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  2. About
    1. "The Benslow Bubble"
    2. Benslow Music Instrument Loan Scheme
    3. Benslow Music Online
    4. Our Guest Experience Promise
    5. Our Story
    6. Our Venue
      1. Accommodation
        1. Main House
          1. St Francis
          2. St Cecilia
          3. Oriel
          4. Sybil Eaton
          5. Helen Wright
          6. Rogner
          7. Bernard Shore
          8. Springrice 23
          9. Springrice 24
          10. Springrice 25
        2. Coach House
          1. A1 Purcell
          2. A2 Arne
          3. A3 Handel
          4. B1 Walton
          5. B2 Britten
          6. B3 RVW
          7. B4 Tippett
          8. B5 Elgar
          9. B6 Holst
          10. B7 Delius
        3. Pamela Maud
          1. Pamela Maud 11 Tallis
          2. Pamela Maud 12 Byrd
          3. Pamela Maud 14 Dowland
          4. Pamela Maud 15 Morley
        4. Waldeck
          1. Waldeck 12
          2. Waldeck 13
          3. Waldeck 14
          4. Waldeck 15
          5. Waldeck 16
          6. Waldeck 17
        5. Fieldfares
          1. Fieldfares 1
          2. Fieldfares 2
          3. Fieldfares 3
          4. Fieldfares 4
          5. Fieldfares 5
          6. Fieldfares 6
          7. Fieldfares 7
          8. Fieldfares 8
        6. The Lodge
          1. Lodge 1
          2. Lodge 3
          3. Lodge 4
          4. Lodge 5
          5. Lodge 6
        7. Family Accommodation
        8. Non-Residents
      2. Music Rooms
        1. Peter Morrison Hall
        2. Ibberson
        3. Studio
        4. Palmer Hall
        5. Waldeck 1
        6. Waldeck 2
        7. Waldeck 3
        8. Waldeck 4
        9. Fieldfares Ensemble Room
        10. Fieldfares Stephen Wilkinson Room
      3. Campus
      4. Catering
      5. Pre-Concert Dining
      6. Gardens
      7. Gift Shop
      8. Library
        1. Music For Sale
      9. Local Attractions
        1. Arkley Fine Art
        2. Hitchin Lavender
        3. North Hertfordshire Museum
        4. St Mary’s Church
        5. Stotfold Watermill and Nature Reserve
    7. Meet the Team
      1. Governance
      2. Peter Hewitt
      3. Peter Collyer
      4. Tim Sharp
      5. Steve Saint
      6. Emma Menniss
      7. Karen Luxon
      8. Joanne Flavell
      9. Laura Thompson
      10. Carline Bushen
    8. Jobs and Volunteering
      1. Arts Administration Work Placements
      2. Concert Stewards
      3. Hospitality Team
      4. Library, Office and Garden Volunteers
      5. Welcome Hosts
  3. Courses
    1. 2020 Courses
      1. April 2020 Courses
      2. August 2020 Courses
      3. February 2020 Courses
      4. January 2020 Courses
      5. July 2020 Courses
      6. June 2020 Courses
      7. March 2020 Courses
      8. May 2020 Courses
      9. November 2020 Courses
      10. October 2020 Courses
      11. September 2020 Courses
    2. 2021 Courses
      1. April 2021 Courses
      2. August 2021 Courses
      3. December 2021 Courses
        1. *NEW* Cantata-thon with Cambridge Handel Opera
        2. *NEW* Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Flutes!
        3. *NEW* Spontaneous Social Piano for Christmas
        4. A Victorian Christmas Weekend
        5. English and American Song
        6. String and Piano Ensembles with Nigel Clayton and the Bingham (2 night option)
        7. String and Piano Ensembles with Nigel Clayton and the Bingham (3 night option)
        8. Violin Masterclass with Madeleine Mitchell
        9. Winter Saxes
        10. Wonderful Winds Flute Course
      4. February 2021 Courses
      5. January 2021 Courses
      6. July 2021 Courses
      7. June 2021 Courses
      8. March 2021 Courses
      9. May 2021 Courses
      10. November 2021 Courses
        1. *NEW* Group Quintets with the Tedesca
        2. An Introduction to Wind Chamber Music
        3. Baroque Chamber Music at A=415 (2 night option)
      11. October 2021 Courses
      12. September 2021 Courses
    3. 2022 Courses
      1. April 2022
        1. *NEW* Balkan Music Bridge Europe - Asia: Balkan tunes which travel from the East to the West and back
        2. *NEW* String Orchestra: Metamorphosen Day
        3. *NEW* The Benslow Baroque Opera: Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes
        4. Bass Clarinet Extravaganza
        5. Cello Orchestra
        6. Flutes Inspired
        7. Piano Sight Reading
        8. Release your Voice
        9. Spring SongFest
        10. String Orchestra
        11. String Quartets with the Allegri
      2. August 2022
        1. *NEW* Beethoven and Beyond with Florian Mitrea
        2. *NEW* Introduction to Improvisation with Shirley Smart
        3. Accompaniment to Silent Film
        4. An Introduction to Song Writing
        5. Baroque Buffet: Baroque on Modern Instruments
        6. Carlos Bonell's Guitar Summer School
        7. Madrigal and Partsong Summer School
        8. Martin Outram’s Viola Summer School
        9. Sarah Leonard’s Vocal Summer School
        10. String Quartets with the Wihan
        11. Summer String Orchestra with Robert Hodge
        12. Summer WindFest
        13. Susanne Stanzeleit’s Violin Summer School
        14. T’ai Chi
        15. Tango Techniques and Style
      3. February 2022
        1. *NEW* Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas
        2. *NEW* The Self-Reliant Singer: Your Vocal Toolbox
        3. Advanced String Chamber Music
        4. Clarinet Ensemble
        5. Grade 5 Theory
        6. Intermediate Piano
        7. JazzFest
        8. String Quartets with the Maggini
        9. Two's Company: Duos for Violin and Cello
        10. Violin Workshop with Simon Smith
        11. Wind Ensembles with the London Myriad (2 night option)
        12. Wind Ensembles with the London Myriad (3 night option)
      4. January 2022
        1. *NEW* FolkFest
        2. *NEW* Latin Jazz with Marco Marconi
        3. *NEW* String Quartets and Piano Chamber Music with the Tedesca Quartet and Charles Matthews
        4. *NEW* Swedish Folk Tunes for Fiddle and Nyckelharpa
        5. *ONLINE* Exploring Solo Repertoire for Recorder
        6. *ONLINE* Music Production Tools for Classical Musicians
        7. Baroque Chamber Music at A=415 (2 night option)
        8. Baroque Chamber Music at A=415 (3 night option)
        9. Chamber Orchestra
        10. ClarinetFest
        11. Consorting Viols
        12. Elementary Strings
        13. English Lute Songs Old and New
        14. Foundation String Chamber Music
        15. Improve your Sight Reading for Beginners
        16. String Quartets with the Coull (2 night option)
        17. String Quartets with the Coull (3 night option)
      5. July 2022
        1. Big Band Singing Summer School
        2. Big Band Summer School
        3. Intermediate Wind Chamber Music
        4. Late Starter Piano
        5. Late Starter String Orchestra
        6. Late Starter Violins
        7. Piano for Two
        8. The International Viol Summer School
      6. June 2022
        1. *NEW* Frills and Furbelows: Tackling French Ornamentation and Trimmings
        2. *NEW* Inhabit your Body, Inhabit your Songs
        3. *NEW* Jazz Improvisation for Beginners and Improvers
        4. An Introduction to Wind Chamber Music
        5. Baroque Trio Sonatas with Da Camera
        6. Chamber Orchestra
        7. Folk Orchestra
        8. Group Quartets with the Tedesca
        9. Late Starter Cello Weekend
        10. Romantic Piano
        11. Small Mixed Chamber Music
        12. String Quartets with the Tedesca (2 night option)
        13. String Quartets with the Tedesca (3 night option)
        14. Summer Saxes
        15. Vienna, Budapest, Constantinople: Eastern European café music in the age of Brahms and Mahler
        16. Wind Ensembles with the London Myriad (2 night option)
        17. Wind Ensembles with the London Myriad (3 night option)
      7. May 2022
        1. *NEW* Developing Confidence in Jazz Improvisation
        2. *NEW* Gregorian Chant: The Joys of Singing
        3. *NEW* The Benslow Gospel Choir
        4. *NEW* The Flute and Harp Duo
        5. *NEW* The Music of Marc’ Antonio Ingegneri
        6. Baroque Orchestra: Handel's Concerti Grossi Op 3
        7. Beyond the Score
        8. Free Up Your Playing
        9. Guitar Weekend with Gary Ryan
        10. Improve your Sight Reading for Advanced Musicians
        11. Intermediate Strings
        12. Partners in Song
        13. Quintessential Clarinets
        14. Simply Horns
        15. String Chamber Music: Growing in Confidence
        16. String Quartets with the Bingham (2 night option)
        17. String Quartets with the Bingham (3 night option)
        18. The Benslow Klezmer Orchestra
        19. Voices and Viols
      8. September 2022
        1. *NEW* Introduction to Choral Composition
        2. *NEW* Mixed String, Wind and Piano Chamber Music
        3. *NEW* Solo and Chamber Music for Brass Players
        4. A Chance to Sing – The Hammerstein Legacy: Kern to Sondheim
        5. Cello Workshop with Jenny Curtis
        6. Clarinet Weekend
        7. Folk Orchestra
        8. Foundation String Chamber Music
        9. Jazz and Pop Singing
        10. Late Summer Piano with Stephen Gutman
        11. Off the String!
        12. Playing with Music: Improvising through the Ages
        13. Preparing for your Piano Diploma
        14. Stephanie Reeve’s Woodwind Band
        15. String and Piano Ensembles with the Primrose Quartet
        16. The Benslow Female Voice Choir directed by Sarah Tenant-Flowers
    4. Standard Course Timetable
    5. Terms and Conditions
    6. A Guide to Standards
    7. Information for your Stay
    8. Frequently Asked Questions
  4. What's On
    1. Benslow Music On-Demand
      1. Elizabeth Walker and Rachel Beckett (flutes)
      2. Ketan Curtis (double bass) and Ayaka Shigeno (piano)
      3. Coull String Quartet
      4. Fitzwilliam String Quartet with Elizabeth Bradley (double bass) and Yoko Misumi (piano)
      5. Emily Hester (viola) and Alexandra Vaduva (piano)
      6. Maggini String Quartet
      7. Lesley Shrigley Jones (cello) and Yekaterina Lebedeva (piano)
      8. Young Artist Platform: Karolina Kubalkova (piano)
      9. Coull String Quartet with Paul Barritt (viola)
      10. Cristiana Achim (piano)
      11. Steve Banks Quintet
      12. The Robert Franz Osterwald Lieder Project
      13. Make Music Day 2021: Margaret Archibald (clarinet) and Martin Smith (violin)
    2. 28 November: Afternoon Tea
    3. 1 December: Tedesca String Quartet with Rebecca Jones (viola) *PLUS LIVESTREAM*
    4. 2 December: The Benslow Christmas Quiz
    5. 3 December: Bingham String Quartet and Nigel Clayton (piano) *PLUS LIVESTREAM*
    6. 6 December: Madeleine Mitchell (violin) and Nigel Clayton (piano) *PLUS LIVESTREAM*
    7. 10 December: Singing, African Drumming and Percussion Workshop
    8. 13 December: Alison Langer (soprano) *PLUS LIVESTREAM*
    9. 14 December: Caroline Taylor (soprano) and Julian Perkins (harpsichord) *PLUS LIVESTREAM*
    10. 21 December: Christmas at Benslow Music
    11. 12 January: Tedesca Quartet with Charles Matthews (Piano)
    12. 21 January: Coull String Quartet
    13. 30 January: Afternoon Tea
    14. 27 February: Afternoon Tea
    15. 27 March: Afternoon Tea
    16. 24 April: Afternoon Tea
  5. Learning
    1. How to play by ear and improvise on the piano - in simple steps
    2. Jenkins Unravelled
    3. Late Starter Strings
    4. Learn to Love your Teaching
    5. Musical Workshops
    6. Outreach and Engagement
    7. Piano by ear: How to play by ear, improvise and accompany songs in simple steps
    8. Playing the Dots
    9. Young Composers Competition
      1. Young Composers Competition 2021
      2. Young Composers Competition 2020
      3. Young Composers Competition 2019
  6. Venue Hire
    1. Music Facilities Hire
    2. Play And Stay
    3. Bed and Breakfast
    4. Celebrate!
    5. Conferences and Meetings
  7. Support Us
    1. Membership
    2. Donations and Legacies
    3. Friends of Benslow Music
    4. Sponsorship and Advertising
    5. Corporate Membership/Partnerships
    6. Shop Online
  8. News
    1. Dr Peter Collyer appointed as Head of Music and Learning
    2. Dr Christopher Roberts, Head of Music
    3. The Buzz
    4. Update from the Benslow Apiary
    5. Call To Audition
    6. 2022 Residential Courses and Booking Arrangements
    7. COVID-19 Guidelines and FAQs
    8. Benslow Music Memories
      1. 2021 Memories
        1. Surviving Lockdown with Benslow Music
      2. 2020 Memories
        1. A peek inside the "Benslow Bubble"
        2. Bach in Lockdown
        3. Bassoon Extravaganza
        4. Benslow Music Online
        5. Folk Orchestra Day with Jon Bennett
        6. Live Music Returns to Benslow
        7. Small Mixed Chamber Music Online
      3. 2019 Memories
        1. "Those cares that do arise from painful melancholy": Depicting disaffection in the English madrigal
        2. A Brilliant Week? Abso-lute-ly!
        3. Benslow Brilliance!
        4. Choirs Have A Special Place In My Heart
        5. Community Clarinets
        6. Insights from Melvyn Tan
        7. Live Cinema at Benslow Music
        8. No Treble Here? My week at Benslow Music
        9. Nurturing Young Talent
        10. Still Going Strong After All These Years
        11. Stretching Boundaries
        12. Tales from a Timpanist
        13. The Best Way to Kick-Start An Academic Year!
        14. The course inspired me so much so that I have been playing in every spare moment I have had since returning home!
        15. Tiny nuances that you never think of yourself make such a huge difference
        16. To visit Benslow Music is always a delight
        17. What’s the collective term for mandolinists?
      4. 2018 Memories
        1. Benslow Baroque Opera Project
    9. Bring A Friend Discount Scheme
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