Courses and summer school listings
Details of courses and summer schools are below.
To let the society know of other events, please contact the secretary
See also summer school reviews and advice on choosing a summer school
For other playing opportunities, see playing days and residential weekends
Some other organisations and publications publish extensive listings of summer schools, such as Early Music Review, Early Music America, and www.workshop-directory.com
2023
March
Mar 3-5 23. Etappe für Alte Musik auf BURG FÜRSTENECK „O Bella Donna – Alte Musik von Frauen“, including renaissance orchestra etc, www.altemusik.burg-fuersteneck.de/
March 9-12 Benslow Lutefest with Jakob Lindberg, Sam Chapman, Lynda Sayce, Jacob Heringman, Matthew Spring, Sara Stowe, enslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills off Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB. Tel: 01462 459446. benslowmusic.org benslowmusic.org/index.asp?pageid=2968
April
April 10-14 Benslow Baroque Opera, 'The Judgement of Paris' by John Weldon, with Judy Tarling (leader), Henrik Perrson (continuo coach) and Nick Shaw (vocal coach), Benslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills off Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB. Tel: 01462 459446. benslowmusic.org benslowmusic.org/index.asp?PageID=2529&mc_cid=fd85ab06a3&mc_eid=1f68683910
Apr 15-23 Easter Early Music Course at Haberdasher´s Monmouth School for Girls (formerly the Ascot Easter course), dir Philip Thorby, contact www.easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk
April 22-23 Amherst Early Music Spring Break Workshop, ornamenting Italian madrigals, with Doug Freundlich and Chris Morongiello, contact , lutesocietyofamerica.org/
April 30-May 7 Sunday, 21st Musica Antica masterclass for lutes and singers, with Sigrun Richter, MONTERONE, Castello del Liuto, 52038 SESTINO (Arezzo), Italy
May
May 2-6, 14a Settimana di Musica Antica, with Marco Pesci, Conservatorio statale di Musica "Alfredo Casella" | Via Francesco Savini. 67100 L'Aquila | Tel:0862 22122 - Fax:0862 62325 | C.F. 80007670666 www.consaq.it/conservatorio/informazioni-istituzione/orari/35-notizie/concerti-ed-eventi/4662-35-settimana-di-musica-antica-2-6-maggio-2023.html
May 28-June 3 Annual Summer Texas Toot, with Hector Torres, lute, Concordia University, Austin Texas, The Texas Toot, c/o PO Box 4328, Austin TX 78765 ++1(512) 578-8040 toot.org
May 28-June 10 Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Music Institute, with Lucas Harris, lute and continuo class, University of Toronto, Canada, tel. ++1 416 964 9562, ext: 241 www.tafelmusik.org and specifically www.tafelmusik.org/artist-training/tafelmusik-baroque-summer-institute
June
June 18- July 2 Oberlin baroque performance institute, with Lucas Harris, Contact : Baroque Performance Institute, Conservatory of Music, 77 West College Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074 1576, USA, tel: Anna Hoffmann ++1 440 775 8044 new.oberlin.edu/office/summer-programs/index/baroque-performance-institute/
June 21 - July 1 Engelsholm Renaissance Music Week with Jame Akers, Midtjysk Efterskole, Ejstrupholm, Denmark, contact Patience Balslev , tel. +45 70 22 68 68. www.renaissancemusikuge.dk
June 27-July 7, Guitar and Lute workshop at Academy of Domaine Forget, with Sylvain Bergeron, contact www.domaineforget.com/en/academy-programs-of-study/guitar-and-lute/
July
July ??International Course on Medieval Music Performance, Early Music Besalu, Catalonia, Spain, with Marti Beltran, and Gustav Nasman Olai, cithole, gittern etc. www.earlymusicbesalu.com
July 1-8 XVII Summer Early Music Methodological Courses with Maria Wilgos, Warsaw, www.muzykadawna.org Bednarska Foundation, ul. Bednarska 11, 00-310 Warszawa tel./fax +4822 8266314 +4822 8277132
July 1-9, International Summer School of Early Music,Valtice,Czech Republic,with Brian Wright, tel.00420603954505 www.early-music.cz
July 9-16 Lute Society of America Amherst Lutefest with Grant Herreid, Nigel North, Christopher Morrongiello, and Jason Priset registration at lutesocietyofamerica.org/
July 9-16 Sommerakademie for early music, Recklinghausen with lute course with Stephan Rath and gamba, with Antje Plieg-Oemig www.sommerakademie-altemusik-recklinghausen.de/
July 6-9 Sommerakademie für alte Musik Kloster Michaelsstein (Bach this year, no lute tutor), Michaelsteiner Baroccaner | Vom Gesang zum Klang, contact Musikakademie Sachsen-Anhalt für Bildung und Aufführungspraxis Michaelstein 15, 38889 Blankenburg Germany, +49 (0)3944 903026 Fax: +49 (0)3944 903030 www.kloster-michaelstein.de
July 6-9 Sommerakademie für Alte Musik Recklinghausen with Stephan Rath www.sommerakademie-altemusik-recklinghausen.de/
July 7-14 XIXeme Academie Musicale Chateau d’Ollans, 'Hors les murs, (no lute tutor this year) contact Association C.A.M.A. Academie Musicale, Monsieur Michel Lab, 3 Place du 8 Septembre, F 25000 Besancon, France, tel: ++33/0 3 81 83 30 84 academie-ollans.blogspot.co.uk/ academiemusicalelesalizes.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR340mW8stW6M9s82ykxwNheMxZMkP2a2yJ1ntieASiLH0kccwyJzj1YpKE
July 10-16 Chalemie Summer School of Early Music, Dance and Commedia, Uppingham School. Rutland, with Matthew Spring, lute teacher, et al, mixed consort players especially welcome. Contact: Barbara Segal, tel: 020 7700 4293 / f: 7700 5877, or Chalemie Summer School, 3 Thornhill Square, Islington, London N1 1BQ, www.chalemie.co.uk
July 12-16 Lute course in San Marino, with Francesca Torelli, San Marino Artist - Piazza di Sopra n. 23 - 47893 - Borgo Maggiore - Rep. San Marino www.sanmarinoartist.com/
July 14-16 Lute song course, Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium, Frankfurt with Franz Vitzthum, Countertenor, and Julian Behr, www.dr-hochs.de/sites/default/files/vitzthum_laute_2023.pdf
July 15-22 Summer Baroque Academy at the Victoria Conservatory, [no lute teacher this year] with Victoria Baroque and Early Music Vancouver, Victoria Conservatory of Music (900 Johnson Street), Early Music Vancouver, 1254 W 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6H 1B6, Canada vcm.bc.ca/music-programs/summer-intensive-programs/#baroque
July 16-22 Renaissance Music Workshop, no lute tutor this year, Sonoma State University, CA, Music of English and German lands, contact: San Francisco Early Music Society, Jessica House Steward, P.O. Box 10151 Berkeley, CA 94709 sfems.org/?page_id=231
July 17-22 Sommerakademie für alte Musik Kloster Michaelsstein (Bach this year, no lute tutor), , 1723- Bach geht nach Leipzig- Kantaten und Kammermusik aus der Bachzeit, contact Musikakademie Sachsen-Anhalt für Bildung und Aufführungspraxis Michaelstein 15, 38889 Blankenburg Germany, +49 (0)3944 903026 Fax: +49 (0)3944 903030 www.kloster-michaelstein.de
July 17-23 Accademia dei Selvatici, summer course of renaissance and baroque music, Monteverdi's Ballo dell ingrate, with Michele Carreca, Ensemble La Selva, Acquasparta (TR) www.ensemblelaselva.it/ www.bottegart.com/eng-accademia-selvatici-2023
July 17-23 Settimana Musicale del Trecento, Arezzo, the music of Anthonello da Caserta, with Claudia Caffagni, www.settimanamusicaledeltrecento.it www.facebook.com/settimanamusicaledeltrecento/ www.settimanamusicaledeltrecento.it/?fbclid=IwAR1inrtvyhBA4clOYOEBIgy_3WeJgh0jSHlEPDhv0n7WD0MqlOEPIzy-ZYA
July 19-28 55th International Early Music course, Urbino, with Paul O’Dette, Evangelina Mascardi, Mauro Squillante contact: Fondazione Italiana per la Musica Antica, Via Col di Lana 7, C.P. 6159, 00195 Roma, Italy Tel/fax: ++39 063210806 www.urbinomusicaantica.com/
July 20-27 12th International Course and Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Music Morella, with Eduardo Eguez, Morella Castellon, Valencia, Apartado de Correos 115 I 46450 Benifaió (Valencia) (+34) 961 780 015 or (+34) 616 015 301 earlymusicmorella.com/en/
July 22-29 Dartington International Summer School, week 1, incl. Lynda Sayce lute class, , Contact: DISS, The Barn, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6DE tel: ++44/(0)1803 847080 www.dartington.org/summer-school
July 22-31 Austria Barock Akademie,at Lambach, Music at the Courts of Austria, with Peter Croton, Daniele Camitie, Joachim Held, Hubert Hoffmann, contact: Preßgasse 14-16/2/4, A-1040 Wien, Austria, +43 (0) 699 1713 60 83 www.austriabarockakademie.at www.austriabarockakademie.at/lambach-2023.php
July 23-29 XXXI Encontros Internacionais de Música da Casa de Mateus, International Baroque Music Course, Casa de Mateus, including lute, early music interpretation for guitarists, and chamber music, with Peter Croton, reduced fees for early registration, Casa de Mateus, Vila Real, near Lisbon, Portugal
casademateus.com/xxxi-encontros-internacionais-de-musica-da-casa-de-mateus-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1TkvL8ToaBAh8BsVlQbk5rhoI2WzL9A7Kc8i8Hv2ylVJs4pOKebtcecwk
July 23-30 Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools, now taking place at Benslow Music Trust, Hitchin, Herts, Baroque week: Purcell's King Arthur, no lute tutor but continuo welcome. Contact: Cambridge Early Music, 80 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LL tel: 0844 808 2412 www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org
July, 24-29, Early Music summer camp at Castelo Novo, Portugal, for 10-18 year olds, with Helena Raposo, www.facebook.com/earlymusicsummercamp contact
July 24-30 Corso Internazionale de Musica Antica, with Ugo Nastrucci, Italy, Accademia del Ricercare, Via Torino 15, 10090, San Raffaele Cimena (TO) accademiadelricercare.com/corso-internazionale-di-musica-antica-2023/
July 26-31 ILMAestate 2023, corsi estivi de musica antica, with Michele Pasotti, Baroque music at San Vito al Tagliamento; Renaissance music at Valvasone www.ilmaonline.eu/ tel: ++39 331 4532413 Associazione Antiqua, Palazzo Gerometta, Pradis di Sopra, I 33090 Clauzetto (PN)
July 27-Aug 6 Sommerakademie für alte Musik Kloster Michaelsstein (Bach this year, no lute tutor), , Vom Kapellmeister zum Kanto, contact Musikakademie Sachsen-Anhalt für Bildung und Aufführungspraxis Michaelstein 15, 38889 Blankenburg Germany, +49 (0)3944 903026 Fax: +49 (0)3944 903030 www.kloster-michaelstein.de
July 29–Aug 5 Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School LI (NORVIS), Barnard Castle School, with Richard Mackenzie. Contact: Harriet Gilfillan, 15 Bankside, Morpeth NE61 1XD 07738 108771 www.norvis.org.uk Enquiries contact form norvis.org.uk/contact-us/
July 30-Aug 5, Lute Society of America Online Lutefest registration at lutesocietyofamerica.org/
July 30-Aug 13, 45th Sommerakademie Neuburg an der Donau with Julian Behr, Emma Kirkby, Residenzstraße A 66 86633 Neuburg an der Donau, details: www.sommerakademie-neuburg.de/ tel +49 (0) 8431 67020
July 30 - Aug 5 Stage de musique baroque, with Pasival Castro, Centre Musiflore 215 chemin de Musiflore, 26460 Crupies, France, Phone: +33 4 75 46 44 86 www.lamn.fr/stage-musique-baroque/
July 30-Aug 5 14th International Medieval Music Course, Ars Nova, with Peppe Frana, Crawford Young, Centro Studi Europeo di Musica Medievale ‘Adolfo Broegg’ Spello, Italy, ++39 348 87 22 314 www.centrostudiadolfobroegg.it
July 30-Aug 6 Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools, now taking place at Benslow Music Trust, Hitchin, Herts. Renaissance week: John Baldwin’s Commonplace Book: a personal collection of exquisite taste, with Jacob Heringman, Contact: Cambridge Early Music, 80 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LL tel: 0844 808 2412 www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org
July 30-Aug 6 Internationales Seminar fur Alte Musik, Music of London, with Michael Freimuth, Michael Duecker, Schloss Zrel an der Pram, Oberosterreich, Austria, contact: Christa Pesendorfer, Hauptstr. 61b/8, A 3001, Mauerbach bei Wien, Austria, tel/fax: ++43 1 979 5898 www.alte-musik.music.at
August
Aug 2-6 L’Humor Bizzarro XXII, Intarsi di musica e danza antica, Rome, with Francesco Tomasi, Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio, tel/fax: ++39 0633267447, / 328 3645555 ilteatrodellamemoria.com/2023/03/20/lhumor-bizzarro-2023-early-dance-music-workshop-in-rome/
Aug 4-13 Holešov Early music summer school, with Juan Jose Francione, baroque guitar and theorbo, Contact: The Czech Ensemble Baroque, Lázy 14, Loucka 756 44, Czech Republic, www.baroknihudba.cz
Aug 5-11 Early music course at Bertinoro, ensemble and solo playing with masterclasses, and early orchestra course with Joachim Held and La Risonanza; Bertinoro, Italy, larisonanza.it/edu/1
Aug 5-12 Geflüchtete englische Komponisten auf dem Kontinent und ihre deutschen Kollegen – Brade, Dowland, Simpson Schein und Scheidt with Amanda Marwick (flute), Ibrahim Aziz (Gamba), Lee Santana (Lute, cittern, bandora, renaissance guitar), Michael Dollendorf (recorder) und Sven Schwannberger (voice). Wolfenbuettel, Berlin, Renaissance Workshop, c/o Michael Dollendorf, Bandelstraße 2, 10559 Berlin
michaeldollendorf.com/de/renaissance-workshops/renaissance-workshop-sommerschule-2023
Aug 5-13 Summer course on interpretation of early music, with Jan Cizmar, Kunín château, Kunín 1, 742 53 Kunín, contact: Jan Čižmář, MA, Cacovická 50, Brno, CZ-614 00 t: +420 606 222 416 www.jancizmar.com lute.cz/en/summer-course-on-the-interpretation-of-early-music-2023/
Aug 6-20 Mattheiser Sommer-Akademie Bad Sobernheim, International Masterclasses and Concert Festival, Germany, [no lute teacher this year]: www.mattheiser.de +++49 (0) 6751/856 3334
Aug 7-11 Summer Baroque Instrumental Course with Liz Kenny, for aspiring professional baroque instrumentalists, Laidlaw Music Centre, University of St Andrews, +44 (0)1334 46 2226 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music/all/short-courses/baroque-course/
Aug 7-12 Mastercourse in Schwäbisch Gmünd with Sigrun Richter, lute, and Robert Crowe, voice, SCHWÖRHAUS, Erika-Künzel-Platz 1, 73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Aug 7-13 8e Académie de musique ancienne des Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Mortagne-au-Perche [no lute tutor this year] contact Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Renseignements : +33 (0)9 81 18 57 45 www.lesmusiciensdesaintjulien.fr/index.php?page=formation&categorieId=407&id=133 www.lesmusiciensdesaintjulien.fr/academie/8e-academie-de-musique-ancienne/
Aug 6-12 Sommerkurs für Alte Musik with Julian Behr, Neuburg, see neuburg-ist-kultur.de/sommerakademie/kursangebot/alte-musik
Aug 7-13, La 8e Académie de musique ancienne des Musiciens de Saint-Julien, Telemann, Polish style and Galant style, with Giulio Quirici, www.lesmusiciensdesaintjulien.fr/academie/8e-academie-de-musique-ancienne/ Contact, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, 86 rue Lesueur, F 76600 Le Havre, France +33 (0)9 81 18 57 45
Aug 12-19 Early Music Week at Pinewoods, nr Plymouth MA, no lute tutor this year but lutes welcome, Contact: The Country Dance and Song Society, 116 Pleasant Suite 345, Easthampton, MA 01027-2759 USA, tel: ++1 413-203-5467 camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week-at-pinewoods/
Aug 12-19 Der französische Stil in Europa – Versailles und sein Einfluss (Jean-Baptiste Lully, André Danican Philidorf, Johann Jakob Froberger , Georg Muffat, Henry Purcell (no lute teacher this year) michaeldollendorf.com/de/baroque-workshops/baroque-workshop-sommerschule-2023
Aug 13-19 La Pellegrina summer school at Priory Nieuw Sion, Diepenveen (Netherlands) , theorboes wanted, Baroque music at A=415, Rameau and co. (no lute tutor, but theorboes welcome) Contact: La Pellegrina, Dirkjan Horringa, Merwedeplansoen 73, 3522 JZ Utrecht, Netherlands, tel: ++31 30 2382535 www.pellegrina.net
Aug 13-19 7th annual Higham Hall Early Music Summer School, with Hugh Cherry and Richard Mackenzie, Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SH tel: 01768 776976 highamhall.com/course/early-music-summer-school-2023/
Aug 13-20 Baroque Week 2023, Queen Anne’s School, Caversham, Berkshire, baroque chamber playing, The grand tour: France, with Lynda Sayce Contact: The Baroque Week, 118 Wise Lane, East Knoyle, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6AB www.baroqueweek.uk Tel: 01747 830625
Aug 19-27 Academie d’ete du Capriccio Francais, [no lute teacher this year, mostly choral and harpsichord], capricciofrancais.com/academie-stage_ete
Aug 20-27 Viel Klang Sommer, Tuebingen, Meisterkurse, Handel (no lute tutor this year), Eberstr. 23, D 72072 Tuebingen, Germany www.vielklang.org
Aug 21-25 Historically Informed Summer School, with Lynda Sayce, Bishop Burton College, Beverley contact: +44 (0)7942 264305 www.hiss.org.uk/
Aug 25-Sept 3 SienAgosto 2023, for Voice, Violin, Harpsichord, Lute and Theorbo, with Paul Beier (lute and theorbo), Michael Chance, Lynn Dawson, etc. Siena School for Liberal Arts www.michaelchancecountertenor.co.uk/masterclasses/
September
Sept 6-10, 9th Admonter Lautenherbst, with Joachim Held, Cornelia Demmer and Bettina Pahn, at Admont Abbey www.lautenherbst.at/index_en.html contact Mrs. Dagmar Fischer‐Riedel tel +43‐664‐1972598.
Sept 9th-14th, Eagle Hill (Maine) Institute Workshop on Plucked Instruments with Hopkinson Smith, Eagle Hill Institute, 59 Eagle Hill Road, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME 04680, USA www.eaglehill.us madmimi.com/s/af4d201
October
Oct 1-8, 21st Musica Antica masterclass with Sigrun Richter and Patrizia Vaccari, MONTERONE, Castello del Liuto, 52038 SESTINO (Arezzo), Italy, www.sigrunrichter.de tel. +49 171 1441047
Oct 12-14, Historical plucked instrument course with Hopkinson Smith, Academia Internacional Joan Carles i Amat, Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona, associaciojca.org/academia.aspx/?lang=EN
2024
March 7-10 Benslow Lutefest with Lynda Sayce, Jacob Heringman, Matthew Spring, Sara Stowe, and other tutors to be announced, Benslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills off Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB. Tel: 01462 459446. benslowmusic.org
May 5-12, 23rd Musica Antica 2024, Masterclass with Sigrun Richter, Monterone, Castello del Liuto, 52038 SESTINO (Arezzo), Italy Info: laute@sigrunrichter.de
COURSES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WHICH HAVE NOT YET PUBLISHED DETAILS FOR THIS YEAR
Lacock Singing weeks sometimes include lute continuo, www.lacock.org/calendar
February
Sing, Sing, Sing, lute and guitar song course, with Evelyn Tubb and Michael Fields, Jackdaws Music Education Trust, Great Elm, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3NY ++44 01373 812383, www.jackdaws.org.uk
Kurs Musik des 17. Jahrhunderts in der Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz in Neuwied-Engers, with Martin Lubenow, musichevarie.com/html/kurse.html
April
Madison Early Music Festival, with Grant Herreid, Charles Weaver, University of Wisconsin, contact: Madison Early Music Festival, 21 N. Park St. 7th Floor ++1 608-890-1118. memf.artsinstitute.wisc.edu/
May
Baroque continuo crash course, with Lukas Henning, Berlin, hosted by Baroque Workshop www.facebook.com/events/678916235811256/
Blackdown Early Music Projects, Southwest viols, lutes and voices, with Lynda Sayce, lute songs, lute solo, consort playing, Cadbury House, Fore Street, Culmstock, Devon EX15 3JD, contact: Catherine Bass
Teatro Veneziano: continuo playing in Italian orchestral music, with Sam Chapman. Lutes, guitars and theorbos all welcome. Culminates in two orchestra concerts in Bern and Biel, Switzerland. Contact:, 0041 79 530 3991.
Musik des 17. Jahrhundert, kurs fur historische Instrumente, prot. Martin-Luther Gemeindezentrum, Windhofstraße 17, Germersheim-Sondernheim Gemersheim, contact Martin van Lubenow, Friedhofstrasse 2, D 76726 Germersheim, Germany, ++49 7274 / 777 362
June
Alte Musik in Kloster Armstorf, Kammermusikkurs für Traversflöte, Viola da Gamba und Violone ,No lute teacher this year, at Bildungshaus Kloster Armstorf, Kloster Armstorf, Dorfener Str. 12, D-84427 St. Wolfgang flautotraverso.de/kurse.html
July
Academia Musicae Antiquae Labacensis, with Izidor Erazen Grafenauer, University of Ljubljana, contact Akademija za glasbo, Stari trg 34, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, www.ag.uni-lj.si/academy/summer-school
Chamber music for early instruments, at Sunstar Mountain Lodge, Arosa, Switzerland, with Ziv Braha, information :Leonardo Bortolotto,
Lothringerstrasse 145, CH-4056 Basel +41 (0)77 440 05 50
www.musikkurswochen.ch/courses/Chamber%2520music%2520for%2520early%2520music/290
Lute course with Evangelina Mascardi, Orte, near Rome, in collaboration with Associazione Incontri Mediterranei, tel +39 340.982.1145 www.evangelinamascardi.com
Svenska gitarr-och lutafestivalen, www.sgls.nu/gitarrakademin/luta.html
Early Music Summer University in Miercurea Ciuc, with Istvan Konya and Attila Kovacs, Márton Áron National College (Miercurea Ciuc, 80 Márton Áron Street) Romania regizene.ro/en/good-to-know/?fbclid=IwAR0kMLXFpgkQUIL4_CEYL0DrY6qC5IhKjrpPToAB5CizY35hxXDbvsgKEAI or www.regizene.ro tel: 0040-266-372044 (fax: 0266-315891); 0040-0746-244235 (mobile).
Ringve Museum International Summer School, Inderoy, Norway; contact: Olavsfestdagene · Pb 2045 · N-7410 Trondheim, tel/fax: ++47 40 40 45 84 ringve.no/ringve-international-summer-course
Settimana di Musica Antica, Citta di Castello, with Michele Carreca, 'Signori in Carrozza', Villa San Donino, Citta di Castello (PG) Italy, contact ++39 333 25 69 690 e:
August
Amsterdam Early Music Summer School including a wokshop for advanced students by Fred Jacobs, Conservatorium van Amsterdam. consam.nl/emss
Interpretation Course for Lute and Plucked Instruments with, Hopkinson Smith, Chesa da Cultura, Via Dimlej 44, CH-7500 St. Moritz, Switzerland www.cultura-stmoritz.ch/en/master-class-for-plucked-instruments-with-hopkinson-smith-lute/
From Lute Songs to Pop Songs: Unboxing a Repertoire, with Sam Chapman (lute, theorbo), Claire Huguenin (voice) and James Oldham (composition). Berlin Summer University of the Arts. For more information and registration: summer-university.udk-berlin.de/?id=446
Course in historical lute technique in the baroque era, at Chiavenna, Italy, contact: , www.musico.it/lute/ (scroll down), www.musico.it/chiavennabaroque/
Early Music Master Classes, Centro Residenziale Universitario Bertinoro, Via Frangipane 6, 47032 Bertinoro, www.facebook.com/events/427368441337415/
Masterclass for plucked instruments with Hopkinson Smith, Chesa da Cultura, Via Dimlej 44, CH-7500 St. Moritz, Switzerland, T/F +41 61 361 62 44 | info[at]cultura-stmoritz.ch www.cultura-stmoritz.ch/en/master-class-for-plucked-instruments-with-hopkinson-smith-lute/
September
English Lute Songs Old and New, with Jacob Heringman, Claire Wilkinson, Michael Solomon Williams, Benslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills off Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB. Tel: 01462 459446. www.benslowmusic.org
Alessandra Stradella International Festival, with Andrea Damiani, Nepi (VT), Italy, contact Giorgia Rocca, www.festivalstradella.org
Floremus, Florence International Renaissance Music Workshop, courses in madrigals and villanesche etc. for singers and instrumentalists, with Gian Luca Lastraioli, contact Associazione L’Homme Armè, Via San Romano 56, 50135 Firenze Tel/Fax +39 055 695000 www.hommearme.it/site/floremus/
Rencontes Baroques de Montfrin, Association le Chant des Pierrres, 3 Rue Gambetta, F 30490 Montfrin, France (+) 33 466 020 354 www.montfrinbaroque.com/stage2022.html Tel +39 329 8134141
Lessons in solo playing and chamber music, with Joachim Held, Vittorio Ghielmi, Jan van Elsacker, Ulrike Hofbauer, Frithjof Smith–Bork, in Luebeck, Germany, www.hanse-ensemble.eu
October
West Dean short course, Sing from the heart, with Evelyn Tubb, Michael Fields, West Dean Sussex - The Edward James Foundation, West Dean, Nr Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ www.westdean.org.uk/study +44 (0) 1243 818300