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2012
January 2012
- Early Music Weekend. Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France. 14-15 January 2012, in Brive
- Stylus Phantasticus. Saas Grund, Switzerland. Masterclass on the compositional style of the 17th century. 29 January – 4 February 2012.
February 2012
- New Year Recorders. Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB, UK. 1-3 February 2012. The experienced Sandra Foxall and Alyson Lewin help course members tackle a broad range of styles in this confidence-building course, offering practical advice in musical and technical matters alike. You will gain more from the course if you are a reasonable sight-reader and have some experience of playing with others, and we would like you to be competent at playing at least two sizes of recorder. Please let us know which when you book. A repertoire list will be available in good time before the course. Residential £225/Non resident £175 Course code: 12/211.
- Recorder Orchestera Weekend. Halsway Manor, Crowcombe, Somerset, UK. 3-5 February 2012.
- Lifelong Learning: Making Music: Recorder Ensemble, Playing Baroque Music. Farncombe Estate, UK. 10-12 February 2012.
- Improvers Plus. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 10-12 February 2012.
- Early Music Weekend. Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France. 11-12 February 2012
- Recorder Lecture & Masterclass, with Nikolaj Ronimus. Durrington Room, Royal College of Music, London, UK. 10:00 am, 16 February 2012.
- Facsimile for Advanced Players. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 17-19 February 2012.
- Conference: blokfluitdocent in de 21ste eeuw. Lectures, presentations, and a top concert by students of the Amsterdam Conservatory and The Hague Conservatory. In collaboration with ERTA, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, aafab, Stichting Blokfluit, magazine 'blokfluitist', blokfluitpagina. Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Sweelinck Conservatorium, Amsteredam. 18 February 2012. Mostly in Dutch.
- Facsimile for Advanced Players. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 18-20 February 2012.
- Late Starter Recorders. Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB, UK. 20-23 February 2012. Many of us learn the recorder at primary school but then promptly forget about it. If you are one of those people and find yourself yearning to take it up again and develop your skills beyond the most basic, then this new course is for you. Evelyn Nallen will gently guide participants and work on technical and musical matters. With the mutually supportive atmosphere that we like to foster at Benslow, by the end of the course you will surely have the impetus to keep working at it . Please note that you should bring your own instrument and know the essentials of how to read music. Resident £265/Non resident £205 Course code 12/309.
- Recorder 2.0: International Recorder Competition Niedersachsen. Michaeliskirche, Andreanum Hildesheim, Germany. 24-26. February 2012.
March 2012
- Academy of Music, Darmstadt: Competition for Performers of Contemporary Recorder Music. Darmstadt, Germany. First Round (submission of CD or MP3 file) by 31 December 2011. Second Round (performance), 2 March 2012. Third Round (performance), 3 March 2012. The second and third rounds are open to the public.
- Early Music Weekend. Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France. 8-11 March 2012.
- Recorder Summit 2012. Schwelm, Germany. 9-11 March 2012. Concerts, workshops & master-classes.
- Elementary. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 15-18 March 2012.
- Jahrestagung und Generalversammlung / Congrès et assembl´e générale 2012. "Cabinet de raretés/Raritätenkabinett." Conservatoire de Musique Neuchâtelois, Switzerland. 17 March 2012.
- The English Scene. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Sorset, UK. 23-25 March 2012.
- Improvers Plus. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 29 March – 1 April 2012.
April 2012
- Easter Early Music Course, for recorder and viol players. St George's School, Ascot, UK. 1-7 April 2012.
- Edinburgh Young Musicians Easter Course. St George's Schoool, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2-4 April 2012.
- Advanced Recorder and Viol. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 2-6 April 2012.
- Great Britain National Recorder Orchestra: Easter Course 2012. Rugby School, Warwickshire, UK. 10-14 April 2012.
- Northern Recorder Course. Bawtry Hall, Doncaster, UK. 10-17 April 2012.
- Diploma Level. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 14-20 April 2012.
- French Ars Nova, vocal and instrumental interpretation. Lissac-sur-Couze, Corrèze, France. 16-21 April 2012.
- Renaissance & Baroque. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 20-23 April 2012.
- Early Music Weekend. Aubazine, Corrèze, France. 21-22 April 2012.
- Society of Recorder Players: Recorder Festival 2012. St Teresa’s School, Effingham Hill, near Dorking, UK. 21-22 April 2012.
- Springtime Recorders. Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB, UK. 24–27 April 2012. Another chance to experience Sandra Foxall’s and Alyson Lewin’s sympathetic and helpful teaching as they encourage course members to tackle a broad range of styles in their confidence-building course. As with the New Year Recorders course (p 15) you will gain more from the course if you are a reasonable sight-reader and have some experience of playing with others, and we would like you to be competent at playing at least two sizes of recorder. Please let us know which when you book. A repertoire list will be available in good time before the course. Resident £265/Non resident £205 Course code: 12/315.
- Sheffield Branch Playing Day. St John's Church Hall, Abbeydale Rd South, Sheffield, UK. FMI: Jane Ellin, tel. 01909 518258.
May 2012
June 2012
- Modern. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 1-4 June 2012.
- Modern, Grade 8+. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 4-8 June 2012.
- Diploma Level. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 4-8 June 2012.
- ENFLAMA 6, sixth meeting of Encontro Nacional de Flauta Doce: conference and workshops relating to the recorder and its application to pedagogical practices and performance. Centro Universitário Maria Antonia Da USP, São Paulo, Brazil. 7-10 June 2012.
- Early Music Weekend. Aubazine, Corrèze, France. 16-17 May 2012.
- Advanced. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 29 June – 1 July 2012.
July 2012
- RecorderFest. Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9RB, UK. 20-22 July 2012. RecorderFest marches on! As before, this bustling, friendly course led by a team of deeply experienced tutors is designed for recorder players of all abilities from about Grade 2 upwards. Intermediate players should play at least two different sizes of recorder and advanced four sizes, covering the SATB range. Please let us know what level you are and what sizes of recorders you can bring with you when you book. There will be groups to suit everyone and at least one session at which the entire course will play together. Please note that this course is not for complete beginners. Resident £225/ Non resident £175 Course code: 12/264.
- Recorder Summer School. Bishop Burton, near Beverley, E. Yorkshire, UK. 28 July – 4 August 2012.
- The Tempest by Henry Purcell & works by William Byrd. Samoens en Haute-Savoie, France. 2nd fortnight in July 2012.
- 2nd Mont Blanc Early Music & Dancing Academy. Includes recorder making with Philippe Bolton. 12-21 July 2012. FMI: Gerard Gelly
- 46th International Summer Course. Darmstadt. 14-28 July 2012. Includes competition for performers of contemporary recorder music.
- Musikakademie Solutthurn: Masterclasses 2012. Feldbrunnen-St Niklaus near Solothurn, Switzerland. 22-28 July 2012.
- Recorder Summer School. Bishop Burton College, near Beverley 28 July – 4 August 2012.
- Dartington International Summer School: Masterclasses & Workshops, with Jill Kemp. Dartington Hall, near Totnes, South Devon, UK. 28 July – 4 August 2012.
- Dartington International Summer School: The Topping Tooters of the Town: Music of the Waits, with William Lyons and The City Musik. Dartington Hall, near Totnes, South Devon, UK. 28 July – 4 August 2012.
- Summer Course for Recorder, with Lucia Mense. Marienburg in Zell, Mosel, Germany. 29 July – 4 August 2012.
- Early Music Festival: Masterclass with Corina Marti. Sastamala Gregoriana, Finland. 23-29 July 2012.
- NORVIS Early Music Summer School. College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham, UK. 28 July – 4 August 2012.
August 2012
September 2012
- Intermediate. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 13-16 September – 2012.
- Lifelong Learning: Making Music: Recorder Ensemble. Farncombe Estate, UK. 14-16 September 2012.
- International ERTA Conference 2012. Cologne, Germany. 14-16 September 2012.
- 4th World Flutes Festival. Mendoza, Argentina. 19-23 September 2012.
- Intermediate. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 21-23 September 2012.
- Medieval Crossroads of Europe. Schloss Glarisegg, Switzerland. 24 September – 1 October 2012).
October 2012
- Ensembles. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 5-7 October 2012.
- Improvers. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 19-22 October 2012.
- Diploma. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 26-29 October 2012.
- Diploma. Victoria House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK. 29 October – 2 November 2012.
November 2012
2013
January 2013
2015
- Recorders 2015. A group in Melbourne, Australia, has begun work on a recorder festival to be held in Melbourne in 2015. To express your interest in & support for this event please complete the survey here.
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