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
The survey also revealed the reasons people come on courses like ours. At the top of the list was the the opportunity to work with leading teachers, something Jackdaws offers at every weekend course, and to gain “useful, critical feedback”.