Two days of viol consort playing in preformed groups of any level, studying in depth any music chosen by the group, coached by members of the Rose Consort of Viols. Three-day option also available.
STANDARD: ALL
Resident: £402 Non-Resident: £292 (25% off for under 27s) Code: 25/269
Booking for Members opens at 9am on Wednesday 27 November 2024
Non-Member and online booking opens at 9am on Monday 16 December 2024
For details on how to become a Member to take advantage of early booking, see here
What is this course about?
This extremely popular weekend course offers up to eight pre-formed viol consorts of any level the chance to work with Alison Crum and members of the renowned Rose Consort of Viols on music of their own choice. Each group will be coached by a tutor for half of every playing session, and each will work with every tutor during the course. Students will be coached on technical and musical aspects of what they play, and will learn about the music's structure and about how better to articulate it through applying historically appropriate techniques.
What will the course cover?
A variety of music chosen by the preformed groups (usually decided in advance) which is suitable for viols to play. This could include vocal music and/or contemporary music, as well as the standard viol repertoire.
What will we accomplish? By the end of this course you will be able to...
Have a better understanding of the music you have chosen to study, and learn how to use certain viol techniques which will enhance your playing of these pieces, both individually and as a group. Spend concentrated time with your own group, achieving better ensemble. Meet players from other groups in free time.
How will the course be taught, and will any preparation be required?
Each group will have a tutor for at least half of each session, and possibly for longer. Tutors will rotate between all groups, and a coaching timetable will be provided at the start of the course. There is no specific preparation needed for this course, except to choose and bring all the music you would like to play, with a score for the tutor. However groups will benefit from rehearsing together before the course if possible, so that coaching can begin at a higher level, and better results can be achieved.
Will music be provided in advance of this course?
NO- music will not be provided or suggested in advance of the course. Participants are required to choose and bring all their own music, with scores for the tutor. Tutors may be able to help with providing scores if you do not have them, but this must be requested by email, a few days in advance of the course.
Is there anything that participants need to bring?
Viols, with spare strings. Music (as above), with a folder to put behind single sheets of music. Tuning meter. Stand lights, if eyesight is poor. Folding stands if you prefer not to use orchestral ones.
Tutor biographies
Alison Crum Alison Crum is one of the best-known British exponents of the viol. As teacher, performer, and moving spirit behind several well-known early music groups, she has travelled all over the world giving recitals and lectures and teaching on summer schools and workshops. She started playing the viol at Univeristy, and later went on to study with Wieland Kuijken and Jordi Savall. Since then she has made over one hundred recordings with some of Britain's finest ensembles, including many with the Rose Consort of Viols, but also as a soloist on discs of Marais, Bach, virtuoso Italian divisions, and on a duo CD with Roy Marks, playing on a variety of renaissance viols. Alison has been President of the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain since 1997. She was Professor of Viol at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London, where she trained many of today's younger professionals over a period of more than 30 years. She is a visiting teacher at colleges and universities in Europe and the USA, and continues to direct many courses for amateur players. Alison is the author of two highly acclaimed books on playing the viol, and has been called the doyenne of British viol teachers.
Peter Wendland Peter grew up in a musical household where there was a focus on early music. At the age of two he got his first viol. At age seven regular lessons on the recorder and the viol began, followed a few years later with study of the harpsichord and organ. As a teenager he performed regularly in different early music groups on the viol, recorder and other Renaissance instruments. Before taking his A-levels he enrolled at the music college in Koeln to study viol and recorder and finally studied 4 years with Wieland Kuijken in Den Hague. During his studies Peter taught privately and on summer schools. He also extended his performance career and made numerous CDs, mostly on viols - from the pardessus de viole to the violone.