RECORDERS: POST-BEGINNERS (GRADES 1-3)

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Don’t be scared to make mistakes - have fun and make music! A chance for those with a developing interest in recorder playing to progress their musicality in a gentle way with like-minded people under professional guidance. Residential: £310 Non-residential: £230

WHITEWORK EMBROIDERY

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

On this course you will be shown stitching techniques that are all grouped under the heading of whitework. As the name suggests they are all stitched on white fabric with white threads. We will look at both Schwalm and Mountmellik embroidery techniques. Some embroidery experience is recommended for this course. Residential: £305 Non-residential: £220

INSPIRED BY BLOOMSBURY

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A joyful painting course with inspiration from work by artists of the Bloomsbury Group, our very own English Post Impressionists! Work from set-ups in the studio and use the interior spaces of Higham Hall to explore the ideas behind their painting process and develop your own work using theirs as a starting point. Residential: £410 

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ADVANCED WOODWIND ENSEMBLES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A course for wind players from Grade 8 to Diploma, working in detail on wind chamber repertoire for large and smaller ensembles. There will be an informal concert on the morning of the last day. All applications to be made initially through Laurence to ascertain ensemble line-up. www.laurenceperkins.com/wind-serenades Residential: £770 Non-residential: £580 We can pick 

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FULLY BOOKED: BOOKBINDING: SPRINGBACK BINDING MODEL

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A chance to make this amazing book structure - something that should be tackled at least once in a lifetime. The historical development of the account book was originally patented in Great Britain in 1799. As a style the spring back is firmly rooted in the ‘trade’ binding tradition; it’s robustness and ability to lie 

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SHAKESPEARE’S CONTEMPORARIES: THOMAS KYD’S ‘THE SPANISH TRAGEDY’

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

With its angry ghost, villains, tragic heroine, grieving fathers, murders and madness, The Spanish Tragedy was the most popular and well-known revenge tragedy until Hamlet, influencing a whole generation of later playwrights. Join us to explore one of the most exciting plays of the early Elizabethan period. Residential: £305 Non-residential: £220

COLOURED PENCIL WORKSHOP

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

For beginners and improvers. Bring your own photographs of your pet, other animals, birds, landscape, or inanimate objects. Learn about the different ways you can use pencil, layering, blending, removing colour to create texture and depth. Bring your own good quality coloured pencils (the tutor will be using Derwent Inktense), together with an A3 size 

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SUNDAY LECTURE: THE WORLD OF THEATRE IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIME

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

What was the theatre world like in Shakespeare’s time? How did this context affect the form and content of his plays and those of his contemporaries? Clare explores the impact of the theatre buildings, acting companies, personalities and audiences of Elizabethan & Jacobean London, together with the regulations and censorship to which they were subject, 

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SUNDAY LECTURE: ‘THE WORLD OF THEATRE IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIME’

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

What was the theatre world like in Shakespeare’s time? How did this context affect the form and content of his plays and those of his contemporaries? Clare explores the impact of the theatre buildings, acting companies, personalities and audiences of Elizabethan & Jacobean London, together with the regulations and censorship to which they were subject, 

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FULLY BOOKED: PIANO WORKSHOP

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A performance-based workshop where up to 10 players of Grade 7 standard and above prepare a short recital of between 15-20 minutes to play to the other participants. If possible, please bring along extra copies of the works being performed for the other players. John will give constructive suggestions for improving aspects of interpretation, technique, 

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