Expired A Poet’s Dream with Ian Partridge

We have removed deposits for all courses in our current season. Your registration is now a Declaration of Interest, and we will hold you a place on the course in the same way, with no deposit payable at this time.

Schubert & Gurney: A Poet’s Dream
with Ian Partridge

Friday 5 – Sunday 7 June 2020
Accompanist: Richard Shaw

Level: All
Fee: £240

Discover the joy of the works by these two giants of the art song repertoire, with lyric tenor and song specialist, Ian Partridge.

“Parry was greatly excited over Gurney’s MS. composition and was pointing out to his colleagues the similarity in idiom and even in handwriting to Schubert, when Gurney was called. As he walked into the room Parry said in an awestruck whisper: ‘By God ! it is Schubert ‘. Those who knew Gurney can well believe it. Totally unselfconscious, untidy to a degree, lost in the clouds, he walked in a poet’s dream.”  (Harry Plunket Greene –  Ivor Gurney: The Man)

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Location
All courses are held at Jackdaws in Great Elm, a small village to the west of Frome in Somerset, approximately 14 miles south of Bath. Frome Train station is just 3 miles from Jackdaws with direct trains from Bristol, Bath, Cardiff and London.

Deposit
A £50 deposit is required to secure your place on this course.

Course Fee
The Course Fee is inclusive of all meals, refreshments and tuition at Jackdaws, except Breakfast which is included in the separate B&B fee.

The balance payments for fees are due 3 weeks before the course start date, as indicated on your deposit receipt. Balance payments can be made in the following ways;
– By card, phone 01373 812383
– By cheque
– By bank transfer (BACS info sent out on request)

B&B
Accommodation Fees are payable in addition to the Course Fee. Jackdaws will take care of booking your accommodation; B&B rooms will be allocated a few  weeks before the course starts, and we will send you details of where you are staying. B&B rates start at £40 per night (single room, shared bathroom) and from £50 (en suite, subject to availability) including booking fee.

B&B accommodation is arranged with local hosts, who are happy to welcome Jackdaws course participants, and includes a continental breakfast. Several are within walking distance of Jackdaws in Great Elm, and in neighbouring villages just a short drive away (5 – 10 minutes). Alternatively, we can arrange accommodation in local inns and guest houses (with a cooked breakfast available) please call us to discuss your requirements.

Meals
If you are vegetarian/vegan or have any food allergies please let us know in plenty of time, so that our cooks can plan the meals for the weekend accordingly. All meals and refreshments (except breakfast) are prepared and served at Jackdaws by our dedicated cooks, Loo and Alex. We are ‘allergy aware’, but we rely on participants letting us know if they have specific food allergies. Please also let us know if you carry any emergency medication.

During the weekend, communal lunch and dinner will be served at the table, allowing you to converse with your fellow participants and tutors.

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