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COURSE 1
Wednesday 6th July - Thursday 14th July
Directed by Ben Parry at Eton College
Full-time Staff: Alan Watt and Peter Wilson
Visitors include: David Hill and Ashley Stafford.
Special Events include: Evensong in Cambridge | | |
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COURSE 2 | |
Wednesday 13th July - Thursday 21st July
Directed by Ralph Allwood at Eton College
Full-time Staff: David Lowe, Anita Morrison and Sue Waters
Visitors include: John Rutter and Giles Underwood
Special Events include: Radio 3 Live Broadcast, Evensong in Westminster Abbey. | | |
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COURSE 3 | |
Friday 15th July - Saturday 23rd July
Directed by Mark Shepherd at Eton College
Full-time Staff: Margaret Humphrey Clark, Alan Watt and Peter Wilson
Visitors include: Bob Chilcott and Professor Susan McCulloch
Special Events include: Evensong in Caius College, Cambridge | | |
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COURSE 4 | |
Sunday 24th July - Monday 1st August
Directed by Ralph Allwood at Eton College
Full-time Staff: David Lowe, David Goode, Robert Rice and Sue Waters
Visitors include: Paul Brough, Colm Cary (for organists) and Robin Blaze
Special Events include: BBC Live broadcast, Evensong in Jesus College Cambridge. | | |
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COURSE 5 | |
Monday 1st August - Tuesday 9th August
Directed by Ralph Allwood at Malvern College
Full-time Staff: Margaret Humphrey Clark, Anita Morrison and Robert Rice
Visitors include: James Gilchrist and David Trendell
Special Events include: Evensong in Worcester Cathedral |
| | Concert for Three Choirs Festival in Tewkesbury Abbey | | |
| The courses now 25 years old, were set up to offer coaching and advice to prospective Oxbridge choral and organ scholars, but the concentrated and varied performing experience is of equal benefit to anyone who enjoys singing no matter what goal is in mind for the future. The courses are concentrated and fun, and an ideal opportunity to perform choral music to a very high standard with like-minded musicians. The age range is from 16 to 20, but others just over 20 are welcome to apply. | | |
| Within an intensive, instructive and enjoyable week of singing, there are classes in sight-reading, aural tests and consort singing, and advice on choral scholarships is given a high priority. As well as the focus on choral music , each student receives singing lessons from resident teachers who are experienced specialists of the developing voice. Other aspects, such as physical and emotional tensions, ad the psychology of performance, are explored with help from visiting teacher of the Alexander Technique.
The main emphasis of the courses lies in the choir made up of all participants, so spaces have to be limited to about 20 sopranos, 12 altos and counter-tenors, 12 tenors, and 16 basses. Mezzo-sopranos are asked to sing alto in the choir. | | |
| The courses provide a unique opportunity for organists to develop their accompanying experience by working with an excellent choir under expert guidance. They also have their own sessions on repertoire , improvisation and other keyboard skills, and gain valuable insight into singing techniques from the singing workshops and master classes.
Although organists are welcome at all courses, the fourth is specially recommended as the 'Organists' Course', with more accompanied repertoire , a resident tutor , David Goode and tuition with visiting teacher, Colm Cary. | | |
| | Accompanists and Observers | | |
| Each course can also accommodate two accompanists and two observers, especially adults who would like to extend their knowledge and experience of young voices | | |
| If you will be looking for gap year work as a teacher or singer, contact Paul Dowbekin on 01749 880227 or email p_a.dowbenkin@virgin.net for teaching ideas or the Royal School of Church Music on their website: www.rscm.com/ | | |
| At Eton College, accommodation is provided in individual study-bedrooms of two of the boarding houses. Meals are taken in the 15th-century College Hall or Bekynton, the school's main refectory. Some courses end with a barbecue on Queen's Eyot, an upstream island in the Thames. | | |
| Accommodation and meals will be provided in boarding houses and there will be a barbecue at the end of the course. The course will make full use of the school's extensive musical facilities. | | |
| | Further information and Course application form | | |
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Contact Elaine Hillyard Choral Courses Adminstrator at | | |
| | Tel: 01753 671124 / 671219 | | |
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