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Singing Courses & Choral Conducting Workshops & TrainingPlease ensure that all care is taken to ensure the legitimacy of these Singing Courses and Workshops before incurring any expenses. Details are published in good faith however you may wish to consider insurance against unforeseen cancellations or delays. Please mention British Choirs on the Net when applying... thank you |
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| 29th May - 1st June | Le Chant des Oyseaux - Choral workshop |
| 25 - 30 June | Corearte Tenerife - Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife |
| 28 June | Border Marches Early Music Forum Workshop for singers and instrumentalists. |
| 5 July 2025 | 2025's Sing joyfully workshop presented by William Byrd Singers. In 2025 we shall be singing Claudio Monteverdi's glorious Beatus vir, and having suitably girded our collective loins, shall tackle the "other" 40-part motet, the one that inspired Tallis -- Alessandro Striggio's Ecce beatam lucem. The workshop will take place at Christ Church West Didsbury, Darley Avenue, Manchester M20 2ZD. Staring at 10.00am and ending at 5.00pm. More details to follow, including an early booking form for any eager beavers, once 2024's edition is out of the way! Visit https://www.williambyrdsingers.com/events2025singjoyfully |
| 5-12 July | Le Chant des Oyseaux - Choral workshop |
| 8 - 11 July | Summer School in Choral Conducting - A unique course in Catalunya! Over the course of 4 days (30 hours of classes) , aspects of conducting technique (conducting practices, auditory perception, vocal training and common singing) and complementary activities (conference and analysis) will be worked on. On the evening of Friday 11th of July, the closing concert of the course will take place at the Church of Santa Maria del Pi. Resident Tutors: Frieder Bernius, Pere Lluis Biosca and Jordi Lluch. Invited Tutors: Salvador Brotons and Elisenda Carrasco Location: Residència Salesiana Martí Codolar (Av. Cardenal Vidal i Barraquer, 15, Horta-Guinardó, Barcelona). Prices: Participant: 430 euros; Listener 200 euros. These prices include particiaption in the course and the working scores, but not the stay (neither accommodation nor food)during the days of the course. Registration form: Visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGcPYtD9nTAmh4jF6eywrFrM8s_RVLnViNoKuptt6zgW2cgw/viewform |
| 13-19 July | Le Chant des Oyseaux - Choral workshop |
| 22 - 27 July | Corearte Berlin - Berlin, Germany |
| 26 July - 1 August | The Rodolfus Foundation - Choral Course 1 - Royal Holloway, University of London.
Directed by Katherine Dienes-Williams, with a visit to Oxford. This is a great opportunity to spend a week on campus at RHUL which is always a popular destination for musicians and choral scholars. Visit https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/choral-course-1 |
| 27 - 31 July | Orlando Gibbons and the music of Westminster Abbey - Summer Schools at Lincoln University This course is for experienced singers who want to improve their choral technique and enjoy exploring a rich mix of repertoire in a convivial social setting. Music will be sent out in advance and, while nobody is expected to be note perfect on arrival, we do expect singers to familiarise themselves with the music beforehand. This is not a course for beginners but anyone who has been singing regularly in a choral society or church choir is unlikely to feel out of their depth. The courses runs from Sunday evening, when we meet for dinner, to the following Thursday where we perform our new repertoire at a lunchtime concert - followed by Afternoon Tea. |
| 27 - 31 July | Songs from the Musicals - Summer Schools at Lincoln University This course is for experienced singers who want to improve their choral technique and enjoy exploring a rich mix of repertoire in a convivial social setting. Music will be sent out in advance and, while nobody is expected to be note perfect on arrival, we do expect singers to familiarise themselves with the music beforehand. This is not a course for beginners but anyone who has been singing regularly in a choral society or church choir is unlikely to feel out of their depth. The courses runs from Sunday evening, when we meet for dinner, to the following Thursday where we perform our new repertoire at a lunchtime concert - followed by Afternoon Tea. |
| 27 July - 3 August | Choral Courses at Sherborne Summer School of Music 2025 - Cappella Chamber Choir, Greg Hallam conductor The Cappella Chamber Choir welcomes keen singers to a week of wonderful music making. choice repertoire and good company. Why not meet old friends and make new ones in what could be the most rewarding week of your summer. |
| 3 -10 August | Choral Courses at Sherborne Summer School of Music 2025 - The Lighter Side Choral Course, Timothy Uglow, conductor A week of exciting music making for singers with a keen ear and sense of rhythm. Here you will find foot stomping fun pieces with plenty of sentimental nostalgia to keep the emotions balanced. Be prepared to work hard but essentially, remember to bring a loud costume for the concert! |
| 3 -10 August | Choral Courses at Sherborne Summer School of Music 2025 - Choral Masterpieces of Five Centuries, Inspirational choral music from the Renaissance period to the present day including such deliciously diverse pieces as Verdi’s Va Pensiero from Nabucco, an unknown Mass by Haydn and the ever popular ‘Mass for Peace’, The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins. Early application is recommended as entries will be accepted in rotation, except in cases where balance of voices must be considered. A concert with orchestral accompaniment will be given at the end of the week. For complete information about the summer school and its concerts please see our web site: https://www.sherbornesummerschoolofmusic.org/courses/choral-masterpieces/ |
| 3 - 10 August | Choral Conducting Course at Sherborne Summer School of Music, 2025 - The Art of Choral Direction Amy Bebbington director. Conductors of all levels of experience are welcomed on this course, during which a student’s development through the week is tailored closely to their own individual needs. Essential elements of conducting technique will be shared throughout each day with most of the course spent in a masterclass situation. Additional opportunities, such as working with a large chorus, working with an orchestra and conducting in the course concert, will be shared amongst the members of the course. |
| 8 - 14 August | The Rodolfus Foundation - Choral Course 2 - Oxford Directed by Stephen Grahl, with visits to Christ Church and Merton chapels. The facilities at St Edward's are second to none, and singers enjoy the walk into Oxford to visit chapels. Visit https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/choral-course-2 |
| 9-16 August | Le Chant des Oyseaux - Choral workshop |
| 12 - 18 August | The Rodolfus Foundation - Choral Course 3 - St Peter´s School, York Directed by Sarah MacDonald, with a visit to Durham. This course welcomes students in Yr 10. York is a wonderful university city not to mention the beautiful Minster where we will be singing. Visit https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/choral-course-3 |
| 10 - 15 August | The Rodolfus Foundation - Junior Choral Course 1 - Wellington College Directed by Martyn Ford and Charlotte Corderoy. Suitable for all voices including changing voices Visit https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/junior-choral-course-1 |
| 16 - 22 August | The Rodolfus Foundation - Choral Course 4 - Selwyn College, Cambridge Directed by Simon Toyne with guest visitors Ben Parry and Carolyn Sampson. Based at Selwyn College with visits to other Cambridge colleges. Visit https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/choral-course-4
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| 19 - 24 August | The Rodolfus Foundation - Junior Choral Course 2 - Winchester College Directed by James Bartlett and Ben Vonberg Clark. Suitable for all voices including changing voices. Visit https://www.therodolfusfoundation.org.uk/junior-choral-course-2 |
| 31 August - 5 September | Woodbridge Music Party, Suffolk
The director will be Eamonn Dougan and the early Tudor repertoire will include a piece that came to obsess him when he was a choral scholar at Oxford, Parsons’s O bone Jesu. There will be contributions from other composers born in the opening years of the 16th century, including Tye, Sheppard and Clemens. It will be one of our increasing number of invited courses. They give us greater scope to convene a group of matched voices, which makes for a more satisfactory experience for everyone. There is certainly no notion of stealth or exclusion and anyone can apply to be considered. They are popular, though, and we cannot always fit in all who want to come. Visit : https://www.lacock.org/courses/woodbridge-music-party-2025 |
| 13 - 14 September | Camerata Orford Upper Voices run by English Choral Experience. For experienced amateur singers focusing on works written and arranged for sop/alto. We sing in the lovely church of St Bartholomew, Orford, Suffolk IP12 2LN, where Britten premiered several of his works. For details and repertoire see englishchoralexperience.co.uk |
| 5 - 13 September | Corearte Colombia - Bogota and Manizales, Colombia |
| 21 - 26 September | Spem in Alium 2025 with Patrick Craig in Gourdon, SW France.
This will be one voice to a part and also by invitation. To mark Lacock’s fortieth year, this invited week is built around Thomas Tallis’s forty-part motet, which will be sung with one voice to a part. The other pieces in the repertoire, dating from around 1600 – thirty years after the Tallis – are for double SATBarB choir, so there will be four voices on each line. They include a Magnificat, two psalms and a typically Venetian prayer in honour of St Mark.. Most parts have already been allocated, with just a couple of unfilled seats in the bass section. Visit https://www.lacock.org/courses/gourdon-music-party-2025 |
| 10 - 12 October | The Royal School of Church Music's 2025 Singing Break takes place from 10th to 12th October at historic Auckland Palace, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Highly respected composer, vocalist and music director Joanna Forbes L’Estrange will lead an inspirational, uplifting weekend of singing. The music will include Joanna’s major new work, A Season to Sing – a captivating choral reimagining of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, written to mark the 300th anniversary of the piece. There will be workshops and a sing-through performance, plus the chance to sing choral evensong including Joanna’s hugely popular King’s College canticles and her responses. Singing Break participants will sing in St Peter's Chapel, one of the largest private chapels in Europe. In addition, participants will have time to explore the historic town of Bishops Auckland and the Auckland Project site, including its remarkable Spanish Gallery, where dinner will be held on the Saturday evening. Full details on the RSCM website:https://www.rscmshop.com/features/singing-break Further information on the attached press release |
| 18 - 19 October | Camerata Winchester run by English Choral Experience. For experienced amateur singers. It is held in the wonderful church of St Cross in Winchester. Music by Purcell, Boyce, Walton and finally Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia. For details see englishchoralexperience.co.uk |
| 19 - 24 October | The Music of Florence 2025 directed by Rory Wainwright Jonston. The course celebrates the musical achievements of renaissance Florence, both by its native composers and those drawn by the city’s dazzling éclat. A programme of sacred music by composers associated with the city, prominent among whom are Verdelot and Corteccia. It will include Du Fay’s complex motet Nuper rosarum flores, written for the consecration of Brunelleschi’s dome for Florence Cathedral. The work has come to be treated as an icon in the history of Western music. Our aim is to convene a balanced group of around 36 singers. Participants should have straight, blending voices with full dynamic range and be able to response quickly to direction. Visit https://www.lacock.org/courses/the-music-of-florence-2025 |
| 20 - 26 October | Corearte Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain |
| 21 - 25 October | Le Chant des Oyseaux - Choral workshop |
| 25 October | Border March Early Music Forum Workshop for singers & instrumentalists. |
| 24 - 28 November | Advent in Dresden – with Brass. Directed by Jeremy Jackman. Runbysingers Singing Holidays invites experienced singers to join us in Dresden later this when the Christmas markets will be starting up and the air will be filled with the aromas of hot Gluhwein and sizzling Bratwursts. And as we celebrate the approach of Christmas by lifting our voices in song, we shall be accompanied by a professional Brass Quartet. When we are not rehearsing there will be plenty of time off to visit the Zwinger Palace and its museums, take a boat trip down the Elbe, and visit the restored Frauenkirche. Full details at https://www.runbysingers.org/dresden-singing-holiday |
| 29 November | Border Marches Early Music Forum Workshop for Singers. |