Events

from the Incorporated Association of Organists
more from London Organ Day website

Director: Daniel Moult
more from Royal School of Church Music

A residential weekend in Oundle for early -stages organists and pianists who want to play the pipe organ.  Typical age 10-15.  More from Oundle for Organists

Organised by the Association of British Choral Directors.  More details here

Director: Rosemary Field
more from Royal School of Church Music

Explore baroque and romantic French music on outstanding instruments by Scerzer/Aubertin (1745) and Cavaille-Coll (1859), with further visits to other organs. 
Faculty: Hans Fagius, Daniel Roth, directed by Nigel Allcoat
details and booking

Junior (age 14-18) and Senior (age 18+) strands offered, with tutors Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin, Ronny Krippner, Duncan Middleton and Gerard Brooks.
 Full details at www.loic.org.uk

Biennial festival founded by Peter Hurford, centred around the Norman Cathedral
More details here

Week-long early music course concentrating on keyboard performance styles and practices from the Renaissance to 1800. Performance opportunities on an original Robert Dallam organ of 1653. English website at www.academiebaroquelanvellec.fr where a registration form can be downloaded.   Deadline for applications: 30 May 2013
 

Exploring New Repertoire (typical age range 14-17) and Style and Technique (typical age range 16-22) More from Oundle for Organists

The RCO's summer course catering for organists of all ages and abilities, centred on the church of St Giles, Cripplegate.  Details and booking form from the RCO website.

Organ masterclasses with Margaret Phillips on a variety of instruments in a beautiful mountain environment. Further details from www.amsion.ch

Summer school/conference exploring developments in church music, the training of music leaders of the future, as well as the church music heritage.
Full details and booking form here

Theme is '100 years of organ music in England c1713-1813'; course repertoire will cover the Voluntary, the Concerto, arrangements and transcriptions, and duets, and will visit important historic instruments in East Anglia and London. Classes, lessons and practice opportunities; tutors: John Wellingham, Terence Charlston, Anne Page. Apply early: places for active participants are limited. www.cambridgeorganacademy.org

 OBSERVER PLACES now available for 19th Aug/Clare College, Cambridge,  20th Aug/Hillingdon Church, Norfolk,  22nd Aug/St Giles in the Fields, London,  23rd Aug/Trinity College & Clare College,Cambridge

Classes by Jacques van Oortmerssen will focus on Scheidemann, Bruhns, Buxtehude and J.S.Bach. Lessons will take place in Amsterdam in the Waalse Kerk (Chr. Muller organ of 1734), in Alkmaar in the St Laurence Church (Van Covelens organ, 1511  and the Van Hagerbeer/Schnitger organ, 1645/1725), and in Haarlem at St Bavo's Cathedral (Chr.Muller organ, 1738).
More information and application form here
Closing date for applications: 1 June

A new course from Oundle for Organists to offer advice on all the elements of organ scholarship. 

The Souvigny Organ Academy in partnership with Cambridge Academy of Organ Studies presents a course addressing principally repertoire from the French classical school (c1690-1790), with a unique opportunity to play a rare Clicquot organ in a state of near-complete survival. Classes (English/French) with Pierre Dubois and Jean-Luc Perrot. Limited to 6 active participants; course fee of £200 covers tuition and practice; observers £80; advice about accommodation available on request. Applications and further information from www.cambridgeorganacademy.org

Recitals and and tuition on excellent mechanical action organs, with James Parsons, Daniel Moult and Ronny Krippner.  £150 for the weekend including dinner on Saturday - students will need to book their own accommodation. Go to http://www.pdoa.co.uk/WarmingtonWeekend.pdf for more details.

Parry and Stanford - Different Worlds, Different Aspirations
Illustrated lectures, masterclass, discussion, performances, with Professor Jeremy Dibble, David Goode, Andrew McCrea, Ann Elise Smoot, William Whitehead and students from the Royal College of Music