Courses
2025
January 6-9 Benslow Music: 17th-century string band directed by Judy with tutors Rachel Stott, viola and Kinga Gaborjani, cello
March 28-29 Novara, Italy. Workshops and lectures: Before Bach
April 21-25 Benslow Music: Benslow Baroque Oratorio. Charpentier's Messe pour M. Mauroy and other French works. Musical Director Miguel Jaloto, with tutors Judy, orchestra leader, Gail Hennessy, woodwind and Kinga Gaborjani cello
2024
January 8-11 Benslow Music: Bach arias with strings. Tutors Emma Kirkby (sop), Peter Harvey (Bass), Dionysius Kyropoulis (gesture). Singers should send CV and recording to Benslow for selection by audition.
April 1-7 Benslow Music. Acis and Galatea staged production with Miguel Jaloto and Riccardo Barros
2023
October 7th University of Manchester workshop
2022
January 2, Sunday, Punnetts Town Village Hall, near Heathfield, East Sussex. 'Ingenious Baroque' string workshop in partnership with European String Teachers' Association. £30 for day, register at www.estastrings.org.uk/events
Vivaldi, Purcell, Scarlatti, Muffat and more. All welcome A=440
April 4-10 Benslow Music. Parts 3 and 4 of Rameau, 'Les Indes Galantes'. Staged performance with Riccardo Barros stage dir. Miguel Jaloto mus. dir. Baroque instruments A=415
2020-21
April 13-19 Benslow Music, Rameau, Les Indes Galantes, parts 3 and 4 (Les Sauvages) with Oliver John Ruthven and Miguel Jalôto. CANCELLED
May 1-3 Brussels A=440 baroque bows contact porta.pierre@gmail.com CANCELLED
July 17-19 Caune-Minervois A=440 baroque bows contact wendyhartwig6@gmail.com CANCELLED
July 26-Aug 2 Cambridge Early Music Baroque summer school. Theme: Bach and Dresden.
CANCELLED
Past courses:
2019
October 28-31 Benslow Music, 17th-century string band.
July 28-Aug 4 Cambridge Early Music. French music including large scale Charpentier mass.
July19-21 Caune Minervois: baroque music on modern instruments. Contact wendyhartwig6@gmail.com
April 7-11 Benslow Music oratorio week: Linley, Song of Moses, Handel, The Choice of Hercules with Julian Perkins
2018
October 12-14 University of Manchester workshop, French music.
2018 July 29-Aug 5 Cambridge Early Music baroque course with repertoire from the original Academy of Ancient Music.
2018 May 11-13 Benslow Music, 17th-century string band.
2018 April 9-15 Benslow Music, Rameau, Les Indes Galantes (parts 1 & 2) with Oliver John Ruthven and Riccardo Barros
2017
Handel's Athalia (415 with baroque instruments). April 17-21. www.benslowmusic.org
Course in improvisation, rhetoric, fencing, dancing, commedia dell'arte, renaissance garden visit. Verona, Italy July 9-16. For details see helicona.it
Baroque course on modern instruments Caune Minervois. Contact wendyharttwig6@gmail.com for details. July 21-23
Cambridge Early Music baroque summer school ‘Venice in Cambridge’. July 30-Aug 5. www.cambridgeearlymusic.org
Bursaries available. Baroque violins/violas available to hire for this course.
2016
Benslow Baroque Opera (415): Blows Venus and Adonis April 4-10
www.benslowmusic.org
Benslow baroque on modern instruments (440) May 6-8 www.benslowmusic.org
Caune-Minervois (440 with baroque bows) July 22-24
Cambridge Early Music Baroque Course July 31-Aug 7
Manchester University baroque string project October 14-16
Trinity College of Music, series of lectures in ‘the Informed Performer’ programme Nov 2016- Jan 2017
2015
Benslow Opera Project April 6-12: Handels Acis and Galatea
July 24-26 Baroque string course in Caune-Minervois A=440 course fee £90, arrange own travel and accommodation. Contact wendyhartwig@yahoo.com for info and help.
Cambridge Early Music August 2-9 theme: Bach
Kent Baroque workshops Saturday Sept 5 A=440, £30
2014
Kent Baroque one-day workshops at Headcorn
A=440, baroque or modern instruments. £25
Contact judytarling@btinternet.com
Feb 23, Apr 6, June 1, July 13, Sept 7, Oct 19, Nov 23
August 10-15 European String Teachers Association summer school, Cheltenham
For more details see www.estastrings.org.uk
Aug 3-10
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Cambridge Early Music with The Parley of Instruments
Tutors: Judy Tarling, Peter Holman, Mark Caudle, Gail Hennessy, Philip Thorby
A=415 Baroque instruments
Contact: www.cambridgeearlymusic.org
info@cambridgeearlymusic.org
July 25-27
Caune-Minervois, France (near Carcassonne).
A delightful abbey town. 2 days of intensive work and a concert
Baroque string weekend A=440 baroque bows if poss
Course fee: about 100 Euros
May 16-18
Benslow Music Trust
Baroque music on modern instruments A=440
Tutor: Judy Tarling
£255 resident, £205 non-resident
Contact: info@benslowmusic.org
April 21-26
Benslow Music Trust
Handel's Theodora staged
Baroque instruments at 415
£630 resident £475 non-resident
Contact: info@benslowmusic.org
2013
Kent Baroque one-day workshops at Headcorn
A=440, baroque or modern instruments. £25
Sat October 12
September 1-10 University of Sao Paulo
Aug 4-11
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Cambridge Early Music with The Parley of Instruments
Tutors: Judy Tarling, Peter Holman, Mark Caudle, Gail Hennessy, Philip Thorby
Italian music from Monteverdi to Vivaldi
A=415
Contact: www.cambridgeearlymusic.org
info@cambridgeearlymusic.org
July 26-28
Caune-Minervois, France (near Carcassonne).
A delightful abbey town near the mountain village where we give a concert
Baroque string weekend A=440 baroque bows if poss
Course fee: about 100 Euros
Arrange own travel and accommodation
May 10-12
Benslow Music Trust
Baroque music on modern instruments A=440 Tutor: Judy Tarling £240 resident, £195 non-resident
Kent Baroque one-day workshops
at Headcorn Village Hall A=440
July 21, April 20, Feb 10.
April 1-7 Benslow Music Trust. Staged production of Purcell's Fairy Queen.
Baroque instruments at A=415.
Details www.benslowmusic.org.
Friday 25 January Sunday 27 January Baroque Orchestral Weekend at Springhead, Dorset (near Shaftesbury)
Tutors: Judy Tarling and Peter Holman
A=415 with baroque instrument, or at least baroque bows and gut strings
2012
Teaching and lecture tour USA
Nov 6-10 Jacob's School of Music, University of Indiana
Nov 13 Longy School of Music, Boston
Nov 14 Gotham Early Music Scene, New York
Nov 15 Juilliard School of Music, New York
Nov 15 Yale
October 21 at Headcorn Village Hall, Kent
Baroque String Workshop.
A=440 £25 (under 18s £15)
August 28-September 17 Rhetoric conference and concerts with students of Sao Paulo University, Brazil
August 19
at Headcorn Village Hall, Kent
Baroque String Workshop.
A=440 £25 (under 18s £15)
August 5-12 Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Music of the Dresden Court (415)
See www.cambridgeearlymusic.org
July 13-15
at Caunes-Minervois, France
Baroque string weekend at A=440
Course fee 70 euros, book own travel and accommodation
June 12-14 Hochschule für Musik, Hannover. Masterclass for students of Leonid Gorokhov
June 10 at Headcorn Village Hall, Kent
Baroque String Workshop.
A=440
May 24-26 Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon, France. Jury and masterclass
April 9-15 Benslow Music Trust
Fully staged performance of Handel's Semele (415)
see www.benslow.org
Saturday 18 February 2012
at Headcorn Village Hall, Kent
Baroque String Workshop on the overture and suite.
Music by Bach, Handel, Telemann and others
A=440 £25 (under 18s £15)
Jan 27-29 Springhead, Dorset
Baroque Orchestra (415)
2011
Sunday 20 November
Headcorn Village Hall, Kent 10.00 - 5.00
Concerto Grosso day, Corelli and Handel
At A=440. All welcome
Contact details: www.vanessawolfman.com/event
info@vanessawolfman.com 0776 957 0772
Saturday 20th August at Headcorn Village Hall, Kent
Baroque String Workshop for modern instruments at A=440.
Contact www.vanessawolf.co.uk/events
July 31-Aug 7. 2011
The Parley of Instruments at Cambridge Early Music
French baroque music. www.cambridgeearlymusic.org
May 13-15
Baroque strings on modern instruments
www.benslow.org
Baroque oratorio course
April 26-30 2011. Handel's Theodora.
www.benslow.org
Baroque orchestra weekend
Jan 29-31 2011 Springhead, Dorset.
2010
Teaching tour USA
November 4 Juilliard School, New York.
November 8 Bard College
November 9 Longy School of Music, Boston
November 11-12 Oberlin, Cleveland
November 14 Harvard Early Music Society, Harvard Baroque Orchestra
November 15 Longy School of Music, Boston; Harvard Learning from Performers programme. Public master class.
ESTA Oxford
October 3rd 2-6, 2010 Workshop
Cambridge Early Music Summer School
J.S. Bach and his world 1-8 August 2010
www.cambridgeearlymusic.org
Benslow Music Trust www.benslow.org
Easter 2010 (April 5-10) Baroque Opera
May 14-16, 2010 Baroque music on modern instruments
April 12th 2010
masterclass for
Holland Baroque Society, Utrecht.
For details see www.hollandbaroquesociety.com
Baroque Orchestra Course
(strings and woodwind) Springhead House, Dorset January 22-24, 2010. Tutors Judy Tarling and Peter Holman.
