We are delighted to announce booking is now open for our 2016-17 season weekend and one-day music courses for Voice, Piano, Wind and Strings at Jackdaws; full details are available below.
You can now book through our website, by phone, email and post. Scroll down to see our exciting new courses.
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23 – 25 Sept 2016: Singing in Russian with Alexandre Naoumenko
7 – 9 Oct: Singing and Imagination with Ameral Gunson
4 – 6 Nov: The Healthy Voice with Russell Smythe
11 – 13 Nov: Bridge to Britten with Ian Partridge
18 – 20 Nov: Audition Preparation with Audrey Hyland & Saffron van Zwanenberg
27 – 29 Jan 2017: Sing Sing Sing with Evelyn Tubb & Michael Fields
10 – 12 Feb: Opera Workshop with Mary Plazas
24 – 26 Feb: Art Songs with Michael Harper
17 – 19 Mar: English Song with Sarah Leonard & Stephen Varcoe
31 Mar – 2nd Apr: A Song By Any Other Name with Richard Jackson
7 – 9 Apr: Singing Handel with Rosa Mannion
5 – 7 May: Singing in Spanish with Carlos Aransay
17 – 19 May: The Vocal Technician with Joy Mammen
9 – 11 June: Discover Your Voice with Penny Jenkins
23 – 25 June: The Golden Age of Broadway with Paul Knight
13 – 16 July: Staged Opera Scenes with Saffron van Zwanenberg & Rosa Mannion
21 – 23 July: 20th Century & Beyond with Linda Hirst
10 – 13 Aug: Unlocking Your Vocal Potential with Jessica Walker
24 – 27 Aug: Preparing a Role with Phillip Thomas
1 – 3 Sept: Singing in French with Robin Bowman
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Piano30 Sept – 2 Oct 2016: Performance Anxiety with Ruth Harte
14 – 16 Oct: Sight-Reading, Memorisation and Piano Technique with Melanie Spanswick
28 – 30 Oct: Finding Your Voice at the Piano with Stephen Savage
25 – 27 Nov: Practising the Piano with Graham Fitch
10 – 12 Mar 2017: Improvisation: An Art for Everyone with Mark Polishook
24 – 26 Mar: The Complete Pianist with Margaret Fingerhut
28 – 30 Apr: Piano Workshop – A New Departure! with Philip Fowke
12 – 14 May: The Pianist Within with Elena Riu
30 June – 2 July: Rachmaninov and other Russian Composers with Julian Jacobson
27 – 30 July: Piano Summer School with Mark Tanner
15 – 17 Sept: Piano Workshop – A New Departure! with Philip Fowke
Sat 3 Dec: Singing for the over 50’s with Penny Jenkins
Sun 4 Dec: One Day Guitar Course with Chris Stell
Sat 10 Dec: Free to Perform with Ann Hetherington
Sun 11 Dec: Singing with Confidence with Jessica Walker
Fri 16 Dec: Jackdaws Christmas Concert at Great Elm Church (concert)
2 – 5 Feb 2017: Guitar Ensemble with Eden Stell Guitar Duo
16 – 18 June: Strings & Things Part One with Elizabeth Turnbull
17 – 20 Aug: Strings & Things Part Two with Elizabeth Turnbull
21 – 23 Oct 2016: Recorder Weekend with Anna Stegmann
17 – 19 Feb 2017: The City Musick: Renaissance Music for Court & City with William Lyons & Richard Thomas
3 – 5 Mar: Clarinets with David Campbell
21 – 23 Apr: Oboe Workshop with Sarah Francis & Jean Marsden
2 – 4 June: Bassoon Workshop – From Reed to Recital with Robert Codd
7 – 9 July: Chamber Music with Sarah Francis, Robert Codd, Ian Mitchell & Stephen Gutman
8 – 10 Sept: Stylish Baroque with Theresa Caudle & Alastair Ross
We have officially reached autumn and we’re looking forward to the next few months of courses at Jackdaws because our One Day Courses will enter their fourth season.