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Orpheus Music: Early Chamber Music Summer School. Armidale, NSW, Australia. 6-11 January 2008.
Orpheus Music: Recorder Course. Armidale, NSW, Australia. 13-18 January 2008. Recorder Tutors: Wolfgang Kraemer & Laoise O’Brien
Recorder Players Weekend. Knuston Hall College, Irchester, Northants, UK. 18-20 January 2008.
Jordin Musical Trust: International Akaroa Summer Festival. Akaroa, New Zealand. 25 January – 3 February 2008.

Intermediate Recorder Ensemble. Benslow Music Trust, Menslow Lane, Hitchin, UK. 1-3 February 2008.
Elementary Recorder Ensemble. Benslow Music Trust, Menslow Lane, Hitchin, UK. 8-10 February 2008.
Advanced Recorder Consorts. Benslow Music Trust, Menslow Lane, Hitchin, UK. 29 February – 2 March 2008.

Recorder ensemble weekend with 'Sesquialtera', Denyse Dowling and Alain Payelleville. 8-9 march 2008 at the Priory of Saint Julien, Hérault, Languedoc, South of France. FMI: tel. 0467963845.
43rd Northeern Recorder Course. Burton Manor College, Neston, Cheshire, UK. 25 March – 1 April 2008.

Intermediate Recorder Ensemble. Farncombe Estate Centre, Broadway, Worcs., UK. 11-13 April 2008.
Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session fwith easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 12 April 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger
Playing the Recorder (Upper Intermediate). Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset, UK. 25-27 April 2008.

Recorder course with 'Sesquialtera', Denyse Dowling and Alain Payelleville. 1-4 May 2008 at the Priory of Saint Julien, Hérault, Languedoc, South of France. FMI: tel. 0467963845
Stockstädter Musiktage. Il flauto dolce. Alte Musik in der Altrheinhalle. Altrheinhalle, Insel Künhopf-Strasse, 1, 64 589 Stockstadt am Rein, Germany. 2-4 May 2008.
Sheffield Branch Paying Day. St John's Chruch Hall, Abbeydale Rd South, Sheffield S17 3LE, UK. FMI: Jane Ellin.
European Recorder Teachers Association (ERTA): Conference 2008. St John's College School, Grange Rd, Cambridge, UK. 20 May 2008.
Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session fwith easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 10 May 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger
Manchester Branch Playing Day. St Matthews Church Hall, Stretford, Manchester, UK. FMI: Margaret Shearing.
Recorder & Guitar: Expanding the Horizons. Benslow Music Trust, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, UK. 27-29 May 2008.
European Baroque Trio-sonatas/Chamber Music. West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester PO18 OQZ, UK. 30 May – 1 June 2008. FMI: West Dean College.

Scottish Recorder Festival. Ibrox Parish Church, Glasgow, UK. 31 May 2008. FMI: Jim Stirling or Jean MacDonald.

Tenth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Berkeley CA, USA. 2-8 June 2008.
Recorder Consorts.Belstead House Education & Conference Center, Sprites Lane, Ipswich, UK. 6-8 June 2008.
Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session with easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 7 June 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger
Swinging Recorders – intermediate level and above. West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester PO18 OQZ, UK. 13-15 June 2008. FMI: West Dean College.

Music Institute of Chicago: Summer Baroque Festival. 20-22 June 2008.
Recorders & Strings Weekend. Knuston Hall, Irchester, Northants, UK. 27-29 june 2008. FMI: Knuston Hall.
The Art of the Recorder: Consort & Diminution Practice, with Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam. Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, Netherlands. 29 June -5 July 2008.

Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session with easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 5 July 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger
La Borde Recorder Ensemble Course. La Borde, Salignac, France. 12-19 July 2008. FMI: Simon Hanks.
Early Music for Youth Summer School. For young players of viols, recorders, keyboard & cello. Warwick School, Warwickshire, UK. 21-25 July 2008.

Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session with easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 2 August 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger
Recorder Summer School. Bishop Burton College, Bishop Burton, near Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK. 2-9 August 2008.
NORVIS XXXVIII. College of St Hild & St Bede, Durham, UK. 2-9 August 2008. FMI: Jane Beeson.
Dolmetsch Summer School. Moreton Hall, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, UK. 3-10 August 2008.
Irish Recorder & Viol Course. An Grianan, Termonfechin, Ireland. 16-23 August 2008.
La Borde Recorder Ensemble Course. La Borde, Salignac, France. 30 August - 6 September 2008. FMI: Simon Hanks.
Recorder course at Saint Julien, Languedoc, South of France. 23-24 August 2008. FMI: here and there.

4th Weekend Recorder Course: German Music. The Friars, Aylesford, Kent, UK. 5-7 September 2008. FMI: Ulli Burchette
Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session with easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 13 September 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger
Portique's Midwest Recorder Workshop Series: Crossing Party Lines: Bipartisanship in French & Italian Music. Bloomington, Illinois USA. September 6, 2008. FMI: Lisette Kielson, workshop director.
Recorder course at Saint Julien, Languedoc, South of France. 25-28 September 2008. FMI: here and there.

Warwickshire Branches Annual Playing Day. Bulkinton Village Centre, Bulkington, Bedworth, UK. 4 October 2008. FMI: SRP Nuneaton
Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session with easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 4 October 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger
Manchester Recorder Players Festival. St Matthews Church Hall, Stretford, Manchester, UK. 18 October. FMI: Margaret Shearing
Recorder Orchestra Weekend. Halsway Manor, Crocombe, Somerset, UK. 31 October 2008.

Gloucester & Cheltenham Branch Playing Day. Baptist Church Hall, Glouchester, UK. 8 November 2008. FMI: Julie Stanley.
Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session with easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 8 November 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger
Recorder course at Saint Julien, Languedoc, South of France. 8-9 November 2008. FMI: here and there.
Greenwich International Early Music Festival & Exhibition. Painted Hall & Great Queen Mary Ante Room, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, UK. 13-16th November 2008.

Afternoon session for experienced players; morning session with easier repertoire. 58 Redhill Drive, Brighton BN1 5FL, UK. 6 December 2008. FMI: Marianne Mezger