Early Music Events in the South West
This list mainly comprises SWEMF events and local concerts, plus some local workshops by other organisers.
See also the “at-a-glance” version of this list on the Events Summary page.
For a more complete list of national workshops, courses, festivals etc. (including those organised by SWEMF, other Early Music Fora, and other organisations) please see the Early Music Diary website.
Dorset Bach Cantata Club
Cantata 61 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland. Cantata 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen.
D’Urberville Centre, Wool. BH20 6DL
PIVA – Real Roots!
Exploring the world of late 16th-century popular music, as heard in both court and country.
Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, Crowcombe, Taunton. TA4 4BD
Winter Organ Course 2025
The works of J. Sebastian Bach’s predecessors.
St Michael’s Church, Lyme Regis, Dorset. DT7 3DB
Viol Consorts with members of Fretwork
This course offers viol players the chance to explore consort repertoire from the viol’s Golden Age and to improve their technique along the way.
Jackdaws Music, Great Elm, Frome, Somerset. BA11 3NY
Medieval chant & liturgy
Experience medieval chant, liturgy and monastic training at St Nicholas Church, Brockley.
Brockley Church, near Bristol. BS48 3AX
Paragon Singers conducted by Sarah Latto plus The English Wind Consort
Venetian Splendour
Church of St Alphege Oldfield Lane Bath BA2 3NR
Music for Renaissance Winds, with Tim Bayley
Music for shawms, sackbutts, cornetts, curtals, crumhorns, recorders, etc.
Christ Church, Malvern Road, Cheltenham.
Baroque Dance Weekend Workshop
This workshop will focus on Baroque Dance Technique using either extracts from a variety of extant dances or dances choreographed, in the Baroque Style, by Philippa Waite.
Claverton Down Community Hall, Bath. BA2 6DT
Salisbury Cathedral Choir with Florilegium
JS Bach's St John Passion
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EL
Workshop with Robert Hollingworth
Missa Benevola by Orazio Benevoli.
BRISTOL EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL. All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol. BS8 3ED
Singing Workshop, with Tim Brown
Workshop on Weelkes and Gibbons.
St. George’s Church Hall, Fordington, Dorset. DT1 1LB
Workshop for voices and strings with Clare Griffel
Gibbons verse anthems, for voices and strings.
St Monica Trust, Bristol. BS9 3UN
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Stephanie Dyer
Polychoral music for voices and instruments.
Freshford Village Hall, Freshford, Bath. BA2 7UR
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Philip Thorby
Polychoral music for voices and instruments.
St Thomas Church, Thorverton, Devon. EX5 5NT
Workshop for voices and instruments, with Ali Kinder
Music for voices and instruments.
Leckhampton, Cheltenham.