Programme

Please note: the programme is subject to change and this page is updated regularly.

Course Requirements:

  • Choose an Organ Studio.
  • Complete your registration by choosing three different Skills Classes, and deciding if you intend to play in a student concert.
  • Choose a group for the Early Music Study Day (not Foundation Studio)
  • Book a Concert Preparation Lesson if you intend to play in a Student Concert (not Foundation Studio)
  • Attend a 20 minute Course Introduction Zoom with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick and Kate Matthews after booking. Schedule to follow.

Additional Opportunities:

  • Book additional lessons with Course Tutors (£35) or visiting Celebrity Tutor, Daniel Moult (£50)
  • Sing in the Course Choir
  • Offer to accompany elements of choral services
  • Attend afternoon workshops as a participant or observer
  • Book practice sessions on Course organs

Monday 3rd August

9.30-12.30 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
1:1 lessons with Anne Marsden Thomas
N.B. these are not concert preparation lessons.

14.00 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Registration (refreshments available)

14.30 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Opening Recital: Music for Two Organs
Concertos by Soler, Handel and Vivaldi, and an arrangement of the last movement of Saint-Saens ‘Organ Symphony’. 
Performed by course tutors Darius Battiwalla, Drew Cantrill-Fenwick, Anne Marsden-Thomas, Joseph McHardy, and Gerdi Troskie.

15.45 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Introduction with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick, Course Director.

16.00 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Studio Induction with individual tutors. This session is to avoid duplication of repertoire.
Please have your scores available for discussion with your tutor .

16.30 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Booking for practice organs. Students playing in choral services will already have been
allocated rehearsal time at St Giles.
N.B. Students planning on playing in one of the three evening concerts should book a
FREE Concert Preparation Lesson in advance of the course. Use the button opposite.

17.00 – 18.00 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Choir Rehearsal for the week’s services with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick.
N.B. A booklet will be provided with all choral music being sung.

18.00 | To be confirmed
Dinner at a local restaurant (optional, additional cost).

Tuesday 4th August

09.15 – 11.15 | Various
Organ Studios. All Students are expected to play in Studios. More information available here.

Students in the Foundation level will focus on various skills and topics throughout the week.

Students in Intermediate 1 and above are then required to prepare THREE pieces in total: ONE for Tuesday (1600 – 1750), ONE for Wednesday (1750 – 1900) and ONE for Friday (1900 – contemporary).

Tuesday – (1600-1750)
E.g. Byrd, Sweelinck, Frescobaldi, Couperin, Jacquet de la Guerre, Cabanilles, Buxtehude, Bach, etc.

12.00 – 13.15 | Various
Skills classes. Choose THREE different classes, (one for Tuesday, one for Wednesday, and one for Friday).
All students are expected to play in skills classes. The available sessions are:

  • Hymn Playing with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick and Hilary Punnett
  • Exam skills (sight-reading, score-reading, transposition) with Joseph McHardy
  • Improvisation with Darius Battiwalla
  • Pedal technique with Anne Marsden Thomas and Jonathan Bunney
  • Console management with Gerdi Troskie

13.15 – 14.15
Lunch (please make your own arrangements)

13.45-16.45 | St Michael, Cornhill
Concert preparation lessons, for those performing in a student concert.
Hilary Punnett

14.15 – 16.00 | Various
Practice, and one-to-one lessons with course tutors, or with visiting Celebrity Tutor Daniel Moult
Students are encouraged to use this time to get settled and oriented, helping them arrive at classes ready to engage and to get the best out of the week.
N.B. This is the only afternoon when the course tutors are available for paid 1:1 lessons.
Daniel is available Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 14:15-16:15.

16.00 – 16.30 | St Giles, Cripplegate
Tea

16.45 – 19.45 | St Michael, Cornhill
Concert preparation lessons, for those performing in a student concert.
Jonathan Bunney

OR

16.30 – 17.00 | Various
Service preparation for singers and accompanists with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick.

17.15 | St Giles, Cripplegate
Choral Evensong

20.00 | St Michael, Cornhill
Student Concert Performance 1 with Jonathan Bunney and Hilary Punnett

Wednesday 5th August

09.15 – 11.15 | Various
Organ Studios. All Students are expected to play in Studios. More information available here.

Students in the Foundation level will focus on various skills and topics throughout the week.

Students in Intermediate 1 and above are then required to prepare THREE pieces in total: ONE for Tuesday (1600 – 1750), ONE for Wednesday (1750 – 1900) and ONE for Friday (1900 – contemporary).

Wednesday – (1750-1900)
E.g. C.P.E Bach, Krebs, Stanley, Wesley, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Franck, Widor, Chaminade, Beach, etc.

12.00 – 13.15 | Various
Skills classes Choose THREE different classes, (one for Tuesday, one for Wednesday, and one for Friday).
All students are expected to play in skills classes. The available sessions are:

  • Hymn Playing with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick and Hilary Punnett
  • Exam skills (sight-reading, score-reading, transposition) with Joseph McHardy
  • Improvisation with Darius Battiwalla
  • Pedal technique with Anne Marsden Thomas and Jonathan Bunney
  • Console management with Gerdi Troskie

13.15 – 14.15
Lunch (please make your own arrangements)

13.45-16.45 | St Michael, Cornhill
Concert preparation lessons, for those performing in a student concert.
Gerdi Troskie

14.15 – 16.00
St Giles, Cripplegate

Choral Direction Workshop with Joseph McHardy. Places for 8 participants and any number of observers. Participants will conduct at Choral Evensong later in the day.

  • Byrd, Lord, make me to know 
  • Noble, Nunc Dimittis in B minor
  • Balfour Gardiner, Te lucis ante terminum 

14.15 – 16.15
Venue TBC

Vespers Improvisation Workshop with Darius Battiwalla. Places for 8 players and any number of observers.

14.15 – 16.15
St John the Evangelist, Islington

One-to-one Lessons with Daniel Moult

16.00 – 16.30 | St Giles, Cripplegate
Tea

16.45 – 19.00 | St Michael, Cornhill
Concert preparation lessons, for those performing in a student concert.
Drew Cantrill-Fenwick

OR

16.30 – 17.00 | Various
Service preparation for singers and accompanists with Joseph McHardy

17.15 | St Giles, Cripplegate
Choral Compline

20.00 | St Michael, Cornhill
Student Concert Performance 2 with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick and Gerdi Troskie

Thursday 6th August

Early Music Specialist Study Day with William Whitehead

N.B.: There is a separate programme today for Foundation Organ Studio participants.

09.30 – 10.00 | Venue TBC
Introduction with William Whitehead 

10.30 – 12.30 | Various
Workshop 1 in three groups: Intermediate, Advanced, Diploma. Tutors will guide students through their chosen concerto and consort pieces. We will be using chamber organs with just three or four stops and no pedals. In addition, some instruments may be at Baroque pitch (A = 415).

Intermediate

Tutor – Darius Battiwalla

  • Purcell, Ah! How pleasant ‘tis to love 
  • Handel, Silent worship 
  • Vivaldi, Vieni, vieni o mio diletto 
  • Handel, Organ Concertos, op. 4
    • -Andante (Concerto no. 1 in G minor) 
    • – Allegro ma non Presto (Concerto no. 2 in B flat) 
    • – Gavotte (Concerto no. 3 in G minor) 
    • – Larghetto (Concerto no. 5 in F) 
    • – Alla Siciliana (Concerto no. 5 in F) 
    • – Larghetto (Concerto no. 6 in B flat) 
[Download Repertoire (available soon)]

Advanced

Tutor – Joseph McHardy

  • Dowland, Go, crystal tears (involves score-reading) 
  • Purcell, Evening Hymn (involves simple figured bass) 
  • Handel, Recit: O, worse than death indeed! and Aria: Angels ever  bright and fair,  from Theodora, HWV 68 
  • Handel, Organ Concerto, op. 4, no 3 
  • Handel, Organ Concerto, op. 4, no. 5 
[Download Repertoire (available soon)]

Diploma

Tutor – William Whitehead

  • Dowland, Come again: sweet love 
  • Vivaldi, Stabat mater, RV 621 
  • J. S. Bach, Recit: Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam (At last, beloved Saviour mine/See now the bridegroom full of grace) and Air: Bereite dich, Zion (Prepare thyself, Zion): from Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 
  • CPE Bach, Organ Concerto in G, Wq 34 
  • Handel, Organ Concertos, op. 4 
  • Haydn/Hofmann, Organ Concerto in F
[Download Repertoire (available soon)]

12.30 – 13.30 | Please make your own arrangements
Lunch

Afternoon programme

In the afternoon, students are split into six groups (Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Advanced 1, Advanced 2, Diploma 1, Diploma 2) across three different activities:

  • Workshop 2: string instrumentalists and William Whitehead (concerto repertoire)
  • Workshop 3: vocalist, oboist and Darius Battiwalla (consort pieces)
  • Concert Preparation Lessons with Hilary Punnett (13.00-17.00)
  • Skills Carousel: this is a self-guided element and students are free to move between:
    • An introduction to figured bass with Joseph McHardy
    • Early fingering and ornamentation with Gerdi Troskie
    • Improvising on a Ground with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick
    • Accompaniment skills with Jonathan Bunney

There is also an option to observe either of the workshops without participating. 

13.00 – 14.30 | Various
Block 1

Workshop 2 | Venue TBC

For Diploma 1

Workshop 3 | Venue TBC

For Diploma 2

Skills Carousel | Venue TBC 

For Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2,
Advanced 1, Advanced 2

14.45 – 16.15 | Various
Block 2

Workshop 2 | Venue TBC

For Advanced 1

Workshop 3 | Venue TBC

For Advanced 2

Skills Carousel | Venue TBC

For Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2,
Diploma 1, Diploma 2

16.30 – 18.00 | Various
Block 3

Workshop 2 | Venue TBC

For Intermediate 1

Workshop 3 | Venue TBC

For Intermediate 2

Skills Carousel | Venue TBC

For Advanced 1, Advanced 2,
Diploma 1, Diploma 2

18.00 | Please make your own arrangements
Dinner

19.00 – 20.00 | TBC
Students from each group will be selected to take part in a balanced programme of vocal and instrumental music, featuring the players, vocalist and William Whitehead. Those not playing are warmly encouraged to attend.

Alternative Thursday programme, for participants in the Foundation Organ Studio

09.15 – 11.15 | St Giles, Cripplegate
Organ Studio with Anne Marsden Thomas.

12.00 – 13.15 | Southwark Cathedral
Visit to Southwark Cathedral to play the four-manual T.C. Lewis organ with Simon Hogan.

13.15 – 14.15
Lunch (please make your own arrangements)

14.30 | V & A East Storehouse
Visit to V&A Storehouse to play historic instruments in the collection.

16.45 – 17.15 | St Giles, Cripplegate
Tea

17.15 – 17.45 | St Giles’ Crippleagate
Group practice with Anne Marsden Thomas.

18.00 | St Giles’ Cripplegate
Student Concert
Friends and family are warmly welcome to attend.

Friday 7th August

09.15 – 11.15 | Various
Organ Studios. All Students are expected to play in Studios. More information available here.

Students in the Foundation level will focus on various skills and topics throughout the week.

Students in Intermediate 1 and above are then required to prepare THREE pieces in total: ONE for Tuesday (1600 – 1750), ONE for Wednesday (1750 – 1900) and ONE for Friday (1900 – contemporary).

Friday – (1900-contemporary)
E.g. Price, Duruflé, Demessieux, Alain, Hindemith, Stanford, Howells, Leighton, Groom te Velde, etc.

12.00 – 13.15 | Various
Skills classes Choose THREE different classes, (one for Tuesday, one for Wednesday, and one for Friday).
All students are expected to play in skills classes. The available sessions are:

  • Hymn Playing with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick and Hilary Punnett
  • Exam skills (sight-reading, score-reading, transposition) with Joseph McHardy
  • Improvisation with Darius Battiwalla
  • Pedal technique with Anne Marsden Thomas and Jonathan Bunney
  • Console management with Gerdi Troskie

13.15 – 14.15
Lunch (please make your own arrangements)

13.45-16.45 | St Michael, Cornhill
Concert preparation lessons, for those performing in a student concert.
Darius Battiwalla

14.15 – 16.00
TBC

Repertoire sharing, led by students with Gerdi Troskie. Places for 4 presenters and unlimited observers. Bring some of your favourite organ music and demonstrate it and talk about it with others!

14.15 – 15.45
Various

Improvisation practice with Drew Cantrill-Fenwick, for those improvising in Saturday’s service only.

14.15 – 16.15
St John the Evangelist, Islington 

One-to-one Lessons with Daniel Moult

16.00 – 16.30 | St Giles, Cripplegate
Tea

16.45 – 19.45| St Michael, Cornhill
Concert preparation lessons, for those performing in a student concert.
Joseph McHardy

OR

16.30 – 17.00 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Service preparation with Drew-Cantrill-Fenwick
N.B. We will be joined by the students from the Organ Explorers course

17.15 | St Giles, Cripplegate
Choral Evensong

20.00 | St Michael, Cornhill
Student Concert Performance 3 with Darius Battiwalla and Joseph McHardy

Saturday 8th August

Full Course and Organ Explorers together at St Giles’ Cripplegate Church 

08.30 – 09.30 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Improvisation rehearsal with Darius Battiwalla for those improvising in the service.

09.30 – 10.00 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Choir rehearsal
N.B. We will be joined by the students from the Organ Explorers course

10.00 – 11.15 | St. Giles, Cripplegate
Choral Eucharist

11.30 | St. Giles’ Cripplegate
Coffee

11.45 | St. Giles’ Cripplegate
Presentation of Certificate of Attendance, Group Photograph

12.30
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