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September 2020
NEW STRING QUARTETS
Higham is the ideal country house venue for chamber music. An additional workshop for String players keen to get going. Louise Latham (Gr. Manchester www.highamhall.com/louise-latham) Residential: £243 Non-residential: £174
Find out more »PIANO WORKSHOP
18:30 Sun 27 Sep - 13:30 Tue 29 Sep 2020 For up to ten Players* of Grade 7 and above. Prepare a 20 minute programme to be played and discussed; if possible, bring along spare copies of pieces for others. Suggestions for improvement, style, technique and presentation will be offered. Noncompetitive with a joint recital on the last morning. *Non-performing Listeners also welcome. John Gough (Chester www.highamhall.com/john-gough) Residential: £243 Non-residential: £174 (1st of 2 successive courses due to demand)P
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18:30 Tue 29 Sep - 13:30 Thu 1 Oct 2020 *NEW EXTRA COURSE* See 27 Sep, Non-competitive with a joint recital on the last morning. John Gough (Chester www.highamhall.com/john-gough) Residential: £243 Non-residential: £174 (2nd of 2 successive courses due to demand)
Find out more »October 2020
STRING ORCHESTRA WEEKEND
This year we return to some string orchestra favourites, Capriol Suite, St Paul Suite, Bach Concerto for two violins, Barber Adagio, Mozart Divertimento k 138 and Biber Battalia. Players should have previous ensemble experience. Louise Latham (Gr. Manchester www.highamhall.com/louise-latham) Residential: £243 Non-residential: £174
Find out more »WIND SERENADES – DIRECTED BY LAURENCE PERKINS
Laurence Perkins (Manchester www.highamhall.com/laurence-perkins) with Mandy Burvill We can pick up at 5pm from Penrith Rail Station (+£20) BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT ON BOOKING. Residential: £551 Non-residential: £419 All applications to be made initially through Laurence to ascertain ensemble line-up. www.laurenceperkins.com/wind-serenades
Find out more »November 2020
COLOURING THE VOICE: BODY AND MIND
*NEW* Developing vocal techniques in the right way can benefit your physical and mental well-being. Aimed at anyone willing (not just soloists), this intimate workshop exercises tonality, timbre, projection, diction, posture and breathing and uses music to enhance confidence, whether you sing, speak on your own or with others. Sian Carys Allen (N. Cumbria www.highamhall.com/sian-carys-allen) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169
Find out more »BEETHOVEN: A CELEBRATION
To mark the 250th anniversary of his birth we will take a fresh look at the revolutionary works which took existing forms and stretched them to the limits. Includes favourite piano sonatas, concertos and symphonies. Ian France (www.highamhall.com/ian-france) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169
Find out more »RECORDER ENSEMBLES
Play music in a recorder ensemble of up to thirty players. For recorder players of intermediate standard (roughly Grades 4-6 AB/TCL). Music will range from Renaissance to the present day, from three to eight or more parts. Technical and stylistic guidance as appropriate. Annemarie Klein (Edinburgh www.highamhall.com/annemarie-klein) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169
Find out more »A WEEKEND WITH THE HARP
All ability levels except absolute beginners. Emphasis will be on having fun, but attention will be paid to technique, tone, accuracy and musicality. Written music supplied and specially written parts will cater for all levels. All styles - something for everyone! Guest Tutors: Jan Bennett and Shelley Fairplay Organised by Gill Salter-Smith for Harps Northwest (www.harpsnorthwest.org.uk) Residential: £258 Non-residential: £189
Find out more »December 2020
GREAT SCENES FROM OPERA II
Scarpia and the Te Deum from Tosca, Leonora despairing in the Miserere from Il Trovatore, Octavian presenting the silver rose in Der Rosenkavalier and Brunnhilde riding into the flames at the end of Wagner’s Ring stick in the mind visually and musically. Ian France (www.highamhall.com/ian-france) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169
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