Course Director: Richard Smith
Voice Coach: Graham Wili
Administrator: Peter Wells
Monday 25th August – Sunday 31st August 2008
based at Redcliffe College, with events in Gloucester Cathedral, Worcester Cathedral and Malvern Priory
£235 (£65 deposit upon application, with £170 due on or before 27th June 2008)
There are still a few places left on this course, available to any voice part. Please apply in the usual way. Payment of full course fees will be due upon acceptance onto the course.
The 2008 Malvern Liturgical Music Course starts at Redcliffe College, Gloucester,
on the evening of Monday 25th August with an informal reception and warm-up session. Tuesday will be spent in rehearsal, and on
Wednesday we will sing a concert, accompanied by a professional chamber orchestra, in Great Malvern Priory. On Friday the choir
will travel to Worcester Cathedral to sing evensong, and the weekend will be spent singing the services in Gloucester Cathedral.
Repertoire will be wide-ranging and include music by Joseph Haydn, Anton Bruckner and Cristóbal de Morales. The final evensong will focus on the grand cori spezzati music of Giovanni Gabrieli, accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble.
There will be opportunities for semi-chorus and possibly solo work for suitably accomplished singers, which will be supported by small-group voice coaching sessions. In addition to rehearsals for the main events, there will be a number of optional workshops and taught sessions focussing on voice development, plainsong, psalm-singing and early music notation.
Redcliffe College is about a mile outside the centre of Gloucester. Now an international centre for mission training, it is based around an early eighteenth century house set in spacious gardens. Bed and breakfast accommodation can be booked at the College through The Liturgical Music Courses for around £25-30 per night (details will be sent out shortly after acceptance onto the course). There are also plenty of guest houses in and around Gloucester.