Baroque Week. Patron: Trevor Pinnock CBE Artistic Director: Theresa Caudle

Cost

Initial applications will close at 5pm on Monday 2nd December 2024 - no preference is given to applications received before this date. We may have to make selections on the basis of the information on your application form and/or the balance of instruments or voices. Some places may need to be reserved for particular instruments/voices even if the course is otherwise full. If necessary, lots will be drawn amongst all applications received by 5pm on that day to determine order of application, in particular to allocate en-suite bedrooms.  You can state on the application form if an en-suite is preferred, or if one is essential for medical reasons. Wheelchair-accessible rooms are available. The application forms (below) will be available from mid-November so that you have ample time to complete one. Please complete an application form even if you have attended before, so that you can update your preferences or any other information.  Later applications made after 2nd December for any remaining places on the course will be considered in order of receipt.

We will request a deposit of £100 as soon as we confirm that you have a place. The balance will be due by 1st June. Please pay by bank transfer or internet banking to account number 65771015 (Baroque Week R/C 1161774), sort code 08-92-99, or send a cheque payable to Baroque Week. For international payments the IBAN is GB94 CPBK 089299 65771015 and the SWIFT/BIC is CPBK GB22. Alternatively you can use PayPal to pay by card, although there will be a small additional charge to cover their fees - please contact us for details.

The deposit is non-refundable unless we are unable to offer you a place on the course.  If you have to withdraw before 1st June we will refund any additional fees you have already paid.   If you withdraw between 1st June and 20th July we will give a refund (apart from the deposit) only if we are able to replace you with a suitable alternative participant.  After this date we are unable to make refunds in any circumstances, so we strongly recommend that you take out your own insurance.

Despite many increases in costs, we want to avoid raising the course fees more than necessary. Consequently, your fee now covers just the basic costs of board, accommodation, tutors’ remuneration, and administration. Separately and in addition, we are asking participants (all those that feel able) to make a further voluntary contribution of at least £50 towards the cost of up to ten bursaries and the provision of extra keyboard instruments. Splitting this element helps us to continue to offer places to the bursary students who add so much to Baroque Week and, importantly, if you are a UK taxpayer this enables us to claim further substantial Gift Aid support from the government. Making a donation also qualifies you for Membership of the Baroque Week charity until the following 30th September, unless you tell us that you do NOT wish to be a Member.

It may be possible to attend for part of the week — please contact us to discuss this. However you may not gain the benefit of taking full part in the course; also the balance of instruments for the whole week needs to be taken into consideration when we allocate places. The on-site bedrooms are usually allocated to those attending for the whole week, so you would probably need to find a local B&B.

Please note that Baroque Week is a course for adults. If you will be under 18 years old at the start of the course please ask for our Young Student Permission Form, which requires your parent/guardian (or a named adult known to them) to be present at the course.

Covid policy  

At the 2024 course at least 21 people tested positive for Covid either during or immediately after the course. In order to minimise the risk of bringing Covid to the course we ask that you take a test before coming if you (or anyone you have been in close contact with) have any symptoms, even if this might just be a common cold.  We have been advised by health professionals that there is unlikely to be any benefit in taking a test if you or your close contacts do not have any symptoms.


Download an application form:

Instrumentalists:   MS Word format   pdf format

Singers:    MS Word format   pdf format

Gift Aid/Membership/Donation form:     MS Word format   pdf format

Instrumentalists who also wish to do some solo/one-to-a-part singing in tutor-led sessions should use the singers’ form; but other instrumentalists can ask to sing in a chamber choir (two- to four-to-a-part) in some sessions; and everyone is encouraged to join in the evening choir.

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