MEMF Diary

Diary of Forthcoming Events

Booking Forms go out to members about six weeks in advance of each event. If you're not a member, but would be interested in attending one of these excellent events, either as a participant or as audience, please contact our Chairman. See our Contacts Page

Alternatively if the booking form is available to download, simply print it out and send with a cheque for the appropriate amount to the workshop organiser (will be listed on the form)

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Last Update : 10 January 2012


Saturday 21 January 2012
Josquin and Lassus: Motet and Magnificat Praeter Rerum Seriem
Vocal and instrumental workshop
Tutor: David Hatcher
Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Blossomfield Road, Solihull, B91 1LG
Click here for more details and to download booking form.
11th February 2012
Treasures of the Renaissance with "Stile Antico"
Workshop for singers
Venue: Warwick School, Myton Road, Warwick CV34 6PP
Click for a printable leaflet and booking form
Saturday 10 March 2012
Vivaldi: Two settings of Dixit Dominus, RV594 & RV595
A workshop for singers, including soloists, and instruments (A=415)
Tutor: Neil Ferris
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Smethwick, West Midlands B67 5LS
Saturday 12 May 2012
Bach Motets
Tutor: John Butt
Venue: All Saints Church, Birmingham Road, Allesley, Coventry CV5 9EQ
Sunday 24th June 2012
Midsummer Revels (evening) + workshop (afternoon)
+ MEMF AGM
Afternoon workshop - Tutor tba
Venue: Middleton Hall nr Tamworth B78 2AE
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 October 2012 weekend workshop
Giovanni Gabrieli: Vocal and instrumental music.
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Repertoire details and Venue: tba


Past Events

Below is a list of workshops we've organised. For older events click here. Whilst we love to tantalise you with the workshop you've only just missed, trawling back through over ten years worth was too much misery for one page. On the other hand, if you'd like to fondly reminisce, they're still there... Of course if you join MEMF we'll send you all the details in plenty of time and you need never think "if only..." again.
 
Saturday 26 November 2011
Renaissance Instrumental workshop (repertoire tba but likely to include Praetorius etc)
Renaissance instrumental workshop for bowed and plucked strings, keyboards and loud and soft renaissance wind instruments (A=440). Singers welcome to double parts if they would like to explore the repertoire but this is mostly about the instruments.
Tutor: Kathleen Berg (A=440)
Venue: St Nicholas Church , Warwick CV34 4JD
Click for more details and booking form
Sunday 6th November
Striggio
40/60 part Missa sopra Ecco sìbeato giorno
(Border Marches EMF workshop for singers and instrumentalists (A440) supported by MEMF and other fora)
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth
Venue: Kidderminster Town Hall, DY10 1EJ  
Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th October 2011
Luca Marenzio: Sacred and secular
A Saturday workshop for singers and instruments, and a Sunday master classes for pre-formed groups
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist church, Langleys Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6HT - (NB Change)   
 
Sunday 9th October
Masterclasses for pre-formed groups
Tutor:  Philip Thorby
Venue: Knowle Village Hall, St Johns Close, Solihull B93 0NH

Saturday 17th September 2011
William Croft: Sacred music
A workshop for singers and instruments NB A=415
Tutor: Peter Leech
Click for more details and booking form
Venue: St Faith and St Laurence Church, Harborne, Birmingham
8th-10th July 2011
Bach B minor mass (A415)
Bach B minor mass A non-residential weekend workshop for singers, including soloists, and baroque instruments (A415)
Tutor: Robert Hollingworth assisted by Lynn Selwood
Click for more details and booking form
Venue: The David Turnbull Music School, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DJ
Saturday 2nd July 2011
Baroque Band Day - rehearsal for B minor Mass, etc

A day workshop for instruments (A=415)
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Click for more details and booking form
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Smethwick, West Midlands B67 5LS


Saturday 21st May 2011
17th Century Portuguese Polyphony
A day workshop for singers and appropriate instruments: bassoon, dulcian, viols, violone, continuo (A440)
Tutor: Graham O'Reilly
Click for more details and booking form
Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa
Saturday 2nd April 2011
Victoria Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) 1605
A day workshop for singers
Tutor: David Hill
Click for more details and booking form
Venue: Selly Oak Methodist Church
76 Langleys Rd, Birmingham B29 0HT
26th March 2011
Renaissance into Baroque:
an exploration of instrumental music of the seventeenth century
A workshop for baroque band: violins, viols and wind (A=415)
Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Click for more details and booking form
Venue:Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Bearwood B67 5LS
  12th February 2011
Lassus Prophetiae Sibyllarum
A day workshop for singers.
Tutor: Stephen Rice
Click for more details
Venue: St Peter’s Church, Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield B72 1JJ 
8 January 2011
MEMF Revels
Afternoon workshop and evening feasting and jollification
Tutor: David Hatcher
Click for more details
Venue: Middleton Hall
11th December 2010
Renaissance Christmas
A day workshop for singers
Click for more details
Tutor: David Allinson
Venue: St George’s Church, Rugby CV22 5HR
Download the Booking Form and Leaflet
13 November 2010
Henri Dumont and Contemporaries
Click for more details
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa CV32 5HL
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2nd October 2010
Lutes, viols and voices
A day workshop with Stuart McCoy
Tutor: Stuart McCoy
Venue: Arden School, Station Rd, Knowle, Solihull B93 0PT
4 September 2010
Vauxhall Gardens Composers. 
Workshops for Baroque Band and solo singers (A415) , and a capella singers
Includes MEMF AGM
Tutors : Lyn Selwood, Clare Griffel
Venue: Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Bearwood B67 5LS
12 June 2010
Handel and James Nares: Anthems
A day workshop for singers and baroque instruments (A415)
Tutor: Peter Leech
Venue: TBA
22 May 2010
A Risky Business: Improvisation
A day workshop for singers and instruments (A 440)
Tutor: Paula Chateauneuf see also this link
Venue: St Mark’s Church, Rugby Road, Leamington Spa CV32 6DL
Download the Booking Form
17/18 April 2010
Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers
Weekend workshop for singers and instruments
Tutor: Philip Thorby
Venue: Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DJ
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13 March 2010
Venetian Vespers
A day workshop for singers and instruments Tutor: Christopher Monks
Venue: Dale St Methodist Church, Leamington Spa CV32 5HL (Click link for a map)
Download the Booking Form (NB Non-members may also attend)
 
27 February 2010
Ludwig Senfl: Ave Maria (six part)
A day workshop for singers and instruments Tutor: David Hatcher
Hear David playing viola da gamba live at Dartington in 2008 with Evelyn Tubb, Michael Fields and David Wright on You Tube Play
Venue: St Faith and St Laurence Church, Croftdown Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 8RE
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30 January 2010
Baroque Band
Baroque Band rehearsal. Tutor: Lynn Selwood
Venue : Warley Woods Methodist Church, Abbey Road, Bearwood B67 5LS
Music : Programme being settled.
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9 January 2010
MEMF Revels - Postponed due to bad weather.
South American Baroque

An afternoon workshop for singers and instrumentalists.
Then food (bring and share), and evening performances and jollifcations.
Tutor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Venue: Middleton Hall nr Tamworth B78 2AE
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