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BIG PLAYERS A preview of what’s in store in our pick of the season

19 CAREER ENHANCEMENT Professional development courses around the UK

10 SOUND OF SUMMER Conservatoire-based summer schools

24 THE FRENCH CONNECTION Marsac music festival

14 HIGH NOTES Verbier Festival Academy

27 ISLAND ESCAPE Jersey International Masterclasses

29 LISTINGS UK and international listings

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Sherborne Summer School of Music 28 July - 11 August 2013

Four Choirs Cappella Chamber Choir, Lighter Side Choir Choral Masterpieces Choir, Voices in Harmony

Chamber Music for Winds and Strings Piano and Vocal Masterclasses Piano Course, Piano Accompaniment Course Masterclass for Singers 1 and 2

Jazz Four Conducting Courses

George Hurst Conducting Course Wind Conducting Course, Practical Conducting Choral Conducting

Composition Wind Ensemble Two Orchestras Chamber and Symphony Orchestras

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PREVIEW

Big players What better way to put winter behind you than to start planning which courses to attend this summer?

Toby Deller offers a helping hand by previewing what’s in store at some of the most renowned places

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t is cold and wet, so naturally thoughts turn to summer. That was the summer, you say?

But for those who like to spend at least some of their holiday time immersed in something other than rainwater, thoughts also turn to this year’s music summer schools and vacation courses.

And this is the time of year when programme details for the year ahead start to appear. Here’s a brief preview of what’s new at some of the familiar places in 2013.

Dartington International Summer School’s orchestral workshop and, right, Samba procession in the gardens

It is at the two longest running summer schools that regulars will notice the most changes. Sherborne School of Music (www.sherbornesummerschoolofmusic.co.uk), formerly known as Canford, is this year condensing its varied activities into a twoweek format (28 July-11 August). This is, say the organisers, thanks to the completion of facilities at the school which allow a greater number of students to be accommodated.

And of those courses it is laying on this year, some of which are new, the most noteworthy change is in its famous conducting course, formerly led by Goerge Hurst.

‘Sadly the revered musician and teacher died last September,’ says summer school director Malcolm Binney. ‘He died within a month of completing his last course at the summer school in full knowledge of his impending death. George started the conducting course at Canford and taught at Canford/Sherborne for 63 years. Typical of his dedication, knowing that 2012 would be his last summer school, he planned the future of the conducting course in minute detail for the next several years, putting in place both staff and repertoire and leaving plans for the growth and expansion of the course. As a memorial to this dedicated and fine teacher, the course will now be called the George Hurst Conductors’ Course and a scholarship has been set up in his name for a young British conductor.’

Binney has added a new course on mixed chamber music, featuring the Delmé String Quartet, and for non-musicians, a course entitled Painting and Drawing Musicians is to be led by the artist Jeremy Yates, noted for his depictions of musicians. The course runs during the same week as Voices in Harmony, a singing course for both readers and nonreaders of music.

Over at Dartington International Summer School (www.dartington.org/summerschool; 27 July-31 August) this combination of inclusivity and excellence is key to developments in the next and future years.

‘We have aimed to make Dartington even more inclusive this year,’ says John Woolrich, now in his third year as director of the south Devon institution. ‘There are options at the summer school for total beginners of

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any age, for those who haven’t played for a while and want to get back into it, and of course for advanced music students who want to hone their skills with the help of some of the finest performer teachers in the business. It’s great to see so many performers, composers and teachers returning this year – they always come back – as well as some new blood.’

In addition, the organisers are targeting teachers, not just as participants in courses as a whole but through two professional development courses in particular: one on creative composition, another on creating and producing an opera (directed by the Royal Opera House).

‘The atmosphere is relaxed and informal, with plenty of opportunity to meet and socialise with fellow learners and the professional musicians. And the whole event takes place in one of the most beautiful and inspirational settings in the UK, making it a truly memorable experience.’

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hile the programmes for Dartington and Sherborne are all more or less fixed and open for booking, elsewhere they may still be in the final stages of planning. In Aberystwyth, MusicFest (www.abermusicfest.org; 28 July-3 August) has announced many of its courses for 2013, which include some new additions in music theatre, jazz and big band, chamber music, bassoon and flute. But further exciting announcements are promised by the time this magazine appears.

Similarly, VaCO (www.vaco.org), the north Yorkshire-based international chamber orchestra courses for advanced students that take place in northern England and in Europe at various points throughout the year, reckons to be able to release details of its activities (pending the results of an

The atmosphere is relaxed and informal, with plenty of opportunity to meet and socialise

application for Arts Council funding) for the year ahead some time in late February or early March.

The Rehearsal Orchestra (www. rehearsal-orchestra.org) will once again be running a residential course in Edinburgh to coincide with the summer festival (10-17 August), as well as a series of oneday workshops. Although the format is similar this year to previous years, the repertoire (for Edinburgh at least) is heavily marked by the various notable composer anniversaries this year – Verdi, Wagner, Poulenc, Hindemith, Lutoslawski and Britten all feature.

Speaking of Britten, his old school, Gresham’s, is running a summer singing course for children aged eight to 13 in his honour.

The Britten Music Course (www.greshams. com/enterprises/grasshopper-camps; 11-14 July) is a relatively new endeavour, introduced two years ago and aimed in part for children looking to gain experience ahead of music scholarship applications. As well as taking part in the usual classes and workshops, participants get to perform as part of the Kings Lynn Festival.

Applications are also now open for another newcomer to the substantial number of vacation courses aimed at younger musicians, the Ingenium Academy (www. ingeniumacademy.com; 21 July-11 August). The academy, based in Winchester, has three programmes – instrumental, vocal and piano – and actively seeks to draw students (aged 14-18) from around the world.

Finally, a quick flick through the musical activities on offer throughout the year at Benslow (www.benslowmusic.org) reveals a number of new courses. For the seriousminded, there are various sessions dedicated to helping you prepare for piano or violin exams and diplomas. For others – the brochure recommends a good sense of humour – there is a weekend of string quartet speed dating in April (with a further four-day chance to hook up with new musical partners in October).

So, as winter turns to the now inevitable unseasonably warm early spring that will itself doubtless turn to damp early summer, keep an eye on future issues of Classical Music for more summer school news as CM it emerges.

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ABCD 28TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

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23-25 August 2013, Oxford Brookes University

RESIDENTIAL CONDUCTING COURSE 22-26 July 2013, Worcester

Convention: the year’s foremost event for all who lead choral music

Practical sessions by British and international presenters, including:

Chetham’s International Summer School & Festival for Pianists

• vocal & conducting technique • repertoire for all types of choir • advice and ideas for all those working with young voices • Come & Sing evening with John Rutter open to all

Artistic Director: Murray McLachlan

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Part One: 14–20 August 2013 Part Two: 20–26 August 2013

large trade fair pre-convention conducting course young conductors’ course Gala Concert in the Sheldonian Theatre, Saturday 24 August at 7.45pm

The Friendliest Piano Summer School in the World!

New: Choral conducting week for young conductors Five day residential course in the historic city of Worcester for anyone aged 18 - 30, incorporating sessions on vocal technique, preparation and rehearsal technique and concentrating on British repertoire.

Course tutor Peter Broadbent, with Paul Brough, Neil Ferris, Patrick Russill & Paul Spicer

Faculty includes: Elena Ashkenazy, Philippe Cassard, Peter Donohoe, José Feghali, Carlo Grante, Harry Harris, David Horne, Eugen Indjic, Nikki Iles, Matthias Kirschnereit, John McLeod, Noriko Ogawa, Artur Pizarro, Vladimir Tropp.

With daily concerts, lectures, improvisation, jazz, composition, intensive one-to-one coaching, duets, organ and harpsichord.

In association with WIFYS (www.singuk.org/wifys)

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CONSERVATOIRE COURSES

Sound of summer Many short courses are offered by music colleges, and these can be a great way of experiencing the immersive, conservatoire way of life, writes Emma Findlow RCS jazz course participant

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eeting like-minded people and sharing passions, learning from highly experienced teachers and making use of top-class facilities – there is a lot to be gained from taking a course at a conservatoire. It is not only a great way for young musicians to get a taste of what life at music college is really like, but also to have fun and develop new skills.

There is plenty on offer – including termtime junior conservatoires, and courses for all ages – details of which are on each respective college, but below is a pick of this year’s summer schools and short courses suitable for 11- to 18-year-olds.

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ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC A new development at the Royal College of Music (RCM) this year is a set of courses linked to the BBC Proms. The courses are the newest installment in RCM Sparks, the college’s learning and participation programme. For budding composers, the five-day in-depth composition course, running from 6 to 10 August, is not to be missed. After spending a day at the Proms, participants will cross the road to RCM to form their own ensemble. They will then compose a piece inspired by the music they have heard, to be performed and recorded by RCM musicians. On 13 to 15 August there is a fun three-day course for ten- to 12-yearolds, inspired by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition but focusing on the RCM’s own artworks. It includes a family-friendly Proms

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New challenges: Animate Orchestra at Junior Trinity

concert and the chance to for participants to create their own music and art.

A number of free and subsidised places are available for those who meet the criteria, and there are also afternoon workshops for younger children. For more information visit www.rcm.ac.uk/summermusic

ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) has a packed programme of summer activities for all ages and abilities this year.

Among the courses available, the jazz summer school (29 July-2 August) is particularly popular and includes tuition from Tommy Smith, artistic director of jazz at RCS. There are also a number of new courses including those for organ, Scottish traditional, composition and gamelan. And if you attend the brass summer school this year, you will be taught by RCS principal and virtuoso trumpeter John Wallace. For musicians at the younger end of the spectrum, there is a new guitar course for 2013 (15-19 July), as well as percussion one (22-26 July) and a range of courses in part-

nership with Aberdeen International Youth Festival.

According to a former student: ‘The reputation of the conservatoire draws people in from all over the world, which makes the experience even better as you get a diverse range of viewpoints creating much more interesting projects and feedback.’

See the full programme at www.rcs.ac.uk/ shortcourses

ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC & DRAMA An impressive variety of courses are on offer from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) this year, from perennial favourite Junior Jazz to a musical theatre course, new for 2013.

Junior Jazz makes good use of the Paula Gardiner Trio (lead by the head of jazz studies at RWCMD) whose members serve as course tutors, and the course culminates with a unique opportunity to perform on stage in the Brecon Jazz Festival. It is suitable for ages eight to 18 and runs from 5 to 9 August. For string players and pianists, there

is also a chamber music course for players of grade 6 standard and above, led by Richard Ormrod (29 July-2 August).

Set up in response to increasing demand, the new music theatre workshop links in with the college’s MA in Musical Theatre. Course leader Viv Care has devised a course that can be delivered to school leavers as well as adults (the course for 15- to 17-year-olds runs from 26-30 August). There is also a one-day workshop for young singers on 1 August, where students will work on the basics of singing, including posture and breathing, and perform in a masterclass.

Finally, for those with a visual impairment who are interested in developing their musical skills, a summer workshop runs from 30 July to 1 August. It looks at ‘giving the cohort the confidence and motivation to explore a HE level music education, but is also excellent fun with like-minded and gifted musicians.’

RWCMD is the only provider of HE level music provision for visually impaired and blind music students in Wales.

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CONSERVATOIRE COURSES

TRINITY LABAN

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Trinity Laban is currently redeveloping its summer school programme with a view to ‘making it even more dynamic and relevant to musicians and music educators’ – keep an eye on the institute’s website for further updates.

Throughout the year, there are opportunities for young people aged nine to 14 to get a taster of Animate Orchestra – a partnership between Trinity Laban, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and participating local authorities. This ‘young people’s orchestra for the 21st century’ aims to get children both with and without musical experience to make music together in creative ways, exploring how orchestras of the future might look and sound. One previous attendee says of the experience, ‘This project was a good opportunity for me to work outside of my

comfort zone, without using sheet music. I enjoyed working with new people and meeting skilled musicians. I also enjoyed creating a tune and having it develop into something amazing.’ Animate Orchestra runs a range of taster courses and workshops – visit www. animateorchestra.org.uk/booking-information for the latest information.

LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC On offer for the ten to 17 age group at Leeds College of Music this August is ‘Creative Music Making and Recording for Young Musicians’ – three days of composition and tuition in technology and recording techniques. It is suitable for a wide range of abilities, and ideal for those wanting to get experience recording and editing in a professional studio. There is a fully equipped suite of recording and pro-

‘The place for positive and open-minded musicians’ – members of last year’s GSMD jazz summer school

duction facilities, designed to meet a variety of needs ranging from the live recording of bands and ensembles and multi-track recording, through to sound design, sampling, digital editing and mastering.

Alisha Vickers, who attended last year, says, ‘The course is fantastic for meeting new people, learning new things and gaining more confidence’. Exact dates and further information will be available shortly at www. lcm.ac.uk/courses/short-courses.aspx.

GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA There is a broad range of courses at the Guildhall School this year, starting with a week-long jazz summer school described as ‘the place for positive and open-minded musicians of all ages and abilities’. It opens with a singers’ weekend on 13 July, focusing on jazz, gospel, African and world music, all performed by ear. This is followed by a weeklong jazz and rock course which includes jazz and rock bands and combos, big bands, vocal groups, classes in harmony, rhythm, and improvisation, instrumental and vocal classes, rock and Latin workshops and computer music. More experienced performers (17 and over) should consider the advanced jazz course (30-31 August), where participants are encouraged to experiment with and extend their knowledge of different jazz playing techniques. There is no audition, but applicants are asked to supply information on prior training and performing experience.

There is more on offer for singers in the form of the A Cappella Choral Summer School (27-31 August), which will help participants hone their skills while exploring 400 years of English choral history. Expect to cover everything from Tallis to Vaughan Williams; the week culminates with a performance at nearby St Giles’ Cripplegate.

Applications are welcome from those aged 16 and over with choral singing experience.

And finally, for those wanting to use the summer to improve their theory skills, Guildhall Schhol is a good bet. There is an ‘essential music theory’ summer school for age 11 upwards, which covers grades 2 to 5, and a ‘beyond grade 5’ course for age 16 upwards. Both courses run from 27 August to 1 September.

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VERBIER FESTIVAL ACADEMY

High notes The Swiss Alps are alive with the sound of music, courtesy of the Verbier Festival and its vibrant academy attracting some of the finest young musicians and performers from across the world. Jessica Duchen heads to the hills to find out more

The Verbier Festival in full swing, among the Valais mountains

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Part of an all-star lineup of performers at the festival, cellist Steven Isserlis

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he Swiss Alps can seem rather quiet in summer compared to the bustling winter ski season. Goodness knows why. This has to be one of the planet’s most beautiful spots: peaks soaring to the heavens, lakes glittering in the sun, spectacular thunderstorms lighting up the valleys and summits. Twenty years ago, Verbier struck Martin Engström in just this way. Though popular for snowy sports, the resort, high in the Valais mountains, became a backwater in July and August. Founding the Verbier Festival, he changed all that: the village now hosts a musical jamboree of the highest calibre, with international stars, young up-and-coming artists and the festival’s own orchestra performing in an enormous portable tent.

Verbier’s other raison d’etre is slightly less visible, but perhaps even more crucial. The Verbier Festival Academy was launched together with the festival itself, providing masterclasses and coaching for selected young performers from all over the world, with some of the finest professorially-inclined musicians on the circuit – the likes of chamber music guru Gabor Takács-Nagy, pianists Ferenc Rados, Alfred Brendel and Menahem Pressler, cellist Frans Helmerson and many more. The Verbier Festival Orchestra meanwhile attracts youngsters aged 24 to 30 from every corner of the globe to work with conductors such as Charles Dutoit and Valery Gergiev.

The academy never stands still. There is always something new in store; for instance, the relatively new amateur chamber music week, held just before the festival, has caught on like hot chocolate with schlagobers. Christian Thompson, the director of the Verbier Academy for the past eight years, nevertheless sounds a little world-weary when I ask him what’s new this time. ‘I love the fact that what we should be celebrating is not being new every year,’ he says. ‘There’s a whole generation of musicians coming up through us who are incredibly talented. That’s the single most important thing.’

However much Thompson likes to stress that it is business as usual on the magic mountain, this year Verbier is opening its tent flaps to an entirely new strand of activity – this time for younger musicians than it has admitted before. The first-ever Verbier Music Camp is aimed at the pre-Academy age group: gifted young people between 16 and 18 years old can apply to be part of a programme handmade for them.

‘Verbier has to have something for younger people,’ says Thompson. ‘It’s safe and it has plenty of activities on offer for them aside from music. We had the idea with the conductor Daniel Harding that we’d start a music camp where 16- to 18-year-olds can spend three weeks in a combination of orchestra, chamber music, solo playing, mountains, football, going to concerts and being part of the community. They’ll have free access to all the academy masterclasses and to the concerts. It’s an opportunity for young people from many different countries to play in an orchestra together and learn from each others’ experience, musical and personal.’

It is a way, too, to discover rising talent: ‘If we find someone who’s specially gifted, but is perhaps too young for the academy, we can suggest that he/she comes to the camp for a year or two, get the feel for what we’re about and then can have a place at the academy afterwards. It means we can help people for longer.’

The camp and the academy share yet another innovation: this year the application procedure has gone online. Thompson waxes ecstatic: ‘The applicants can be anywhere in the world and upload their material onto our Acceptd site; and we view it there. So if I find some playing I like, I can send the link to someone somewhere else in the world in five seconds and they can listen and give me feedback right away. It’s absolutely amazing.’

A few years ago I saw something else in Verbier that was absolutely amazing: a queue from the church door all the way down the hill towards the town centre – for a student performance. It was the culmination of the opera programme, in which a group of young singers take on operatic roles, study them with the resident professors, prepare a home-spun, semi-staged production and finally perform it.

That year it was La bohème and word had gone

around that it would be the hottest ticket in town. With the orchestra reduced to a chamber ensemble and each character asking the audience to lend them a prop, the focus was entirely on the young voices, their developing personalities and the creation of a beautifully friendly atmosphere. We all came out walking on air, and there were hankies aplenty along the way.

Now the opera programme is going places: ‘Later this year we are going to announce a major new partnership for it,’ Thompson says.

Watch that space.

Thompson sings praises, meanwhile, both for the pure-hearted approach of his top professors and for the down-to-earth benefits that the academy offers its elite students – and they are certainly elite, including a number of international competition winners. On the one hand, they receive plenty of tlc regarding career development, self-presentation and communication skills. ‘With an astronomically high standard of performance, but fewer opportunities all round for young musicians, these things matter now in a way that they probably didn’t 20 years ago – and we can help them,’ says Thompson. ‘We have a fantastic network of teachers, business people and knowledge of how to tackle the next steps.’

On the other hand, coaching from the likes of Rados and Takács-Nagy is about the music and nothing else. And that’s as it should be: ‘If the music is not there, there’s no point to anything else.’

For those lucky enough to get in, then, this mountain really can work magic. And if you need a break between musical marvels, you can CM always try the hang-gliding.

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National Conservatoire of Wales

Summer Schools in Cardiff

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama offers a range of opportunities from short taster sessions to intensive week-long courses, all delivered by industry professionals. As one of the UK’s leading music and drama schools, we can offer outstanding levels of teaching in a safe and friendly environment.

Chamber Music Jazz Young Singers Opera Musical Theatre Corsetry Acting Young Actors Studio

masterclasses at the musikhochschule lübeck germany july 20 – august 11

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Iveta Apkalna organ, july 20 – 24

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audition training for opera singers, july 22 – 27

Wolfram Rieger

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lied interpretation, july 28 – august 3

Evelyn Glennie

percussion, july 30 – august 1

SScOT 2013 – JULY 8th to 13th Queen Victoria School, Dunblane

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Full-time residential activity holiday with orchestral & wind band playing,

sports, arts, crafts & entertainments (but no auditions), ages 9 to 15, grade 2 to grade 8.

A variety of orchestras catering for different levels.

“One week of brilliant music, art, sports, new friends and inspiration” “My technique has improved massively” “The choice of music was brilliant” “Everyone was really supportive

voice, august 5 – 9

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Donald Weilerstein

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Also occasional Play Away Days String Orchestra & Wind Band, ages 8 & above, grade 2 & above

Detailed information and online application: www.shmf.de /mk e-mail: meisterkurse@shmf.de

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International Music Course 11th - 18th August 2013 hosted by the Purcell School

STRING PLAYERS, PIANISTS, VOCALISTS Soloists, Duos, Accompanists, Ensembles ASSOCIATE TEACHERS INVITED Tuition by professors from world leading conservatoires Concerts and masterclasses. CD recording on site Individual schedule for everyone

Gala Concert Sunday 18th August Contact : Dr Michael Schreider 78 Warwick Ave. Middlesex HA8 8UJ, United Kingdom Tel. +44 (0)20 8958 5206 / 8363 3858.

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36th Baroque Week Summer School ARDINGLY COLLEGE, WEST SUSSEX 10TH – 17TH AUGUST 2013

Baroque Week, now in it’s 36th year is open to players of baroque and modern instruments, wind, string or keyboard, at baroque or modern pitch. An extensive library allows you to immerse yourself in baroque music from trios and quartets up to orchestral suites and concerti grossi in a friendly environment with the aid of excellent , experienced and helpful tutors. The week ends with two course concerts and a choral work with orchestra. Some student bursaries are available.

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RCM SPARKS SUMMER MUSIC This summer, take part in the Royal College of Music’s annual series of creative music-making events!

These inspiring workshops and courses are for children, teens and families of all levels of musical ability. All events are linked to BBC Prom concerts across the road from us at the Royal Albert Hall.

For a brochure please contact:

For full details see www.rcm.ac.uk/summermusic

Peter Collier, 13 Brackley Road, Monton Green, Eccles Manchester. M30 9LG Tel: 01602812502 email: p.b.collier@googlemail.com

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For young composers and creative musicians

Everyone was friendly, positive and helpful.

Hearing my piece was like a dream come true.

Purcell School of Music 4 - 10 August 2013 Places are limited so apply now Application deadline / Friday 29 March www.soundandmusic.org www.soundandmusicsummerschool.com

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

Career enhancement Undertaking a professional development course can boost your musicial enjoyment and open your eyes to future possibilities. Clare Stevens looks at some of the options available for musicians of all levels

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ancy a few days staying in a historic country house, enjoying delicious food and bracing walks in the beautiful countryside? Or perhaps you’d prefer a city break, with a chance to take in a few concerts or galleries. Can’t really justify a holiday? Why not sign up for a professional development course somewhere away from home; you will reap the benefits of a change of scene at the same time as enriching your career and making useful new contacts.

You might want to hone your performance skills by focusing for a few days on a

particular aspect of technique or repertoire; catch up with the latest developments in whole-class instrumental teaching; explore the benefits of Alexander technique or Pilates; learn to conduct, improve your singing or take up a completely new instrument.

You could get back to basics with Kodály musicianship training with the British Kodály Academy’s summer school at the University Wolverhampton (1-17 August, www.britishkodalyacademy.org) or with the National Youth Choir of Scotland (summer

school 4-9 August, plus extended courses from time to time www.nycos.co.uk).

Or you could do a short course on a business skill such as finance management, fundraising or marketing. If a full-scale residential summer school is out of the question, even a one-day event can plug vital gaps in your expertise and have an inspiring and invigorating effect on your playing or teaching.

Your professional organisation or association is probably the best first port of call for ideas on suitable courses, but conservatoires and colleges are Joined-up thinking: Paul Griffiths leads a Guildhall Connect CPD course

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increasingly involving themselves in this area and adult education centres also have much to offer. Whatever your discipline, there is sure to be an opportunity available for you to further your expertise.

USE YOUR IMAGINATION Few courses are likely to be more effective in getting participants out of their musical ruts than the Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Creative Music Training Summer School (27-31 August; www. gsmd.ac.uk/youth-adult-learning/musicsummer-schools). Based in the conservatoire itself, right next door to the Barbican, the course is led by tutors from the school’s pioneering creative learning department and is designed to equip music practitioners with skills which will help to support effective workshop leading, collaborative music-making and imaginative communication through music in diverse participatory contexts. Sessions will be focused on improvisation, collaborative composition, percussion skills (drawing on traditions from round the globe), harmony, leadership and conducting. Each student will have the chance to implement their learning as part of one of Barbican Guildhall’s collaborative ensembles of young people, and will also join a mentoring group, enabling reflective discussion and consolidation of the ideas

covered in the course.

The Guildhall also runs a jazz summer school, which includes a weekend for singers, working on jazz, gospel, and world music, all learned by ear and performed from memory, in addition to a week-long jazz and rock course for singers and instrumentalists.

KEYBOARD SKILLS The European Piano Teachers’ Association (EPTA-UK) promotes events such as its own year-long part-time course for pianists and piano teachers who want to enhance their professional teaching skills, and standalone courses run by its members. For example, there are Penelope Roskell’s three-day advanced courses for up to eight participants, taking place in April and October and focusing on repertoire, technique and yoga for pianists, while Heli Ignatius-Fleet ‘encourages physical freedom and a clear feeling for imagery’ in her courses at Benslow Music in Hertfordshire, also for advanced players. www.epta-uk.org and www.benslowmusic.org

WIND WORKS ‘I felt inspired and uplifted to be part of a group of people who strive for the real meaning and art of flute playing and teaching,’ reads one testimonial to the value of the 2012 flute teachers’ course run by Julie Wright and Trevor Wye at

Treowen Manor near Monmouth, South Wales under the banner of Flutes en Vacances. ‘Ideas and opinions were shared, discussed and demonstrated and you cleverly steered us through the pitfalls and technical issues that present themselves throughout our lives of teaching and playing.’ With Nicholas Foster, Wright also hosts workshops and courses for flute, piccolo, clarinet and saxophone players and teachers in Cerny Vul, near Prague and other venues in the UK and internationally. They can also visit schools or colleges by arrangement.

Wright and Foster are experienced in both orchestral performance and music education.

Some of their courses are suitable for first study instrumentalists in need of refreshment or intensive coaching; others are for anyone needing rudimentary techniques on second or third instruments. They offer teacher training sessions and advice for teachers in private practice or working in educational establishments, and courses include access to their original catalogue of more than 200 musical arrangements. ‘The course was invaluable to me as a fledgling teacher,’ says another attendee. www.flutesenvancences.co.uk

STRING THINGS The word ‘conference’ may not conjure up the most inspiring images, but in the musical world, such gatherings play an important role in professional development and often provide truly stimulating experiences for delegates, with plenty of practical sessions. One such is the international conference of the European String Teachers Association (ESTA), which takes place from 28 August to 1 September amid the dreaming spires and riverside meadows of Christ Church College, Oxford. There will be keynote presentations by leading teachers and performers from all over Europe and beyond, and the main themes will be ensemble training, repertoire development and ‘Style and Idea’. www.esta2013.org

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CHORAL CONDUCTING

Stop and learn: Gerdi Troskie working with David Wakefield at St Giles’ Cripplegate in an RCS summer school

Over the past decade or so, the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) has put an immense amount of work into developing its initial, intermediate and most recently advanced courses in choral conducting, which consist of several sessions taking place over an extended period. It also runs shorter one-day courses and regional masterclasses, courses for young choral leaders, and a new ‘foundation course’ with a similar format to the existing

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courses but aimed specifically at teacher and teaching assistants in primary schools who are responsible for leading singing.

This summer, ABCD is running a special residential summer school in association with the new Worcester International Festival for Young Singers (19-27 July). It will incorporate sessions on vocal technique, preparation and rehearsal technique; masterclasses with a group of young local singers; opportunities to meet the conductors of the participating choirs and to see them at work; and attendance at the festival concerts. ABCD’s director of training Peter Broadbent describes the course as a great opportunity for those active in and entering the field of choral leadership to work alongside peers and concentrate on the practical aspects of choir training, conducting and rehearsal techniques. Repertoire will focus on the music of British composers, including Elgar, Cecilia McDowall and Gabriel Jackson, and the schedule includes a visit to the Elgar birthplace museum and a lecture on his choral legacy from Dr Donald Hunt, former organist of Worcester Cathedral. www.abcd.org.uk

PIPING UP The Royal College of Organists offers a range of courses year-round to suit players of any level of experience from beginners to professional performers, and its flagship RCO St Giles Summer Course for Organists reflects that range, with seven levels of study catering for up to 75 participants of all standards. This year’s course runs 29 July to 3 August in the City of London, with a repertoire theme of anniver-

sary composers and their teachers: Sweelinck and Scheidemann, J S Bach and Krebs, Franck and Pierné, and Bridge and Britten. Individual lessons and practice sessions on 25 city organs are at the heart of the programme, supported by masterclasses, concerts, workshops, visits and daily services. www.rco.org.uk

BACK TO COLLEGE Trinity Laban conservatoire in Greenwich, south-east London, is in the process of launching an expanded professional development programme for music and dance teachers and community practitioners, operating both regionally and nationally and based on personalised training schemes that could include extended study for accredited qualifications or shorter one-day courses. As this supplement goes to press, Trinity Laban staff are finalising details of the music days, which will be linked to the conservatoire’s learning and participation work and aimed at music leaders, community musicians and teachers who are working in music education, youth or community music. www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/schools-community/ professional-development

NUTS AND BOLTS For guidance on practical matters, such as planning a budget or business strategy, understanding marketing, fundraising and development, or issues to do with health and safety, not to mention skills such as networking or creating a great customer experience – relevant to anyone who wants to attract and keep an audience for their performances – you might try the series of training events run throughout the year by the Society of London Theatre and the Association of British Orchestras. Their portfolio includes a one-day focus on ‘Working effectively with creative people’ (6 June); it is designed primarily for those working for the first time in an arts setting, but could also be of value to old hands. ‘By learning the ten core behaviours and habits of the classic creative personality type, you will start to understand how to interact with them effectively,’ says the blurb.

‘For example, orchestral conductors and soloists demonstrate more physically creative traits than writers, whereas marketing professionals will feel more confident with effective CM language.’ tmauk.org/events

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Come to the beautiful and historic town of St Andrews and immerse yourself in five days of string chamber music training.

Alfred Brendel Enjoy groupPatron sessions, lectures András and seminars, andSchiff the option of President individual tuition from members Marios Papadopoulos Artistic Director of the renowned Fitzwilliam Quartet and staff from the Music Centre at the University of St Andrews. Ready-formed string quartets and individual string players of a level equivalent to grade 6 or above are welcome to join this intensive course, combining the pleasures of great music, great company and a matchless location.

Feel free to contact either Michael Downes (mjd14@st-andrews.ac.uk) or Marc Rochester (mar23@st-andrews. ac.uk), or write to Strings in Spring, University of St Andrews, Music Centre, Younger Hall, North Street, St Andrews Fife, KY16 9AJ. Tel. +44 (0)1334 462226 for more details about this exciting new course.

Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy 28 July - 6 August 2013 Masterclasses and Concerts in Oxford 2013 Faculty Federico Colli Mahan Esfahani Peter Frankl Rustem Hayroudinoff Russell Hirshfield Niel Immelman Yoheved Kaplinsky Stephen Kovacevich Tessa Nicholson Marios Papadopoulos Christoph Prégardien Menahem Pressler

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Rehearsal Orchestra

www.fitzwilliamquartet.org courses for Come to the beautiful and historic town of St Andrews and immerse yourself in five days of string chamber music training. Enjoy group sessions, lectures and seminars, and the option of individual tuition from members of the renowned Fitzwilliam Quartet and staff from the Music Centre at the University of St Andrews. Ready-formed string quartets and individual string players of a level equivalent to grade 6 or above are welcome to join this intensive course, combining the pleasures of great music, great company and a matchless location.

Feel free to contact either Michael Downes (mjd14@st-andrews.ac.uk) or Marc Rochester (mar23@st-andrews. ac.uk), or write to: Strings in Spring, University of St Andrews, Music Centre, Younger Hall, North Street, St Andrews Fife, KY16 9AJ. Tel. +44 (0)1334 462226 for more details about this exciting new course. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music/stringsinspring www.fitzwilliamquartet.org

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advanced players London 2013 January,12 February, April and May 2013 January & 13 Walton: Symphony No. 1 London weekend courses

February 17 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 August 10-16 2013 Edinburgh Festival residential course April 14 Mahler: Symphony No. 4 October 26-27 2013 May 12 Sibelius: Symphony Nos. 6 & 7 London Opera weekend

“The Rehearsal Orchestra does invaluable work on the quiet and with the minimum of fuss. An extraordinary number of British musicians have worked in it, and I myself was a timpanist with the orchestra for a time. It gives musicians an invaluable opportunity to work and learn music at the speed they will have to reproduce in their professional lives.” Sir Simon Rattle

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Summer School and International Music Festival Monday 29 July – Friday 2 August, 2013

Celebrates its 25th Anniversary

SUMMER MASTER COURSE

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Offering public masterclasses and concerts

July 11th -18th 2013

July 11th - 18th 2013

An exciting and dynamic course

Voice Rosalind Rosalind PlowrightPlowright OBE Voice Gyorgy PaukGyorgy Pauk Violin Violin Ralph Kirshbaum Cello Ralph Kirshbaum Cello Norma Fisher Piano Piano Norma Fisher Benjamin Benjamin ZanderZander Conducting Conducting

to Refresh and Inspire Instrumental and Vocal

Music Teaching and Performing Directed by Lucinda Mackworth-Young

"Definitely worth the journey!”

at the ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC

“It went into such depth so concisely and effectively!”

“A superb and professionally run course!”

Using Imagination, Trusting Intuition Lightening Learning

with Practical Psychology for: Teaching enjoyably, reducing stress Performing with complete confidence Dealing with difficulty, personal and professional

Fees cover entrance to all MusicFest events Tuition: £304 excluding accommodation Reductions for early booking

Further information Tel: 07850 912006 Email: info@lucinda-mackworth-young.co.uk www.lucinda-mackworth-young.co.uk/aberystwyth-musicfest-29-july-2-august-2013 www.abermusicfest.org/courses/practical_psychology

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MARSAC MUSIC FESTIVAL

‘Warm and welcoming’ – the picturesque landscape of Marsac

The French connection Tucked away in the small French village of Marsac, a new music festival is proving an inspirational and exploratory retreat for both young and seasoned musicians. Susan Nickalls explores this hidden gem and speaks to its founder

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musician’s life is relentless, often with little time out from the hectic practice/rehearse/concert cycle.

So when pianist Alasdair Beatson was offered the chance to develop his own summer school cum mini-festival in France, he jumped at the chance. Several years ago while performing for the Haddington Music Society in East Lothian, he met David and Fiona Finch, active members of the society, who invited him to play on their 100-year-

old Steinway grand, and Beatson immediately fell in love with its sound.

Over the years, the Finches have hosted many private soirees in their homes in Scotland and America as David is a keen collector and repairer of pianos. So when the couple decided to buy a property in France four years ago, their main priority was to find one with a room large enough for their two Steinway grands and a small audience.

The couple were fortunate to find a house in

Marsac, near Toulouse, that not only had a large salon but a Grenier next door, which they also acquired. Built originally to store grain and latterly converted to a dance studio, Fiona was delighted to find the Grenier was a ready-made concert venue.

In 2011, when Beatson was performing in Provence, he visited Marsac and gave an informal concert, greeted with much enthusiasm, so the Finches suggested he put together a piano-based event and Musique

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a Marsac was born. ‘As artistic director, Alasdair is in total charge of everything,’ says Fiona. ‘We’re just the oil on the wheels; providing the venue, raising the money and looking after everyone.’

The offer was a gift to Beatson who had been mulling over the possibility of creating space to study chamber music in-depth.

On his first visit to Marsac, he was struck by how perfect the small village was for this purpose. ‘It’s a warm, welcoming place, secluded from the rest of the world and protected by the beautiful rolling hills. The freedom and openness of Marsac encourages musicians to have their defences down when they’re here, that’s when the really beautiful work happens.’

Last year, Beatson invited long-standing professional colleagues violinist Helena Winkelman and cellist John Myerscough along with four UK-based students, all different nationalities, to Marsac for a week of music-making. As well as having access to two grand pianos, which gives greater flexibility for rehearsing and performance, Beatson says Musique a Marsac differs from other courses and festivals in that no distinction is made between professional players already established on the international scene and talented conservatoire students destined for a careers in music.

‘It’s a fantastic thing for all of us as we work together on the great masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire intensively and imaginatively. The younger musicians experi-

ence an all too rare bridge between student and professional life while older musicians treasure the luxury of being able to rehearse away from the usual scrutiny of the professional world. We need to remind ourselves we’re not too old, jaded or busy to continue developing and improving as musicians. Ideally, the distinction between the two blurs as everyone contributes equally towards a common goal.’

The inaugural festival in August 2012 was a huge success with many of the locals dropping in on rehearsals as well as attending concerts held in the Grenier and the local church. For the festival in July this year, Beatson plans to change some of the personnel to avoid turning the gathering into a cliquey club. ‘As soon as new personalities are involved, it suggests different repertoire and energies, so it won’t be a carbon copy of the previous year. As the festival develops, we might add one of two extra people, but the repertoire for piano and strings is so vast it helps to keep a certain focus to the week without it turning into a variety show.’

This year’s Musique a Marsac is being eagerly anticipated by the locals who Fiona Finch says have been hugely supportive, particularly the mayor and the De Marsac family who hosted a reception in the chateau.

Beatson, who admits he ‘basked in the glory’ of last year’s festival for months afterwards, CM also can’t wait. www.musique-a-marsac.com

OTHER SUMMER SCHOOLS IN FRANCE XX The south west of France is a popular

location for Brits keen to run summer music courses. One of the most established is Cubertou in the Lot region where artist Peter Norton converted a farm into an arts centre in the 1960s. Liz and David Cutts snapped the property up 18 months ago as Liz, who studied flute at the Royal College of Music, had previously participated in Cubertou’s Wind Chamber Music course. From May to September, the couple run a variety of courses such as string chamber music, French opera and song, string quartets and holiday flute; for beginners to advanced amateur musicians. Tutors this year include flautist Philippa Davies, violinist David Angel and cellist Michael Kaznowski from the Maggini Quartet, bassoonist Laurence Perkins and singing tutor David Dellaire. www.cubertou.com XX Anne Brain, surgeon and amateur musi-

cian, set up Lot Music 15 years ago to offer amateur pianists the opportunity to play with others and receive tuition from professional pianists in a relaxed atmosphere. Her two July ‘music camp’ courses in the Lot Valley, with tutors James Lisney and Vanessa Latarche, are already full. www.pianolotmusic.com XX Another long-standing piano school, Music

at Ambialet, is held in the Tarn Valley’s impressive 11th-century Benedictine Priory and is directed by pianist Paul Roberts.

The three week-long August courses can take a maximum of 20 amateur and aspiring professional pianists on each. www.ambialetmusic.com XX Moulin de Cajarc, a secluded 18th-century

Course participants (l-r): Pablo Hernan, Yoko Misumi, Oscar Perks, John Myerscough

mill nestled under the medieval hilltop town of Cordes-Sur-Ciel, is also located in the Tarn Valley. The courses were set up by Jane Ebel, an amateur musician currently training in music therapy, to offer musicians highly focused tuition and the opportunity to perform in a variety of ensembles. The Advanced Adult Players recorder course will take place in October with Ian Wilson. www.moulindecajarc.com

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Dartington International Summer School 27 July - 31 August 2013 Artistic director John Woolrich

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SUMMER MUSIC ON THE SHANNON SUMMER MUSIC IN GALWAY Celebrating the 20th Anniversary Season ‘The Magic of Summer Music in Claregalway Castle’

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School & Festival for all Ages Orchestral Instruments & Piano: July 29th - August 10th Youth Opera Theatre: July 15th - August 10th Scholarships & Bursaries Available for Early Applicants Classes & Performances in Ennis, Galway & Limerick Family Accommodation Available Summer Music on the Shannon, Edgewater, Seafield Road, Quilty, Co. Clare, Ireland T: +353 (0)65 708 7566 E: summermusic@iol.ie W: summermusicingalway.com summer music on the shannon / summer music in galway Society of St Vincent de Paul - Co. Clare

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JERSEY INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASSES

Island escape This year sees the launch of a new summer school offering pianists and string players the chance to get away from the rigours of everyday life and focus on the joys of making music, writes Sarah Reid Musical idyll: Chateau Vermont

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new summer school in Jersey looks forward to welcoming its first participants this July. Jersey International Masterclasses will provide talented pianists and string players with tuition from internationally acclaimed performers and teachers. The ten-day programme (26 July-5 August) is based at the island’s Academy of Music, Chateau Vermont – a small mansion in the heart of Jersey’s idyllic countryside. The summer school’s presidents Chris George and Emmanuelle Dumas hope that the unique surroundings will inspire participants, believing that ‘away from the pressures of the outside world, students are able to learn and work in a relaxed, stimulating and contemplative environment.’

As well as individual lessons, the course will include concerts, lectures and masterclasses given by visiting professors. Towards the end of the summer school, students will have the opportunity to perform in a public concert.

The Jersey Academy of Music will also ensure that participants have access to good practice facilities. Since its establishment in 2009, the academy has provided the island with a centre of musical excellence, offering a musical education to hundreds of students and with

links to many overseas institutions; former academy students are now studying at some of the London conservatoires and specialist music schools in the UK. This year’s Jersey Masterclasses will focus on the Russian school of musical pedagogy.

Pianist and artistic director Yekaterina Lebedeva says that ‘the Russian technique basically teaches you not to be stiff. If you are fully aware of such things you can learn how to find those moments of complete relaxation even in the middle of the most difficult passage’. The project is sponsored by the Vladimir Spivakov Charity Foundation and the Tsukanov Family Foundation – organisations which are dedicated to preserving Russian culture and traditions, while also supporting young artists in Russia and abroad.

Among the visiting professors this year are

pianist Dmitri Bashkirov from the Moscow Conservatory, cellist Leonid Gorokhov from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, and violinist Zakhar Bron – whose past students include virtuosos Maxim Vengerov and Chloë Hanslip.

As well as these collaborations, Jersey International Masterclasses has formed a partnership with the Royal College of Music.

Its head of keyboard studies Vanessa Latarche and head of strings Mark Messenger will both give masterclasses during the summer school and RCM junior department teachers Viktoria Grigoreva and Yekaterina Lebedeva will be available for lessons. Although this assembly of visiting professors may seem intimidating, George and Dumas hope that the mixture of pedagogical and cultural backgrounds present will encourage ‘an exciting artistic exchange of styles, methods of teaching and musical ideas’.

So how do you take part? Those wishing to apply should be professional level students, of ABRSM Diploma standard, or embarking upon a performing career. Selection is by a recorded audition sent with the application or uploaded onto YouTube. If you are keen to learn with a particular teacher, you can state a preference on your application form – though the final decision rests with the tutors. The £650 fee covers all tuition and access to events, and there are discounted rates for local hotels.

Places are limited so if you are thinking of applying you should aim to do so well before the CM deadline of 30 April. www.jerseymasterclasses.com

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JERSEY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL for AMATEUR PIANISTS 25th MAY – 2nd JUNE 2013 Masterclass / Student Class by

idil biret Individual and Group Tuition Extensive practice facilities - one piano per person Introduction to the piano method of Alfred Cortot Many opportunities to perform Closing Public Concert to be recorded by BBC Radio Jersey Option of staying with host families

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Music and Drama Courses at Uppingham for Summer 2013

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London Piano Courses incorporating The Alexander Technique for pianists, teachers & advanced students

Tuesday Sunday July 2013 10–9–7–15 July14 2012 3 January 2013 Daily sessions at the piano and individual Alexander sessions both aiming at new ways of learning and preventing disturbing tensions

Some scholarships available Details from: 23 Rofant Road, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 3BD Tel: 01923 822268 Email: roger.clynes@virgin.net www.pianocourseswithalexandertechnique.com

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Summer School for Pianists

• NEW Chamber Music Weekend • Young Musicians’ Week • Jazz Big Band Week • Total Music Powerhouse • Glee Week • From Page to Stage

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17 August - 23 August 2013

Masterclasses for Proficient Amateurs

Catherine Edwards - Class for Adult Learners Grades 4 - 8 Conversational Concert by Karl Lutchmayer

www.uppinghamsummerschool.co.uk summerschool@uppingham.co.uk 01572 820800

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All en-suite single rooms, observers and/or partners welcome. Fees from £525.

Brochure and information from Wendy Wyatt tel. 020 8657 7200 Email: wendy.wyatt@tiscali.co.uk Website: pianosummerschool.co.uk

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UK SUMMER SCHOOLS GENERAL

ACE Foundation Day Courses The Granary, Bury Rd, Stapleford, Cambridge CB22 5BP t: 01223 845599 e: ace@acefoundation.org.uk w: www. acefoundation.org.uk Contact: Trevor Barlow, Steve Bingham, Russell Keable, Stu Hanna, Rohan Platts, course dirs. Sunday courses focusing on one inst or type of inst, inc courses for br, ww, hp, folk, jazz and orch studies. Most courses held at Sawston Village College, Sawston, Cambridge.

Dates: Varies. Fees: £45+.

Alston Hall Residential College Alston Lane, Longridge, Preston PR3 3BP t: 01772 784661 f: 01772 785835 e: alstonhall.general2@lancashire.gov.uk w: www.alstonhall.com Contact: Anne Russell, programmes co-ord; Sarah Wilcock, business development. Open to those aged 19+. Courses inc music appreciation, chmbr music, choral singing; viol, sax and rcdr-playing w/shops. Dates: Various. Fees: Various.

Amadeus Chorus and Orchestra Summer School Foxholes Farm, Alderley, Wotton-u-Edge, Gloucs GL12 7RR t: 07957 257716 f: 0118 970 0816 e: macamadeus@ btinternet.com w: www.amadeusorchestra. co.uk Contact: Philip Mackenzie, dir; Odaline de la Martinez, pres. For players aged 18-30, min gr 8 (higher for ww, br and perc). Also places for 2 cond (ug). Held in Somerset. Dates: 14-20 Jul 2013. Fees: £200; half-price bursaries available.

Bela Bartók Centre for Musicianship 6 Frognal Court, 158 Finchley Rd, London NW3 5HL t: 020 7435 3685 e: agneskory@googlemail.com w: www. bbcm.co.uk. Ages 2-adult. Professional, amateur and children’s classes focus on comprehensive music educ, inc the Kodály system, Sary system, history analysis and perf skills. Regular classes and occasional intensive holiday courses. Summer music courses abroad (Budapest, St Petersburg).

Benslow Music Trust Benslow Lane, Hitchin SG4 9RB t: 01462 459446 f: 01462 440171 e: info@ benslowmusic.org w: www.benslowmusic. org Contact: Graham Rolaston, gen mgr; Stephen Pettitt, head of music. Residential courses throughout the year inc summer.

Beginners-advanced, according to course specification. Day w/shops, residential w/ end, midweek and summer schools for students, teachers and amateur musicians, aged 16+. Annual programme of over 130 different courses, inc many for chmbr music, orch, rcdr, choral, early music, hpd, big band, sax etc. All directed and coached by leading professional musicians who, on selected courses, give recitals in the Benslow Concert Series. Dates: See website for details. Fees: From £70. Limited number of bursaries available for those in financial need.

Blow The Dust Off Your Instrument Music for Everyone, 10 Goose Gate, Nottingham NG1 1FF t: 0115 958 9312 e: admin@music-for-everyone.org w: http://www.music-for-everyone.org/blowthe-dust-off-your-instrument.html Contact: Rebecca Hooper, admin. This playing day will give you the chance to renew your old skills or put new-found ones into practice in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. The conductor will be Angela Kay, the Artistic Director of Music for Everyone, who blends expertise, enthusiasm and a great sense of humour.

British Isles Music Festival Ardingly College, West Sussex t: 01428 641116 e: mcartists@aol.com w: www. bimf.co.uk Contact: Susan Milan, dir. An international m/class and chmbr mus course for outstanding young musicians; ww, str, pno, hp and voice. Concerts, classes and chmbr mus coaching with established performers and teachers from British conservatories. Lower age limit 16. Dates: 17-25 Aug 2013. Fees: Course fee and full board £800.

The British Kodály Academy c/o 10 Lapwing Cl, South Croydon CR2 8TD t: 01638 601664 e: enquiries@ britishkodalyacademy.org w: www. britishkodalyacademy.org Contact: Judy Hildesley, admin. Vacation course at the Cheltenham Ladies’ College studying the Kodály approach to musicianship, classroom teaching and choral conducting.

Also adult diploma courses, certificates in Kodály music educ certified by the University of Roehampton, w/end courses and INSET throughout UK. Special courses for singers and choral conds. Tutors from Hungary and UK. Musicianship courses in London at 3 levels. Dates: 10-17 Aug 2013. Fees: £590.

British Suzuki Institute Unit 1.01 The Lightbox, 111 Power Rd, London W4 5PY t: 020 3176 4170 f: 020 3176 4175 e: admin@britishsuzuki.com w: www.britishsuzuki.com Contact: Minette Joyce, admin. Open to members of the BSI. Week-long, w/end and day courses and w/shops throughout summer for vn, va, vc, fl, rcdr and pno. All age groups.

Residential and non-residential.

Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape IP17 1SP t: 01728 687107 f: 01728 688171 e: britten-pears@aldeburgh.co.uk w: www. aldeburgh.co.uk/bpp Contact: Kate Whitlock, artist development asst. Training and perf opportunities on the East coast of England; for advanced students and young professionals. Dates: Various courses, FebNov. Fees: No course fees.

Accommodation/food costs may apply for some courses (bursaries available).

Bryanston International Summer School London Suzuki Group, 27a Worple Rd, Epsom KT18 5EP t: 01372 720088, also

fax e: nicholaspullinger@mac.com w: www.londonsuzukigroup.co.uk Contact: Nicholas Pullinger, admin. Open to those aged 5-17. Individual and group lessons for Suzuki vn, va, vc and pno students. 5 levels of orch, chmbr music, multi-kb, choirs, Dalcroze, Kodály and theory. Residential.

BSI teacher training. Dates: Aug 2013.

Fees: £415-480.

Cadenza International Music School 16 St James Rd, Birmingham B15 1JR t: 0121 446 4836 e: johnthwaites2003@ yahoo.co.uk w: www. cadenzasummerschool.org.uk Contact: John Thwaites, course dir. Open to those aged 11+ (min good gr 7); also PG chmbr course. Individual tuition, advanced m/ classes, chmbr music coaching. Residential at Purcell School, nr London. Dates: July 2013, applications by May. Fees: £575.

The City Lit Music Dept, Keeley St, London WC2B 4BA t: 020 7492 2630 e: music@citylit. ac.uk w: www.citylit.ac.uk Contact: Janet Obi-Keller, head of mus. Entry at beginning of each term. Open to those aged 18+. Adult educ courses from beginner to advanced level in inst and vocal studies, opera, musicianship, various ens in both jazz and classical styles. Appreciation and music tech. Student may join throughout the academic yr subject to vacancies and appropriate level.

CoMA Contemporary Music Summer School 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6LA t: 020 7739 4680 e: info@coma.org w: www.coma.org/summerschool Contact: Chris Shurety, dir. Late starter str and contemporary music summer school.

Dates: 27 Jul-3 Aug 2013. Fees: Accommodation fr £260.

Consort de Danse Baroque International School of Baroque Dance Studies 16 Blenheim Rd, Cardiff CF23 5DS t: 029 2049 0680; 07976 374482 e: philippa@ ukbaroquedance.com w: www. ukbaroquedance.com Contact: Philippa Waite, artistic dir. Summer school in Cardiff, open to all levels (beginner to professional). Covers technique, presentation and reconstruction of court and country dances from the baroque period. Incentives offered to musicians.

Also classes in UK, US and Europe throughout the year. Dates: Aug 2013; can be attended part-time. Fees: £120-550, depending on no of days; reduced rates if a deposit paid in advance.

CSSM (formerly at Charterhouse) Craig y Don, St David’s Rd, Caernarfon LL55 1EL t: 01286 673401 e: info@cssm. org.uk w: www.cssm.org.uk Contact: John Huw Davies, dir. Courses in symphony, chmbr and str orchs, str and ww chmbr music, beginner strs, arranging, choral and solo singing, art of accompanying. Held at Sherborne School. Dates: 20-27 Jul 2013.

Fees: From £498.

Dartington International Summer School Dartington Space, Dartington Hall, Totnes TQ9 6EN t: 01803 847080 e: summerschool@dartington.org w: www. dartington.org/summer-school Contact: John Woolrich, artistic dir; Emily Hoare, creative prod; Sophia Sheridan, registrar; Esther Robinson, admin. All ages and standards. Residential summer course with tuition and m/classes from leading musicans plus concerts (3 a day from leading classical performers), talks, balls etc.

Composer in residence, music theatre, jazz, opera. Most courses 1 week; bursaries available. Dates: 27 Jul-31 Aug 2013.

Dillington House Ilminster TA19 9DT t: 01460 258613; 01460 258648 f: 01460 52433; 01460 258615 e: dillington@somerset.gov.uk w: www.dillington.com. Open to adults of all ages. W/end residential courses throughout the yr; gui summer school, str quartet and rcdr w/ends, music appreciation. Free brochure available.

Dates: Various courses. Fees: Prices on application.

English Camerata Soloists Summer Chamber Music Course at Shrewsbury School Longridge, Common Lane, Letchmore Heath WD22 8EE t: 01923 853309; 07711 037907 e: summercourse@ englishcamerata.org.uk w: www. englishcamerata.org; www. musicsummerschool.org.uk Contact: Elizabeth Altman, course dir. Tuition for passionate instrumentalists of all ages. Str, ww, br, pno; pre-formed groups and individuals welcome. Personalised course, 4 hrs coaching daily; distinguished tutors, participants’ and tutors’ concerts. Friendly, non-judgmental. Dates: 11-16 Jul 2013.

Fees: Residential and day rates.

ESO Beginners & Intermediate Courses Unit 1, Stockwood Business Park, Stockwood, nr Redditch B96 6SX t: 01386 791044 f: 01386 792622 e: info@ eso.co.uk w: www.eso.co.uk. Beginners, gr 1-3; intermediate, gr 4-7.

Exeter Phoenix Brandninch Pl, Gandy St, Exeter EX4 3LS t: 01392 667080 (box office) f: 01392 667599 e: director@exeterphoenix.org.uk w: www.exeterphoenix.org.uk Contact: Patrick Cunningham, dir/mus programmer Regular programme featuring a broad range of events with occasional w/shops from visiting artists.

Fantasia Music School 5 Aspen Way, Middleton-on-Sea PO22 6PW t: 01243 586068 e: info@ fantasiamusicschool.co.uk w: www. fantasiamusicschool.co.uk Contact: Mary Sutton, Samantha Sutton, course dirs.

Open to those aged 6-18. 4 graded summer courses for instrumentalists held at Lavant House School, nr Chichester, for young musicians. Residential and day. Dates: Aug SUMMER SCHOOLS 2013 RHINEGOLD.CO.UK 29

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MONTGOMERY HOLLOWAY MUSIC TRUST Founded by the late jazz singer Marion Montgomery and her Musical Director, composer, arranger and husband Laurie Holloway.

Orchestral courses for young musicians aged 15 - 21, Grade 8 distinction plus.

The National Youth Wind Main orchestra residential coursesOrchestra Spring and Summer for young musicians aged 15-21 grade

The Wind, eight NYWO distinction plus Brass and Percussionists Focus on Chamber Courses Focus on Chamberand courses for ensembles and for Ensembles Saxophones saxophones aged 14-17 grade aged 14-17, Grade 5 plus 5 plus Masterclasses and Workshops Master classes and workshops.

Easter and Summer residential courses Eminent instrumental tutors and conductors Eminent instrumental Prestigious concert hallstutors and conductors Prestigious Concert Halls Foreign tours Foreign Tours Autumn and winter tours Autumn/winter auditions

Enquiries welcomed any time…

telephone: 01295 721020 email: kit@nywo.org.uk www.nywo.org.uk

The Trust is dedicated to help mainly young people between the ages of 16 to 30 though they will work with anyone who has a real talent.

Grade 7/8 or equivalent is an expectation.

Singers and instrumentalists Tutors at the seminar include singers of the calibre of Jacqui Dankworth, Sara Colman, Tina May, Becki Biggins and Anita Wardell, and instrumentalists such as Malcolm Edmonstone, Simon Colam, Harold Fisher and Dave Olney.

The Trusts Musical Director is Laurie Holloway and the Academic Executive is the well known choral and singing coach Gillian Dibden MBE.

Dates in 2013 include: The following Concert dates will be used to Show Case past and present students of the Montgomery Holloway Music Trust.

Saturday March 23rd MHMT Students with Berkshire Maestros in Concert at the Desborough Suite, Maidenhead Saturday April 13th MHMT Concert with Laurie Holloway and Guests at ETON School Hall, Eton Friday April 19th MHMT Concert with Laurie Holloway and Guests at Taplow Court, Taplow June 15th MHMT in Concert with Laurie Holloway and Guests at St Luke’s Church, Maidenhead October 13th the Annual New Students Concert with Laurie Holloway at Norden Farm Arts Centre, Maidenhead.

Summer School Monday July 29th to Saturday August 3rd at Desborough School Music Centre and Norden Farm Arts Centre.

Application Forms now available from contact address below.

For further information on the Trust please contact the Trust Secretary, Ray Tapken at a.tapken@sky.com or via 72 Inglewood Court, Liebenrood Road, Reading RG30 2 DU The Trust is based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, and is a registered Charity 1063623

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Lingua del canto SUMMER SOLO SINGING COURSE NOVAFELTRIA, ITALY

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Guildhall Jazz

Summer School 2013 Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 July 2013

Singers’ Weekend • Experience a range of different styles on our Singers’ weekend, from Jazz and Gospel through to World Music

Nr Rimini and the Adriatic Coast

• Ages 12+

The Italian language in Bel Canto

Sunday 14 – Friday 19 July 2013

One-week Jazz & Rock Summer School For conservatoire students and young professionals

• Join a Jazz & Rock band or vocal group • Taught by Guildhall Jazz Faculty tutors and guests • Perform in front of an audience • Ages 12+

Friday 30 – Saturday 31 August 2013

Advanced Jazz Summer School 2 weeks: 25th August - 8th September, 2013

• Experiment with different techniques • Taught by Guildhall Jazz Faculty tutors

Maestro Ubaldo Fabbri : Artistic Director, Chief Vocal and Linguistic coach

• End of course concert • Ages 17+

Diana Beckett: Manager

For further information and to book your place: www.gsmd.ac.uk/musicsummerschools

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2013. Fees: £240-330 (non-residential); £340-485 (residential).

Farncombe Estate Centre Broadway WR12 7LJ t: 01386 854100 f: 01386 854350 e: enquiries@ farncombeestate.co.uk w: www. farncombeestate.co.uk Contact: William Reddaway, head of lifelong learning.

W/end residential courses. Rcdr ens, conducting, viol consort, str chmbr music, chmbr music with pno, bodhran and perc, folk fiddle, folk gui, jazz improv, choral singing, folk singing, sight-singing, gospel choir, advanced vocal technique; also music appreciation. Dates: Throughout the year.

Folkworks Summer Schools The Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Sq, Gateshead NE8 2JR t: 0191 443 5164; 0191 443 4582 (project co-ord) f: 0191 443 4550 e: folkworks@thesagegateshead. org; sue.griffiths@thesagegateshead.org w: www.thesagegateshead.org Contact: Sue Griffiths, project co-ord (folk). Youth Summer School open to those aged 14-25, Junior Summer School (10-13) and Adult Summer School (20+). Folkworks annual summer schools in folk and traditional music, song and dance in Durham City.

Major folk artists as tutors. W/shops for a range of individual insts as well as mixed ens. Perf opportunities at the Durham Gathering Festival. Residential and nonresidential places available. Dates: Aug. Fees: tbc.

GAM (Gloucester Academy of Music) Holiday Music Courses 11a Westgate St, Gloucester GL1 1NW t: 01452 385162 e: holidaycourses@ gamusic.co.uk w: www.gamusic.co.uk Contact: Natasha Prouse. Run by Gloucester Academy of Music (affiliated with Trinity Laban). Non-residential courses during Easter holidays: adult chmbr w/end; beginner-gr 5 jr strs and ww.

Residential courses during summer holidays: singing w/end; jnr orch; snr orch; advanced strs; gr 5 theory; jazz week; adult early music. For residential courses, students camp in grounds of Beauchamp House; adult course students may use local B&Bs if preferred. Dates: Apr (Easter courses), JulAug (summer courses).

Goldsmiths College Professional & Community Education, University of London, London SE14 6NW t: 020 7919 7200 f: 020 7919 7223 e: pace@gold.ac.uk. P/t and w/end courses throughout the yr in a wide variety of styles and at a range of levels from beginners to advanced standard. Open to those aged 18+. Certificate courses giving access to HE. Professional development courses for musicians and music teachers. Courses include music theory, music history and analysis, comp and arranging, jazz and pop, gospel singing, music tech, music therapy, world music, inst and vocal classes, jazz and classical ens. Certificate courses in music w/shop skills, music teaching to adults, music studies, jazz and popular music.

Hawkwood College Summer Schools Painswick Old Rd, Stroud GL6 7QW t: 01453 759034 f: 01453 764607 e: info@hawkwoodcollege.co.uk w: www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk Contact: Katie Lloyd-Nunn, development co-ord.

Informal, practical residential music courses for adults gr 5 and above. Expand repertoire, improve technique. Fees: Vary, please enquire.

HF Holidays Ltd Imperial House, The Hyde, Edgware Rd, London NW9 5AL t: 08452 60 60 66 f: 020 8205 0506 e: info@hfholidays.co.uk w: www.hfholidays.co.uk. Wide variety of music-making and appreciation holidays with expert tuition throughout the yr.

Open to all standards from beginners to the more experienced. Courses include Bach & Mozart Appreciation, Jazz Singing, Choral Singing, Gilbert and Sullivan, Singing for Pleasure.

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth CA13 9SH t: 017687 76276 f: 017687 76013 e: admin@highamhall.com w: www. highamhall.com. For ages 18+. Various courses throughout the yr; jazz w/shop; chmbr music for str quartets; str orch; music appreciation; rcdr ens; ww quartet/ quintet w/end; pno playing m/classes.

Hindhead Music Centre Hindhead Rd, Hindhead GU26 6BA t: 01428 604941 f: 01428 607871 e: info@hindheadmusiccentre.co.uk w: www.hindheadmusiccentre.co.uk Contact: Ann Hughes-Chamberlain, dir.

Summer music m/class courses with international artists. Dates: Various courses for ww, orch insts, pno, vc, children.

Holiday Music at the Menuhin School 34 Stanton Rd, London SW20 8RJ t: 020 8947 5538 e: muriellevin@hotmail.co.uk w: www.holidaymusiccourses.com Contact: Muriel Levin, dir. Age 15-90. Residential courses for pianists and others (str, ww, vocal). Performance opportunities, w/ shops in ens playing, technique, creativity and improv, Alexander Technique for poise and vitality. Pno solo and/or ens work with other instrs. Dates: 16-19 Apr; 8-12 Aug 2013, at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey. Fees: On application.

Meals, accommodation, tuition and use of swimming pool incl; early booking reduction; scholarships available.

Ingenium Academy International Summer School of Music t: 020 7060 4076 e: info@ ingeniumacademy.com w: www. ingeniumacademy.com. For instrumentalists and singers aged 14-18; held at Winchester College. Dates: 21 Jul11 Aug 2013 Fees: £2795 for 3-week course.

Institute of Contemporary Music Performance 1a Dyne Rd, London NW6 7XG t: 020 7328 0222 e: office@ignm.at w: www. icmp.co.uk. Wide range of short and p/t

courses for gui, bs, drums, vocals, music tech, music business and songwriting, from beginner to advanced levels. Also annual summer schools for both adults (16+) and juniors (11-16), plus 2-3 day specialist courses such as blues, rock, jazz, country etc.

International Guitar Summer School and Rhythm Course for Drummers University of Gloucestershire, Park Campus, Cheltenham t: 0870 240 6783 e: phil@igf.org.uk w: www.igf.org.uk Contact: Phil Castaing, gen mgr. W/shop series for guitarists and drummers of all ages and levels. Expert tuition and m/classes with the world’s finest guitarists and drummers. Dates: Jul-Aug. Fees: From £330 per week (6 days tuition).

International Musicians Seminar Room 317, Waterloo Business Centre, 117 Waterloo Rd, London SE1 8UL t: 020 7921 0064 f: 020 7921 0023 e: rosie@i-m-s.org.uk w: www.i-m-s.org.uk Contact: Rosie Yeatman, admin. For advanced str players, pianists and chmbr ens aged 16-30. M/classes in Cornwall given by eminent musicians inc Steven Isserlis, Ralph Kirshbaum, András Schiff. Dates: Apr 2013, applications by previous Nov; open chmbr music Sep 2013. Fees: M/classes £695-895 per person for 10 days (inc food and accommodation).

International Summer School of Music at Shrewsbury c/o ISSMUS Administrator, 19 High Meadows, Newport TF10 7RY t: 01952 270206 e: issmusadmin@blueyonder.co.uk w: www.issmus.org Contact: Alison Anyon, admin. Courses for choral singers, choral conducting, solo singers, pno perf, young pianists, adult pianists, pno accomp and composition. Dates: Aug 2013.

Islington Arts Factory 2 Parkhurst Rd, London N7 0SF t: 020 7607 0561 f: 020 7700 7229 e: IAF@ islingtonartsfactory.fsnet.co.uk w: www. islingtonartsfactory.org. Music classes for children from 4-11 yrs. Dates: Vary.

Jackdaws Music Education Trust Great Elm, nr Frome BA11 3NY t: 01373 812383 e: music@jackdaws.org w: www. jackdaws.org Contact: Katharine Meadows, development mgr; Christine Shaw, admin.

Aims to bring classical music of the highest standard to people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. Residential courses offered every w/end for singers and instrumentalists of all levels; also young artists’ programme, young people’s projects and concert programme. Dates: Yr-round w/end music courses.

Jersey International Masterclasses Jersey Academy of Music, Chateau Vermont, Le Mont Sohier, St. Saviour, Jersey JE2 7HA t: 01534 720030 e: info@ jerseymasterclasses.com w: www. jerseymasterclasses.com. Contact: Chris George, pres; Emmanuelle Dumas, vicepres. Summer school for advanced pno and str players. Dates: 26 Jul-5 Aug 2013. Fees: £650 (excl accommodation).

Knuston Hall Irchester, Wellingborough NN29 7EU t: 01933 312104 f: 01933 357596 e: enquiries@knustonhall.org.uk w: www.knustonhall.org.uk. Various day, week and w/end adult residential courses throughout yr.

Lake District Summer Music International Summer Music Academy Stricklandgate House, 92 Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4PU t: 0845 644 2505 f: 0845 644 2506 e: info@ldsm.org.uk w: www.ldsm.org.uk Contact: Renna Kellaway, artistic dir; Andrew Lucas, snr exec offr. For ens, str players and pianists at conservatoire and young professional level.

Residential summer school, classes and individual coaching with international artists and tutors. Public perf opportunities.

Free tickets to festival concerts. Young String Venture for str players aged 6-18. See website for new courses. Dates: 5-17 Aug 2013. Fees: Full fee £995. £100 off if you apply before 1 Mar. Covers all tuition, fullboard accommodation and Festival tickets.

Language and Music for Life (LMFL) LMFL, Park View, Alveston Rd, Old Down BS32 4PH t: 01454 419504; 07740 823078 f: 01454 413451 e: mail@lmfl. com w: www.lmfl.org Contact: Arlette Herrenschmidt-Moller, dir & organiser; Mattias Dulack, artistic dir. Gr 6+ accompanied children aged 10+ (Wales/ France); gr 7+ accompanied children and young adults 17+ (Italy). Classical inst and vocal music course, 1-to-1 tuition on vc, vn, va, db, ob, fl, picc, rcdr, perc, drums, cl, pno, sax, gui, br. Chmbr music, orch, choir.

English, French, Italian and Spanish taught as foreign languages in situ. Dates: 2013: 1-14 Aug (Venice); 14-28 Jul (Llandovery); 16-31 Aug (Andorra). Fees: £1000 day students; full board fr £1800.

Lauderdale House Music Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG t: 020 8348 8716 e: enquiries@lauderdale.org.uk w: www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk Contact: Katherine Ives, gen mgr. Voice, vc, gui.

Concerts, gui society, Suzuki, U3A, singing club etc.

Leeds College of Music 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD t: 0113 222 3400 f: 0113 243 8798 e: enquiries@lcm. ac.uk w: www.lcm.ac.uk. Contact for entry requirements. Summer schools include Jazz Big Band, Sax, Jazz/Popular Vocal, Audio Technology, DJ Technology, String Quartet, World music and South-Asian Arts UK Community music.

London’s Centre for Young Musicians Morley College, 61 Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7HT t: 020 7928 3844 f: 020 7928 3454 e: info@cym.org.uk w: www.cym.org.uk Contact: Stephen Dagg, dir; Francesca Hanley, Geoff Harniess, curriculum mgrs; Elaine Lewis, CYM admin; Chrissy Kinsella, projects & fin admin. Applications to CYM Saturday SUMMER SCHOOLS 2013 RHINEGOLD.CO.UK 31

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Centre open to all school students who already play an inst; places offered after successful auditions. GCSE revision courses during Feb half-term and Easter holiday. 3-5 day open access inst courses (except pno, kb, voice) run at central London venues during Easter and summer holidays for students aged 6-18, gr 1+. Also longer holiday courses for London Schools Symphony Orchestra and London Youth Wind Band. Dates: Sat during term-time; also during holidays. Fees: On application.

London Master Classes 5 Lyndhurst Gdns, London N3 1TA t: 020 8346 7088 f: 020 8343 3669 e: info@ londonmasterclasses.com w: www. londonmasterclasses.com Contact: B Saipe, dir. International master course for voice, vn, vc, pno and conducting held at RCM; daily public m/classes and concerts. Open to those aged 18+. Dates: 11-18 Jul 2013.

Fees: £400 (deadline 25 May 2013).

The Manchester College Sheena Simon Campus, Chorlton St, Manchester M1 3HB t: 0800 013 0123 e: enquiries@themanchestercollege.ac.uk w: www.ccm.ac.uk Contact: Martin Moscrop, team leader, music. Also at: Abraham Moss Centre, Crescent Rd, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5FU. Introduction to MIDI sequencing; Introduction to Sound Recording; Introduction to DJ-ing; Get Into Entertainment; U Got Talent. All week-long courses.

Missenden Abbey Adult Learning Centre Great Missenden HP16 0BD t: 01296 383582 f: 01753 783756 w: www.arca. uk.net/missendenabbey. Applications accepted until course date. Age 16+, all levels. Dates: Summer school Jul-Aug. Also w/end courses Oct-Jun inclusive and Easter Schools.

Music at Madingley University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge CB3 8AQ t: 01223 746262 f: 01223 746200 e: linda. fisher@ice.cam.ac.uk w: www.ice.cam.ac. uk/music Contact: Linda Fisher, academic programme mgr. Various w/end music appreciation and practical music-making courses. Dates: Yr-round. Fees: £350.

Musicfest - Aberystwyth International Festival and Summer School c/o Aberystwyth Arts Centre, UWA, Aberystwyth SY23 3DE t: 01970 622338 f: 01970 622883 e: musicfest@aber.ac.uk w: www.abermusicfest.org Contact: Sophie Bennett, co-ord. For young musicians aged 12+ to music students, adults and teachers.

Min gr 6-8 according to subject. Runs in conjunction with music festival.

Opportunity for accomplished musicians to work with festival artists of international standing. Courses in chmbr music, solo strs, ww, sax, conducting, jazz, ww chmbr music, composition. Group and individual coaching; m/classes; public perf opportunities. Also course ‘Mind and

Movement in Practical Psychology’ for musicians who are teaching, learning and performing. Dates: 27 Jul-3 Aug 2013.

Fees: Include free tickets to all festival concerts. Bursaries available.

Music for People (M4P) Ty Cerdd, 49 Cosmeston St, Cardiff, (Registered Office) CF24 4LQ t: 0845 619 1689 e: info@m4p.org.uk w: www.m4p.org. uk Contact: Kevin John, dir. Held annually at Giggleswick School, Settle, N Yorks. M4P is dedicated to providing lifelong mus educ that is affordable for all. One of the UK’s most comprehensive summer mus schools.

Over 23 courses covering all genres inc jazz, orch, ww, opera, comp. Dates: 3-10 Aug 2013. Fees: Fully residential £630; external students with meals £490; external students no meals £315.

Music Makers 16 Whitsbury Rd, Fordingbridge SP6 1JZ t: 01425 654819 e: musmak1@aol.com w: www.musicmakers.co.uk Contact: David & Elaine Andrews, contacts. Summer music courses for children and young musicians aged 5 to 18. Based in London, Wiltshire and Hampshire with both day and residential options, at junior (age 5/6), intermediate (age 7-10) and senior (gr 2-8) levels; also week-long advanced course for students at grade 6-8+. Dates: Various; see website for details.

Nancy Litten 39 Ashford Rd, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5DP t: 01622 682330 e: nancylitten@ btinternet.com w: www.keyboardcourses. com Contact: Nancy Litten LRAM, ATCL, Cert. Ed, FRSA., dir. Nancy Litten is a teacher of pno (gr 8+) and electronic kb (all standards); electronic kb consultant and teacher trainer; author of ‘Keyed Up’ tutors (Alfred); freelance pno accompanist; member of EPTA UK Management Committee and chair of EPTA UK Kent region; conductor of Dawn Chorus (Kent); ABRSM examiner; adjudicator in pno, electronic kb, and str. Dates: Sep 2013.

National Youth Music Camps The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes MK17 8LU t: 01908 280821 f: 01908 280827 e: education@ stables.org w: www.stables.org Contact: Sara Watts, artistic dir; Sara Kirkpatrick, educ asst. For children aged 8-17 with an interest in music. No previous experience necessary. Residential (camping) music summer camps and courses. Dates: Jul and Aug. NLMS Music Summer School c/o New London Music Society, 5 Thame Rd, Sydenham, Chinnor OX39 4LA t: 01844 354083, also fax e: nlms@gomme. fsbusiness.co.uk w: www.nlmsmusicsummerschool.co.uk Contact: Philip Meaden, dir; Cynthia Gomme, admin. For ages 18+. Symphony, intermediate orchs, late learner strs and ww ens, choral singing for pleasure courses at Queenswood School, Hatfield. Dates: Aug 2013; applications by Jun. Fees: £305-645.

Reynard Music 4 Reynard Way, Northampton NN2 8QX t: 01604 845885 e: reynard@dpmail.co.uk w: http://reynard.dpwww.co.uk Contact: Michael T Watkins, dir. Open to those gr 6+ standard, all ages. Mixed str and ww ens, cl ens, sax ens. Courses are held at locations across the UK. Dates: Play days, w/end residentials throughout the year, plus ww & strs and Light Orchestral Summer Schools.

Fees: From £280 (residential w/end, en suite, full board).

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3ER t: 029 2039 1430 e: summerschools@rwcmd.ac.uk w: www. rwcmd.ac.uk/summerschools. Courses incl Musical Theatre (15-19 Jul & 26-30 Aug, £250); Chamber Music (29 Jul-2 Aug, £280); Workshops for people with a visual impairment (30 Jul-1 Aug, free); Workshop for young singers (1 Aug, £65); Junior Jazz (5-9 Aug, £250); Opera Workshop (19-23 Aug, £310).

Sheffield University Institute for Lifelong Learning 196-198 West St, Sheffield S1 4ET t: 0114 222 7000 f: 0114 222 7001 e: till@ sheffield.ac.uk w: www.sheffield.ac.uk/till.

Courses in music theory, singing, sequencing, jazz, folk music of the British Isles, comp. Particularly suited to those aged 18+ who wish to study music without the need to give up work. Modules are accredited by the University of Sheffield.

Also p/t certificate in Music Studies (120 credits), 2 yrs.

Sherborne Summer School of Music Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3AP Contact address: P.O.Box 629, Godstone RH9 8WQ t: 01342 893963 f: 01342 893977 e: summermusicschool@btinternet.com w: www.sherbornesummerschoolofmusic. co.uk Contact: Malcolm Binney, dir of mus. Orchs, choirs, chmbr music, composing w/shops, conducting courses, choral, pno, jazz, painting & drawing, Alexander Technique. Dates: Week 1: 28 Jul-4 Aug; Week 2: 4-11 Aug. Stamford International Music Festival Stamford School, Stamford PE9 2BQ t: 01780 764258 e: andrew@ stamfordmusicfestival.com w: www. stamfordmusicfestival.com Contact: Andrew Smith, artistic dir. International chmbr music concerts and classes with faculty from major conservatoires in Europe and UK, based at the historic campus of Stamford School. Students inc young professionals to serious amateurs and gifted young music students. Dates: JulAug. Stepping Notes Winches Cottage, Church Road, Shepperton, Middx. TW17 9JT t: 01932 241196 e: nikhil@dally.org.uk w: www. dally.org.uk/steppingnotes. This course will demonstrate how we can teach musical literacy to young children using pictures,

people and stories that catch the child’s imagination. To begin with, rhythm and melody are presented separately; after a basic understanding, they appear together.

Fees: £55 before 28 Mar, £60 thereafter.

Stonebridge Music Courses t: 01745 870345 e: richard@ stonebridgemusic.co.uk w: www. stonebridgemusic.co.uk Contact: Richard Smyth, dir. Orch, band, choral, jazz, str courses for children aged 8-16.

Summer’s Cool 87 Lime Ave, Leamington Spa CV32 7DG t: 01926 778158 e: a.mock@summerscool. org.uk w: www.summerscool.org.uk Contact: Andrew Mock, dir. Holiday course for young musicians aged 8-16 held at Abberley Hall, Worcester; sessions inc orch, windband, str ens, ‘fun-sing’, w/shops, musicianship, creative music & comp sessions; daily lunchtime concerts. Leisure and recreational activities inc swimming, tennis, team games, ten-pin bowling, barbecue. Dates: 28 Jul-2 Aug. Fees: £415 (resident); £333 (day).

Temple Dinsley Suzuki School Princess Helena College, Preston e: silcruma@gmail.com Contact: Silvia Crusellas. Suzuki camp in Herts for children aged 3-13 learning Suzuki vn, va, vc or pno. Inst lessons, group lessons, Dalcroze, Kodály, improvisation, ens groups and orch. Dates: Aug. Fees: £341 (residential); £205, accompanying parent.

University of Glasgow DACE, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, Glasgow G3 6NH t: 0141 330 1835 f: 0141 330 1821 e: dace-query@educ.gla. ac.uk w: www.glasgow.ac.uk/dace. Courses for adults. Music appreciation and theory, popular music culture. 8, 10 and 20-week courses from Oct each year.

West Dean College West Dean, Chichester PO18 0QZ t: 01243 811301 f: 01243 811343 e: short.courses@westdean.org.uk w: www.westdean.org.uk. Various music and music appreciation courses throughout the year, including summer school with the Chilingirian Quartet.

Winchester Summer Music 37 St David’s Rd, Clifton Campville, nr Tamworth B79 0BA t: 01827 373586 e: maddocks@concordiamusic.eclipse.co.uk Contact: Joan Maddocks, dir/admin. Open to those aged 16+. Chmbr music, strs, ww, hn, pno, chmbr orch. Residential and nonresidential. Dates: 27 Jul- 3 Aug 2013.

Workers Music Association Summer School 12 St Andrews Sq, London W11 1RH t: 020 7243 0920 e: maviscook69@yahoo. com w: www.wmamusic.org.uk. For amateur musicians (folk, br, orch, trad & modern jazz, opera, solo & choral singing), and for all ages and abilities. Based at Wortley Hall, nr Sheffield. Dates: Aug. Fees: £460, shared accommodation (2 to a room); approx £510 single accommodation.

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AMADEUS

Essential Music Theory participant, 2012

Tuesday 27 August – Sunday 1 September 2013

ORCHESTRA

Essential Music Theory

Summer School and Refresher Day The Nineteenth International The Twentieth International

• Intensive preparation for Grade 5 Music Theory exams

Week of Beer and Music Week of Beer and Music Mahler: Symphony No.2

• Ideal for improving music theory quickly • Taught by Guildhall Faculty tutors • Refresher day available in Autumn 2013 • Ages 12+

21 – 26 July 2013

Music Theory: Beyond Grade 5

15 – 21 July 2012

Orchestral training course forOrchestral music studentstraining & young professionals course

• Intensive preparation for Music Theory examinations upwards from Grade 5

for music students & young professionals

• Ages 16+

For further information and to book your place: www.gsmd.ac.uk/musicsummerschools email shortcourses@gsmd.ac.uk or call 020 7382 2310

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AUGUST 12th to AUGUST 31st 2013 Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1747 838318 E-mail: Kvanbarthold@aol.com Contact: Kenneth van Barthold Arvensis, Stour Lane, Stour Row, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 0QJ UK In association with Photo: © Clive Barda

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Young Musicians Week Uppingham Summer Schools, Balmaghie, 25 High St West, Uppingham LE15 9QB t: 01572 820800 e: summerschool@ uppingham.co.uk w: www. uppinghamsummerschool.co.uk Contact: Su Statham, course admin. Fun week of music-making tailor-made for all levels of young musicians between 6-18. Coached by professional musicians, students work at appropriate levels in groups and ens from quartets to bands, trios to orchs. All groups have opportunity to perform. Dates: 22-26 Jul 2013. Fees: £310 (non-residential); £490 (residential). Book and pay in full by 31 March and receive a 10% discount.

BRASS

Brass Band Summer School 2 The Coppice, Impington, Cambridge CB24 9PP t: 01223 234090, also fax; 07710 505689 e: philipbiggs@bandstand. demon.co.uk w: http:// brassbandsummerschool.com Contact: Philip Biggs, admin. All ages and standards welcome. Held at Framlingham College.

Dates: Aug, applications by Mar. Fees: From £490.

CHORAL

British Choral Institute 1 Bazehill Rd, Rottingdean, Brighton BN2 7DB e: info@britishchoralinstitute.co.uk w: www.britishchoralinstitute.co.uk Contact: Christine Wales, admin; Roy Wales, course dir. For enthusiastic singers with some sight-reading ability. Choral study w/end in Alfriston, E Sussex, featuring Poulenc ‘Gloria’ and a new African work. Dates: Jul. Fees: £45.

Come and Sing 15 Pashley, Croft Wombwell, Barnsley S73 0LD t: 01226 752738 e: Gareth@ gareth73.freeserve.co.uk w: www. mmcourses.co.uk Contact: Karen Green, admin. All singers welcome, regardless of experience; fun, with plenty of vocal and choral technique. Ends with concert on Sun pm. Dates: W/end courses: 23-24 Mar & 4-6 Oct 2013. Fees: £195 (resident); £138 (non-resident).

Ely Cathedral Weekend t: 01438 812100 e: nick@runbysingers.org w: www.runbysingers.org Contact: Nick Couchman, contact. Long w/end for experienced singers focusing on the music of the Anglican liturgy, esp services of compline and evensong; concludes with sung evensong at Ely Cathedral. Directed

by Nigel Perrin. Dates: 5-7 Apr 2013. Fees: £230, inc tuition, music, 2 evening meals.

Accommodation and travel not inc. £50 deposit.

English Choral Experience 4 The Close, Lichfield WS13 7LD t: 01543 306277 e: ece@paulspicer.com w: www.englishchoralexperience.co.uk Contact: Paul Spicer, dir. Unique mix of choral course and arts festival at Abbey Dore, Herefordshire. Repertoire is British

from varied periods with a major work as centrepiece. Daily rehearsals, varied evening concerts given by top performers, related talks, art exhibitions in variety of media, main course concert, gourmet food. Dates: 21-27 Jul 2013. Fees: £405.

Eton Choral Courses Eton College, Windsor SL4 6DW t: 01753 671124/219 f: 01753 671019 e: m.prokesova@etoncollege.org.uk w: www.etonchoralcourses.co.uk Contact: Martina Prokeaova, admin. Open to those aged 16-20. 7 courses held at Eton College and other venues. Dates: Jul-Aug; bookings open Jan. Fees: tbc.

Gloucestershire Choral Weekend Cotswold House, Naunton, Cheltenham GL54 3AA t: 01451 850796 e: cedric@ cgandmah.wanadoo.co.uk Contact: Cedric Virgin, organiser; Gregory Rose, mus dir.

No age limit. Study of choral works for mixed voices; held at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Dates: Apr. Fees: £140.20 (residential en suite), £97.50 (nonresidential); prices inc meals, hire of music and tuition.

Laudemus!

151 Mount View Rd, London N4 4JT t: 020 8341 6408 f: 020 8340 0021 e: laudemus@aol.com Contact: Marianne Barton, admin; Jeremy Jackman, dir.

Competent choral singers with good sightreading ability, normally aged 18+. Daily choral evensong in Dorset churches, max 30 singers. Dates: Jul 2013 Fees: Approx £425 inc all music and B&B at Bryanston School; approx £275 non-residents. 2 scholarships (£350) available for under-25s; also other scholarships and bursaries.

Midland Festival Chorus MFC Administrator, 11a The Close, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 9LS t: 0116 291 2242 e: admin@ midlandfestivalchorus.org w: www. midlandfestivalchorus.org Contact: Donovan Cattell, chair; Malcolm Goldring, mus dir; Dirk Tinbergen, singers’ sec. Open to those aged 16+. Annual choral event at Worcester Cathedral with professional artists and orch for singers.

Dates: Oct. Fees: On application. Reduced price places for young singers aged 27 and under, and for some new singers under 40.

Morland Choristers’ Camp Newby End Farm, Newby, Penrith CA10 3EX w: www.morland.org.uk. For those aged 9-18 who are members of church or school choirs. A residential course approved by the RSCM. Church music, secular music and outdoor activities. Dates: 28 Jul-4 Aug 2013. Fees: £295.

National Youth Choir of Scotland The Mitchell, North St, Glasgow G3 7DN t: 0141 287 2856 f: 0141 287 2858 e: admin@nycos.co.uk w: www.nycos.co.uk.

NYCoS open to those aged 15-24; National Boys Choir open to boys aged 10-16; National Girls Choir open to girls aged 12-16. Entry to all choirs by audition.

NYCoS and Training Choir residential

course in Edinburgh (Jul); Boys Choirs and Girls Choirs in Musselburgh (Apr). Dates: Apr & Jul. National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Pelaw House, University of Durham, Leazes Rd, Durham DH1 1TA t: 0191 334 8110 e: office@nycgb.net w: www. nycgb.net Contact: Mark Anyan, gen mgr.

Auditions held annually in autumn. Must be aged 18 and under to audition for youth choir. Residential courses for members of the National Youth Choirs. Regional girls choirs (N & S) ages 11-15; boys choir age 9-14; training choir ages 13-17; National Youth Choir ages 16-21. Dates: Easter and summer; dates depend on course. Fees: £350-550 (course), £35 (audition).

Substantial bursaries available.

South West Festival Chorus 30 Fairfield Park Rd, Bath BA1 6JW t: 01225 444190 f: 01225 420588 e: jmw. concerts@btinternet.com w: www. swfestivalchorus.org.uk Contact: Jason Thornton, music dir; Gavin Carr, chorus master; Joanna Wiesner, admin. Promotes 2 annual w/end schools of choral music with professional tutors and soloists, each rehearsed over an intensive w/end; also overseas tour. Dates: Feb; May. Tallis Scholars Summer School UK 62 Annandale Rd, London SE10 0DB t: 020 8293 9911 e: tsss.uk@googlemail.com w: www.tsss.uk.com Contact: Laura Tear, gen mgr; David Woodcock, Janet Coxwell, associate dirs; Peter Phillips, artistic dir.

Open to those aged 18+ with good sightreading skills. Choral course directed

by Peter Phillips (dir of the Tallis Scholars) at Uppingham School in Rutland. Dates: 6-13 Jul 2013. Fees: £990 (£690 students); limited number of bursaries available to students aged 18-21.

Vocals Singing Courses Music for Everyone, 10 Goose Gate, Nottingham NG1 1FF t: 0115 958 9312 e: admin@music-for-everyone.org w: http://music-for-everyone.org/vocals.html Contact: Rebecca Hooper, admin. Singing w/shops for children in school yr 1-7. Our Vocals events allow singers to experience the thrill of singing as part of a mass choir at the Nottingham Albert Hall.

COMPOSITION

Sound and Music Summer School Somerset House, 3rd Floor, South Building, Strand, London WC2R 1LA t: 020 7759 1816 e: judith.robinson@ soundandmusic.org w: www. soundandmusic.org Contact: Judith Robinson, summer school prod.

Residential summer school for composers and creative musicians aged 14-18 held at the Purcell School. Unique week-long course offering an intensive opportunity for talented students to explore a number of approaches to composition under the guidance of some of the UK’s leading composers and musicians. Dates: 4-10 Aug

2013 (TBC). Fees: £395; bursaries available.

St Magnus Composers’ Course 60 Victoria St, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands KW15 1DN t: 01856 871445 f: 01856 871170 e: info@stmagnusfestival.com w: www.stmagnusfestival.com/composers Contact: Angela Henderson, admin; Alasdair Nicolson, Sally Beamish, course dirs. Overlapping with the St Magnus Festival, an opportunity for 8 composers to study and develop in a stimulating and supportive environment. Participants’ work premiered in St Magnus Festival concert at the end of the course. Dates: 15-26 Jun 2013. Fees: £560, inc self-catering accommodation.

UK Songwriting Festival Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath BA2 9BN t: 01225 875522 f: 01225 875495 e: l.endean@ bathspa.ac.uk w: www. uksongwritingfestival.com Contact: Joe Bennett, artistic dir. Dates: Aug. Fees: From £495, tuition only.

CONDUCTING

Conducting Course with the Amadeus Orchestra Foxholes Farm, Alderley, Wotton-u-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 7RR t: 01453 845163 e: c.howard@amadeusorchestra. co.uk w: www.amadeusorchestra.co.uk.

Held in Somerset. Lessons and m/classes with full symphony orch for u/g and p/g conds. Dates: 14-20 Jul 2013. conductingmasterclasses.co.uk t: 020 7586 2912 e: achim@achimholub. co.uk w: www.conductingmasterclasses. co.uk Contact: Achim Holub. Conducting seminars in London with Achim Holub.

Dates: Various. See web for details. Fees: Fr £250.

Courses in Instrumental Conducting with Peter Stark Bay Tree Cottage, Rockbourne, Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 3NL t: 01725 518815, also fax e: pstark@mac. com w: www.PeterStark.co.uk. 3-day courses aimed at advanced students and professionals. Dates: Apr, Jul, Sep & Dec. Please see website for further details. Fees: £500 plus accommodation.

London Conducting Workshop 35 Leeside, Barnet EN5 2PD t: 07933 023020 e: info@london-conductingworkshop.com w: www.londonconducting-workshop.com Contact: Pawlina Bednarczyk, mgr. London course at the Royal Academy of Music gives each cond time on the podium before a supportive professional orch, and the opportunity to discuss and refine points of technique and interpretation. Intensive 3-day residential course in Sussex focuses on technique and communication with orch.

A new addition to our courses since 2012 is our Paris class. This w/shop is directed at previous attendees. Dates: Jul (London & Surrey), Jan (Paris). Fees: tbc; see website.

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M USIQUE

International Summer Music School

13th-20th July 2013 11 July - 15 August 2013 Masterclasses VIOLIN Victor PIKAYZEN Francesco DE ANGELIS Mi-Kyung LEE Silvia MARCOVICI

FLUTE Frédéric BERTELETTI José-Daniel CASTELLON

VIOLA Diemut POPPEN Christoph SCHILLER Jean SULEM

CLARINET Fabio DI CÀSOLA

ACCORDION Stéphane CHAPUIS

TROMBONE Dany BONVIN

ORGAN Margaret PHILLIPS

TRUMPET Olivier A. THEURILLAT

SPECIAL YOU NG M U S I C I A NS Campus Musicus Stefan Ruha* Ensemble Tina Strinning* Violin Yolande Leroy Cello Susan Rybicki-Varga Brass O. Theurillat and D. Bonvin Piano Tatyana Pikayzen

CELLO Marcio CARNEIRO Enrico DINDO François GUYE DOUBLE BASS Duncan MCTIER Božo PARADŽIK TRAINING FOR ORCHESTRA AUDITIONS Madeleine CARRUZZO

OBOE Jean-Louis CAPEZZALI

VOICE Laura SARTI Enrico FACINI Marcin HABELA Klesie KELLY

PIANO Philippe CASSARD Abdel Rahman EL BACHA Pascal GODART Clifton MATTHEWS

ACADÉMIE DE MUSIQUE TIBOR VARGA - RUE DU VIEUX-COLLÈGE 13 - CH-1950 SION Tel + Fax ++41 (0)27 322 66 52 info @amsion.ch

Thwaites/Fong/Berkowitz/Pavri/Jacobson/ Osostowicz/Stanzeleit/Repko/Chen/Slater/Jewel/ Ireland/Baillie/Lowe/Doumenge

Enrolment deadline 15.05.2013 Except* 15.03.2013

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AIMS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SCHOOL at Eastbourne College AUGUST 18th – 25th 2013

Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 August 2013

Creative Music Training Summer School

The seventh Summer School for Singers run by Neil & Penny Jenkins will take place once again in Eastbourne College, Eastbourne. There will be a variety of classes for choral singers, with the large groups performing Britten’s Spring Symphony and Poulenc’s Gloria and Motets in honour of their composers’ anniversaries. Smaller groups will work on A Ceremony of Carols, the Liebeslieder Waltzes, French madrigals, and the music for Compline.

• Diversify your musicianship skills

Solo singers can choose from classes studying every branch of vocal music from Early Music, Opera and Oratorio up to Art-song, Cabaret and Music Theatre. There will be 6 fully staged Opera scenes for which singers audition in advance. There will be one-day Masterclasses by well-known visiting artists, and the week will commence with a Gala solo Recital.

Comments from past students include: “...I am an AIMS ‘virgin’ - my first time, but certainly not my last. I was totally inspired and in absolute heaven!” “...Once again it was a wonderful week of learning, performing, and appreciating wonderful music and wonderful singing.” “...Theatre critics would have the heading ‘Triumph’. I cannot but totally admire the administration: it is faultless ...” “...The concerts have been wonderful, the masterclasses enlightening, the warm-ups and vocal technique classes huge fun. Thank you for making the week such a fulfilling experience...”

• Develop leadership and collaboration skills • Apply the theory in practical sessions with a youth ensemble • Taught by Barbican/Guildhall Creative Learning tutors • Accommodation available

“Great course, 100% wonderful”

For details of fees for Residents and Non-Residents contact: Address: AIMS, Barn End, Castle Lane, Bramber, West Sussex, BN44 3FB Telephone: 01903 879591 Email: neil@AIMS.uk.com

Full details are shown on the website: www.AIMS.uk.com

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LISTINGS

Olney Conducting Workshops Catherine Rose’s Office Ltd, Olney House, High St, Olney MK46 4AN t: 01234 714959 f: 01234 714951 e: info@ olneyconducting.co.uk w: www. olneyconducting.co.uk Contact: Catherine Rose, admin; Michael Rose, course dir.

Series of w/end and one-day courses, inc beginners days and specialist study days, led

by Michael Rose. Students inc professional musicians, music students, teachers and conds of youth and amateur orchs. Private tuition also available. Dates: Various.

Orkney Conducting Course St Magnus Festival, 60 Victoria St, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1DN t: 01856 871445 f: 01856 871170 e: info@ stmagnusfestival.com w: www. stmagnusfestival.com Contact: Angela Henderson, admin; Martyn Brabbins, dir; Charles Peebles, asst dir. Professional development course for emerging conds; two-pno sessions, symphonic and concerto repertoire, experience with SCO and London Sinfonietta; contact with composers. Participants conduct in festival concert at the end of the course. Dates: 1526 Jun 2013. Fees: £560, inc self-catering accommodation.

EARLY MUSIC

Border Marches Early Music Forum 13 Courtnay Rise, Hereford HR1 1BP t: 01432 341154 (sec); 01989 750684 (newsletter co-ord) e: hannahdavies@dsl. pipex.com; stationhousekeefs@hotmail. com w: www.bmemf.org.uk Contact: Helen Keef, newsletter co-ord; Hannah Davies, sec. Mediaeval to baroque vocal and inst day w/shops held on Sat/Sun in Herefordshire and surrounding Border Marches region. Dates: W/shops throughout the yr. See website for details.

Fees: £14 (members), £16 (non-members).

Cambridge Early Music Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ t: 01223 847330 f: 01223 701914 e: info@CambridgeEarlyMusic.org w: www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org Contact: Selene Mills, admin. Wellestablished small-scale intensive summer schools, open to those aged 18+ (younger participants may be considered). Week-long international courses in baroque and renaissance music for professional, student and amateur players and singers, with concerts. Dates: 4-11 Aug 2013, Italian Baroque music from Monteverdi to Vivaldi with The Parley of Instruments; 11-17 Aug 2013: renaissance music for voices and insts with Philip Thorby and friends (dates provisional). Fees: £700-780 residential; £650 non-residential.

The Chalemie Summer School of Early Music, Dance and Commedia 3 Thornhill Sq, London N1 1BQ t: 020 7700 4293 f: 020 7700 5877 e: chalemie@ thorn.demon.co.uk w: www.chalemie.co.uk Contact: Barbara Segal, summer school organiser. Open to all ages. Held at

Headington School, Oxford. Music, singing, dance, commedia, period costumemaking from 16th-18th C. Dates: 13-18 Aug 2013. Fees: Approx £545 (reduced rates for non-residential).

Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School (NORVIS) Rose Cottage, Brigg Rd, South Kelsey, Market Rasen LN7 6PQ t: 01652 678230 e: enquiries@norvis.org.uk w: www.norvis. org.uk Contact: Jane Beeson, sec. All ages and abilities. Held at College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham. One week’s course covering all aspects of early music: rcdrs, viols, baroque strs, renaissance insts, plucked insts, hpd, singing and dancing.

Dates: 27 Jul-3 Aug 2013.

Oxford Baroque Chamber Music Week 13 Brackley Rd, Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester M30 9LG t: 0161 281 2502 e: p.b.collier@googlemail.com w: www. baroque-week.org.uk Contact: Peter Collier, dir. Held at Headington School, Oxford. Course for ww, str & kb players of baroque or modern insts at old or modern pitch. An extensive course library enables students to explore both familiar and unfamiliar repertoire with the help of experienced tutors. Dates: 10-17 Aug 2013.

Fees: Approx £630 for full board; £460, non-residential. Reduction of £30 for participants aged 25 or under.

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Bingham Quartet Chamber Music Weekends 3 Rectory Lane, Wyton PE28 2AQ t: 01480 300153 e: info@binghamquartet. net w: www.binghamquartet.net Contact: Steve Bingham. Open to all ages and abilities; formed quartets only. Nonresidential, accommodation list available on request. Dates: Weekends in May and Jul. Fees: approx £90 per person, per w/end.

Charterhouse International Music Festival Charterhouse, Godalming GU7 2DF t: 01483 239621 f: 01483 239610 e: enquiries@cimf.org.uk; cimfdirector@aol. com w: www.cimf.org.uk Contact: Nicola Bonner, mgr; Susan Milan, dir. Str, ww and pno course with focus on chmbr music.

Daily m/classes and chmbr music coaching sessions; lunchtime and evening concerts.

Resident pianists and harpsichordist.

Contemporary Chamber Music Course, Cambridge t: 01223 264408 e: info@ suzukipianocambridge.org.uk w: www. suzukipianocambridge.org.uk Contact: Stephen Power, mus dir; Charlotte Bray, composer; Hilary Sturt, vn; Andrew Power vc (asst). Featuring str quartets of Graham Fitkin and music by British contemporary composers for str chmbr ens, as well as str plus pno from ‘Chamber Music 2000’ etc.

Course takes place at ‘Castle End Mission’, final concert West Road Concert Hall Cambridge. Course for advanced level

pianists (including composition), and course for advanced level str players aged 11-18. Dates: 23-27 Jul. Fees: £250 (str), £650 (pno), non-residential.

Elizabeth College (Guernsey) Summer Orchestral Course Champs Verts, Le Mauxmarquis, St Andrews, Guernsey t: 01481 238346 f: 01481 233085 e: ccottam@cwgsy.net w: www.ecsoc.com Contact: Charles Cottam, dir. Open to those aged 9-19 of gr 5+ standard. All orch and ww insts; 3 orchs, 3 bands. Dates: 19-24 Aug 2013.

Fees: £125.

European Youth Summer Music Festivals House, 198 Park Lane, Macclesfield SK11 6UD t: 01625 428297 f: 01625 503229 e: liz.eysm@ federationoffestivals.org.uk w: www. federationoffestivals.org.uk/eysm/ Contact: Liz Whitehead, course organiser; Jacqui Wadsworth, course admin. Age 11-21, gr 5+ standard. Summer orch and vocal course for young musicians. Opportunities for jazz, big band, music theatre, chmbr music. Dates: 20-26 Jul 2013.

Gloucestershire Summer Orchestral Course Colwell Centre for Arts in Education, Derby Rd, Gloucester GL1 4AD t: 01452 330300 f: 01452 541303 e: brenda. whitwell@gloucestershire.gov.uk w: www. gloucestershiremusic.co.uk Contact: Brenda Whitwell, centre mgr. Min age 8, gr 1+ (jnr course) and gr 5+ (snr course).

Residential orch summer course held in Cheltenham. Dates: Jul. International Chamber Music Summer School t: 07871 610742; 07844 302185 e: liz@ ringwoodhouse.co.uk w: www.icmss.co.uk Contact: Adam Precious, course dir. Offers a wide range of chmbr music for strs, ww (inc hn) and pno with a unique combination of tutored and informal playing in an idyllic location. Up to 18 sessions tutored by experienced chmbr music players and coaches, plus free time, rooms for music and informal playing.

Open to performing musicians of a reasonably high standard, e.g. amateur musicians who perform in public, students/ young professionals, teachers. Based at Tonbridge School. Dates: 17-24 Aug 2013.

Fees: Just over £600, inc all tuition, meals and accommodation.

Musicale Young Artists’ Programme Homecroft, Sun Lane, Harpenden AL5 4GJ t: 01582 460978 f: 01582 767343 e: info@musicale.co.uk w: www.musicale. co.uk/musicholidays Contact: David & Gillian Johnston, dirs. Ages 12-18, gr 8+.

No audition necessary. National residential course held in Harpenden. A symphony orch and ww orch play repertoire backed up with full sectional support, with a final concert appearance for each group in the Harpenden Music Festival. Dates: Aug. Fees: £260 plus £210 accommmodation if required.

MusicWorks (Chamber Courses) 29 Church Rd, Totternhoe LU6 1RE t: 01582 699670 e: musicworksinfo@ googlemail.com w: www.musicworks.info Contact: Catherine Manson, dir. Age range 14-18, min gr 8 approx. Auditions throughout the year. Twice-yearly residential chmbr music courses for young str players and pianists. Held at Brambletye School, W Sussex. Coached by international team of renowned chmbr musicians. Dates: Jul & Aug. Fees: £645.

National Chamber Music Course 58 Twyford Ave, London N2 9NL t: 020 8883 7583 e: info@ncmc.org.uk w: www. ncmc.org.uk Contact: Paresha Amin, admin. For str players aged 10-18. Chmbr music course held at Temple Dinsley; Herts. 2 chmbr ens; inst and perf skills classes; orch and choir. Tutors: David Fruehwirth; vn; Gordon Back; pno; Graham Waterhouse; vc/composition.

Dates: Aug. Fees: £590.

National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain 57 Buckingham Rd, Weston-Super-Mare BS24 9BG t: 01934 418855 e: mail@nco. org.uk w: www.nco.org.uk Contact: Vivienne Price, founder & vice pres; Roger Clarkson, dir of mus. Musical and social development opportunities for talented young musicians. Players are placed in 1 of 5 age-banded orchs, where they receive high quality tuition on residential courses.

All courses culminate in a concert, with the Under 13 and Main Orchs performing as full symphony orchs at major national concert venues, such as Symphony Hall and QEH. Annual audition held in autumn, open to all children aged 7-13. Fees: Full bursary and scholarship schemes available.

The National Children’s Orchestra of Scotland NYOS, 13 Somerset Pl, Glasgow G3 7JT t: 0141 332 8311 f: 0141 332 3915 e: info@nyos.co.uk w: www.nyos.co.uk Contact: Julian Clayton, chief exec; Eva Flannery, admin. Open to those resident in Scotland, aged 8-21. Residential course providing tuition from professional musicians prior to public perf.

The National Youth Chamber Orchestra of Great Britain Homecroft, Sun Lane, Harpenden AL5 4GJ t: 01582 760014 f: 01582 767343 e: admin@ncwo.org.uk; caroline. marriott@musicale.co.uk w: www.ncwo. org.uk. For orch players aged 14-18 at gr 8+. Entry by audition during the autumn term for a residential course at Easter.

Concerts at major venues around the country later in the yr. Orch directed from leader’s chair by Christopher Hirons.

Players play in quartets, a chmbr orch and also National Children’s Sinfonia (10-12 yrs), and the National Children’s Chamber Orchestra (12-15 yrs). Dates: Easter & Jul. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Somerset House, South Building, Strand,

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London WC2R 1LA t: 020 7759 1880 f: 020 7759 1881 e: info@nyo.org.uk w: www.nyo.org.uk Brings together talented musicians 3 times a year for 2-3 week residential courses followed by concerts in major halls. NYO Composer Courses take place during the main NYO courses. Dates: Dec-Jan, Mar-Apr, Jul-Aug. The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland 13 Somerset Pl, Glasgow G3 7JT t: 0141 332 8311 f: 0141 332 3915 e: info@nyos. co.uk w: www.nyos.co.uk Contact: Joan Gibson, chief exec; Chris Bragg, orch ens mgr. Open to those born, study or resident in Scotland; aged 8-25. Residential course for NYOS Junior Orchestra, NYOS Senior Orchestra and NYOS with tuition from experienced tutors followed by public perfs.

Additional courses throughout the year.

Dates: See website. Fees: See website.

The National Youth Wind Ensemble Homecroft, Sun Lane, Harpenden AL5 4GJ t: 01582 713333 f: 01582 767343 e: caroline.marriott@musicale.co.uk w: www.ncwo.org.uk. For ww, br and perc players aged up to 19 and gr 8+ standard. 1 player, max 2, per part; sectional coaching for every inst. Has appeared at BBC Proms and Cheltenham Music Festival and tours abroad. Dates: Easter and Jul. National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain 51 Highlands, Tadmarton Park, Banbury OX15 5SR t: 01295 721020, also fax e: kit@nywo.org.uk w: www.nywo.org.uk Contact: Kit Shepherd, dir. Main orch gr 8 with distinction, ages 15-21. Focus on Chamber Music course, gr 5+ standard, ages 14-18. Auditions take place every autumn for courses the following year.

Residential courses, Easter and summer; main orch; focus on chmbr music courses, ens, saxes, outreach programme m/classes; European tours. International conds. Dates: Courses in Apr and Aug. Fees: £545 (main orch); £395 (focus on chmbr music).

Oxford Chamber Music Courses 7 Turnpike Rd, Oxford OX2 9JQ t: 01865 863236 e: irene_butcher@tiscali.co.uk For any age group. 3-day meetings coached by the Maggini Quartet. Dates: Apr & Aug. Fees: £275 (residential), £230 (nonresidential); reduction for students in f/t educ.

Pro Corda International Chamber Music Academy Leiston Abbey House, Theberton, Leiston IP16 4TD t: 01728 831354 f: 01728 832500 e: mail@procorda.com w: www. procorda.com. Entry by audition.

Residential courses for young str players and pianists aged 8-18 attending twice yearly at preparatory, primary, jr, intermediate and sr levels. Specialist ens tuition under the direction of distinguished musicians. Dates: Various dates throughout the year. Fees: £135-998, depending on course, plus £150 registration fee on some courses. Bursaries available.

Rehearsal Orchestra 60-62 Clapham Rd, London SW9 0JJ t: 020 7820 9994 e: admin@rehearsalorchestra.org w: www.rehearsal-orchestra. org Contact: Anne-Marie Norman, admin; Levon Parikian, artistic dir. For ages 16+, gr 8+ with good sight-reading. Advanced orch training for students, young professionals, teachers and experienced players under professional conds. Wide range of largescale orch repertoire studied, inc new music. 1 and 2 day courses in London throughout the yr, plus residential week in Edinburgh during the Festival. Dates: Various, throughout the yr. Fees: Student and non-student rates.

Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust 11 Melville Pl, Edinburgh EH3 7PR t: 0131 226 3392, also fax e: admin@sscot. org.uk w: www.sscot.org.uk Contact: Jean Murray, dir. Open to those aged 9-15 at gr 2-8 level. Annual 1-week residential activity holiday in Scotland. Orch and ww band playing plus sports, arts, crafts and entertainments. Dates: 8-13 Jul 2013. Fees: approx £440.

Symposia for Young String Quartets c/o Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP t: 020 7258 8244 e: rwheal@wigmore-hall.org.uk w: www. wigmore-hall.org.uk Contact: Ruth Wheal, gen mgr. Intensive coaching weekends for young str quartets with internationally renowned chmbr musicians. Dates: Mar. Fees: £120 per quartet.

Vacation Chamber Orchestras 20 Mallorie Park Dr, Ripon HG4 2QD t: 01765 601074; 01765 602856; 07974 698264 e: mail@vaco.net w: www.vaco.net Contact: Xenophon Kelsey, mus dir; Jane Lomax, admin. Open to those aged 16-24 with gr 8+. Residential courses each vacation for advanced players. Expert professional coaching, challenging repertoire, frequent concerts in attractive venues. Dates: Jul (Alsace), Aug (UK), 27-30 Dec (UK) (2013). Fees: £150-350.

Variations c/o 24 Dunrobin Pl, Edinburgh EH3 5HZ t: 07788 754160 f: 0131 343 2871 e: info@variationsscotland.co.uk w: www. variationsscotland.co.uk. Week-long event runs in Ullapool, Wester Ross, for amateur chmbr musicians of all ages, insts and levels of ability. Edinburgh Quartet and Maximiliano Martin, coach in residence.

Coached chmbr music sessions, orch sessions, concerts, w/shops and the opportunity to play in a session with professional str quartet. Optional trip to Summer Isles and other excursions. Ready formed str/ww groups particularly encouraged; individuals also welcome.

Dates: Aug 3-10 2013. Fees: £420 with early booking discounts (see website).

West Coast School of Music Chamber Music Summer School t: 01239 621446 w: www.teifi-chamberorchestra.co.uk.

HARP

Cornwall Harp Centre t: 01288 341308 e: info@ cornwallharpcentre.co.uk w: www. cornwallharpcentre.co.uk Contact: Sarah Deere-Jones. Residential w/end hp courses held throughout the year near Bude in Cornwall covering a wide range of study for beginners and intermediate standard.

Gwyl Delynau Caernarfon Harp Festival t: 01286 685230 e: cgwm@lineone.net w: www.cg-wm.com Contact: Elinor Bennett, artistic dir.

JAZZ

All Saints Jazz Course, St Albans t: 01732 885048 e: owen-iris@bryceo. fsnet.co.uk w: http://mysite.freeserve.com/ bryceandjazz Contact: Jan Bryce, course organiser. Annual 2-day w/end jazz course takes place at All Saints Pastoral Centre.

Dates: Apr. The Arts Centre Liverpool Community College, Myrtle St, Liverpool L7 7JA t: 0151 252 4315/6 Contact: Steve Kelly, head of mus; Les Bolger, course tutor. College has regular visits from touring jazz groups, and related w/shop activity is often open to instrumentalists from the community; also music access courses and short courses.

Burnley Mechanics Arts and Entertainment Centre Manchester Rd, Burnley, Lancs BB11 1JA t: 01282 664411/00 f: 01282 664431 e: kworleyburnley.gov.uk w: www. burnleymechanics.co.uk Contact: Kirk Worley, arts and theatre mgr. Hosts an annual 2-week jazz course for those who wish to improve their jazz playing.

Beginners, intermediate and advanced stages are tutored by Jazz College. Also evening jam sessions. Dates: Jul. Fife Summer Jazz Course ON at Fife, Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 5NX t: 08451 555555 ext 446046. e: lyn.christie@onfife.com w: www.onfife. com Contact: Lyn Christie, admin co-ord; Andrew Neil, creative development offr.

Held in St Andrews and led by Richard Michael. For all ages and stages; previous jazz experience not essential. Dates: 2-6 Jul 2013. Fees: Residents £390 (£330 concession); non-residents £275 (£215).

Fionna Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshops t: 01620 861000 e: cathie@thick-skinned. com w: www.thick-skinned.com Contact: Cathie Rae, mgr. The Fionna Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshops provide a platform for beginners and professionals alike. 2 and 5-day w/shops throughout Scotland. The company comes under the umbrella of Thick-Skinned Productions (www.thickskinned.com). Patron is award-winning jazz vocalist Liane Carroll.

Jazz Academy t: 07957 627465 e: vicky@tptp.co.uk w: www.jazzacademy.co.uk. Open to all.

Dates: 3-6 Apr 2013 (Spring Jazz); 25-31

Aug 2013 (Summer Jazz); 27-30 Dec (Winter Jazz).

Jazz Big Band Week Uppingham Summer School, Balmaghie, 25 High St West, Uppingham LE15 9QB t: 01572 820800 e: summerschool@ uppingham.co.uk w: www. uppinghamsummerschool.co.uk Contact: Su Statham, course admin. Age 16-18.

Advanced course giving older students (gr 6+) the chance to experience playing in a 20-piece jazz band. Course includes improvisation, working in jazz combos and performing at lunchtime concerts and evening gigs. Varied leisure programme.

Dates: 22-26 Jul 2013 (Residential students arrive 21 Jul). Fees: £510 (residential), £330 (non-residential). Book and pay in full by 31 Mar and receive a 10% discount.

Jazz Day with Alan Barnes (ACE Foundation) The Granary, Bury Farm, Bury Rd, Stapleford, Cambridge CB22 5BP t: 01223 845599 e: ace@acefoundation.org. uk w: www.acefoundation.org.uk Contact: Trevor Barlow, course dir; Alan Barnes, senior tutor. 1-day course catering for a full range of abilities and levels from min gr 3 reading skills through to established players and performers. Small and large group improvisation to big band. Open to all insts. To be held at St Faiths, Trumpington Rd, Cambridge, CB2 8AG. Fees: £45.

Jazzwise t: 020 8769 7725 e: hugh@jazzwise.com; admin@jazzwise.com w: www.jazzwise. com/about-us. Subscribe to newsletter on website for details. Dates: Jul-Aug. Launde Abbey Jazz Course 14 Dryland Rd, Borough Green NN7 3EL t: 01732 885048 Contact: Jan Bryce, course organiser. Dates: Nov. MEhr Clef 56 Woodfield Rd, London W5 1SH t: 020 8997 4050; 07718 424509 e: info@ mehrclef.com w: www.mehrclef.com. Jazz courses and live jazz events for players of all ages and abilities. Dates: 18-24 Aug 2013.

Montgomery Holloway Music Trust 72 Inglewood Ct, Liebenrood Rd, Reading RG30 2DU t: 07790 841118. e: a.tapken@sky.com w: http://mhmt.co.uk Contact: Ray Tapken, sec. Summer seminar aiming to hone jazz performers’ skills and develop them further as performers. All tutors are professional, working musicians.

Dates: Jul. Fees: £300; bursaries available.

National Youth Jazz Collective c/o Sound and Music, South Wing, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA t: 020 7759 1815 e: admin@nyjc.co. uk w: www.nyjc.co.uk Contact: Issie Barratt, founder and exec artistic dir; Judith Robinson, exec dir, development & operations. Annual summer school run by NYJC designed to support the creative and educ needs of the young jazz improviser.

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Dates: Aug 2013. Fees: £30 w/end; £350 week, bursaries available for all activity.

The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland NYOS, 13 Somerset Pl, Glasgow G3 7JT t: 0141 332 8311 f: 0141 332 3915 e: info@nyos.co.uk w: www.nyos.co.uk Contact: Joan Gibson; chief exec; Malcolm Edmonstone, Andrew Bain, artistic dirs; Corinna Gregory; jazz ens mgr. Open to those resident in Scotland, aged 12-21.

Residential summer course with tuition from experienced tutors followed by public perfs. Additional courses throughout the year. Dates: See website. Fees: See website.

National Youth Jazz Summer School PO Box 63162, London SE14 9AB e: admin@nyjc.co.uk w: www.nyjc.co.uk Contact: Issie Barratt, chief exec & artistic dir. A National Youth Music Organisation funded by Youth Music, presided by jazz luminary Dave Holland, designed to support the needs of the gifted and talented young jazz improviser (aged 14-18) through an annual national summer school.

Tutors currently include Andrew Bain, Issie Barratt, Chris Batchelor, Steve Berry, Alec Dankworth, Iain Dixon, Mark Donlon, Nic France, Mark Hodgson, Dave Hassell, Nikki Iles, Mark Lockheart, Liam Noble, Jeremy Price, Nick Smart, Tommy Smith, Rowland Sutherland, Mike Walker, Steve Waterman and Steve Watts. Dates: 11-18 Aug 2013.

The Original UK Jazz Summer School Thanks For Listening Ltd, PO Box 787, Orpington, BR6 1ET t: 0845 676 9235 e: info@theoriginalukjazzsummerschool. com. Course dirs Dave Wickins and Buster Birch. Open to all instrumentalists of all ages and levels of experience. We also welcome singers, who are specifically catered for by our vocal coach. Fees: booking fee £75; course fees £375; accommodation £170.

The Summer ‘Soulstice’ Jazzalongaweekend Prospect House, Sandy Balls Est, Godshill SP6 2LA t: 01425 650770 e: hippotrain@ btinternet.com. Good knowledge of own inst, chords and scales. Jazz w/shop, every midsummer solstice w/end for 2 days.

Dates: Jun. Fees: £125.

Tomorrow’s Warriors 73 Canning Rd, Harrow HA3 7SP t: 020 8424 2807 f: 020 8861 5371 e: info@ tomorrowswarrior.org w: www. tomorrowswarriors.org Contact: Gary Crosby MBE, dir & founder; Janine Irons MBE, dir. High quality educ w/shops, jam sessions and perfs for young musicians, schools and community groups in the UK and internationally, led by award-winning roster of world class young jazz artists.

Dates: Various.

NON-PERFORMANCE

Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) 15 Granville Way, Sherborne DT9 4AS t: 01935 389482 e: rachel.greaves@abcd.org. uk w: www.abcd.org.uk Contact: Rachel Greaves, gen sec. Annual convention. Wide range of w/shops and seminars for choral dirs and trainers of all levels. Non-members welcome. Dates: 23-25 Aug 2013; preconvention conducting course 22-23 Aug; also short courses throughout the yr. Fees: tbc.

Association of Teachers of Singing Training Course 71 Avon Rd, Devizes SN10 1PS t: 01380 739185 e: pennypricejones@btinternet. com w: www.aotos.org.uk. Professional development course at Dauntseys School, Wiltshire. Max no of participants 14.

Dates: 18-24 Aug 2013.

Britten Study Weekend – Kind Ghosts: Britten’s Life and Influences 253 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8DX t: 07930 554746 e: info@ britteninoxford.co.uk w: www. britteninoxford.co.uk. Contact: Kate Allen.

A unique opportunity to meet and hear distinguished musicians, writers and academics on the subject of Benjamin Britten, his life, his works and the poets who influenced him. Held at Wolfson College, Oxford. Devised and presented by Paul Kildea and Nicholas Cleobury. Dates: 5-7 Jul 2013 Fees: £195.

Cambridge Violin Makers Violin Making Courses The Workshop, 70a Hartington Grove, Cambridge CB1 7UB t: 01223 411382 e: info@makeviolins.com w: www. makeviolins.com Contact: Christopher Beament, mgr. Week-long residential courses in vn and bow making taught by experienced professional makers. Dates: Early Jul-early Sep. Fees: Approx £300 plus materials and accommodation.

Colourstrings/Colourkeys Course for Teachers The Szilvay Foundation, 1 The Tatt, High St, Yalding ME18 6HT t: 01622 815578, also fax e: colourstrings@aol.com w: www. colourstrings.co.uk. Annual residential/day courses including music kindergarten and primary school music (ages 4-7), pre-inst music, vn, vc, fl, mini-bass, pno and gui teaching methods. Kodály-based, using relative sol-fa to train the inner ear prior to learning an inst and continuing this approach in inst tuition. Musicianship and Dalcroze Eurythmics classes included.

Dates: Aug. Dalcroze Society UK 7 Canada Rise, Market Lavington, Devizes SN10 4AD t: 01380 813198, also fax e: admin.dalcroze@googlemail.com w: www.dalcroze.org.uk Contact: Greta Price, admin. Courses for adults; educ through movement. Dates: Various – see web for details.

English Folk Dance and Song Society Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Rd, London NW1 7AY t: 020 7485 2206 f: 020 7284 0523 e: info@efdss.org w: www.efdss.org. Programme of dance, music and song classes and w/shops. Publications for folk dance traditions of England, books, CDs, tapes, videos. Catalogue available by post or online.

Incorporated Association of Organists Annual Congress 2 Demesne Cl, Holyrood, Co Down BT18 9SF t: 07709 430942 e: congress@ iao.org.uk w: www.iao.org.uk Contact: James Murray. Open to all who study or enjoy org and org music. Annual summer congress. Inc visits, recitals, lectures, congress dinner and m/classes. Based in Belfast with visits to Armagh and Dublin.

Dates: Jul-Aug. Fees: Bursaries available for f/t students.

Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) 10 Stratford Pl, London W1C 1AA t: 020 7629 4413 f: 020 7408 1538 e: membership@ism.org w: www.ism.org Contact: Deborah Annetts, chief exec.

Conferences of special interest to school and private teachers, performers and composers. Also w/shops, seminars, lecture recitals at various regional centres. Open to non-members. Dates: 3 times per year; see website for details.

International Society for Study of Tension in Performance (ISSTIP) c/o 28 Emperor’s Gate, London SW7 4HS t: 020 7373 7307 f: 020 7373 5440 w: www.isstip.org. ISSTIP courses for music medicine therapists and performing arts clinic by arrangement. Age 16+, all standards. Held at TVU Faculty of Arts (London College of Music and Media).

Dates: Monthly seminars. Fees: £35 nonmembers; £25 members; £10 students.

The Kodály Institute of Britain 133 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5LE t: 020 7823 7371 f: 020 7584 7691. Open to adults. Must be willing to sing. 1-yr p/t courses in musicianship according to the Kodály Principles at 3 levels: elementary, intermediate, advanced. Begins Sep in London. Courses acknowledged by the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.

Mtpp Summer School The University of Reading, Institute of Education, Bulmershe Ct, Earley, Reading RG6 1HY t: 0118 378 8843 f: 0118 378 8834 e: mtpp@reading.ac.uk w: www. education.rdg.ac.uk/mtpp Contact: Helen Mitchell, Mtpp admin. Open to participant observers. Dedicated to developing reflective practice in music teaching and learning. Sessions inc w/ shops, seminars and m/classes open to observers; taught sessions and tutorials for registered students of the Mtpp programme. In odd-numbered years, an international conference precedes the summer school. Dates: Aug.

Music, Mind and Movement Practical Psychology for Musicians Musicfest, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3DE t: 07850 912006 e: musicmindmovement@btinternet.com w: www.lucinda-mackworth-young.co.uk Contact: Lucinda Mackworth-Young, dir.

Open to all insts and singers, aiming to refresh, inspire and enrich music teaching, learning and perf through practical psychology, reflective exercises and making music. Course participants have free entry to all Musicfest concerts and events. Dates: Jul. Fees: £300 (tuition) plus £225 for accommodation. Reductions for early booking.

Orff Society UK 7 Rothesay Ave, Richmond TW10 5EB t: 020 8876 1944, also fax e: orffsocuk@ btconnect.com w: www.orff.org.uk Contact: Margaret Murray, hon sec. Regional 1-day and 2-day w/shops for primary and KS3 specialist and generalist teachers in Bristol, Exeter, Glasgow, Newport (Wales), Manchester and Richmond.

Purcell School/EPTA (UK) Practical Piano Teaching Course Aldenham Rd, Bushey WD23 2TS t: 01923 331138; 07831 164430 f: 01923 331166 e: pptc@purcell-school.org; info@ pianoteacherscourse.co.uk w: www. practicalpianoteachingcourse.co.uk Contact: Jennie Parke Matheson, admin; Lucinda Mackworth-Young, William Fong, course dirs. Pno teaching course held at the Purcell School. Min gr 8 pno perf standard.

All aspects of pno teaching covered in 2 modules: Practical Piano Teaching, and Pianism and the Piano Teacher. For pianists who wish to enhance their professional pno teaching skills. Dates: 4 residential w/ends spread through the year. Fees: £1400.

Suzuki PLUS! Summer Institutes t: 01223 264408 e: info@ suzukipianocambridge.org.uk w: www. suzukipianocambridge.org.uk Contact: Stephen Power, mus dir. Designed for pno teachers and students as an introduction to Suzuki, and also for experienced tutors to gain further understanding of Dr Suzuki’s ideas. Course takes place at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge. Dates: Jul. Fees: c.£200, non-residential.

Tonalis Music Centre 4 Castle Farm Cl, Leighterton GL8 8UY t: 01666 890460, also fax e: info@ tonalismusic.co.uk w: www.tonalismusic. co.uk Contact: Michael Deason-Barrow, dir. Short courses (w/end and week long).

Music Educ: the singing child, teaching music through movement, sharing music, creating music with children, world music in educ. Community Musicing: renewing music as a community arts, soundscapes of the world, giving voice to community.

Singing: singing with the whole voice, sing the world, sing freedom, sing the sacred.

Music as a Therapeutic Practice: the healing voice, musical special educ. Choir Training.

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EAST ANGLIA SUMMER MUSIC SCHOOL 2013

Royal School of Church Music INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 12–18 August 2013, York

Performance workshops, masterclasses & individual tuition for SOLO SINGERS

& PIANO ACCOMPANISTS The University of East Anglia, Norwich August 2nd – 4th AESS Centenary Programme SARAH LEONARD STEPHEN VARCOE SUSIE ALLAN August 9th– 11th ANGELA BOSTOCK RODERICK EARLE ANTONY SAUNDERS

From Generation to Generation

Inspirational training, music-making and fellowship Workshops, seminars and worship, based at York St John University and York Minster.

A range of musical and liturgical styles to inspire music in worship in your home church.

Leaders include Malcom Archer, Margaret Rizza, Robert Sharpe, Peter Moger, Andrew Maries.

Enquiries and applications to: School Director, 7 Meadow Road, Costessey, Norwich NR5 0NF

+44 (0)1722 424843 issc@rscm.com www.rscm.com/issc

Tel: 01603 744584, or e-mail j.davies357@btinternet.com See also www.operadacamera.co.uk for information and application.

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October 2013 - June 2014 . Enhance your professional teaching skills . Comprises four residential weekends and two single Sundays . And independent study spread over the academic year

“The course that inspires professionals”...

. Bursaries are available

A Cappella Choral Summer School • Improve your sight reading and singing skills

Open Days...10 March, 6 - 7 April & 2 June

• Cover songs spanning 400 years of English choral history

A unique opportunity to observe sessions during the 2012-13 course

• Accommodation available

Course Venue...

The Purcell School of Music Aldenham Road Bushey Herts WD23 2TS

• Ages 16+

For enquiries or to make a booking, please contact...

Jennie Parke Matheson, Administrator, on 07831 164 430 or info@pianoteacherscourse.co.uk

For further information and to book your place: www.gsmd.ac.uk/acappellachoral email shortcourses@gsmd.ac.uk or call 020 7382 2310

www.pianoteacherscourse.org EPTA UK is a registered charity No.293698

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The Voices Foundation 34 Grosvenor Gdns, London SW1W 0DH t: 020 7730 6677 f: 020 7259 0598 e: vf@voices.org.uk w: www.voices.org.uk Contact: Nicola Wallis, chief exec; Caroline Sindall, mktg & admin offr. Courses, from 1 to 5 days’ duration, exploring an aural/ vocal approach to primary music educ and suggesting ways to support non-specialist teachers in delivering this. 5-day courses are accredited by Edge Hill University. Dates: Various.

OPERA AND MUSIC THEATRE

British Youth Opera c/o London South Bank University, 103 Borough Rd, London SE1 0AA t: 020 7815 6090 f: 020 7815 6094 e: info@byo. org.uk w: www.byo.org.uk Contact: Peter Robinson, artistic dir; Ivan Rockey, exec dir; Stuart Barker, artistic admin; Marcella Santese, gen mgr. Open to singers who live or study in the UK. Summer season comprises 2 full-scale opera productions, rehearsed over 6 weeks, and performed at the Peacock Theatre. Also yr round programme of w/shops and m/classes.

Dates: Summer season mid Jul-mid Sep; auditions from Nov. Fees: No fees for successful candidates.

Co-Opera Co 5 Orchard Business Centre, Kangley Bridge Rd, London SE26 5AQ t: 020 8699 8650 f: 020 8778 9217 e: info@ co-opera-co.org w: www.co-opera-co.org Contact: Kate Flowers, Paul Need. Dates: W/end courses run throughout the yr, plus annual summer school and touring productions.

Dorset Opera Festival Witchampton BH21 5AU t: 01258 840000 f: 01258 840946 e: info@ dorsetopera.com w: www.dorsetopera.com Contact: Caroline D’Cruz, company mgr.

The UK’s foremost opera summer school for young professional singers, opera choristers and technical theatre students.

High calibre intensive residential course; learn and perform two or more operas (in original lang) in a fortnight, with full professional orch and famous international soloists, under the tutelage of experienced opera professionals. Auditions for soloists Nov-Feb. 2013 operas: La Traviata & The Flying Dutchman. Dates: 12-27 Jul 2013.

Applications by 30 Apr. 5 perfs 24-27 Jul. Fees: From £599 for 16-day full-board course.

Lights, Music, Action Fish & Bell Management, PO Box 175, Bury St Edmunds IP31 3TZ t: 01359 271925, also fax e: lma.robson@ googlemail.com w: www.lma-online.co.uk Contact: Phil Robson, course dir. Student course open to those aged 9-18. Stage Band (gr 3+); acting, dance and music theatre (all standards, grouped by experience); AudioVisual courses; backstagers training (makeup, scenery, costume). Biennial adult course

open to ages 18+. Annual residential summer school held in Suffolk. Large-scale final production. Dates: Aug. Fees: Approx £360-430 full board (tbc); discounts for additional family members and past members.

National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) NODA House, 58-60 Lincoln Rd, Peterborough PE1 2RZ t: 01733 865790 f: 01733 319506 e: antonia@noda.org.uk w: www.noda.org.uk Contact: Antonia Gray, membership asst. Residential course on all aspects of theatre, including: technical, performance, directing, make-up, lighting and more. Dates: 3-10 Aug 2013.

OperaCoast The Birley Centre, 4 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4EF t: 07821 761 728 e: info@operacoast.co.uk w: www.operacoast.co.uk. Contact: Anastasia Witts. Professor of conducting at Trinity Laban Gregory Rose, Glyndebourne’s director Susannah Waters and award-winning pianist Nigel Foster will work on music and stagecraft of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. The course ends with a public perf in English.

Auditions for solo parts take place in London on 25 May. No audition required for chorus. No particular level or experience required but participants will be aged 18+ and are expected to attend the workshop with prior knowledge of the music of the selected scenes and to be able to sing from memory. Dates: 19-21 July 2013. Fees: £140, £100 for students (non-residential course).

Opera Mint Summer School t: 0121 454 3087 e: sara.clethero@ operamint.co.uk w: www.operamint.co.uk Contact: Sara Clethero, dir. Long w/end in the countryside nr Shrewsbury with superb international teachers and musicians; Alexander technique also offered. Dates: Jul. Fees: £495.

The Opera School Wales Rhydyberi Cottages, Merthyr Cynog, Brecon, Powys LD3 9SA t: 01874 690254 e: operaschool@swanseacityopera.com w: www.swanseacityopera.com/operaschool Contact: Bridgett Gill, dir. For young professional singers, aged 20-35. M/classes with top professionals from the major opera houses. Dates: tbc. Fees: Bursaries available.

ORGAN

Advance!

Oundle for Organists, 4 New St, Oundle PE8 4ED t: 01832 274919, also fax e: information@oundlefestival.org.uk w: www.oundlefestival.org.uk Contact: Robert Quinney, dir; Graham Williams, admin.

Course for newly elected or in-service university, cathedral or school org scholars.

Dates: Sep. London Organ Improvisation Course t: 020 8657 6261 w: www.loic.org.uk.

A course for all organists interested in

improvisation, inc beginners. Dates: 9-12 Jul. Oundle for Organists Summer Schools 4 New St, Oundle PE8 4ED t: 01832 274919, also fax e: grahamwilliams@ oundlefestival.org.uk w: www. oundlefestival.org.uk Contact: Robert Quinney, dir; Graham Williams, admin.

Open to those aged 14-22; exploring new repertoire, style and technique.

International faculty, for students gr 6+.

Student and celebrity recitals. Courses take place during Oundle International Festival.

Dates: 15-21 Jul 2013. Fees: £570 tbc, bursaries available.

Pulling Out The Stops 4 New St, Oundle PE8 4ED t: 01832 274919, also fax e: information@ oundlefestival.org.uk w: www. oundlefestival.org.uk Contact: Graham Williams, admin. Open to those aged 10-15. Start playing the pipe org. A fun w/ end residential course at Oundle, Northants, for beginner organists and pianists who would like to start playing the pipe org. Includes an afternoon in Cambridge on college orgs. Dates: 5-7 Apr 2013. Fees: £230; bursaries and discounts available.

RCO St Giles Summer Course for Organists at St Giles International Organ School St Giles Cripplegate, Fore St, London EC2Y 8DA t: 020 7638 8285, also fax; 05600 767208 e: admin@rco.org.uk w: www.rco.org.uk Contact: Anne Marsden Thomas, dir. Intensive course for every age and standard of organists; a unique timetable for every student. Dates: 29 Jul-3 Aug 2013.

Royal College of Organists PO Box 56357, London SE16 7XL t: 05600 767237 e: events@rco.org.uk w: www.rco.org.uk Contact: Simon Williams, dir RCO Academy; James Parsons, head of student development; Anne Marsden Thomas, head of RCO St Giles programme. Easter Course for organists considering CertRCO, ARCO or FRCO; Organ Scholar Experience for young organists considering org scholarships; RCO St Giles Summer Course for organists of all ages, standards and aspirations. Also Find Your Feet: first steps at the organ for organists and pianists, age 10-14; Build Your Skills for ambitious teenage organists; Raise Your Game! w/ shop days for young organists age 9-19 of all standards. Dates: Various.

RSCM Salisbury Course for Church Organists 19 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EB t: 01722 424843 f: 01722 424849 e: courses@rscm. com w: www.rscm.com Using a range of orgs in Salisbury, a team of sympathetic tutors work with small groups of similar ability on repertoire, technique and playing for services. Also seminars and short informal concerts. Dates: 18-21 Mar 2013.

Fees: £485, £565 non-members.

RSCM York Course for Church Organists 19 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EB t: 01722 424843 f: 01722 424849 e: courses@rscm. com w: www.rscm.com. Course for church organists of all abilities, with small group teaching on a variety of orgs in York.

Tutorials cover all aspects of playing for services, technique and new repertoire.

Dates: 10-13 Jun 2013. Fees: £460; £540 non-members.

SALUTEMUS 16 Horn St, Nunney, Frome BA11 4NP t: 01373 836722; 07733 076744 e: paul@ salutemus.co.uk w: www.salutemus.co.uk.

Contact: Paul Dowbekin. For organists or pianists wishing to transfer to org. Accomp and choral directing skills; min gr 4/5 level.

Held at All Hallows School, Somerset (using local orgs) and transferring to Frascati, Italy (with access to many early and new orgs in Rome and surrounding areas).

Dates: Jul. University of St Andrews Summer Organ School Younger Hall, North St, St Andrews KY16 9AJ t: 01334 462226 f: 01334 462228 e: music@st-andrews.ac.uk w: www. st-andrews.ac.uk/music/perform/ shortcourses. Contact: Helen Gregory, music centre mgr. Residential summer school for organists. Dates: 20-27 Jul 2013.

PERCUSSION

Southbank Centre Gamelan Programme Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX t: 020 7921 0767 f: 020 7928 2049 e: sophie.ransby@southbankcentre. co.uk w: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/ gamelan Contact: Sophie Ransby, gamelan advisor. Range of taster sessions, w/shops, regular gamelan classes and an array of perfs on the perc insts from Java. Fees: See website for more details.

PIANO

Birmingham International Piano Academy Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Pl, Birmingham B3 3HG t: 0121 331 5901 f: 0121 331 5906 e: conservatoire@bcu. ac.uk w: www.bcu.ac.uk Contact: David Quigley, dir. Individual tuition, w/shops, perf opportunities and m/classes for gifted pianists. Full details and application form on website. Dates: Jul-Aug. Chetham’s International Summer School and Festival for Pianists Chetham’s School of Music, Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB t: 01625 266899 e: info@pianosummerschool.com w: www. pianosummerschool.com Contact: Murray McLachlan, artistic dir; Kathryn Page, admin. Open to all ages from gr 1 to concert standard. Residential course with 2 concerts every evening. Lectures, w/shops and intensive one-to-one teaching from an outstanding team of performers and

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teachers. Over 100 state-of-the-art practice rooms available all day to participants. Perf & CD opportunities. Also young pianists programme, hpd, jazz, comp, adult amateur, duet, organ and improvisation courses. Dates: 14-20 & 20-26 Aug 2013.

Fees: From £295; limited number of scholarships available. Daily observer rate £50.

Jersey International Festival for Amateur Pianists (formerly Normandy Piano Week) La Maison Rouge, Ste Marguerite de Loges, France, F-14140 Livarot t: +33 2 31 63 12 63; +44 7986 807376 e: normandypianocourses@hotmail.com w: www.normandypianocourses.com Contact: Michael Stembridge-Montavont.

Residential course for amateur pianists to be held at the Jersey Academy of Music on the Channel Islands. Offers serious pianists the ideal environment in which to develop their playing, with the aim of raising the level/gaining freedom at the pno.

Introduction to the pno method of Alfred Cortot. Ample practice facilities available all day – one pno per person & lots of possibilities to perform. Closing concert to be recorded by BBC Radio Jersey. Dates: 25 May-2 June 2013. Fees: £325-975.

Kenneth van Barthold Edinburgh Piano Workshops Arvensis, Stour Lane, Stour Row, Shaftesbury SP7 0QJ t: 01747 838318, also fax e: kvanbarthold@aol.com w: www. kennethvanbarthold.com Contact: Kenneth van Barthold. Age 16+; advanced.

2 tutors for 12 students, 12 practice rooms, recording facilities, final public recitals on Steinway concert grand. Presented in association with Napier University in Edinburgh. Dates: 12-31 Aug 2013. Fees: £295 per week, or £715 for the full 3 week course (a discount of £170).

Nelly Ben-Or Piano Courses 23 Rofant Rd, Northwood HA6 3BD t: 01923 822268 e: roger.clynes@virgin.net w: www. pianocourseswithalexandertechnique.com Contact: Roger Clynes, sec. Min gr 8 or overseas equivalent. International courses in London for pianists, teachers and advanced students. Courses inc individual sessions at the kb and in Alexander Technique.

Principles of Alexander Technique applied to aspects of playing and creative study for perf. Dates: 3-7 Jan; 9-14 Jul 2013. Fees: Some scholarships available.

North London Piano School 78 Warwick Ave, Edgware HA8 8UJ t: 020 8958 5206, also fax; 020 8958 8363 e: nlpsch@hotmail.com w: www.learn-music. com/nlps2 Contact: M Schreider, artistic dir/chair; Dr Willner, exec dir/vice-chair.

For pianists, accompanists and pno duos; also for str players and ens. Jnr and snr groups, performers’ group. Summer courses in the UK. Tuition by professors from leading conservatoires, concerts and m/ classes, lectures and seminars on perf

technique, CD recording. Final concert at the RAM. Individual scheduling, fun activities. Dates: 11-18 Aug 2013; applications by 30 May. Fees: £470-655.

Partial scholarships available. Loyalty discount for former students.

Oxford Philomusica International Piano Festival and Summer Academy Said Business School, University of Oxford, Egrove Park, Oxford OX1 5NY t: 01865 987 222 f: 020 8208 4239 e: anthi@oxfordphil.com w: www. oxfordphil.com Contact: Anthi Papadopoulos, pno festival co-ord.

Internationally established celebration of the pno. Participants: music college students/young professionals; open to all observers. Dates: 28 Jul-6 Aug 2013. Fees: from £650.

Penelope Roskell’s Advanced London Piano Courses 66 Queen Elizabeth’s Walk, London N16 5UQ t: 020 8802 6258 e: peneloperoskell@blueyonder.co.uk Contact: Trish Hepburn, course sec.

Intensive international course for advanced pianists, inc work on repertoire, technique and yoga for pianists. Limited to 8 students for max participation. Dates: 26-28 Apr 2013; 11-13 Oct 2013. Also course for piano teachers: 3 Mar 2013. Fees: £190; ISM/EPTA members: £180; students: £120. 2 student scholarships available.

Piano Duet Courses 43 Chalmers Rd, Cambridge CB1 3SZ t: 01223 240418; 01366 377484 e: info@ piano-duet.co.uk w: www.piano-duet.co.uk Contact: Anne Applin, Geoffrey Pratley, tutors. For pianists aged 18+. 2 or 3-day pno duet courses and 1-day duet m/classes, tutored by Anne Applin and Geoffrey Pratley at various venues in the UK. Some courses offer a residential option.

Individuals and pre-formed duos welcome.

Courses explore a wide and exciting pno duet repertoire (inc reviving works long forgotten or from archive) and give opportunity for m/class and individual duo tuition; also discussion, perf, tutors’ evening recital and participants’ concert. Some courses have facility for 2-pno playing.

Duet days are individually tailor-made.

Dates: Mar/Apr, Jul, Oct. Fees: On application.

Summer School for Pianists 96 Arundel Ave, South Croydon CR2 8BE t: 020 8657 7200 e: wendy.wyatt@tiscali. co.uk w: www.pianosummerschool.co.uk Contact: Wendy Wyatt, contact. M/classes for proficient adult pianists as well as adult learners gr 4-8. Ten students per class.

Mature students particularly welcome.

Recitals by each tutor as well as by students.

Lecture, Barn Dance, Choir as well as other musical activities. All single en-suite accommodation on Walsall Campus.

Practice facilities available and observers welcome. Dates: 17-23 Aug 2013. Fees: £525-595.

STRINGS

Bochmann String Courses BMCC, The Barns, Village Farm, Ford, Cheltenham GL54 5RU t: 01386 584539, also fax e: bochmann@btinternet.com. For students, p/grads and young professionals aged 18+. For str ens and solo vn with or without pno. Courses throughout the year.

Dates and duration arranged according to mutual convenience. Main tutor: Michael Bochmann, leader of English String and Symphony Orchestras. Fees: Bursaries available.

Chamber Players e: lucymelvin@lineone.net w: www. chamberplayers.org.uk Contact: Lucy Melvin, dir. Non-residential chmbr music course for str players aged 6-18, based in S London. Jrs (gr 1-5) are coached in the mornings, srs (gr 6+) in the afternoon.

Concerts from professionals held throughout the week; final concert for pupils on the final day. Dates: 19-23 Aug 2013. Fees: £100, jrs; £120, srs. Scholarships available, see website for details.

Double Bass Summer School 7 St Clair Dr, Worcester Park KT4 8UG t: 020 8330 3188 e: bassclub@blueyonder. co.uk w: www.bassclub.org.uk Contact: Peter Emery, hon sec. Separate courses for beginners, intermediate and advanced db players aged 8-25. Ens playing, m/classes, technique classes, chmbr music. Dates: Aug; applications by 1 Aug. Fees: Approx £250-400.

ELLSO String Summer School t: 020 7924 3369 e: stringsummerschool@ ellso.org w: www.ellso.org/summer-school/ ellso-string-music-summer-school Contact: Sally Forrest, admin. Variety of musical activities for late starters (aged 18+) of all abilities. Supportive and non-competitive approach, based on over 25 years’ experience. Dates: 21-27 Jul 2013. Fees: £275-675.

European String Teachers’ Association (ESTA) Summer Schools e: admin@estastrings.org.uk w: www. estaevents.org. Professional development course for str teachers; also solo development course for students (JESTA) which features ens work, concerts and m/ classes. Dates: Aug 2013.

International Guitar Festival Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath BA2 9BN t: 01225 875522 f: 01225 875495 e: phil@igf.org. uk w: www.igf.org.uk Contact: Emmanuelle Ginn, admin. Week-long summer schools as part of annual festival.

All styles of gui: classical, rock, jazz, fingerstyle, flamenco, blues. Dates: Jul-Aug. Kato Havas Workshops 72 Victoria Rd, Oxford OX2 7QE t: 01865 514094, also fax w: www.katohavas. com. W/shops exploring the problems inherent in str playing and demonstrating ways of dealing with them based on an understanding of inward-to-outward energy impulses. Dates: Various.

Lionel Tertis International Viola Festival and Workshop Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Sq, Port Erin, Isle of Man IM9 6LD t: 01624 835858 f: 01624 836658 e: information@ erinartscentre.com w: www.erinartscentre. com Contact: John Bethell MBE. For professional and amateur va players of all ages. Study courses and m/classes. Dates: 16-23 Mar 2013. Fees: £175.

Magdalen Farm Strings The Magdalen Project, Magdalen Farm, Winshaw TA20 4PA t: 01460 30058 e: info@magdalenfarmstrings.org w: www. magdalenfarmstrings.org Contact: Sarah Gleadall, admin. Easter holiday course for 9-14 year old str players (gr 3-8) at an environmental educ centre on an organic farm in W Dorset. Course includes orch, jazz, folk, Dalcroze Eurhythmics and outdoor activities on the farm. Colin Matthews is hands-on patron. Dates: 7-13 Apr. Fees: £390, residential; £270, day place.

The National Youth Strings Academy (NYSA) Willow Cottage, Dallinghoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 0LG t: 07902 223019 e: admin@nysastrings.org.uk w: www.nysastrings.org.uk Contact: Carol Parker, admin. Senior: gr 8+, age 11-21, by audition. Intermediate, gr 5-7, age 9-15 no audition required. Dates: Senior NYSA: 2-7 Apr; 20 Jul-1 Aug 2013. Intermediate NYSA: 3-6 Apr; 29 Jul-1 Aug 2013. Fees: £2150 pa (snr); £360 per 4-day course, or £315 non-residents (intermediate).

Oxford Cello School 31 The Hyde, Abingdon OX14 5JG t: 07912 217374 e: mail@oxfordcelloschool. org w: www.oxfordcelloschool.org Contact: Stephen Gottfeldt, dir. Residential and non-residential summer schools for cellists and double bassists. Perf courses for post-gr 8, advanced course for gr 6-8, intermediate course for gr 4-6, jr course for beginners-gr 3; exam booster course, adult improvers course, adult performance course, Alpine vc course. Solo perf opportunities with orch, m/classes, technique/scale sessions, individual lessons, video analysis, improv, ens, vc orch, gr 6-8 aural training and gr 5 theory classes. Advanced and intermediate db courses. Dates: 21 Jul-3 Aug 2013. Fees: £330-1300.

Stringfest Repton The Business Centre, 1 High St, Repton DE65 6GD t: 01283 559322 e: enterprise@repton.org.uk Contact: Elaine Shaw, enterprise dir. Str course. M/classes, perf opportunities, chmbr music programme; also social and sports activities.

Located at Repton School, Derbyshire.

Dates: 19-23 Aug 2013. Fees: £240.

String Orchestra Workshops Music for Everyone, 10 Goose Gate, Nottingham NG1 1FF t: 0115 958 9312 e: admin@music-for-everyone.org w: http://www.music-for-everyone.org/ string-orchestra-workshops.html Contact: SUMMER SCHOOLS 2013 RHINEGOLD.CO.UK 41

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Rebecca Hooper, admin. Our str orch w/shops take place in Feb and Oct. They provide the opportunity to rehearse and perform under the baton of expert Richard Howarth.

Stringwise!

Music for Everyone, 10 Goose Gate, Nottingham NG1 1FF t: 0115 958 9312 e: admin@music-for-everyone.org w: http://music-for-everyone.org/stringwise. html Contact: Rebecca Hooper, admin.

Stringwise! is a large scale w/end playing w/shop and concert for str players. We cater to all abilities, playing a great variety of music, from classics to pops. Stringwise! provides the opportunity to play a wide variety of music and to take part in a range of orch groups and w/shops.

Stringwise 3 Dresden Rd, London N19 3BE t: 020 7561 0864, also fax. Age 6-14. A team of specialists, led by Sheila Nelson, offering professional development courses in Oct in N London for all str teachers, with emphasis on musicianship and freedom of movement in playing. Children’s holiday courses, Easter and summer in N London.

Virtuoso Violin: The 10th Bach and Paganini Festival for Violinists 29 Johnson Rd, Erdington, Birmingham B23 6PU t: 07801 274848 e: charleyberesford@hotmail.co.uk w: www.rimma-sushanskaya.com Contact: Charlotte Beresford, admin; Rimma Sushanskaya, artistic dir. For students aged 16-36, gr 8 or equivalent. Festival celebrating the str works of Bach and Paganini plus other composers. Tutors inc Felix Andrievsky (Royal College of Music), Savely Shalman (St Petersburg Conservatoire) and Alvia Vandysheva (Moscow Conservatoire). Solo and orch lessons/concerts. Dates: 4-13 Aug 2013.

Fees: £695 (residential); limited bursaries.

World Youth Guitar Festival 17 Hyde Abbey Rd, Winchester SO23 7DA t: 01962 860192 e: info@wygf.org w: www.wygf.org Contact: Helen Sanderson, dir. Biennial residential festival for young classical guitarists aged 8-18.

Dates: 6-9 Aug 2013.

Young String Venture Lake District Summer Music, Stricklandgate House, 92 Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4PU t: 0845 644 2505 f: 0845 644 2506 e: courses@ldsm.org.uk w: www.ldsm.org.uk Contact: Andrew Lucas, snr exec ofr; Claire Noakes, Rachel Moore, course dirs. For str players aged 6-18. Summer chmbr music course.

Coaching with specialist tutors inc Dalcroze Eurhythmics and orch training; tuition from beginners to gr 8. End of course concerts. Dates: 4-9 Aug 2013. Fees: £250; £20 reduction on each additional child from the same family at the same address.

VOICE

Abingdon Summer School for Solo Singers Pencots, Northmoor OX29 5AX t: 01865 300884 e: admin@ abingdonsummerschoolforsolosingers. co.uk; the.herfords@btinternet.com w: www.abingdonsummerschoolforsolo singers.co.uk Contact: Lindsay Herford, admin. Open to those aged 18+. Held at Headington School, Oxon. Course includes w/shops in the perf of opera, oratorio and song; classes in movement and Alexander Technique; evening concerts by participants and m/classes with distinguished visiting soloists. Dates: Jul-Aug. AIMS International Music School Barn End, Castle Lane, Bramber BN44 3FB t: 01903 879591 e: neil@aims.uk. com w: www.aims.uk.com Contact: Neil Jenkins, artistic dir; Penny Jenkins, admin.

Singing classes for choral and solo singers.

Classes in opera, oratorio, art song, music theatre, cabaret, parlour music, Gilbert & Sullivan etc; classes in vocal technique. Gala opening recital, m/classes from eminent singers. Now held at Eastbourne College, Sussex. Dates: 18-25 Aug 2013. Fees: £460, non-resident; £630-715, resident (depending on room type).

British Association of Barbershop Singers’ Harmony College e: hc.info@babs-education.info w: www. singbarbershop.com Contact: Ken Hulme.

Residential course for those interested in harmony singing, arranging or directing.

Information and prospectus available Apr. Dates: 23-25 Aug 2013.

The Complete Singer t: 01424 432985, also fax e: jennymiller@ onetel.com w: www.thecompletesinger.co. uk Contact: Jenny Miller. Courses for solo singers. Opera scenes and arias, Lieder and mélodie coaching, movement and stage skill, vocal technique and perf. Strong emphasis on physical and dramatic integration with vocal technique. Dates: Various. See web for details.

East Anglia Summer Music School c/o Opera da Camera, 7 Meadow Rd, New Costessey, Norwich NR5 0NF t: 01603 744584 e: contact@operadacamera.co.uk w: www.operadacamera.co.uk For ages 17+, intermediate to advanced. Residential and w/end classes at the University of East Anglia, covering concert repertoire, opera and technique. M/classes, opera w/shops, w/shops for singers and accompanists.

Dates: W/ends in Aug; applications by 1 Jul. Eastbourne Singing Weekends Pelham Cottage, 120 Wish Hill, Willingdon BN20 9HL t: 01323 509035 e: su@pelham120.wanadoo.co.uk w: www. eastbournesingingweekends.co.uk Contact: Su Shanson, admin. Open to those aged 17+. Intensive w/end for a small number of solo singers (professional and amateur) covering many aspects of performing opera, oratorio, song and music theatre. Dates: Jul. Fees: £200.

Helicon Arts 13 Humbolt Rd, London W6 8QH t: 0870 609 1068 e: info@heliconarts.co.uk w: www.heliconarts.co.uk Contact: Course dirs: Ivor Setterfield, classical choral leader; Mary King, jazz & popular choral. Annual choral holiday for amateur singers. Past courses held in France, Italy, Spain, UK and Hungary. Dates: Jun-Aug. Intensive Singing Courses with Philip Eve 21 Kings Park, Canterbury CT1 1QH t: 01227 379115, also fax e: info@philipeve. co.uk w: www.philipeve.co.uk Contact: Philip Eve. Individually tailored courses for either 1 or 2 students focused on repertoire, technique or both; also expert in vocal reconstruction. Accommodation on full or part-board basis or in local hotels/b&bs.

Ample off-street parking. Dates: Mid-Jun to mid-Sep; other times by arrangement.

Fees: From £275 (on a 2-student course).

Mini-AIMS Easter Course (AIMS International Music School) Barn End, Castle Lane, Bramber BN44 3FB t: 01903 879591 e: neil@aims.uk. com w: www.aims.uk.com Contact: Neil Jenkins, artistic dir; Penny Jenkins, admin.

4 days of non-residential singing m/classes for solo singers studying opera and oratorio arias, art song, music theatre and cabaret.

Held at Burgess Hill School for Girls, W Sussex. Auditions for solo roles at Main AIMS take place on 14 Apr. Dates: 11-14 Apr 2013. Fees: £95 per day (each day may be booked separately).

NWSS (North Wales Summer School of Music) Craig-y-Don, St David’s Rd, Caernarfon LL55 1EL t: 01286 673401 e: johnhuwdavies@btinternet.com w: www. singing-courses.com; www.johnhuwdavies. com Contact: John Huw Davies, dir.

Courses for solo and choral singing in Maentwrog and Caernarfon, Gwynedd.

Dates: 5-7 Jul 2013 (solo), 12-14 Jul 2013 (choral). Fees: Solo from £229 res, Choral from £80 non res.

Oxenfoord International Summer School Loretto School, Musselburgh, Scotland t: 0772 0773 910 e: info@ oxenfoordinternational.co.uk; stevephillips33@hotmail.com w: www. oxenfoordinternational.co.uk Contact: Malcolm Martineau, dir; Steve Phillips, admin. Open to those aged 17+. M/classes, opera scenes, classes in Lieder, French song, early music, oratorio, cantata, English Song, American Song, Russian Song, vocal technique, EFT, cabaret and accompanists courses. Correspondence address: Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre, 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU. Dates: 21-28 Jul 2013 Fees: £85-750.

RSCM Spring Course for Young People 19 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EB t: 01722 424843 f: 01722 424849 e: courses@rscm. com w: www.rscm.com. Singing course for

young people, held at Sedbergh School, Cumbria, inc services at the school chapel.

Separate tutorials for boys, girls and young alt, ten and bs. For ages 10-17. Dates: 2-5 Apr 2013. Fees: £260; £300, non-members.

RSCM Summer Course for Young People 19 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EB t: 01722 424843 f: 01722 424849 e: courses@rscm. com w: www.rscm.com. Popular course for young people, at Kingswood School, Bath, with services in both the school chapel and Bath Abbey. For ages 10-24. Dates: 19-25 Aug 2013. Fees: £380; £445, non-members.

Sing for Pleasure Bolton Music Centre, New York, Bolton BL3 4NG t: 0800 018 4164, also fax e: admin@singforpleasure.org.uk w: www. singforpleasure.org.uk Contact: Catherine Beddison, chief exec. Summer course held in Staffordshire providing opportunities for singers, conductors and vocal leaders to enjoy a high standard of music-making geared to all levels of achievement.

Available courses include beginner, intermediate and advanced levels in singing and choral conducting. A variety of other courses are held during the year. Dates: Various. Fees: £500-700.

SMS (Summer Music For Singers) Craig-y-Don, St David’s Rd, Caernarfon LL55 1EL t: 01286 673401 e: johnhuwdavies@btinternet.com w: www. singing-courses.com; www.johnhuwdavies. com Contact: John Huw Davies, dir.

Course for choral and solo singing in Sherborne, Dorset. Dates: 11-18 Aug 2013.

Fees: £140 (non-res), £505 (res).

Stars in the North Masterclasses for Solo Singers 71 Lansdowne Ave, Grimsby DN32 0BX t: 01472 310818; 07946 586827 e: adele. dixon@ntlworld.com w: www. starsinthenorth.co.uk Contact: Adele Dixon, business co-ord. Residential course and m/classes.

Stockport Festival Chorus Study Weekend t: 01296 630454 e: janet@elwins.net Contact: Janet Elwin. Dates: Apr. Vivaldi’s Women Baroque Vocal Course t: 01865 250416 e: mail@spav.org.uk w: www.spav.co.uk.

WOODWIND

Bandwise!

Music for Everyone, 10 Goose Gate, Nottingham NG1 1FF t: 0115 958 9312 e: admin@music-for-everyone.org w: http://music-for-everyone.org/bandwise. html Contact: Rebecca Hooper, admin.

Bandwise! is a large scale weekend playing workshop and concert for windband players. We cater to all abilities, playing a great variety of music, from classics to pops.

Bandwise! provides the opportunity to play a wide variety of music and to take part in a range of ens and bands.

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ENGLISH CAMERATA SOLOISTS present their

presents

“Teaching musicianship through singing, movement & dance” A THREE-DAY COURSE FOR TEACHERS OF CHILDREN AGED 2 to 8

Thurs. 25th July – Sat. 27th July, 2013: Egham, Surrey

16th Summer Weekend of Chamber Music 11th - 16th July 2013 SHREWSBURY SCHOOL, SHROPSHIRE, UK

“A fabulous, well-structured and inspiring weekend…

Imagination/story-telling/creativity from both tutors – inspirational.”

“Prepared meticulously and delivered with expertise and joy.”

For passionate musicians, all ages Strings, winds and piano Pre-formed groups & individuals welcome

For further information, please go to

www.dally.org.uk/TeachersCourseJuly2013.pdf

VIOLIN • VIOLA • CELLO • BASS

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Everything for the musician, the teacher, the amateur and the student

Personalised course Unique for unstinting & inspirational coaching Elizabeth Altman, pno; Pal Banda, vc; Ofer Falk, vln; Kate Fawcett, brque vln; Devorina Gamalova, vla & vln Edwina Smith, fl & brqe ch. mus; Charlotte Wilson, hrpschd; further ww & brass coaches tba.

Participants’ & tutors’ performances specialised rehearsing rms, quality pianos Indoor heated pool, professional catering Beautiful historic setting in which to create chamber music Residential & day rates

Do contact Veronica Lovell, administrator & Elizabeth for more details & to discuss repertoire T: 01923 853309 E: english.camerata@virgin.net www.englishcamerata.org.uk

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ALLCOMERS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SUMMER SCHOOL Take a journey in an exhilarating and uniquely supportive environment exploring a wide variety of repertoires and forging new and enduring musical friendships.

This unique summer school provides a multiplicity of opportunities to engage in new musical experiences both as participant and audience. CoMA summer school has track record of being ‘inspiring’ and ‘life changing’ for music teachers, students and amateur musicians alike.

SAT 3RD – FRI 9TH AUGUST 2013

High Melton campus, Doncaster College, Yorkshire

OPTIONS

TUTORS

ensembles / masterclasses / workshops / choral music / composition / sonic arts / music theatre / piano / instrumental music

Mary Dullea / Michael Finnissy / Stuart Hazelton / Loré Lixenberg / Robin Michael / Darragh Morgan / Gregory Rose / Adam Swayne / ensemble-in-residence Fidelio Trio

For further information please see www.coma.org/summermusic or contact info@coma.org Fees from £280 - £590. Concessions, bursaries and scholarships.

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The Clarinet Summer School 36 Nicander Rd, Liverpool L18 1HY t: 0151 734 3283 e: aroberts@theclarinet. co.uk w: www.theclarinet.co.uk Contact: Andrew Roberts, course dir. Advanced course open to those of around gr 7/8+ standard; no age limit. M/classes, lessons and chmbr ens.

The Flute Kitchen with Paul EdmundDavies Windstruments, 1 Ryshworth Bridge, Crossflatts, Bradford BD16 2DX t: 01274 510050 e: stuartangel@btinternet.com w: www.windstruments.co.uk Contact: Stuart Angel, admin dir; Claire Jefferis, Margaret Humphreys, John Alley, tutors. Stimulating programme for all levels of fl player from gr 4/5 to professional, taking place in Harrogate. Classes, fl choirs, ens, perfs, extended technique seminars, individual lessons from renowned tutors. Also discussion forums for those seeking a career in music. Those wishing to play/perf are asked to prepare appropriate set pieces for classes, and chmbr works for coaching in ens playing. Dates: Aug. Flute School London The Hall School, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 4NU t: 07973 107126; 07958 458771 e: admin@fluteschoollondon.co.uk w: www.fluteschoollondon.co.uk Contact: Janna Huneke, Kate Grace, course dirs. Nonresidential course in London with m/classes, individual lessons, mock audition classes, talk on perf anxiety; warm-up/technical sessions, improvisation w/shop; chmbr groups; Dalcroze w/shop; fl shop stand; specialist repairer on site. Open to fl players of all standards and ages. Dates: 6-7 Jul 2013. Fees: Individual day: £52 (£65 after 1 Jun); Both days: £95 (£125 after 1 Jun).

Flutes En Vacances 41 Devon Ave, Twickenham TW2 6PN t: 020 8241 7572, also fax e: julie.flute@ blueyonder.co.uk; wwwmusiceducation@ gmail.com w: www.flutesenvacances.co.uk Contact: Julie Wright, Nicholas Foster.

Country House Flutes course at Earl’s Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk in Jul for players up to the age of 18 at all levels; adult course in Wiltshire in Feb. Dates: Various throughout the year. See web for details.

Flutewise Residential Courses 9 Beaconsfield Rd, Portslade by Sea BN41 1XA t: 01273 702367 e: hello@flutewise. com w: www.flutewise.com Contact: Liz Goodwin. Woodwind United residential course for all ww players aged 8-18; courses for fl players aged 8-18 throughout the yr.

Dates: Feb & Oct half term, Easter, Aug. Fees: From £190, members only.

Harrogate Clarinet & Saxophone Summer School with David Campbell & Rob Buckland Windstruments, 1 Ryshworth Bridge, Crossflatts, Bingley BD16 2DX t: 01274 510050 e: stuartangel@btinternet.com w: www.windstruments.co.uk Contact: Stuart Angel, admin dir. Stimulating programme for all levels of cl and sax players from gr

4/5 to professional, taking place in Harrogate. Combination of classes, ens, perf w/shops and individual lessons from renowned tutors. Those wishing to play/ perf are asked to prepare appropriate set pieces for classes, and chmbr works for coaching in ens playing. Dates: 19-23 Aug 2013. Fees: Various; see web for info.

National Youth Recorder Orchestras 2 Regent Cl, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5 7PL t: 0121 249 0490 e: nyro@srp.org.uk w: www.nyro.org.uk Contact: Dianne Charles, admin. Open to those aged 10-21 at gr 4+. Annual Easter 4-day residential course in the English Midlands (no audition necessary) and annual summer 1-week residential course (locations vary, auditions necessary). Main focus on rcdr playing plus chmbr music, technique, trips and other entertainment. Dates: Easter 2013; Jul 2013. Occasional playing days around the country. Fees: £285-470.

Oxford Flute Summer School 12 Jesse Terrace, Reading, Berkshire RG1 7RT t: 0118 950 7865 e: jway@oxfordflutes.co.uk w: www.oxford-flutes.co.uk Contact: Janet Way, dir. Tutors: Michael Cox, Kate Hill, Robert Winn and others.

Options offered: the Oxford course (gr 5-8), Oxford Extra (gr 8+) & Seminar Class (pg/young professional musicians).

Age 15+. Dates: 18-23 Aug 2013. Fees: £495-820; bursaries available. rarescale on Skye The Ashgrove, Allington, Grantham NG32 2DT t: 07968 393883 w: www. rarescale.org.uk Contact: Mark ReesDawson, chair. Summer school, M/classes and ens w/shops for alt/bs fl, bs cl and composition on the Scottish island of Skye, led by members of rarescale. Other insts by rotation. Dates: Various.

Recorder Summer School 113 Birchwood Rd, Marton, Middlesbrough TS7 8DE t: 01642 310628 e: admin@recordersummerschool.org.uk w: www.recordersummerschool.org.uk Contact: Sandra Foxall, admin. Open to those aged 16+ (age 15 accepted if accompanied by an adult on the course).

Held at Bishop Burton College, nr Beverley. Classes and ens for rcdr players.

All grades from elementary to advanced.

Baroque chmbr music, concert and music w/shops. Rcdr orch, light music and swing, multi-choir rcdrs, renaissance music, contemporary music, ens skills. Dates: 27 Jul-3 Aug 2013 Fees: Available on request.

Rehearse-Record Bromley BR2 t: 020 8464 1645 e: margaret@margaretarchibald.com w: www.margaretarchibald.com Contact: Margaret Archibald. Rehearse cl ens repertoire directed by Margaret Archibald and discuss recording in progress with Rob Archibald; learning experience with CD as the outcome. Individual sessions for preformed ens or to rehearse-record exam or audition repertoire available on request.

Fees: See website for various packages.

Scottish International Flute Summer School 11 Hunterhill Rd, Paisley PA2 6SR t: 07764 852685 e: admin@flutescotland. co.uk w: www.flutescotland.co.uk Contact: Yvonne Paterson, course admin. Open to those aged 16+. Held at St Leonards School, St Andrews. Annual course for fl players to study with Wissam Boustany, Ian Clarke and Ruth Morley. Includes m/ classes, private lessons, concerts, chmbr music, technique w/shops, tone development and coaching sessions with pianist Scott Mitchell. Plus related perf classes, eg contemporary techniques, acting and perf skills etc. Also includes 3-day course for adult amateurs. Dates: 21-27 Jul 2013. Fees: See website.

William Bennett International Flute Summer School 50 Lansdowne Gdns, London SW8 2EF t: 020 7498 9807 e: mmichie@msn.com w: www.wibb.co.uk; www.williambennettflute. com Contact: Micheie Bennett, dir.

Intensive flute course in Italy for fl players of all levels and any age. Tutors: William Bennett, Lorna McGhee, Denis Bouriakov.

M/classes and private lessons with assistants, w/shops on related topics. Dates: 22-29 Jul & 29 Jul-5 Aug 2013. Fees: £540 concert performer; £480 performer; £420 participant; £360 auditor; £70 day visitor.

Woodhouse Recorder Week c/o Barn Cottage, Ruckmans, Okewood Hill, Dorking RH5 5ND t: 01306 627332 e: info@woodhouserecorderweek.co.uk w: www.woodhouserecorderweek.co.uk Contact: Annabel Knight, course dir; Louise Bradbury, Dan Laurin, Rebecca Austen-Brown, Katrina Boosey, Sarah Humphrys, tutors. Age 16-25, gr 8+.

Biennial international summer school for advanced students of rcdr. M/classes, seminars, historical w/shops, student platforms, professional concerts. Dates: Aug.

WORLD MUSIC

Sounds of Asia Residential Summer School Asian Music Circuit, Ground Floor Unit E, West Point, 33-34 Warple Way, London W3 0RG t: 020 8742 9584 f: 020 8749 3948 e: jasel@amc.org.uk w: www.amc. org.uk Contact: Jasel Nandha, educ offr.

W/shops with internationally renowned artists from India, China and Japan. Dates: Jul-Aug. Asian Music Circuit Educational Events Asian Music Circuit, Ground Floor, Unit E, West Point, 33-34 Warple Way, London W3 0RG t: 020 8742 9911 f: 020 8749 3948 e: jasel@amc.org.uk w: www.amc. org.uk Contact: Jasel Nandha, educ offr.

Inst and vocal w/shops with internationally renowned artists from across Asia.

CultureMix Arts PO Box 2766, Reading RG30 1RF t: 07973 251919 e: mary@culturemixarts.

co.uk w: www.culturemixarts.co.uk Contact: Mary Genis, artistic dir.

Specialises in carnival music and arts educ.

Offers steel pan tutors for w/shops, w/ shops in making of carnival costume, dance w/shops and other elements required to create an authentic Caribbean carnival at your school.

Jewish Music Summer Schools and the KlezFest Caravan Jewish Music Institute SOAS, PO Box 232, Harrow HA1 2NN t: 020 8909 2445 f: 020 8909 1030 e: caravan@jmi.org.uk w: www.jmi.org.uk Contact: Yvonne Glass, event co-ord. Week-long training programmes in Klezmer music, Jewish song and dance. JMI also runs Yiddish language and culture and choral and cantorial music summer schools for instrumentalists and singers of all backgrounds, ages and levels.

The KlezFest Caravan can be invited to run w/shops, dance parties and performances locally. Dates: Aug 2013 Fees: Vary.

World Music Summer School at SOAS University of London, Thornhaugh St, Russell Sq, London WC1H 0XG t: 020 7898 4500 e: musicevents@soas.ac.uk w: www.soas.ac.uk/music/ summermusicschool. Beginners to professional. Distinctive cultures and a wide range of music and dance traditions in weekly modules. Inc music from Africa, Japan, Indonesia, Greece, China, India, Cuba, Mongolia, Middle East, Korea and Brazil. Intensive tuition, w/shops, m/classes, concerts, etc. Dates: Jun-Jul.

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOLS GENERAL

Academie de Musique Tibor Varga Rue du Vieux-College 13, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland t: +41 27 322 66 52, also fax e: info@amsion.ch w: www.amsion.ch Contact: Liliane Martin, gen sec.

International summer m/classes. Dates: 11 Jul-16 Aug 2013. Fees: CHF 500-600 per week.

Academie Internationale d’Eté de Nice e: academies@hexagone.net w: www. hexagone.net/nice. M/classes, concerts and student perfs. Dates: Jul-Aug. Fees: Vary depending on course.

Academie Internationale de Musique Maurice Ravel BP 251, F-64502 Saint-Jean-de-Luz CEDEX, France t: +33 559 47 13 00 e: contact@academie-ravel.com w: www. academie-ravel.com. M/classes; also inst and voice prizes. Dates: 2-14 Sep 2013.

Académie Musicale Internationale ‘Barbara Krakauer’ t: +33 6 13 79 01 35 e: ac.mu.in@hotmail. fr; engle@ucalgary.ca w: www.acmuin. com. Chmbr and solo repertoire in lessons, m/classes, w/shops and lectures. Events in world-renowned historical sites; press coverage; cultural excursions. English and French spoken. Dates: 26 Jul-12 Aug 2013.

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The Charles Wood Festival of Music & Summer School Armagh: 18th – 25th August 2013 Philip Scriven: Organist • David Hill: Director • Judith Gannon: Asst. Conductor

stile antico

Thursday 22nd August

Come & Sing Fauré Requiem Sunday 25th August

HSGBI Hymn Festival Recitals, Concerts & Services

Paul Farrington Seminar “How the voice works” Vocal Tuition & Workshops

Charles Wood Boys’ Choir

The Phoenix Rising St Patrick’s RC Cathedral Wednesday 21st August

Northern Ireland International

Organ Competition Recital & Masterclass

‘The Phoenix Rising’ is supported by the Carnegie Trust

Friday 23rd • Gala Concert St Patrick’s CoI Cathedral

Charles Wood Singers & Boys’ Choir

Tuesday 20th August

Bach at Twilight St. Malachy’s Church Saturday 24th August

Music for Two Organs

Join the Charles Wood Singers!

Details on the CWSS website: www.charleswoodsummerschool.org. Bookings via Armagh Tourist Information Centre, 40 English Street, Armagh BT61 7BA. Tel: 028 3752 1800 Email: tic@armagh.gov.uk

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British

Kodály

Academy

31st BKA International Summer School 11 - 17 August 2013

Walsall Campus University of Wolverhampton

Instrumental and Classroom Methodology Choir and Musicianship Training Conducting and Chamber Music Individual lessons available for pianists and singers University Accredited Springboard Certificate Courses Sessions including: Gamelan, African Drumming, Zumba, Dalcroze, Multi-Cultural Songs

Experienced and inspirational tutors from Hungary and the UK

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Accademia Musicale Chigiana - Corsi di Perfezionamento Estivi 89 Via di Città, I-53100 Siena, Italy t: +39 0577 22091 f: +39 0577 220936 e: stampa@chigiana.it w: www.chigiana.it Contact: Guido Burchi, music advisor.

Annual summer schools for young musicians, including m/classes, seminars, concerts and a festival. Age limits vary between courses from 30-35. Courses for solo pianists, duos and existing ens. Dates: Jul-Aug. American Suzuki Institute Courses University of WI-SP, Stevens Point, WI 544-3897, USA t: +1 715 346 3033 f: +1 715 346 3858 e: suzuki@uwsp.edu w: www.uwsp.edu/cofac/suzuki. Student programme for ages 3 to 18. Individual and group lessons, orch and chmbr music.

Teacher training using the Suzuki method for ages 18+ Dates: Jul-Aug. Ars Antonina International Academy of Music and Dance Centre Azur, 83110 Sanary-sur-mer, France w: www.ars-antonina.com. M/classes in vn, vc, pno, fl, chmbr mus and dance. Dates: 22-30 Aug 2013.

Asolo Musica Accademia Musicale Asolane, Via Enrico Fermi 14/E4, I-31011 Asolo (TV), Italy t: +39 042 395 0150 f: +39 042 352 9890 e: info@asolomusica.com w: www. asolomusica.com. A series of courses and m/classes for music graduates given by professional musicians. Participants can be active or observers. Held in N Italy: Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso, Chioggia, Vicenza. Includes chmbr music, strs, br, hp, gui, opera, cond, pno, org, fl, va, vn, singing, jazz-swing. Candidates must pass entrance exam to qualify.

Aspen Music Festival and School t: +1 970 925 3254 f: +1 970 925 8077 w: www.aspenmusicfestival.com. Contact: Laura Smith, communications dir. Dates: Jun-Aug 2013.

Austrian Master Classes & Classes for Kids c/o Georg Steinschaden, Rottweg 119a, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria t: +43 664 100 85 00 f: +43 662 870844 e: office@ austrian-master-classes.com w: www. austrian-master-classes.com Contact: Georg Steihschaden, pres & artistic dir. Dates: Various. Fees: €160-330, excl accommodation. Registration fee €90.

Beauville Arts Musical Theatre School L’ancien Presbytère, F-47470 Beauville, France t: +33 5 53 87 72 18 e: claire@ beauvillearts.com w: www.beauvillearts. com Contact: Claire Mallalieu, admin.

Residential perf arts summer camps in SW and SE France for those aged 8-18. Music, dance, drama and set design culminating in weekly perfs. Dates: Various. Fees: €350670 per week; reductions for siblings.

Berwang Holiday Music Course (Austria) Bryher, 17 The Avenue, Brentwood, CM13 2AD t: +44 1277 213949 e: bhmc@musicholiday.com w: www.

musicholiday.com. All ages. Str, ww (inc hn), singers. Dates: 17-30 Aug 2014.

Brevard Music Centre Summer Institute and Festival PO Box 312, Brevard, NC 28712, USA t: +1 828 862 2100 e: info@brevardmusic. org w: www.brevardmusic.org. Study and perf for 400 students aged 14+, offering orch, band, composition, pno and chmbr programmes. Guest artists. Dates: Jun-Aug. Casalmaggiore International Festival Comune di Casalmaggiore, Ufficio Cultura, Piazza Garibaldi 26, I-26041 Casalmaggiore (CR), Italy t: +39 0375 200251 e: info@casalmaggiorefestival.com w: www.casalmaggiorefestival.com Contact: Taras Gabora, chair; Anne Shih, artistic dir; Giacomo Battarino, associate dir. 3-week programme of intense musical study. Dates: 8-28 Jul 2013.

Centre Acanthes 3 rue des Couronnes, F-75020 Paris, France t: +33 1 40 33 45 35 f: +33 1 40 33 45 38 e: acanthes@acanthes.com w: www. acanthes.com. Based in Metz, for composers, instrumentalists, teachers and students interested in contemporary music.

Lecture series, composition and inst music w/shops, public perfs. Scholarships available. Dates: 17-30 Jun. Course in Budapest Bela Bartok Centre for Musicianship, 6 Frognal Ct, 158 Finchley Rd, London, NW3 5HL t: +44 20 7435 3685 e: AgnesKory@googlemail.com w: www. bbcm.co.uk Contact: Agnes Kory, dir.

Musicianship, chmbr music. Dates: tbc.

Course in St Petersburg Bela Bartok Centre for Musicianship, 6 Frognal Ct, 158 Finchley Rd, London t: +44 20 7435 3685 e: AgnesKory@ googlemail.com Contact: Agnes Kory, dir.

Intensive course for musicians, music teachers, music students. Focuses on Russian composers, but also includes general musicianship, history, analysis and chmbr music. Dates: Summer; contact for further details. Fees: On application.

Cubertou Holiday Courses 27 Battledean Rd, London t: +44 777 5898 723 e: liz.cutts@cubertou.biz w: www.cubertou.com; www.facebook.com/ cubertou Contact: Elizabeth Cutts, mgr.

Take place in Lot Valley, SW France.

Courses include: String Chamber Music (intermediate); Singing & Choir (beginners/improvers); French Opera & Song (advanced); Mixed Chamber Music (advanced); Flute Holiday (intermediate/ advanced); Wind Chamber Music (elementary), String Quartets with the Maggini Quartet (pre-formed ens only).

Dates: May-Sep; see website for dates of each course.

Enarmonica Music Academy Italy t: +39 0541 020616, also fax; +39 3345 788881; +39 3895 304144 e: jelena.s@ enarmonica.com w: www.enarmonica.com.

2/4 week courses for opera singers (technique, interpretation, coaching sessions,

Italian language, m/classes, concerts); courses for pno accompanists and pno soloists (technique, concerts, recording).

Dates: Jul-Aug. Fees: From €900.

Interlochen Arts Camp t: +1 800 681 5912 e: admission@ interlochen.org. w: http://camp. interlochen.org Intensive summer arts camp for children aged 8-18 of all ability levels.

International Association for Music and Education Am Kloster 1a, D-49565 BramscheMalgarten, Germany t: +49 5641 99630 f: +49 5641 9963 10 e: iamev@t-online.de w: www.iam-ev.de; www.eymw.org Contact: Peter Koch, dir. Choral/orch weeks, jazz w/shops, renaissance/specialist inst sessions throughout Germany; courses sometimes also held in Austria and Luxembourg. Open to all aged 8+. Also organises European Youth Music week in collaboration with youngorchestras.com Dates: Various courses Feb-Dec. Fees: Depend on type and length of course.

International Bartok Seminar and Festival, Szombathely Alkotmány u. 31, H-1054, Budapest, Hungary (Office address) t: +36 1 266 14 59 f: +36 1 302 49 62 e: szell.agnes@hu. inter.net w: www.bartokfestival.hu; www. filharmoniabp.hu Contact: Ágnes Széll, seminar and festival mgr. Cond – Péter Eötvös; comp – Gyula Fekete; pno – Imre Rohmann, Gábor Eckhardt; tpt – Gábor Boldóczky, Bence Horváth, Jeroen Berwaerts; va – Rivka Golani; fl – István Matuz. Dates: 10-19 July; applications by 1 May. Fees: €200-800.

The International Holland Music Sessions PO Box 250, NL-1860 AG Bergen NH, Netherlands t: +31 72 582 1300 f: +31 72 582 1309 e: infobox@tihms.com w: www. hollandmusicsessions.com Contact: Jan Marisse Huizing, artistic dir. Solo m/classes and concert opportunities for ages 17-26.

Dates: Jul-Aug. Fees: €900 per week, including food and accommodation.

International Music Camp t: +1 701 838 8472 f: +1 701 838 1351 e: info@internationalmusiccamp.com w: www.internationalmusiccamp.com Contact: Tim Wollenzien. Daily classes in technique, literature, ens perf, theory and m/classes. Classes are divided into elementary, intermediate and advanced sections. Private lessons are available. Dates: Various. Fees: c $300-425.

International Summer Courses Orff Institute, Frohnburgweg 55, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria t: +43 662 6198 6100 f: +43 662 6198 6109 e: sonja.czuk@moz. ac.at w: www.moz.ac.at. Various courses for perfs, conds & early music enthusiasts.

Dates: Jul. Fees: €300.

International Summer Courses for New Music Internationales Musikinstitut, NiederRamstädter Str 190, D-64285 Darmstadt,

Germany t: +49 615 113 2416 f: +49 6151 132405 e: imd@darmstadt.de w: www. imd.darmstadt.de. International summer courses for composition and interpretation of contemporary music. Dates: Jul. Fees: Subject to change, please check website.

Istituto Europeo Firenze Via Del Parione n 1 (Tomabuoni), I-50123 Firenze, Italy t: +39 055 2381071 f: +39 055 289145 e: info@istitutoeuropeo.it w: www.istitutoeuropeo.it Contact: Fabrizio Ulivieri, co-ord; Rinaldo Romagnoli, dir.

Courses for adult instrumentalists and singers of all abilities. Course incl a taster course for beginners wishing to try a new instrument, as well as lessons on insts, pno accomp, chmbr music, vocal technique, history of music and preparatory course for admission to conservatoires and music schools, and for professional auditions.

Dates: Courses run all year round.

Jeunesses Musicales de Suisse – Stage International d’Orchestre rue Merle D’Aubigne 25, CH-1027 Genève, Switzerland t: +41 22 786 32 73 e: info@jmsuisse.ch w: www.jmsuisse.ch.

Orch course for advanced amateurs, students and professional musicians aged 15 or over. Opportunities for chmbr music.

Dates: tbc.

Lake Field Music PO Box 1406, Peterborough, Ontario M2N 6S3, Canada t: +1 866 273 7697 f: +1 416 536 3362 e: info@lakefieldmusic. ca w: www.lakefieldmusic.ca Contact: Andrew Wolf, chair. 1 week summer sessions offered by Lake Field Music at Lakefield College School (115km northeast of Toronto). Skills development w/ shops in various musical genres.

Programmes for choirs, music theatre, orch, chmbr music, upper and lower strs and ww, br, jazz, jazz combos, perc, gui, voice class, vocal technique, vocal repertoire, pno and dance. Children’s programme in both weeks. Dates: 11-18 Aug 2013. Fees: Various – see web for details.

Le Domaine Forget International Music and Dance Academy 5 rue Saint-Antoine, St-Irénée, QC G0T 1V0, Canada t: +1 418 452 8111 f: +1 418 452 3503 e: aca@domaineforget.com w: www.domaineforget.com Contact: Rachel Tremblay, students’ contact. Opportunity of working with world-renowned artists.

Tranquil setting; facilities suited to the needs of students and teachers. Dates: 15 Jun-25 Aug 2013. Fees: Various - see web.

Masterclasses at the Musikhochschule Lübeck Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Abteilung Meisterkurse, Palais Rantzau, Parade 1, D-23552 Lübeck, Germany t: +49 451 389 57 21 f: +49 451 389 57 16 e: meisterkurse@shmf.de w: www.shmf.de Contact: Wiebke Schwarz, head of m/classes. Strs, voice, ww, pno. Dates: JulAug. Fees: €300-500.

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Montpellier, France t: +33 4 67 10 09 36, also fax e: yves.allieu@wanadoo.fr Contact: Yves Allieu, pres.

Morningside Music Bridge Morningside Music Bridge, Mount Royal University Conservatory, Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, T3E 6K6, Canada t: +1 403 440 6768 f: +1 403 440 6594 e: mdesilva@mtroyal.ca w: www.mtroyal.ca Contact: Maimie de Silva, programme admin. Summer training school for ages 12-18. Students work closely with teachers from leading music schools. Personalised curriculum to include m/classes, private lessons, chmbr mus experience and opportunities to perform in recitals, a concerto competition and chmbr concerts; tuition scholarships available. Dates: 3 Jul-2 Aug 2013. Application deadline 15 Feb. Music @ Felcino Bianco, Masterclass of Music Citerna Felcino Biano, Le Ville 79, I-52301 Anghiari (AR), Italy t: +39 0575 70778, also fax e: music@felcinobianco.com w: www.felcinobianco.com Contact: Elvira Bekova, artistic dir. Summer school with m/classes including concerts for strs and pno players in the historic Tuscan/Umbrian border region of Italy. Dates: Jul. Fees: £400/€500. Accommodation can be arranged.

Music Academy of the West 1070 Fairway Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108-2899, USA t: +1 805 969 4726 f: +1 805 969 0686 e: admissions@ musicacademy.org w: www.musicacademy. org Contact: Tiffany DeVries, dean of students. Pre-eminent summer music programme advancing the development of the next generation of great classical musicians through intensive advanced study and perf opportunities. 135 Fellows accepted. World-renowned faculty, conds and guest artists. 200 public events in 8 weeks; weekly private lessons, orch, m/ classes, chmbr music, opera, recitals and competitions. Dates: 15 Jun-10 Aug 2013.

Fees: Full scholarship inc free tuition, single room and full meal plan. Fellows must pay a $300 registration fee and deposit to secure enrolment.

Music without Borders POB 10, H-2661 Balassagyamat, Hungary t: +36 35 30 1841, also fax; +36 70 5181866 (English language contact) e: music@is.hu w: www.rozsavolgyiart.hu Contact: Csaba Ember, artistic dir; Gyorgyi Ember, English language contact.

Individual classes, conductor course, orch, choir, chmbr music, opportunity to perform, free-time activities. Open to those aged 12-30 (voice 16-36). Dates: Jul. Fees: €350 tuition plus €170 for accommodation and food.

NAC Summer Music Institute Young Artists Program t: +1 613 947 7000 ext 568 e: charris@ nac-cna.ca w: www.nac-cna.ca/smi Contact: Christy Harris, mgr. Pinchas Zukerman and an internationally renowned

faculty give private instruction and chmbr music coaching for up to 70 strs, ww and pianists from across Canada and around the world. Students take part in closed worksin-progress, m/classes and several public chmbr music concerts. Dates: 6-29 Jun 2013. Fees: Senior level: Canadian participants receive full financial support; international students pay $930. Pre-college level: all Canadians and internationals pay £540.

National Music Camp c/o Australian Youth Orchestra, Level 1, The Arts Exchange, 10 Hickson Rd, Millers Point, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia t: +61 2 9252 3855 f: +61 2 9252 8033 e: info@ayo.com.au w: www. ayo.com.au. Age range varies according to programme. Provides young Australians with comprehensive approach to excellence in music training and perf. Programmes incl orch, advanced chmbr music, kb, composition, arts admin and words about music (music journalism). Dates: Jan. Applications by Jul. Fees: AUS $800.

New York Summer Music Festival PO Box 947, Oneonta, NY 13820, USA t: +1 607 267 4024 f: +1 888 632 3221 e: info@nysmf.org w: www.nysmf.org Contact: Keisuke Hoashi, dir of communications. Age range 11-25. 6-week summer music camp offering 50 perf ens and classes that meet daily and perf up to 40 concerts each season. Faculty and visiting artists are drawn from Juilliard, Curtis, Manhattan School of Music, NY Pops Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, NY Philharmonic and many more top musical institutions. College credit available. Dates: Jun-Aug. Fees: $1800, 2 wks; $3400, 4 wks; $4900, 6 wks.

Orlando Festival PO Box 246, 6460 AE Kerkrade, Netherlands t: +31 45 850 99 10 e: info@ orlandofestival.nl w: www.orlandofestival. nl Contact: Irene Cloin, mgr. Chmbr music festival. Courses for ens of young and adult amateur and professional musicians; concert series. Dates: 9-18 Aug 2013. Fees: €400-1295, depending on age, type of accommodation and length of course.

Rocky Ridge Music Center 465 Longs Peak Rd, Estes Park, CO 80517-1790, USA t: +1 970 586 4031 f: +1 866 244 7107 e: rrmc@rockyridge. org w: www.rockyridge.org Contact: SoYoung Lee, dir. Summer residential music camps for youths and adults. Dates: JunAug. Fees: $75 application fee, plus tuition fees.

Salzburg International Summer Academy Mozarteum Mirabellplatz 1, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria t: +43 662 6198 4500 f: +43 662 6198 4509 e: summer.academy@moz.ac.at w: www.summeracademymozarteum.at Contact: Elisabeth Gerwin, admissions dir.

Dates: Jul-Aug. Fees: €610.

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Palais Rantzau, Parade 1, D-23552 Lübeck

t: +49 451 389 57 21 f: +49 451 389 57 15 e: meisterkurse@shmf.de w: www.shmf.de/ mk. Contact: Wiebke Schwarz. M/classes for pno, vn, vc, voice, song interpretation, org & perc at the Musikhochschule Lübeck. Individual lessons with internationally renowned artists (open to the public), some concerts. Dates: 20 Jul– 11 Aug 2013, application deadline 1 May. Fees: €400-500, incl accommodation.

Scholarships available.

Scuola Teatro Dimitri CH-6653 Verscio, Switzerland t: +41 91 796 2414 f: +41 91 796 2393 e: scuola@ teatrodimitri.ch w: www.teatrodimitri.ch.

W/shops for ages 8 years to adult covering storytelling, pantomime, acrobatics, clowning, tightrope walking, theatrical improvisation, dance, voice. Dates: Easter holidays; Jul-Aug. Fees: CHF 310-540.

Sewanee Summer Music Festival 735 University Ave, Sewanee, TN 373831000, USA t: +1 931 598 1225 f: +1 931 598 1706 e: ssmf@sewanee.edu w: www. sewaneemusicfestival.org Contact: Kristopher LeCorgne. Intensive programme incl chmbr and orch concerts by both students and faculty members.

Weekly private and daily chmbr music coaching; concerto competition. Dates: 22 Jun-21 Jul 2013. Fees: $3750; scholarships available.

Steans Music Institute Ravinia Festival, 418 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035, USA t: +1 847 266 5423 f: +1 847 266 5063 e: steansmusicinstitute@ravinia.org w: www. ravinia.org Contact: Anthony Roberts, dir.

Open to those aged 17-30. Three programmes: singers, pno and strs, jazz.

Entry by audition. Private coaching and m/classes with internationally renowned tutors. Preview concerts presented as part of the Ravinia Festival. Dates: Jun-Aug. Fees: Everyone accepted receives full scholarship.

Summer Music on the Shannon / Summer Music in Galway Edgewater, Seafield Rd, Quilty, Co Clare, Ireland t: +353 65 708 7566 e: summermusic@iol.ie w: www. summermusicingalway.com. The music school and festival offers to musicians of all ages, and at all levels of achievement, programmes which stimulate artistic talent through a wide variety of classes, rehearsals, solo recitals and ens perfs. Courses for orch insts, pno m/classes and youth opera theatre. Dates: Jul-Aug. Fees: €130-380.

Summer Music West San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St, San Francisco, CA 941026011, USA t: +1 415 503 6254 f: +1 415 503 6299 e: smw@sfcm.edu w: www.sfcm. edu/summer Contact: Laura Reynolds, summer programs mgr. W/day nonresidential programs and classes for music students. Auditions for all programs, 3-4 years’ private instruction recommended.

Conservatory faculty and guest artists teach

courses in musicianship, chmbr music, Gilbert & Sullivan scenes and composition.

Dates: 17 Jun-2 Aug 2013; 4 sessions. Fees: $425-$945.

Summit Music Festival 270 Washington Ave, Pleasantville, NY 10570, USA t: +1 914 747 2020; +49 170 447 5777 (in Europe) e: info@summitmusicfestival.org w: www.summitmusicfestival.org Individual inst, chmbr music, adult inst programmes. Dates: Jul-Aug; applications by 15 May. Fees: Vary according to course.

Verbier Festival Academy 4 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, CH-1800 Vevey, Switzerland t: +41 21 925 9060 f: +41 21 925 9068 e: academy@ verbierfestival.com w: www.verbierfestival. com/academy Contact: Christian Thompson, academy dir & special projects.

Verbier Festival Academy provides a unique opportunity for an exceptional group of young instrumentalists, singers and actors to participate in m/classes and w/shops with the world’s leading teachers and artists, to exchange creative ideas and to perform together in beautiful surroundings. It provides an opportunity for learning, for reflection, for inspiration and for making new connections. Dates: 15 Jul-4 Aug 2013.

The Walden School Young Musicians Program 31a 29th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA t: +1 415 648 4710 f: +1 415 648 1561 e: info@waldenschool.org w: www. waldenschool.org Contact: Seth Brenzel, exec dir; Drew Thams, office mgr. Provides an unparalleled creative summer experience for musically inclined young people aged 9-18. Students engage in fun music classes, sing in a chorus, improvise, compose and make lifelong friends in the New England summer. Dates: Jun-Aug Fees: $6750; $60 application fee; financial aid available.

Young Artists Festival Bayreuth Aeussere Badstr 7a, D-95444 Bayreuth, Germany t: +49 921 980 0444 f: +49 921 980 0449 e: info@youngartistsbayreuth. com w: www.youngartistsbayreuth.com Contact: Sissy Thammer, mgr dir. Ages 18-25 (exceptions may be granted on request). Symphonic orch, chmbr music, perc, song, music theatre, multimedia project, literary w/shop, sound and recording technology, training in cultural mgt, educ programme. Dates: Aug. The Youth and Music Israel International Summer Camp c/o Jeunesses Musicales, 55 Begin Road, 67138 Tel Aviv, Israel t: +972 3 562 2701 f: +972 3 562 2703 e: wijmisr@zahav.net.il w: www.youth-music.org.il. Strs, ww, pno; aged 13-18. Dates: Annual. July-August; applications by 15 May. Fees: $800.

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Contact: Nick Couchman. Course for experienced choral singers of all ages.

Directed by David Allinson. Dates: 11-18 Aug 2013. Fees: £195 on registration plus £195 4 weeks before arrival, excl transport and accommodation. Music £25.

European Choral Association – Europa Cantat Haus der Kultur, Weberstr 59a, D-53113 Bonn, Germany t: +49 228 912 5663 f: +49 228 912 5658 e: info@ europeanchoralassociation.org w: www. europeanchoralassociation.org Contact: Sonja Greiner, sec gen. International singing weeks and festival. Different levels in different genres for young singers as well as singers who are young at heart. Courses take place Europe-wide.

Jean Langlais Summer Choral Course 3 rue du Moulin, La Fontenelle, F-35560, France t: +44 1296 681291; +33 2 99 98 39 61 e: deanwing@lineone.net w: www. brittanymusicworkshops.eu Contact: Brenda Dean, dir. Annual choral w/shop dir by Malcolm Archer, with David Bednall (org) and Hilary Jones (vocal coach), in the birthplace of Jean Langlais. UK contact address: 2 Nup End Rd, Wingrave, Aylesbury, HP22 4QA. Dates: 22-28 Jul 2013. Fees: £235. Not incl travel and accommodation.

The Princeton Festival Choral Workshop PO Box 2063, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA t: +1 609 537 0071 e: choralworkshop@ princetonfestival.org w: www. princetonfestival.org.

Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop 27 Patterson Rd, Lexington, MA 02421, USA t: +1 781 652 0158 e: sarteanochoral@rcn.com w: www. sarteanochoralworkshop.com Contact: Brian O’Connell, dir. Intensive conducting w/shop for music educators and choral conductors with strong vocal ability who are interested in rehearsing and performing chmbr choral music. 3 tiers of participation: full conductor, conducting auditor, singer.

Dates: 27 Jul-3 Aug 2013. Fees: $749-955.

COMPOSITION

Dean Friedman Songwriting Course e: enquiries@frenchhouseparty.co.uk w: www.frenchhouseparty.co.uk. Series of songwriting w/shops in Carcassonne.

Dates: 26-29 Jul 2013. Fees: £750 pp sharing twin/double room; £100 reduction for non-participant sharing participant’s room; single-occupancy supplement of £75 pp.

CONDUCTING

Association of Irish Choirs University Concert Hall, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, Ireland t: +353 61 234823 e: aoic@ul.ie w: www. aoic.ie Contact: Liz Powell, CEO; Bernie Sherlock, dir of educ programmes. Annual choral conducting summer school.

Intensive course offering a wealth of expertise in a friendly and supportive environment and caters to the full spectrum from beginner to experienced and established conductors. A series of concerts and m/classes is also planned. Dates: 11-16 Aug 2013. Fees: Up to €400.

Eric Ericson Masterclass for Young Choral Conductors Veilingweg 3, NL-2678 LN De Lier, Netherlands e: info@ ericericsonmasterclass.nl w: www. ericericsonmasterclass.nl. Dates: 2015 tbc.

European Academy for Choral Conductors and Singers Via Altan 39, I-33078 S Vito al Tagliamento, Italy t: +39 0434 876724 f: +39 0434 877554 e: info@feniarco.it w: www.feniarco.it. Course in Fano. Dates: Sep.

EARLY MUSIC

Accademia Internazional della Musica – Fondazione Scuole Civiche di Milano Villa Simonetta, via Stilicone 36, I-20154 Milano, Italy t: +39 02 313334 e: info_ musica@scmmi.it w: www. scuolecivichemilano.it. Various courses throughout the yr incl medieval music, basso continuo, voice, baroque orch, baroque oboe/bn, baroque vc, f-pno.

Conservatorium van Amsterdam: Early Music Summer School Oosterdokskade 151, NL-1011 DL Amsterdam, Netherlands e: cva-earlymusicsummercourse@ahk.nl w: www.conservatoriumvanamsterdam.nl.

Course focusing on historically informed perf of baroque and classical music. Open to participants of all ages (instrumentalists & vocalists); incl private lessons from expert teachers, plus w/shops, m/classes, lectures, concerts and opportunity to play with fellow students from all over the world.

Dates: Last week of Aug. Early Music Days Alkotmány u. 31, H-1054 Budapest, Hungary t: +36 1 266 14 59 f: +36 1 302 49 62 e: liszkay.maria@hu.inter.net w: www.filharmoniabp.hu Contact: Maria Liszkay, mgr. Courses for chmbr mus, vn, voice, f-pno & historical dance in FertődEszterháza. Open to music college students/young pros. Dates: 22-29 Jun, applications by 1 May. Fees: €200-800.

International Course for Early Music Convento de Cristo, Tomar Academia de Musica Antiga de Lisboa, Rua Abilio Lopes do Rego, 8, P-1200-601 Lisboa, Portugal t: +351 21 390 7731, also fax e: musicantiga@mail.telepac.pt; musicantiga@sapo.pt w: www.academiamusicantiga.pt Contact: Sofia de Mendia, dir. M/classes and chmbr music. Dates: Aug. Fees: €300.

L’Humor Bizzarro Summer Workshop on Early Music and Dance PO Box 17100, I-00189 Roma Grottarossa, Italy t: +39 06 3326 7447,

also fax e: info@teatrodellamemoria.org w: www.teatrodellamemoria.org Contact: Andrea Toschi, pres. 1 week of courses in early music, theatre and dance; final students’ concert. Dates: End Julybeginning August. Fees: €270, singing & inst; €350, theatre; €150, dance. €60 registration fee.

La Pellegrina: Baroque Music for the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) La Pellegrina, Merwedplantsoen 73, NL3522 JZ Utrecht, Netherlands t: +31 30 238 25 35; +31 619 224 758 e: info@ pellegrina.net w: www.pellegrina.net Contact: Dirkjan Horringa, artistic dir. For singers, period insts and baroque dancers.

Dates: 8-18 Aug 2013. Fees: €800, inc accommodation.

Casole International Renaissance Polyphony School Verrocchio Arts Centre, 123 Maple Rd, Bristol t: 0117 330 4973 e: office@ verrocchio.co.uk; maurizio.cabibbo@ fastweb.it w: www.verrocchio.co.uk Contact: Ghislaine Morgan, dir. Week of choral/small ens singing of sacred & secular repertoire in a serene, ancient hilltop village overlooking the Tuscan countryside. Dates: 5-21 Aug 2013. Fees: From £250.

ENSEMBLES

The Egersund Youth Chamber Music Festival c/o Eigersund Kulturskole, Postboks 580, N-4379 Egersund t: +47 51 46 81 40 M/classes for str, pno and orch with renowned professors. Concerts with all participants. Dates: Sep. Fees: €200.

European Vacation Chamber Orchestras 20 Mallorie Park Dr, Ripon t: 0780 7771204; 01765 601074 e: mail@vaco.net w: www.vaco.net Contact: Xenophon Kelsey MBE, musical dir; Jane Lomax, admin; Max Puller, admin & dev officer.

Open to students aged 16-24 with gr 8+.

Residential courses for advanced players from throughout Europe. Expert professional coaching, challenging repertoire. Dates: Various. Fees: £200-250.

Jeunesses Musicales Germany Markplatz 12, D-97990 Weikersheim/ Tauber t: +49 7934 993619 f: +49 7934 993640 e: egner@jeunessesmusicales.de w: www.jeunessesmusicales.de Contact: Ulrich Wuester, sec gen. International chmbr music course for ens (strs; str & pno) of preprofessional level preparing for a professional career. Dates: Sep; applications

by May. Fees: €260 contribution for accommodation (11 days full board).

Kammermusik Workshops Inc 30 Oakwood Grove, Warwick t: +44 7850 048884 e: president@ kammermusikworkshops.org w: www. kammermusikworkshops.org Contact: Keith Bowen. Adult ww chmbr music w/ shops in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Winter course covers ww dectet and baroque band music; summer w/shop covers ww quintet

music, chmbr music and inst instruction and freelance groups. Dates: Feb (winter w/ end); Jul (summer w/shop).

Karl-Klingler Masterclass c/o ARD Wettbewerb, Bayerische Rundfunk, Rundfunkplatz 1, D-80355 Muenchen t: +49 89 5900 2091 f: +49 89 5900 3573 e: karl-klingler-stiftung@gmx. de w: www.klingler-stiftung.de. Str quartets.

Kuhmo Chamber Music Course Mannerheimintie 44A, 3 krs, FIN-00260 Helsinki t: +358 9 493867 f: +358 9 493 353 e: seija.kahkonen@kuhmofestival.fi w: www.kuhmofestival.fi Contact: Seija Kähkönen, prod asst. Dates: 14-27 Jul 2013. Fees: €515.

La Pellegrina: Schubert and his Czech Contemporaries La Pellegrina, Merwedeplantsoen 73, NL3522 JZ Utrecht, Netherlands t: +31 30 238 25 35; +31 619 224 758 e: info@ pellegrina.net w: www.pellegrina.net Contact: Dirkjan Horringa, artistic dir. For insts and singers. Dates: 27 Jul-6 Aug 2013.

Fees: Approx €800, inc accommodation.

La Pellegrina: Play chamber music with the Martinu Quartet & Friends La Pellegrina, Merwedeplantsoen 73, NL3522 JZ Utrecht, Netherlands t: +31 30 238 25 35 f: +31 619 224 758 e: info@ pellegrina.net w: www.pellegrina.net Contact: Dirkjan Horringa, artistic dir. For chmbr musicians; optional orch. Dates: 1525 Jul 2013. Fees: Approx €800, inc accommodation.

ProQuartet – Centre europeen de musique de chambre 9 rue Geoffroy l’Asnier, F-75004 Paris, France t: +33 1 44 61 83 50 f: +33 1 44 61 83 53 e: zeisel@proquartet.fr w: www. proquartet.fr. Range of str quartet courses aiming to promote the str quartet and chmbr music more generally, both as a musical form and as a means of musical training. Incl courses for amateur musicians.

Dates: Courses throughout the yr.

String Chamber Music Course Landesmusikrat Hessen EV, Eschersheimer, Landstr 419, D-60431 Frankfurt Am Main, Germany t: +49 695 67155; +49 696 37111 (evenings) f: +49 695 308 8625 e: info@landesmusikrathessen.de w: www.landesmusikrathessen. de. Intensive 4 day str chmbr music course for serious-minded amateurs and music teachers, willing and able to improve their ens music-making, aged about 18-70.

Verbier Festival Amateur Chamber Music Week 4 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, CH-1800 Vevey, Switzerland t: +41 21 925 9060 f: +41 21 925 9068 e: acmw@ verbierfestival.com w: www.verbierfestival. com/acmw Contact: Christian Thompson, academy dir & special projects.

Opportunity for talented amateur musicians to indulge their passion for playing chmbr music, while enjoying Swiss alpine scenery. Participants from all round

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the world. Dates: 13-19 Jul 2013. Fees: CHF 1000.

Yale Summer School of Music Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, PO Box 208246, New Haven, CT 06520-8246, USA t: +1 860 542 3000 f: +1 860 542 3004 e: norfolk@yale.edu w: www. norfolkmusic.org Contact: Paul Hawkshaw, dir. Summer school with chmbr music festival in the Litchfield Hills of NW Connecticut. School is open to pre-formed ens; offers several sessions focusing on different areas of the chmbr music repertoire. Dates: Jun-Aug.

JAZZ

Dordogne International Jazz Summer School 212 Sherwood Ave, London, SW16 5EF t: +44 20 8764 6478, also fax e: info@ jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk w: www. jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk Contact: Dorian Lockett, dir. Summer jazz school for all ages, abilities and insts. Course includes jazz harmony, improv, jazz standards, latin, jazz rhythms and syncopation, jazz rock, jazz funk, m/classes in jazz sax, tpt and gui. Dates: 20-27 Jul & 27 Jul-3 Aug 2013. Fees: Residential: €800pp/students €500 (2 people sharing); €500, non-participating partners. Nonresidential: €600; €350, offsite nonparticipating partners eating onsite.

NON-PERFORMANCE

Capital University Conservatory of Music and Kodály Institute Conservatory of Music, Capital University, 1 College and Main St, Columbus, OH 43209-2394, USA t: +1 614 236 6996 f: +1 614 236 6923 e: adult-grad@capital. edu w: www.capital.edu/grad-music Contact: Susanna Mayo, assistant dir of adult & grad educ recruitment. Master of Music in Music Educ programme with emphases in inst, jazz pedagogy and Kodály. Courses are offered during the summers only and programmes can be completed in a minimum of 3 summers.

Kodály certificate options also available.

Dates: Session I: 24 Jun-12 Jul 2013; Session II (inst and jazz pedagogy): 15-26 Jul 2013; Session III (Kodály): 15 Jul-2 Aug 2013. Fees: $425 per graduate credit.

International Kodály Seminar Kodaly Institute, PO Box 188, H-6001 Kecskemet, Hungary t: +36 76 48 1518 f: +36 76 32 0160 e: office@kodaly.hu w: www kodaly.hu Contact: Laura Keri, deputy dir. In-depth course for music pedagogues and choral conds to enhance their knowledge of Kodaly’s educ concept; m/classes. Also International Kodaly Festival. Dates: 15 Jul-2 Aug 2013. Fees: HUF 220,000 (c €615).

Musicosophia International Finkenherd 6, D-79271 Sankt Peter, Germany t: +49 776 0581 f: +49 766 01536 e: musicosophia@musicosophia. com w: www.musicosophia.com Contact:

Hubert Pausinger, Gebhard v Gueltlingen, mgrs; George Balan, founder. Variety of courses, including The Art of Conscious Music Listening, in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, USA and S America.

Ages 6+. No musical knowledge required.

Dates: Applications 2 weeks before course.

Fees: €80 (1 day); €150 (weekend); €220 (4 days).

UPBEAT International Summer School Composition Course Milna (Brac), Croatia t: Nina Sincek: +385 91 8963484 f: +385 1 4683848 e: uzmah. upbeat@gmail.com, joel.hoffman@uc.edu w: www.upbeat.hr, http://joelhoffman.net Contact: Joel Hoffman, Nina Sincek.

Consists of (1) a series of daily group meetings with Professor Joel Hoffman, (2) cultural and outdoor activities in Milna and nearby on the island of Brac, and (3) a final concert of works by course participants.

The course will focus on works written for the Milna Ensemble, which consists of the composer-performers who are members of the course. Dates: 15-27 Jul 2013. Fees: €450.

The Walden School Teacher Training Institute Summer Intensive 31a 29th Street, San Francisco, CA94111, USA t: +1 415 648 4710 f: +1 415 648 1561 e: teachers@waldenschool.org w: www.waldenschool.org Contact: Patricia Plude, dir, Teacher Training Institute.

Intensive course designed for anyone who teaches music to help them more effectively guide the creative voice of their students.

Dates: Aug. Fees: Application and course fees applicable; financial aid available.

OPERA

Lyric Opera Studio Weimar 26 Zöllnerstr, D-99423 Weimar, Germany t: +49 177 24 89 653 e: info@ lyricoperastudioweimar.com w: www. lyricoperastudioweimar.com. Summer training studio; aims to develop singers through language and diction coaching, m/classes, individual coaching, fully staged opera. Particularly aimed at preparing singers for work in German-speaking opera world. Dates: 2 sessions: 29 Jun-23 Jul; 11 Aug-3 Sep 2013. Fees: €3,750 for tuition, accommmodation and half board for one session. Partial scholarships available.

Merola Opera Program War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102-4509, USA t: +1 415 565 6427 f: +1 415 565 3254 e: mop@sfopera.com w: http://merola.org.

Entry-level programme for San Francisco Opera Center programmes. Approx 23 singers, 5 apprentice répétiteurs and 1 apprentice dir invited. Auditions in various US cities. Dates: 11 weeks in summer.

Opera Conducting Workshop/ Masterclass c/o Blue Danube Musikimpresario GmbH, Strozzigasse 32-24, A-1080 Wien, Austria t: +43 1 405 40 30; +43 660 944 16 59 e: info@musikimpresario.com w: http://

musikimpresario.com Contact: Anthony Armore, dir. Opera cond course at the Bulgarian State Opera, Bourgas. Limited to 10 conds. Dates: 27 May-7 Jun 2013. Fees: €2700, inc application fee €50.

ORGAN

Academie d’Orgue de Fribourg Case Postale 23, CH-1702 Fribourg, Switzerland t: +41 26 470 089, also fax e: info@academieorgue.ch w: www. academieorgue.ch Contact: Maurizio Croci, artistic dir. Dates: Sep. International Organ and Clavichord Academy Via alla Torre 8, I-38010 Smarano, Italy t: +39 3405 738358 e: mail@eccher.it w: www.eccher.it Contact: G Corra, pres.

M/classes and seminars on inprovisation and Italian renaissance and baroque repertoire. Dates: 2-13 Aug 2013. Fees: €150.

International Summer Academy for Organists Postbus 1091, NL-1000 BB, Amsterdam, Netherlands t: +31 20 4880479 f: +31 20 4880478 e: office@organfestival.nl w: www.organfestival.nl Contact: Christa Hijink, gen mgr. Biennial. See website for application details. Dates: 11-26 Jul 2014.

McGill Summer Organ Academy 555 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E3, Canada t: +1 514 398 1252 f: +1 514 398 8061 e: organ@music. mcgill.ca w: www.msoa.ca Contact: Devon Wilkinson & Jonathan Patterson, co-exec dirs. Dates: 8-18 Jul 2013.

Organ Academy Saessolsheim 32 rue Principale, F-67270 Saessolsheim, France t: +33 3 88 70 52 75 e: asamos@ wanadoo.fr w: www.asamos.org. Dates: Jul. Romainmôtier Organ Interpretation and Improvisation Course 18 Faubourg de l’Hôpital, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland t: +41 32 7212790 f: +41 32 7212793 e: bovet.aubert@ bluewin.ch w: www.jehanalain.ch Contact: Marisa Bovet, sec. A week studying improv at all levels and a week studying interpretation focusing on Italian, Spanish and romantic org music, Bach and music for harmonium. Dates: 24-28 Jul 2013.

PIANO

Dublin International Piano Festival and Summer Academy 18 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland t: +353 1 4972333 e: info@ pianofestival.ie w: www.pianofestival.ie. An intensive educ programme and concert series for advanced pno students. Limited to 15 participants. Dates: 1-9 Aug 2013.

Golandsky Institute Summer Symposium Park West Finance Station, PO Box 20762, New York, NY 10025, USA t: +1 877 343 3434 f: +1 212 875 0034 e: symposium@ golandskyinstitute.org. w: www. golandskyinstitute.org. Summer symposium and international pno festival at

Princeton University. Dates: 13-21 Jul 2013. Fees: Tbc. International Keyboard Institute and Festival c/o Mannes College, 150 West 85 St, New York, NY, USA t: +1 212 580 0210, ext 4858 f: +1 212 580 1738 e: info@ikif.org w: www.ikif.org Contact: Julie Kedersha, dir. M/classes, concerts, and lectures on the art of the pno aimed at intermediate to advanced players. 28 concerts (daytime and evening). Institute participants can compete in the internal competition, the MacKenzie Awards. Dates: 14-28 Jul 2013.

Fees: $950 for participants.

International Piano Academy Freiburg IPA Festival Office, Flaunserstr 9, D-79102 Freiburg, Germany t: +49 761 290 7424 f: +49 761 290 7425 e: info@ internationalpianoacademy.org w: www. internationalpianoacademy.org Contact: Irmgard Preisinger, exec offr; Jura Margulis, dir. Builds on the more than 30-year history of the legendary Russische Schule in Freiburg. World class pno pedagogy, supplementary seminars and w/shops aiming for a more complete pno educ than the traditional m/class model. Dates: 8-20 Jul 2013. Fees: €600, covers active participation in the full course, inc all special events, lectures, publications, tickets to the PianoFest and excursions.

Lot Music Piano Courses SW France The Grange, Monksilver, Taunton t: +44 1984 656683; +44 7979 508996 e: anne.n.brain@btinternet.com w: www.pianolotmusic.com Contact: Anne Brain, course organiser; James Lisney, Vanessa Latarche, 2013 tutors. For adult pianists gr 8+. M/class tuition max 9 per course; practice facilities. Dates: 9-16 & 18-25 Jul 2013. Fees: From £965 full board inclusive of tuition. Travel not incl.

Music at Ambialet t: 01580 880627 e: ambialet@ langhamhouse.eclipse.co.uk w: www. ambialetmusic.com Contact: Jenny Gilbert, co-dir. Intensive programme of m/classes, private tuition, concerts and lectures in an ex-Franciscan monastery perched high above the Gorges du Tarn. Dates: Aug. Fees: £780-1250; bursaries available.

Paderewski Piano Academy ul. Ks. Piotra Skargi 7, PL85018, Bydgoszcz, Poland t: +48 52 327 0291 e: info@paderewskipianoacademy.eu w: www.paderewskipianoacademy.eu Contact: Ilja Scheps, artistic dir. Lessons and m/classes for young pianists culminating in the perf of a concerto with a symphony orch. Dates: 11-18 & 18-25 Aug 2013. Application deadline 1 Jun. Fees: €1290 incl tuition and accommodation.

Summer Academy for Piano and Chamber Music of Konz Kloster Karthaus, Postfach 1961, D-54324 Konz, Germany t: +49 6542 961868 e: info@piano-academy.de w: www.pianoacademy.de; www.akademiekonz.com Contact: Paul Trein, academy dir. Master SUMMER SCHOOLS 2013 RHINEGOLD.CO.UK 49

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courses for pianists and chmbr music groups in the historic Carthusian convent of St Bruno in Konz. Experienced musicians and teachers provide professional and individual advice in an international and collegial atmosphere; several public concerts with pno music, chmbr music and orch in the region, all performed by participants. Dates: 18 Aug-1 Sep 2013.

Fees: €250 for pianists; for other insts, fees depend on length and importance of participation.

ROCK

Rock Academy, Songwriting and Studio Beauville Arts, L’ancien Presbytère, F-47470 Beauville, France t: +33 5 53 87 72 18 e: claire@beauvillearts.com w: www. beauvillearts.com Contact: Claire Mallalieu, admin dir. Rock academy, songwriting and studio production weeks in SW France for 13-21 yr old instrumentalists and singer-songwriters.

Inst w/shops, song-writing, recording, perf and self-promotion. Dates: Aug. Fees: €550 per week (excl travel).

STRINGS

The Art of Cello Masterclass at Nicolo Paganini Legacy Masterclasses PO Box 84, CH-6833 Vacallo, Switzerland f: +41 91 682 7185 e: masterclass@ paganinilegacy.com w: www. paganinilegacy.com Contact: Valentin Holmes. Str academy, summer m/classes and w/shops. Dates: Aug. Fees: Approx €300.

Aurora Chamber Music Course e: info@aurorachambermusic.com w: www.aurorachambermusic.com. Courses in Vänersborg, 80km from Gothenburg. Solo m/classes and chmbr music, concerts.

Dates: Various, check web for info.

The Castleman Quartet Program c/o Eastman School, 26 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY 14604 t: +1 585 274 1592 e: ccastleman@aol.com w: www. quartetprogram.com Contact: Charles Castleman, dir. Summer Schools in two locations: 7 weeks in Fredonia, NY and 4 weeks at Boulder, Colorado. Each participant for the full seven weeks learns and performs one concerto movement, 2 contrasting Bach movements, or the equivalent along with two str quartets and a Sonata. Dates: 9 Jun-28 Jul (S.U.N.Y.Fredonia); 30 Jun-28 Jul (U Colorado Boulder).

Cellos at Belle Serre Belle Serre, La Caulié, F-81100 Castres, France t: +33 5 63 35 68 46; 07976 946175 e: lowri@lowrirecords.com w: www.busyline.blogspot.com; www. cellosatbelleserre.com. 3 weeks of intensive vc classes in summer in an informal atmosphere with Lowri Blake in SW France. Individual and group classes (final week for advanced participants only); all levels concert on final evening. New this year is the May Week course in spring, for

cellists of all levels, amateur, student and professional. Dates: 27 Apr-4 May, 16 Jul14 Aug. Fees: €870 (£710) per week full board; €700 (£560) non-residential, incl lunch & supper. 10% discount for full-time music students (18-24), and 10% reduction in fees if you book for two weeks in 2013.

Internationale Sommerakademie Bad Leonfelden Scheidstr 34, A-1180 Wien, Austria t: +43 1 4794355 f: +43 1 4705024 e: office@ sommerakademie-leonfelden.com w: www. sommerakademie-leonfelden.com Contact: Thomas Riebl, artistic dir; Marika Altmann, admin. M/classes, lessons, seminars & concerts. Dates: 5-13 & 31-21 Aug 2013, application deadline 30 Jun. Fees: Not including accommodation: €480 (active participants); €330 (semi-active participants); €220 (listeners). €30 application fee.

International Masterclass for Strings Kloster Schöntal Application Reventlow Str 46, D-22605 Hamburg, Germany t: +49 40 880 7983 f: +49 48 881 3149 e: petru.munteanu@gmx.de w: www.violinwettbewerb.de Contact: Petru Munteanu. Dates: 13-22 Aug 2013; applications close 15 Jun 2013. Fees: €950, incl accommodation and catering.

Keshet Eilon International Strings Mastercourse PO Box 1006, Kibbutz Eilon, 22485 Western Galilee, Israel t: +972 4 985 8191/31 f: +972 4 980 6766 e: kesheteilon@012.net.il w: www.keshetei. org.il Contact: Marcela Barkai, registrar. Age 16-26. Course for gifted young violinists, violists and cellists of all nationalities.

Programme incl innovative elements such as a vn/bow-making atelier for the care of inst used by students and faculty; archery training, a unique concept for violinists pioneered by Keshet Eilon; and specialised physiotherapy for violinists. Private lessons, m/classes and solo concert opportunities.

Dates: 21 Jul-8 Aug 2013; applications by 28 Mar. Fees: NIS 12,500 (€2,650).

Max Aronoff Viola Institute NE Seattle, Washington, USA t: +1 253 474 6922 e: mavijramee@aol.com; mavipf@earthlink.net w: www.viola.com/ aronoff Contact: Joyce Ramée, Paula Fendler, dirs. Unique, intensive va w/shop, open to violists age 14-adult. Focus on teaching techniques of Max Aronoff, appropriate for intermediate to professional players. Dates: 28-30 Jun 2013. Application deadline 15 May. Fees: $400 (residential), £300 (commuter). $30 application fee.

Scholarships available.

Open Strings Cello Masterclass Hans Olriks Vej 4, 3, DK-2450 Copenhagen SW, Denmark e: info@ openstrings.org w: www.openstrings.org Dates: Feb (Sweden), Apr-May (France), Jun-Jul (Denmark).

Strings in the Sun e: stringsinthesun@gmail.com Dates: Courses between Easter and Christmas.

VOICE

The Arleen Auger Institute for Advanced Vocal Studies 14 Townsend Avenue, Hartsdale t: +1 914 948 4581 f: +1 914 761 3382 e: info@ arleenaugerinstitute.org; cpnovo@ arleenaugerinstitute.org w: www. arleenaugerinstitute.org Contact: Celia P. Novo, exec dir. 3 weeks, private instruction in advanced vocal studies 4 times per week.

Musical coachings focusing on language, style and perf practice, research and selection in art song literature, concert, and oratorio repertoire, the art of collaboration, perf preparation, m/classes, language classes, cultural enrichment. Also personalised career consultations, public relations, mktg, business matters analysis, strategic planning, audition preparation, and legal counseling.

Auditions in autumn of prev year. Dates: Summer 2013. Fees: See website.

Francisco Vinas International Courses of Musical Interpretation Bruc 125, E-08037 Barcelona, Spain t: +34 93 457 8646 f: +34 93 457 4364 e: info@francisco-vinas.com w: www. francisco-vinas.com Contact: Manuel Garcia Gascons, sec. Lied course for singers and pianists. Dates: tbc.

Institut für Kunst, Musik & Sprachen GbR Summer Academy Ringstr 11, D-76356 Weingaten (Baden), Germany t: +49 724 460 8222 e: claudia. procter@aol.com w: www.michael-procter. com Contact: Claudia Procter, dir. Summer academy at Abbaye St Martin de Mondaye, Normandy. Music, prayer, art and languages. Edzard Burchards will direct the choir. Dates: 11-18 Aug 2013. Fees: Approx €900, single room full board.

Irish Vocal Masterclasses in Zezere w: www.irishvocalmasterclasses.com Courses and development w/ends involving rehearsing, coaching and perf.

Lacock Courses Cantax House, Lacock, Chippenham t: +44 1249 730468, also fax e: avdb@ lacock.org w: www.lacock.org Dates: Various. See website for details.

Lingua del Canto Novafeltria, near Rimini, Italy w: www. linguadelcanto.co.uk Contact: Diana Beckett, mgr. Summer solo singing course.

Italian pronunciation and vocal technique in Bel Canto. For music school students and young professionals. Artistic Dir, Ubaldo Fabbri. Dates: 25 Aug-8 Sept 2013.

Rencontres Chorales de l’Olivier 53 blvd de Cimiez, F-06000 Nice, France w: www.coazart.com Contact: Georges Gaède, dir.

Ronald Dowd National Summer School for Singers 171 Albion St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010 t: +61 2 9360 4049 e: magnivic@ol.com.au Contact: Maggie Niven, admin; Victor Morris, artistic dir. Opera mastercourses in Sydney for singers and repetiteurs. Dates: Contact admin for course info and dates.

Fees: AU $675, singers; AU $275, pianists.

Summer Holiday Singing Seminar in Greece The Hap’ning Place, 3 The Campsbourne, London, N8 7PN t: 07908 771984 e: info@hapningplace.com w: www. hapningplace.com Contact: M Happel, dir.

5-day course offering the opportunity to sing every day, incl individual coaching, choral work and public perfs. Venue is a former monastery. Dates: Aug. Fees: £260.

The Tuscany Project t: +1 212 769 0836 e: admin@ tuscanyproject.com w: www. tuscanyproject.com Contact: Shaynee Rainbolt, admin. Intensive w/shops in voice and song integrating intellectual, emotional and physical aspects of singing.

Dates: 30 Jun-8 Jul 2013. Fees: €1,900.

Walnut Hill Summer Opera Program e: jyoumell@walnuthillarts.org w: www. walnuthillarts.org. Intensive training for vocalists in opera and vocal perf, plus scene work and study. Dates: Jul-Aug; applications by 1 Mar. Fees: Financial aid available.

Sintra International Singing & Choral Conducting Course Flat 3, 56 Thicket Rd, London t: 020 8659 9493 e: ghislainemorgan@googlemail. com, pedrodorey@sapo.pt w: www.sisccc. com Contact: Ghislaine Morgan & David Lawrence, tutors. Week of advanced choral singing & cond tuition with demanding repertoire from all periods. Venue: Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra a UNESCO World Heritage Site set in mountains overlooking the sea. Dates: 27 Jul-3 Aug 2013 (singers start 28 Jul). Fees: From €445.

WOODWIND

Atarah’s Advanced Flute Course t: +33 557 474 428 e: atarahflute@ wanadoo.fr w: www.atarah.tv. A fl retreat for students at diploma level and beyond, combining food and music in the Dordogne. Dates: May. Beauville Arts Wind Chamber Music at Cubertou Beauville Arts, L’ancien Presbytère, F-47470 Beauville, France t: +33 5 53 87 72 18, also fax e: claire@beauvillearts.com w: www.beauvillearts.com Contact: Claire Mallalieu, admin. For advanced players and college students aged 18+ wishing to extend their knowledge and experience of the chmbr repertoire. Delightful surroundings in SW France with exquisite food and wine alongside m/classes, chmbr groups and recitals with top performers.

Dates: 24-31 Aug 2013. Fees: £195-730 per week (excl travel).

International Flute Summer Course

by Wil Offermans Studio E, Vrolikstraat 195D, NL-1091 TX Amsterdam, Netherlands t: +31 20 668 2478, also fax w: www.flutesummercourse. com. Course for the contemporary flautist in Sayalonga (Malaga). Dates: 24-31 Jul 2013. Fees: €495.

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