choir
email: museum@orpheon.org
http://www.orpheon.org
http://www.mdw.ac.at/I105/orpheon/Seiten/Courses/JH2006-Kurs.htm

The Pellegrina Baroque Summer School
20 - 30 July 2006
Chamber orchestra and vocal ensembles around Händels Messiah
email: info@pellegrina.net
http://www.pellegrina.net

Baroque Opera Project
17 - 23 April 2006
Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Anacréon by Rameau is the opera on this unique course, returning to Benslow with a new Musical Director. Two fully staged, costumed and choreographed performances with a period orchestra will be the result of a week's intensive rehearsals, led by a team of tutors with great knowledge of early music and performance practice. Applications are invited from instrumentalists (baroque strings, bass viols, descant recorders/flutes, oboes, bassoons and continuo at A=415) of good technical standard, chorus singers and dancers (no experience necessary). The course will finish after breakfast on the last day.
Auditions for main parts will be held 22 January 2006; contact the Music Administrator for details.
Tutors: Steven Devine, Judy Tarling, Steven Adby, Lucy Graham, John Flinders
Information: info@benslow.org
http://www.benslow.org

Baroque Performance on Modern Stringed Instruments
12 - 14 May 2006
Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Learn to apply the historical performance principles of the baroque period on your modern (A=440) stringed instrument. Music by Corelli, Handel and Vivaldi as well as some other less well-known repertoire. Some solo possibilities in Concerti Grossi. Intermediate to advanced players with good sight-reading ability are welcome. No previous experience of baroque style needed.
Tutor: Judy Tarling
Information: info@benslow.org
http://www.benslow.org

Voices and Viols
12 - 14 May 2006
Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Explore the large repertoire for combined voices and viols, and achieve a better understanding and enjoyment of consort songs, madrigals and motets, verse anthems and large-scale works. Not for beginners, as the ability to play/sing one-to-a-part and sight-read is essential. Applications from those who both sing and play viols are particularly welcome.
Tutors: Alison Crum, John Bryan
Information: info@benslow.org
http://www.benslow.org

Harpsichord Weekend
19 - 21 May 2006
Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Counterpoint Unravelled - the study and performance of Bach's Two and Three part inventions. The course will not only cover style and interpretation but also use the material suggested in improving practical harpsichord techniques. Keyboard players, not necessarily harpsichordists, of intermediate to advanced standard welcome.
Tutor: Penelope Cave
Information: info@benslow.org
http://www.benslow.org

Early Music in the Liturgy
1 - 2 June 2006
St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London
If a suitable group can be assembled we shall tackle the magnificent 6-part pieces for the Feast from the great Gradualia of Byrd (Tu es Petrus etc.). These are the only 6-part pieces in the Gradualia, a clear sign of Byrd's allegiance to the Roman church.
http://www.michael-procter.com

The Scottish Early Music Week
2 - 8 July 2006
Oban
The Scottish Early Music Week is a combination of specialist coaching, informal festival and musical holiday. It is a period of intensive coaching and rehearsal of a set repertoire, leading to a public performance. It aims to attract musicians of all ages and nationalities, and with a variety of abilities and interests. The general aims are to broaden musical enthusiasm, to stimulate international contact and to celebrate the amplitude of Scotland's musical heritage.
Music: Robert Carver (c1490-after1546): Mass for six voices. Motets and chansons by Josquin des Prez (1445-1521), Jacob Obrecht (1457-1505), Adriaan Willaert (1490-1562), Nicolas Gombert (1495-1560) and Pierre de Manchicourt (1510-1564)
Tutors: Erik van Nevel and Kina Sellergren
http://www.lacock.org/html/scotland.html

Tallis Scholars Summer School
15 - 22 July 2006
Oakham School, Rutland
Do you have a passion for Renaissance music? Why not join Peter Phillips and members of the Tallis Scholars for a week of complete indulgence in some of the most beautiful music ever written. Activities include choral rehearsals with Peter Phillips, sung services (Evensong, Compline), individual vocal tuition, talks and workshops, morning vocal clinics, field trips and a Gala Concert by TSSS participants, directed by Peter Phillips. TSSS is dedicated to exploring our great heritage of renaissance choral music, and to developing a performance style appropriate to it, as pioneered by The Tallis Scholars. The course is open to singers aged 16 years and over, and we welcome participants from across the globe.
We work on concert and service repertoire in a myriad of small and medium sized groups - there are opportunities to set up your own groups, and to get together to try out new repertoire from the library. Small groups perform to each other in an informal concert, and some go on to sing in the Gala Concert. TSSS is an intensive singing experience - and enormous fun too.
Tutors: Peter Phillips a.o.
http://www.tsss.uk.com

International Viol Summer School
16 - 21 July 2006
Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
A chance for viol players with a particular interest in English consort music to work with distinguished professional players and teachers. Optional sessions focus on other topics such as madrigals, consort songs, early renaissance repertoire and continuo playing. This course is for experienced consort players with good sight-reading skills, capable of playing at least two sizes of viol and reading several clefs.
Tutors: Alison Crum, Lynn Tetenbaum, Roy Marks
Information: info@benslow.org
http://www.benslow.org

Lacock Summer School
WEEK I: 16 - 21 July 2006
Giovanni Rovetta (1596-1668) ~ Solemn Vespers for the Birth of Louis XIV (1639)
In 1638 the birth Louis XIV, the future 'Sun King', was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony throughout Catholic Europe. In Venice, the task of providing suitably uplifting musical offerings fell to Giovanni Rovetta. He had begun his career as a chorister in the basilica of San Marco, and by the 1630s he enjoyed considerable fame as a composer of beautiful and magnificent music; in 1644 he succeeded Monteverdi as maestro di cappella. The Doge and other princes who attended the 1638 ceremonies were enraptured by the 'wondrous harmony of the sweet songs'. Our performance (of a new edition by Lacock alumna Linda Maria Koldau) will attempt to re-create the splendour and opulence with Rovetta's sublime harmonies and virtuoso choral and instrumental writing: we welcome choral and solo singers, players of strings, cornets, sackbuts, curtals and all sorts of continuo instruments. Pitch: A440.
Tutors: Peter Leech (choir), Martin Lubenow (instrumental music), Steven Hollas (organ)
Information: Andrew van der Beek, Tel./fax: +44 (0)1249 730468
email: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/summer_school.htm

Lacock Summer School
WEEK II: 23 to 28 July 2006
Et lux perpetua: Six-part requiems of the Portuguese Golden Age by Duarte Lôbo (c1565-1646) and Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650), and Portuguese renaissance funerary motets.
David Allinson writes: 'I absolutely adore the Lôbo and Cardoso Requiems – so austere, yet so rich. I performed them as a student and was captivated. They should make for an absolutely splendid week's music-making. Both Requiems compare favourably with the well-known setting by Victoria. The music is uplifting – never grim, despite the subject-matter. The inclusion of music by previous generations of Portuguese composers – Manuel Mendes, Filipe de Magalhães, Pedro de Escobar, Estevão de Brito, Pedro de Cristo – will be illuminating for stylistic comparison; indeed, Escobar composed the earliest-known Iberian polyphonic Requiem, and his was the model for all subsequent settings. There is a real tradition here, of which Lôbo and Cardoso represent the culmination'.
Tutors: David Allinson (choir), Martin Lubenow (instrumental music), Steven Hollas (organ)
Information: Andrew van der Beek, Tel./fax: +44 (0)1249 730468
email: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/summer_school.htm

North West Early Music Forum Summer School
22 - 28 July 2006
St. Martin’s College, Ambleside, Cumbria
This Summer School provides an opportunity for musicians, amateur or professional, to study Renaissance music and performance practice in a happy, relaxed and informal atmosphere. Applications are invited from experienced early music enthusiasts and from musicians with less knowledge and experience of Renaissance music who are seeking an introduction to the field.
email: president@nwemf.org.uk
http://www.nwemf.org.uk

The Dolmetsch Summer School - Recorder Course 2006
23 - 30 July 2006
Frensham Heights
Information: Tel.: +44 (0)1428 651473
email: brian@dolmetsch.com
http://www.dolmetsch.com

Dartington International Summer School - Week I
23 - 29 July
Choir
Director: James Weeks.
The choir will study and perform the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610.
Baroque Orchestral Workshop
Director: Rhiannon Evans
Open to all, this course will focus on a selection of orchestral pieces by Telemann.
Vocal Chamber Music & Madrigals
Directors: EXAUDI
EXAUDI will lead a course focused on the riches of the English madrigal tradition, in particular the works of Weelkes and Tomkins. The formations will be one-to-a-part as far as possible, so participants should be confident enough readers to hold a line on their own. Pre-formed ensembles are welcome as are individual singers - tenors especially!
Masterclasses & Workshops
Tutors: Emma Kirkby, voice; Nicholas Clapton, voice; Vivien Ellis, voice; Charles Wiffen, piano; Helen Reid, piano; Nathaniel Vallois, violin; Walter Reiter, baroque violin, Alison McGillivray, baroque cello; Martin Eastwell, lute; Emma Murphy, recorder
Harpsichord Masterclass: “Genius or petit maître?”
Director: Colin Tilney
An exploration of the keyboard work of European composers between 1660 and 1720. We shall be using the new Vaudry harpsichord by Colin Booth and studying French, English and German repertoire. The compulsory works to be prepared are: one suite from Book One of François Couperin; one suite by Purcell; and one toccata by J.S. Bach. In addition, participants should prepare the following: one suite by Chambonnières or Lebègue or Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre; and one suite (or variation set) by Georg Böhm or Pachelbel or Buxtehude. Dartington has a fine collection of harpsichords for practice purposes.
Viol Consorts
Directors: The Rose Consort of Viols
What were English musicians playing when Monteverdi’s Vespers were being published in Venice in 1610? This week’s course, suitable for viol players with reliable sight-reading skills, will focus on the Fantasias that Michael East published in his Third Set of Books, in London in 1610, together with pieces by Gibbons, Byrd and their Jacobean contemporaries. There will also be opportunities during the week for singers to work with viol consorts in madrigals, solo songs and motets, and some sessions for less experienced viol players, as well as a chance for beginners to ‘try the viol’ - a chest of viols is available for general use.
Medieval and Renaissance Music
Directors: The Dufay Collective
The Dufay Collective will run a course on early music from the 12th to 16th centuries. Participants should bring their own instruments, be able to read music and be willing to work in mixed ensembles. Existing ensembles are welcome. Singers should state their voice type and area of interest.
Early Brass: Cornetts & Sackbutts - Monteverdi and his contemporaries
Directors: Clarino, with David Staff & Sue Addison
In 2006 we look forward to capitalising on the great success of last year’s course. Week one is principally for Cornett, Sackbut and natural trumpet players, a chance to spend an intensive week working on sixteenth and seventeenth century repertoire. We will concentrate on the music of Monteverdi and his contemporaries. Performance opportunities will be found in the Summer School’s evening concerts and some players will be required for the performance of the Monteverdi Vespers on the Friday night. It is possible to attend one or both weeks of this course.
Information: Tel.: +44 (0)1803 847077
email: info@dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk
http://www.dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk

Dartington International Summer School - Week II
29 July - 5 August
Vocal Ensemble: ‘Back to Bach’
Directors: Ex Cathedra.
We will explore the German motet and part-song, focusing on composers who influenced Bach, notably Buxtehude.
Masterclasses & Workshops
In all masterclasses, students will be encouraged to look at Bach obligati. Further details will be provided nearer the time in music lists.
Tutors: Evelyn Tubb, voice; Noelle Barker, voice; Stephen Varcoe, voice; Mikhail Kazakevich, piano; Andrew Zolinsky, piano; David Titterington, organ; Colin Tilney, harpsichord; Paul & Chika Robertson, violin; Derek Aviss, cello; Sarah Francis, oboe; Gail Hennessy, baroque oboe; Stephen Preston, baroque flute; Rebecca Goldberg, horn/natural baroque horn; Michael Fields, lute & lute song
Baroque Orchestra
Director: Nicolette Moonen (violin); Assistant Jennifer Ward Clarke (cello)
The Baroque Orchestra Course will focus on two major works: J.S.Bach’s Mass in B minor and J.P.Rameau’s Suite from the opera Hippolyte et Aricie. Some of the dances from Rameau's Suite will be danced by members of the Orchestra. The course is aimed at music students and professionals. We will be playing on period instruments. String players with no prior experience of playing on period instruments are welcome, but will need to bring a period instrument to play on.
Baroque Dance
Director: Sarah Cremer.
This course is open to all ages and abilities and will explore, in practical sessions, the dances of the Baroque era and their relationship to the music of the time. There is close collaboration between the Baroque Orchestra and the Baroque Dance course, with all instrumentalists being invited to dance.
Information: Tel.: +44 (0)1803 847077
email: info@dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk
http://www.dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk

Norvis Early Music Summer School
29 July - 5 August 2006
College of St.Hild & St.Bede, Durham
Tutors: Ralph Woodward,Alan Davis, Elizabeth Dodd, Duncan Druce, Martin Eastwell, Andrew Fowler, Terry Gill, Clare Griffel, Manfred Harras, Laura Hird, Stewart McCoy, David Pinto, Jacqui Robertson, Jane Rumney.
Information: Tel.: +44 (0)191 386 4782
email: enquiries@norvis.org.uk
http://www.norvis.org.uk

Dolmetsch Historical Dance Society - 39th Annual Summer School
30 July - 6 August 2006
All Saints Pastoral Centre, London Colney, Hertfordshire
"La belle danse"
Tutors: Anne Daye, Dorothée Wortelboer, David Wyatt and Jørgen Schou-Pedersen.
Information: Tel./fax:+44 (0)1277 840 473
email: secretary@dhds.org.uk
http://www.dhds.org.uk

Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools - Week I
5 - 12 August 2006
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Renaissance Music for Voices and Instruments.
Tutors: Philip Thorby with Jacob Heringman, Ian Harrison and Peter Wendland
email: info@cemss.org
http://www.cemss.org

Oxford Baroque Week
6 - 13 August 2006
Headington School, Oxford
The Baroque Week provides a rare and stimulating opportunity for amateur and semi-professional musicians, and those studying to embark on a musical career, to immerse themselves in baroque music-making in a friendly environment with the aid of excellent, experienced and helpful tutors. The week is open to players of baroque instruments, historically aware players of modern instruments, and to singers - to all those who enjoy making baroque chamber music and wish to improve their skills.
Information: Tel.: +44 (0)161 281 2502
email: baroque.week@ntl.world.com
http://www.baroque-week.org.uk

Woodhouse Recorder Week - Surrey
7 - 11 August 2006
Tutors: Dan Laurin, Annabel Knight, Louise Bradbury, Rebecca Austen-Brown, Katriina Boosey, Sarah Humphrys.
email: info@woodhouserecorderweek.co.uk
http://www.woodhouserecorderweek.co.uk

Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools - Week II
12 - 19 August 2006
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Baroque Music
Tutors: The Parley of Instruments with Philip Thorby
email: info@cemss.org
http://www.cemss.org

Chalemie Summer School
14 - 19 August 2006
Headington School, Oxford
Singing and vocal ensembles, Baroque dance, Commedia dell'Arte, Instrumental music, Period costume making.
Information: Barbara Segal, Tel. +44 (0)20 7700 4293
http://www.chalemie.co.uk

Dartington International Summer School - Week V
19 - 26 August 2006
Harpsichord - Director Christopher Stembridge
Christopher Stembridge offers harpsichord masterclasses on the conventional harpsichord, and on either the cembalo cromatico (a harpsichord with 19 notes to the octave -- a reconstruction of an instrument that was widely used in late 16th-century Italy), or a reconstruction of a 19-note just intonation keyboard similar to that proposed by Descartes in 1643 (presently under construction by Willard Martin).
Information: Tel.: +44 (0)1803 847077
email: info@dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk
http://www.dartingtonsummerschool.co.uk

Viol Consorts
17 - 19 November 2006
Specialist coaching from members of the Rose Consort of Viols on own choice repertoire, aiming for a musically satisfying performance, even when technically challenged. This course is intended for pre-formed groups of minimum five players. Individuals may be accepted if compatible groups can be formed. Early application is advised as spaces are limited.
Tutored by: Alison Crum, Peter Wendland, Roy Marks
Information: info@benslow.org
http://www.benslow.org

Brillamment Baroque 2006
16 - 30 April 2006
6th international early music academy in Thoiry (Yvelines)
Baroque music course :A meeting with passionate musicians conducted by José Vázquez - Instruction for early music enthusiasts and modern instrumentalists with an interest in Baroque and Renaissance music.
Tutors: José Vázquez: Violes de gambe, violon baroque et musique de chambre; Lucia Krommer: Violes de gambe et violoncelle baroque; Annie Laflamme: Flûte traversière baroque; Irena Troupova: Soprano; Florian Heyerick: Clavecin et direction; Francis Vidil: Improvisation au clavecin et à l'orgue; Sabine Heinrich: Clavecin et orgue.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/festesdethalie/06baroc.html

The Renaissance Consort Masterclass
10 - 17 June 2006
La Maison Verte, Roujan, Languedoc
This week provides excellent amateur and semi-professional singers with the chance to immerse themselves in the richness, beauty and complexity of the Renaissance Consort repertoire.  A minimum of six hours singing a day, in groups of between three and ten singers under the guidance of three excellent and supportive tutors, will provide an ideal opportunity to explore and improve your own knowledge and skills, get to know your fellow singers, and extend your ability to interpret and perform consort music.
Maximum group size: 20 singers
Tutors: Robert Hollingworth (I Fagiolini), Berty Rice (Soloist and teacher), Francis Steele (The Tallis Scholars and The Sixteen)
Information: Tel. +44 (0) 1223 525 261
email: anne.roberts@easynet.co.uk
http://www.lamaisonverte.co.uk

Englunds Sommarkurs i Tidig Musik
9 - 16 Juli 2006
Château du Reclos, Bargemon, Provence.
Tema för kursen: Tidig spansk musik och utvandrade spanska tonsättare i Sydamerika.
Sångare, instrumentalister och dansintresserade är som vanligt välkomna! Kursen anpassas för såväl erfarna musiker som nybörjare.
Tutors: Gunnar Englund, kor-og instrumentalensembler, Torsten Englund, dans, Hannes Edvardsson, blæsere, Jan Johansson, blandede grupper.
Information: Englunds Tidig Musik, Uppsala, tel.:+46-(0)18-323131
email: englunds@tidigmusik.se
http://www.tidigmusik.se

Renaissance Choral Music
23 - 30 July 2006
Saint-Léger-Sous-Beuvray, Burgundy
Around the music of Pierre Coli, choirmaster to Autun (1542 - 1564). Clement Jannequin, Orlando di Lasso, Antonio Gardino.
For amateur singers.
Tel/fax : +33 (0)1 46 20 11 89
email : info@euromusica.com
http://www.euromusica.com/renaissance_uk.htm

Summer Academy 2005
5 - 12 August 2006
Abbaye de Mondaye, Bayeux
Tutor: Michael Procter
email: instkms@aol.com
http://www.michael-procter.com

The Renaissance Consort Masterclass
9 - 16  September 2006
This course is aimed at building your skills and confidence in one-to-a-part singing, and to allow you to experiment with working without a conductor.  Our three supportive tutors will enable you to approach consort singing with understanding as well as accuracy and we encourage everyone to take part in discovering interpretations of the music.  A minimum of six hours tuition a day is supplemented by talks by the tutors as well as plenty of “off piste” music.
Maximum group size: 20 singers
Tutors: Anthony Rewley (Consort of Musick), Robert Hollingworth (I Fagiolini), Francis Steele (The Tallis Scholars and The Sixteen)
Information: Tel. +44 (0) 1223 525 261
email: anne.roberts@easynet.co.uk
http://www.lamaisonverte.co.uk

Chimay Baroque Singing Competition
19 - 22 October 2006
Level: candidates should be ready to embark on an international career. Candidates should have a thorough knowledge of the style and techniques of baroque singing.
Age limit: 32.
Last date of receipt: 31st July 2006
http://www.chateaudechimay.com/FSconcoursGB.htm

Music in Monasteries - The Christmas Octave
28 December 2006 - 2 January 2007
Mont Ste Odile, Strasbourg
Tutor: Michael Procter
email: micproc@aol.com
http://www.michael-procter.com

Viol for experienced players
17 - 22 April
Sondershausen, Sydharz
Tutors: Oliver Hirsh, Ute Goedecke, Ian Harrison.
Information: Monica Jendrny, Peter-Röser-Str. 3, D-50827 Köln
Tel: (+49) 221 5901315, Fax: (+49) 221 8607960
email: monika.jendrny@gmx.de
http://www.music-newborn.dk

Tage für Renaissancemusik Kloster Bernstein
17 - 23 April 2006
Tutor: Michael Brüssing, viola da gamba
http://www.viola-da-gamba.com

Vom Organum zur "Himmlischen Cantorey"
17 - 23 April
Bad Waldsee, Baden-Württemberg
Music: Binchois, Philips, Schütz.
Tutors: Dr. Ulrich Bartels (Leitung), Andrea Schmiedeberg-Bartels (historische
Holzblasinstrumente), Regine Hangstein (Zink und historische Blechblasinstrumente),
Antje Plieg-Oemig (Gamben und Fideln)
Information: Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik
iamev@t-online.de
http://www.iam-ev.de

Barockorchester-Akademie - Streicher und Basso continuo
17 - 23 April
Blankenburg, Kloster Michaelstein
Music: Vivaldi, Bach, Kraus, Mozart
Tutors: Prof. Gerhart Darmstadt, Michele Herbig
Information: Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik
iamev@t-online.de
http://www.iam-ev.de

Die Musik zur Zeit der Dogen, derer von Este und Gonzaga
17 - 24 April
Fürsteneck, Hessen
Music: Willaert, Rore, Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Croce, Merulo, Guami, Ciconia a.o.
Tutors: Sabine Cassola, Anke-Christina Müller.
Information: Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik
iamev@t-online.de
http://www.iam-ev.de

Thomas Tallis - der Vater englischer Musik
5 - 7 May 2006 - Apostelkirche, Hannover
12 - 14 May 2006 - Himmelfahrtskirche, München
22 - 24 September 2006 - Lutherkirche, Karlsruhe
29 September - 1 October 2006 - St Paul, Zehlendorf, Berlin
6 - 8 October 2006 - Alt-Rahlstedt, Hamburg
Tutor: Michael Procter
Information: micproc@aol.com
http://www.michael-procter.com

Von morgens früh...“ - Die Musik Orlando de Lassus’
3 - 10 June
Hardehausen, Nordrhein-Westphalen
Tutors: Sabine Cassola, Dr. Ulrich Bartels, Andrea Schmiedeberg-Bartels.
Information: Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik
iamev@t-online.de
http://www.iam-ev.de

Viol for experienced players
19 - 25 July 2006
Hof Beutzen, Lüneburger Heide
Tutor: Oliver Hirsh
Information: Annemete Jacques, Mozartstr. 3, D-31515 Wunstorf.
Tel: (+49) 5033 2222, Fax: (+49) 5033 912160
http://www.music-newborn.dk

Viola da gamba am Hohen Meißner
30 July - 6 August 2006
Kloster Germerode, Hessen
Tutors: Antje Plieg-Oemig, Jenny Westman
Information: Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik
iamev@t-online.de
http://www.iam-ev.de

Sommerwoche für Blockflöte, Gambe und Chor
13 - 19 August 2006
Kloster Donndorf, Thüringen
Tutors: Silke Wallach, Anja Eckert, Steffen Hinger.
Information: Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik
iamev@t-online.de
http://www.iam-ev.de

22nd Early Music Days - Sopron
24 June - 1 July 2006
Fortepiano – flute – recorder – voice – chamber music – Baroque dance
Information: Maria Liszkay, Secretary of the Festival
Phone: +36/1-302-4961
email: liszkay.maria@hu.inter.net
http://www.filharmoniabp.hu

Stage de Musique Ancienne a Magnano
14 - 17 April 2006
Tutors: Georges Kiss, clavicembalo/harpsichord, Corinne Bétirac, clavicembalo/harpsichord, Bernard Brauchli, clavicordo, clavicembalo, fortepiano, organo/clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano, organ, Anastase Démétriadès, flauto dolce/recorder, Blaise Vatré, Viola da gamba/gamba
Registration must be made no later then March 10, 2005
Information: Association Connaissance du Clavecin - 68, Chemin de Bellegarde, F-74700 Sallanches,
Tel. +33-450-528743, +33-450-512781
Musique sans Frontières - 16, rue Filaterie, F-74000 Annecy, Tel. +33.450.528743
http://www.musicaanticamagnano.com

Viol Consort week for advanced players
7 - 14 May 2006
Maguzzano, Lago di Garda
Tutors: Michael and Maria Brüssing, Anne Sabin
http://www.viola-da-gamba.com

International Academy of Sacred Music
20 - 28 May 2006
Artigianelli Foundation, Venice
Tutors: Michael Procter.
email: veniceacademy@aol.com
http://www.michael-procter.com

Music at Monteconero - Ancona
27 May - 2 June 2006
A course for advanced choral singers near Ancona led by Andrew Carwood
Information: Tel/fax +44 01249 730468
email: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/monteconero.htm

Corso e Festival di Musica Antica - Urbino
19 - 28 July 2006
Tutors: MUSICA MEDIEVALE - Claudia Caffagni, Livia Caffagni. La musica dell’ars nova nel Codice Rossi 215; CANTO RINASCIMENTALE E BAROCCO - Lavinia Bertotti. Musica Italiana del XVII sec. Accompagnatore al cembalo: Raffaele Vrenna; CANTO MADRIGALISTICO - Claudio Cavina; FLAUTO DOLCE - livello principianti, elementare e medio*: Celestino Dionisi, John Tyson. livello avanzato e masterclass : Robert Ehrlich; MUSICA CONTEMPORANEA PER FLAUTO DOLCE - Gerd Lünenbürger; FLAUTO TRAVERSO - Marcello Gatti; CORNO - Gabriele Rocchetti; OBOE - Afredo Bernardini ; FAGOTTO - Giorgio Mandolesi; CLARINETTO - Lorenzo Coppola; VIOLINO - Stefano Montanari; VIOLONCELLO - Alain Gervreau; LIUTO E TIORBA - Andrea Damiani; VIOLA DA GAMBA - Cristiano Contadin; VIOLONE DA GAMBA E CONTRABBASSO - Roberto Sensi; MANDOLINO E STRUMENTI A PLETTRO STORICI - Mauro Squillante; ARPA - Mara Galassi; CLAVICEMBALO - Enrico Baiano; BASSO CONTINUO - Stefano Demicheli; FORTEPIANO E CLAVICORDO - Temenuscha Vesselinova; TECNOLOGIA E ACCORDATURA DEL CLAVICEMBALO - Claudio Tuzzi; DANZE ITALIANE DEL ‘500 – ‘600 - livello principianti ed elementare: Lieven Baert, livello medio e avanzato: Barbara Sparti. Accompagnatore al liuto: Peter Dechant; DANZA BAROCCA FRANCESE - Gloria Giordano; DANZA POPOLARE - Paola Della Camera
Information: Tel/fax: +39 06 321 08 06
email: fima.urbino@libero.it
http://www.fima-online.org/frameurb.htm

Antiqua 2006 - Accademia Europea di Musica Antica a Bolzano
28 July - 5 August 2006
Tutors: Gordon Murray, Clavicembalo, Christophe Coin, Violoncello, Dan Laurin, Flauto dolce, Lucy van Dael, Violino, Maria Tecla Andreotti, Traversiere, Susanne Rydén, Canto, Paolo Biordi, Viola da gamba, Paul O'Dette, Liuto, Claudio Astronio, Musica d’insieme, James David Christie, Organo, Marco Facchin, basso continuo
Information: accademia@antiquabz.it
http://www.antiquabz.it

Corsi di Musica Antica a Magnano
17 - 27 August 2006
The object of these courses is to afford specialisation to trained musicians and to introduce younger musicians to the study and interpretation of early music. The courses include the study of musicology, organology and organ building. Following early pedagogical tradition, students have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the other early keyboard instruments and their technical particularities as well.
Tutors: Bernard Brauchli clavichord, fortepiano; Georges Kiss harpsichord; Luca Scandali organ, continuo; Alberto Galazzo organology; Jörg Gobeli, Thomas Wälti organology and organ building; Giulio Monaco choir conducting, choir workshop.
Information: Phone./fax.:+39 015 67 92 60
email: bbrauchl@worldcom.ch
http://www.musicaanticamagnano.com

Rimini International Choral Workshop
2 - 10 September 2006
The Rimini International Choral Workshop is a week of music-making and learning with Peter Phillips, Ghislaine Morgan (The Tallis Scholars) and other choir conductors in the beautiful and ancient town of Rimini, on the "Riviera Adriatica" in Italy. The workshop is especially dedicated to exploring our great heritage of renaissance choral music, and to developing a performance style appropriate to it, as pioneered by the Tallis Scholars. The course is open to singers aged 16 years and over, and we welcome participants from Italy and abroad. All you need are reasonable sight-singing skills and a passion for a cappella choral music.
Tutors: Peter Phillips, Director, The Tallis Scholars; Ghislaine Morgan, Singer, The Tallis Scholars; Walter Marzilli, Choir Conducting Lecturer at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Vatican City Andrea Angelini, Director, Musica Ficta Ensemble - Rimini
email: info@musicaficta.org
http://www.musicaficta.org

Internationale Herbstakademie für Alte Musik Maguzzano
7 - 15 October 2006
Maguzzano, Lago di Garda
Tutors: Michael Brüssing, Maria Brüssing, Anne Sabin, gambe, barokcello, Alison Crum, Johanna Valencia, Jorge Daniel Valencia, gambe, Roy Marks, gambe, lut, Bernhard Moosbauer, Rainer Ullreich, barokviolin, orkester, Andreas Scheufler, cembalo.
http://www.viola-da-gamba.com

Singing in Venice
8 - 14 October 2006
For singers and instrumentalists: Gabrieli and Monteverdi in a church on the Grand Canal
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth
Information: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/lacock_calendar.htm

A week of Italian Renaissance Music overlooking Lake Como
14 - 21 October 2006
Bugiallo, Lago Como
For singers and players of early viols.
Tutor: Oliver Hirsh
Information: Patience Balslev, tlf.: +45-39 76 68 62
email: ricc@mail.dk
http://www.renaissancemusik.dk/bugiallo

Die Schätze von San Marco
28 October - 5 November 2006
Artigianelli Foundation, Venice
Tutor: Michael Procter.
email: veniceacademy@aol.com
http://www.michael-procter.com

Dreischor English Weekend
18 - 19 March 2006
Byrd, Weelkes, Morley
Tutor: Martin Bussey
Information: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/dreischor.html

Dordrecht English Weekend
13 - 14 May 2006
Choral evensong in historic Dutch church: Elgar, Stanford and Smart
Tutor: Jeremy Jackman
Information: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/dordrecht.html

Masterclass with Christina Pluhar
30 - 31 August 2006
Sprezzatura: Freedom in early Italian baroque music
A masterclass for singers, instrumentalists and ensembles of (pre-)professional level on 17th century Italian music. Sessions include: coaching of singers, the art of improvisation in continuo playing and ensemble training for all instruments.
Apply before 1. June.
Organisatie Oude Muziek
info@oudemuziek.nl
+31 (0)30 23 29 000
http://www.oudemuziek.nl/pluhar/

Doesburg English Weekend
14 - 15 October 2006
Choral evensong in Holland
Tutor: David Allinson
Information: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/doesburg.htm

Óbidos Easter Music Week I
9 - 15 April 2006
Rebelo Lamentations with JanJoost van Elburg
Information: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/lacock_calendar.htm

Óbidos Easter Music Week II
16 - 21 April 2006
A course for advanced choral singers led by Robert Hollingworth
Music: Duarte Lôbo, Melgas, Vivanco.
Information: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/obidos_.html

Academia Musica Antiga
28 August - 4 September 2006
Tomar
Masterclasses for professionals, students and avancered amateurs.
Tutors: Jill Feldman, voice, Peter Holtslag, traverso and recorder, Ketil Haugsand, harpsicord, Richard Gwilt, violin, Rainer Zipperling, cello and viola da gamba a.o.
email: musicantiga@mail.telepac.pt
http://www.academia-musicantiga.pt

Musica Antigua Aracena
2 - 9 July 2006
http://musicantiguaracena.com

Cazalla Singing Week II
12 - 19 August 2006
Singers of all ages are welcome at this week. The music will be from what Spaniards call El siglo de oro, that glorious and prosperous time that began with the re-conquest of Granada and the discoveries of Columbus, when Spain became the most powerful country in Europe and all its wealth from the New World flowed through the port of Seville. We will concentrate on music by composers connected with the city and its cathedral, who include Francisco de Peñalosa, Francisco de la Torre, Cristóbal de Morales, Pedro de Escobar, Francisco Guerrero and Alonso Lobo. We will also sing a Magnificat by Domenico Scarlatti, who (as Domingo Escarlatti) lived most of his life in Iberia. The precise programme will be chosen when the size and composition of the group is known.
Tutor: JanJoost van Elburg
Information: avdb@cantax.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.lacock.org/html/cazalla.html

Gambas a la Plancha
5 - 15 October 2006
Ibiza
This is the third edition of this course, which will take place every year. Course for chamber music of the Renaissance and the Baroque for strings, violas da gamba, flutes, singers, keyboard players. A midday two hour swimming brake is obligatory for all course participants, as part of the physical education and relaxation exercise of the course.
Tutors: José Vázquez, viola da gamba, baroque violin, chamber music; Lúcia Krommer, viola da gamba, baroque violoncello, consort; Annie Laflamme, flauto traverso
http://www.mdw.ac.at/I105/orpheon/Seiten/Courses/Ibiza05.htm