The Cappella Pratensis Summer School

In the wonderfully historic city of Antwerp there is a one-week workshop where you can learn to perform Renaissance polyphony directly from the original notation! This takes place during the early music festival ‘Laus Polyphoniae’ every August. The workshop culminates in a concert where all the groups present their pieces led by myself and my co-tutors from the ensemble.

  • Aug 22-28, 2022 The Den Bosch Choirbooks
  • Aug 25-29, 2021 Josquin des Prez (virtual edition)
  • Aug 24-30, 2020 Rhythms of life: the Den Bosch Choirbooks (virtual edition)
  • Aug 19-25, 2019 Mary of Burgundy
  • Aug 20-26, 2018 Celebrations: occasional works of the 15th and 16th Centuries
  • Aug 21-27, 2017 15th-century polyphony from Cambrai Cathedral

Polyphony workshops at the Klausenhof Academy

Each year at the start of Karneval, (for those wishing to find refuge) I teach in a weekend course in ensemble singing / playing, alongside the multi-instrumentalist Martin Lubenow. Location Hamminkeln Germany.

  • Feb 25-28, 2022 Music of the Royal Danish court
  • July 9-12, 2021 De Monte (later date due to restrictions)
  • Feb 21-24, 2020 Iberian polyphony
  • Mar 1-4, 2019
  • Feb 9-12, 2018 Pierre de la Rue 500

Cornett Making Workshops

I also teach a quasi-yearly course in instrument-making with cornettist Sam Goble, aptly titled “Make your own cornetto” where participants craft a treble cornetto from scratch in 4 days according to original historical measurements. 

  • June 17-21 2019 Cambridge, UK
  • July 2-5 2018 Cambridge, UK
  • July 19-22, 2018 Schwerin, Germany
  • June 21-25, 2017 Cambridge, UK
  • January 10-13, 2017 Evora, Portugal
  • June 2016 Cambridge, UK

A new online resource

I’m helping to build a practical and interactive curriculum drawn directly from the original pedagogical sources around the turn of the 16th century. Together with my colleague Tim Braithwaite we’re creating games, videos and interactive virtual tools so anyone can learn to sing like a Renaissance chorister. The page will be freely available as part of the ensemble Cappella Pratensis’s general outreach and education.

  • Fall 2023 release section one: Cantus Planus
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