Week of Courses
VIOL AND RECORDER CONSORT PLAYING
Two parallel, friendly courses for players at any level, though not beginners ie. confident at playing one to a part. The music will be chosen to suit the participants and depending on numbers could be in anything from three to six parts. For those who wish there are opportunities to mix and match between the
FULLY BOOKED: BIRD SONGS AND CALLS
There is no doubt that familiarity with bird songs and calls plays an essential part in the process of locating and identifying them. For example, the clamour of bird song in springtime woodland gives an indication of the both the number and identity of birds present, which might otherwise be overlooked. This course, deliberately timed
FULLY BOOKED: SKETCHBOOK SKILLS
The students will be shown a series key sketching skills and explore ideas working first from photographs and then from life working around the grounds of Higham Hall. The aim is to become more confident and skilful at sketching, creating visual mementos within your sketch book of your time at Higham Hall, weather permitting. Jason
INTRODUCING SILENT FILM
This course will introduce the range of silent films made up to the late 1920s. We will be looking at both European and American cinema, ranging across comedy, melodrama, romance, the epic and the avant-garde. Many of the iconic films of the 1930s were reacting to their silent predecessors, and we will have plenty of