Firmly established as one of Europe’s foremost early music courses, BAROQUE WEEK is now celebrating its 46th year. The course offers inspiration and guidance to both singers and players of baroque music from an expert team of leading specialists in historical performance.
The theme for 2024 is Fairest Isle: A musical journey around the British Isles, exploring
repertoire from the early 17th to late 18th centuries. We will feature masterpieces
by Purcell, Handel and Blow, as well as exploring the lesser-
BAROQUE WEEK is for baroque wind, string and continuo players and up to ten singers,
but there are also opportunities for instrumentalists to sing. Plucked continuo
as well as keyboard players will be welcome. String players should use gut strings
and a baroque bow. You should be a competent sight-
“Everyone is so friendly, standard is high, tutors fantastic, well organised -
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Latest update:
The 2024 course will be 11th-
Booking opened on 1st December and most places are now filled; all our bedrooms are
now allocated or reserved. Bedrooms are reserved for specialist singers (whose places
are not confirmed until February); for some more keyboard players; and for a few
more under-
Queen Anne’s School, Caversham, Berkshire
11th-
Residential Baroque Music Summer School