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Organ courses
Académie de Musique Tibor Varga
18-22 Jul & 22-26 Jul, Sion, Switzerland
Margaret Phillips (18-22 Jul) and Lionel Rogg (22-26 Jul) give masterclasses on historic and new organs in Sion and the surrounding region.
Contact +41 27 322 66 5, info@amsion.ch, www.amsion.ch
Cambridge Academy of Organ Studies
28 Jul-1 Aug, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
David Ponsford and Anne Page lead group sessions and individual tuition, with time built in for personal practice. This year's special study topic is French music, from Classical to Messiaen.
Contact +44 (0)1223 240026, roger@lander.powernet.co.uk, www.cambridgeorganacademy.org
Dartington International Summer School
2-9 Aug, 9-16 Aug, Totnes, Devon
David Titterington tutors advanced organists, and joins Colin Tilney for an organ/harpsichord cross-over course.
Contact +44 (0)1803 847080, summerschool@dartington.org, www.dartington.org
Eton Organ Course
22-30 Jul, Eton
Led by David Goode.
Contact +44 (0)1753 671124, m.prokesova@etoncollege.org.uk, www.etonchoralcourses.co.uk
Herford Masterclass
6-9 Jul, Herford, Germany
Jane Parker-Smith gives a masterclass and concert in the Herforder Orgelsommer 2008 series. The event concludes with a public concert given by participants.
Contact +49 5221 276977, muensterkantor.herf@teleos-web.de, www.kirchenmusik-im-herforder-muenster.de
International Summer Academy
21 July–2 August, Haarlem, Netherlands
Following on from the International Organ Festival, the Academy’s tutors include Olivier Latry, Ludger Lohmann, Zsigmond Szathmáry and Jos van der Kooy leading courses on repertoire and improvisation. For professional organists and organ students finishing their studies. Concerts include recitals by Lohmann and Latry in St Bavo’s and the Philharmonie Haarlem of works by Messiaen.
Contact +31 (0)20 488 0479, office@organfestival.nl, www.organfestival.nl
London Organ Day
8 Mar, City of London School, Blackfriars
German Romantic music is the main focus of the day. David Knight gives a presentation on the organ repertoire, with organ examples played by Simon Thomas Jacobson the City of London School's 3-manual Walker instrument; and a concert of 19th-century German choral music is given by Pegasus Music, conducted by Matthew Altham. Robert Leach and Barry Williams give advice on being an organist and choirmaster, and John Mander presents recently built and restored instruments. Daniel Moult gives masterclasses and the closing recital.
Contact +44 (0)1903 725002, ikb13@tiscali.co.uk
London Organ Improvisation Course (LOIC)
21-24 Jul, churches in Central London
Gerard Brooks leads a course on improvisation for organists of all standards, including beginners. Instruments used are the 4-manual Harrison & Harrison in All Souls Langham Place; the 2-manual Mander in St James Clerkenwell; and the 3-manual Shepherd in Notre Dame de France.
Contact +44 (0)20 8657 6261, gb@gerardbrooks.org.uk, www.loic.org.uk
Messiaen 2008
25-26 Apr, Edinburgh
A celebration of the French composer's centenary begins with an organ recital by Susan Landale in St Giles' Cathedral. A full day's programme at St Mary's Metropolitan RC Cathedral includes Nigel Simeone giving a lecture on ‘Messiaen and La Trinité'; and Susan Landale gives a masterclass on the new organ by Matthew Copley. Hosted by the Edinburgh Society of Organists, in association with the Royal College of Organists and the Edinburgh Organ Academy.
Contact +44 (0)5600 767208, admin@rco.org.uk, www.rco.org.uk/events.php?eventid=132
Mount Royal International Summer School
20-29 Jul, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Canada
Intermediate and advanced organists receive private tuition and work in small groups with Simon Preston (artistic director), John Butt, David Higgs and Neil Cockburn. Students can focus on the music of Bach and Messiaen or pre-1750 repertoire. Daily practice time is built in, and every student performs in one of the closing concerts. Instruments include the 3-manual mechanical action Mount Royal College Carthy Organ (Létourneau); the 4-manual electric action Carthy Organ (Casavant); the 2-manual mechanical action Ronald B. Bond Bach Organ (Ahrend); and the 3-manual electric action organ by Casavant in the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer.
Contact +1 403 440 7769, epritchard@mtroyal.ca, www.mtroyal.ca/conservatory/intsumschool.shtml
Musica Antica a Magnano
21-24 Mar & 14-24 Aug, Magnano, Italy
Age: 15+. Early music courses for keyboard players and vocalists in a medieval village of the north Italian Biellese region. Bernard Brauchli and Luca Scandali teach courses in early keyboard instruments, including organ and playing continuo. Alberto Galazzo, Jörg Gobeli and Thomas Wälti present sessions on organology and organ building, and Giulio Monaco tutors in choral conducting and the choir workshop.
Contact +39 015 67 92 60, info@musicanticamagnano.com, www.musicaanticamagnano.com
Organ Academy Saessolsheim
24–31 July, Saessolsheim, Alsace, France
For organists of all ages and levels. The theme is The Affect of Tonalities in Baroque Music, and the course includes improvisation in Baroque style and recitals in local churches.
Contact +33 88 70 52 75, asamos@orange.fr, http://perso.orange.fr/asamos
ORGANpromotion masterclasses and tours
10-13 Feb, Philharmonie, Essen, Germany
International César Franck Festival, with masterclasses and lectures by Daniel Roth, Joris Verdin and Jon Laukvik.
26-30 Mar, Paris
Organ tour, with viewings, organ course by François Houbart, lecture and recitals in La Madeleine.
19-22 Jun, Freiberg, Germany
Masterclass with Ton Koopman on the Silbermann organ in St Peter's; recitals and visit to Dresden.
22-28 Jun, Germany
Organ tour of historic and modern organs from Dresden and Leipzig to Berlin and Brandenburg.
31 Jul-3 Aug, South Germany
Organ Academy: ‘South German Baroque Organ'. Franz Raml leads a workshop on instruments by Gabler, Riepp and Holzhey.
24-28 Sep, Ottobeuren Organ Festival, Germany
Masterclass, recitals, lecture, tour and exhibition, led by Ewald Kooiman
9-11 Oct, Regensburg Academy, Germany
Masterclass ‘Georg Muffat' with Michael Radulescu.
20-23 Oct, Rhineland, Germany
Organ tour including Worms, Koblenz, Bonn and Cologne, including workshops and an organ museum.
24-25 Oct, Darmstadt, Germany
Masterclass with Stefan Engels on the music tradition of Leipzig.
7 Nov, Windesheim, nr Mainz, Germany
Organ building workshop in the Oberlinger workshop.
8-11 Dec, Paris
Messiaen study tour, with viewings, lectures, recitals and workshops.
Contact +49 74 82 91 39 30, info@organpromotion.org, www.organpromotion.org.
Oundle for Organists
8 Mar, Ipswich; 26 May, Birmingham
Get Ahead! Inspiration Days. Age: 9-19. In Royal Hospital School (Ipswich), and Birmingham's St Chad's Cathedral, Symphony Hall and newly restored Town Hall.
4-6 April, Oundle
Pulling Out The Stops. Age: 10-15. For early-stages organists. Includes a recital by Tom Bell at St Catharine's College, Cambridge
6-11 Jul, Cambridge
Advanced Academy. Age: 19-22. Masterclass for conservatoire and university students and young professionals, led by David Sanger, Kevin Bowyer and Reitze Smits.
13-19 Jul, Oundle
‘Exploring New Repertoire' and ‘Style & Technique'. Age: 14-22. With David Sanger, John Scott, Ekaterina Melnikova, David Goode, Jeffrey Makinson, Simon Williams and James Parsons.
22-27 Jul, Cambridge
Prospective Organ Scholars. Age: 15-19. Experienced tutors give participants a good grounding at Cambridge Colleges.
4-9 Aug, London
RCO St Giles Summer Course. See under RCO St Giles.
17-19 Oct, Toulouse, France
Advanced Academy. For conservatoire and university students. Organs include the Cavaillé-Coll in Basilique St Sernin and the Ahrend in Église-musée des Augustins. Led by Michel Bouvard, Jan Willem Jansen, David Sanger, William Whitehead and James Parsons.
Contact+44 (0)1832 272026, jamesparsons@oundlefestival.org.uk, www.oundlefestival.org.uk
Royal College of Organists
3-5 Apr, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Masterclasses on Bach and Vierne, lectures on Messiaen and the new Vierne edition, and a visit to the new Kuhn organ in Jesus College. With Jennifer Bate, Daniel Hyde, Jon Laukvik, Sarah MacDonald, Andrew McCrea, Anne Page, David Sanger and Robert Sholl.
22& 29 Apr, St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham
Short courses with Ludger Lohmann .
21 Jun, St Barnabas Church, Dulwich, London
CertRCO, ARCO and FRCO study day.
See website for full details of organ and choral courses.
Contact +44 (0)5600 767237, events@rco.org.uk, www.rco.org.uk
RCO St Giles International Organ School
4-9 Aug, Barbican, London
Individual lessons and classes at 5 different study levels from amateur to professional, plus workshops, services, concerts and visits provide over 70 group events from which to choose. There are daily services and private practice sessions on the 14 pipe organs available. The school is organised in a new partnership with Oundle for Organists and the Royal College of Organists. Course director: Anne Marsden Thomas.
Contact +44 (0)20 7638 8285, admin@organschool.com,
www.organschool.com
Royal School of Church Music
25-28 Mar, Sarum College, Salisbury
Director: Daniel Moult
16-19 Jun, York St John University
Director: Robert Fielding
These courses for church organists cover technique, use of stops and pedals, playing for services, choosing voluntaries, new repertoire and improvisation.
Contact +44 (0)1722 424843, education@rscm.com, www.rscm.com/courses
Summer School
25–29 August, Amsterdam, Netherlands
An early music course at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, led by Jacques van Oortmerssen. Lectures, and lessons on the 1734 Müller organ in the Waalse Kerk.
Contact www.cva.ahk.nl
Summer Choral Course
15–18 July, La Fontenelle, Brittany, France Malcolm Archer conducts music by Langlais and Duruflé in Dol Cathedral.
Contact +44 (0)1296 688976, www.jeanlanglais.eu
Choral courses
Benslow Music Trust
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
6-8 Jun
Choral Weekend. Stephen Wilkinson conducts Byrd to Britten.
19-21 Sep
Bach Cantata Weekend. For choir and orchestra, with Jeremy Jackman.
24-26 Oct
West Gallery Music. Simple 18th- and 19th-century church music for those needing practice in part-singing.
Contact +44 (0)1462 459446, info@benslow.org, www.benslow.org
Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools
27 Jul-3 Aug, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Age: 18+. Baroque music for choral singers and organists, with a special focus on Blow and Purcell. Led by Peter Holman, Philip Thorby and The Parley of Instruments.
3-10 Aug, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Age: 18+. ‘The Triumphs of Maximilian'. Philip Thorby explores the music of Isaac and Senfl, including the latter's great 6-part reworking of Josquin's Ave Maria.
Contact +44 (0)1223 847330, info@cemss.org, www.cemss.org
Canford Summer School of Music
27 Jul-17 Aug, Sherborne, Dorset
James Davey leads an a cappella choir in music from Tchaikovsky to Pärt. John Huw Davies conducts Bruckner's F minor Mass, while Nigel Perrin explores repertoire's ‘Lighter Side' as well as leading a course on Venetian Vespers. Settings of Goethe and Shakespeare are led by Julian Wilkins, who also runs a workshop on Carmina Burana. David Lawrence unpacks The Art of Choral Direction and Liz Welsh persuades The Can't Read Music Choir to sing by ear.
Contact +44 (0)20 8660 4766, canfordsummersch@
aol.com, www.canfordsummerschool.co.uk
CSSM
19-26 Jul, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey
The chamber choir is led by Ian Humphris.
Contact +44 (0)20 8660 4766, cssmmusicschool@aol.com, www.singing-courses.com
Dartington International Summer School
21 Jul-25 Aug, Totnes, Devon
Masterclasses and chamber choirs run alongside this year's major choral works. James Weeks directs Schütz's Dresden Vespers, with brass consorts; Graeme Jenkins introduces his new edition of Handel's Theodora; Jeffrey Skidmore conducts The Dream of Gerontius; and Stephen Montague introduces Apparitions, commissioned by Dartington. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies leads the advanced composition course and gives a retrospective of music for Dartington.
Contact +44 (0)1803 847080, summerschool@dartington.org, www.dartington.org
Eton Choral Courses
4-12 Jul, 13-21 Jul, 22-30 Jul, Eton; 1-9 Aug, Cheltenham;
11-19 Aug, St Peter's College, Oxford; 20-28 Aug, Trinity College, Cambridge
Intensive singing weeks include choral services in Oxford and Cambridge college chapels and Worcester Cathedral. Directed by Ralph Allwood and Ben Parry. Organ course (22-30 Jul) led by David Goode.
Contact +44 (0)1753 671124, m.prokesova@etoncollege.org.uk, www.etonchoralcourses.co.uk
Farncombe courses
Farncombe Estate Centre, Broadway, Worcestershire
7-9 Mar
English choral music. Taverner to Tavener, led by David Wordsworth.
13-15 Jun
Beatles a cappella, led by Chris Rowbury.
12-14 Decc
Advent carol weekend, led by Geoff Weaver.
Contact +44 (0)1386 854100, enquiries@FarncombeEstate.co.uk, www.farncombeestate.co.uk
Hereford International Summer School
11-18 Aug, Hereford
Courses include choral singing and conducting, while composer-in-residence Edwin Roxburgh gives composition tutorials. Led by Robin Gritton, Keith Orrell, Philippa Dearsley and Robin Davis.
Contact +44 (0)1981 241003, marianne@hiss.uk.com, www.hiss.uk.com
North Wales Summer School of Music
11-13 Jul, Caernarfon, Wales
For choral singers. Led by John Huw Davies.
Contact +44 (0)1492 546058, alison.smith@gmb.org.uk, www.singing-courses.com
Royal School of Church Music
25-28 Mar, Pocklington School, Yorkshire
Age: 10-17. Gordon Appleton teaches vocal development in the context of music for services.
18-24 Aug, Bath
Geoff Weaver teaches young people a wide range of sacred choral music and conducts them in Bath Abbey.
11-17 Aug, Canterbury, Kent
The RSCM International Summer School and Conference includes workshops, seminars, services in Canterbury Cathedral, concerts and recitals. Guests include Bob Chilcott, James MacMillan and Ken Burton.
Contact +44 (0)1722 424843, education@rscm.com, www.rscm.com/courses
Smarano International Organ Academy
July 2731, Italy
Contact mail@eccher.it
Summer Music for Singers
17-16 Aug, Colditz Castle, Germany
For choral and solo singers, including concerts of English music at St Thomas's, Leipzig, and Colditz Castle. Led by John Huw Davies.
Contact +44 (0)1286 673401, johnhuwdavies@btinternet.com, www.singing-courses.com
Tallis Scholars Summer School
5-12 Jul, Oakham School, Rutland
Age: 16+. Music by Victoria (Requiem for Six Voices, Tenebrae Responsories, Magnificat for Three Choirs à 12), Esquivel, Lobo and Guerrero provide the repertoire, led by Peter Phillips and members of the Tallis Scholars.
26 Jul-2 Aug, Seattle, USA
Choir rehearsals and workshops focus on the music of Tallis and Byrd, with lectures giving the music's context and a final Gala Concert, directed by Peter Phillips.
Contact +44 (0)20 8293 9911, tear@virgin.net, www.tsss.uk.com
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