SS25 Courses
Week 1 of The Music Summer School and Festival (2nd to 9th August 2025) will feature the following courses:
Choir – Handel’s ‘Israel in Egypt, directed by Andrew Griffiths
Vocal Ensembles and Sing with Stile, directed by Stile Antico
Voices of the Golden Age and Tenebrae: Sacred Music from Spain, directed by Cantoría
Voice with Mary Nelson
Song with Mary Nelson and Anna Tilbrook
To Stand Up and Sing, directed by Kate Semmens
Baroque Orchestra, directed by Steven Devine
Connections: Musical Pathways in Renaissance Europe, directed by The City Musick
Orchestral Workshop, directed by Rhiannon Evans
Jam Band, directed by Steve Dummer
Messiaen’s 20 and Writing for Piano, directed by Rolf Hind
Collaborative Piano, directed by Anna Tilbrook
Harpsichord, directed by Marco Mencoboni
Organ directed by David Titterington
Chamber Music, directed by Rhiannon Evans and The Brook Street Band
Composition and Dark Sun, directed by Stephen Montague
Choir, Week 1 – Israel in Egypt
Orchestral Workshop, Week 1
Chamber Music, Week 1
To Stand Up and Sing, Week 1
Voice with Mary Nelson, Week 1
Vocal Ensembles, Stile Antico
Jam Band – Steve Dummer, Week 1
Organ – David Titterington, Week 1
Composition: Making a living as a composer – Stephen Montague, Week 1
Connections: musical pathways in renaissance Europe – The City Musick, Week 1
Chamber Music, Week 1
Harpsichord – Marco Mencoboni, Week 1
Baroque Orchestra, Week 1
Piano: Messiaen’s 20 and the twentieth century – Rolf Hind, Week 1
Collaborative Piano – Anna Tilbrook, Week 1
Song with Mary Nelson and Anna Tilbrook
Voices of the Golden Age
To Stand Up and Sing, Week 1
Jam Band – Steve Dummer, Week 1
Writing for the piano – Rolf Hind, Week 1
Connections: musical pathways in renaissance Europe – The City Musick, Week 1
Chamber Music, Week 1
Organ – David Titterington, Week 1
Composition: Making a living as a composer – Stephen Montague, Week 1
Harpsichord – Marco Mencoboni, Week 1
Baroque Orchestra, Week 1
Cantoría – Tenebrae: Sacred Music from the Spanish Golden Age
Sing with Stile, Week 1
An Introduction to Improvisation – Steve Dummer, Week 1
Dark Sun – Open to All, Week 1
Chamber Music, Week 1
Baroque Orchestra, Week 1
Session 1: 9 – 10.30am
Session 2: 11am – 12.30pm
Session 3: 2 – 3.30pm
Session 4: 4 – 5pm
Week 2 of The Music Summer School and Festival (3rd August to 10th August) will feature the following courses:
Choir – Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’, directed by David Temple
Chamber Choir – Rutter’s ‘The Sprig of Thyme’, directed by Gavin Roberts
Opera Ensembles, directed by Pippa Dames Longworth, Ian Rutherford and Andrew Smith
Voice, directed by James Platt
Voice and Jazz Café, directed by Sarah Gabriel
Orchestral Workshop – Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’
Opera Ensembles Orchestra, directed by Steve Dummer
String Ensemble, directed by Leon Bosch
Wind Band, directed by Steve Dummer
Brass Ensembles, directed by Paul Archibald and Roger Argente
Piano, directed by Florian Mitrea
Violin, directed by Leoš Čepický
Viola, directed by Jakub Čepický
Cello, directed by Michal Kaňka
Double Bass, directed by Leon Bosch
Flute
Oboe, directed by Adrian Wilson
Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet, directed by Paul Archibald
Trombone, directed by Roger Argente
Saxophone, directed by Huw Wiggin
Percussion, directed by Simon Limbrick
Chamber Music, directed by Rhiannon Evans, Anna Tilbrook and the Wihan Quartet
Song Writing