Playing Day – Society of Recorder Players

Sat 08Nov2025

The visiting conductor will be Marion Scott, recorder player, teacher and Music Director of the Kent Branch.

Polwarth Parish Church, 36-38 Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh. EH11 1LU

10:30 - 17:30

£15.00

Contact: / 01312298081

www.srp.org.uk/edinburgh

September 2025

Sat 27 - Sun 28Sep2025

Banbury Early Music Festival is for early music fans and newcomers alike, to come and participate in inspiring workshops, listen to world class concerts, leaf through a myriad of music and try out early instruments.

St Mary's Church, Horse Fair, Banbury OX16 0AA

Between £0 - £18

Concerts from:
Sarah Jeffery
Passacaglia Trio
Rune Ensemble
Elizabeth Kenny & Nardus Williams
Chelys Consort of Viols

Workshops with:
Sarah Jeffery - Historical female composers
Sarah Jefferey - Contemporary techniques
Dylan McCaig - Choral
Alison Kinder - Singers and Instrumentalists

Performers Platform - amateur and student groups

Makers Marketplace - sheet music and instruments on sale (Tim Cranmore, Julie Dean, OHMI, NRI strings, Merion Attwood, Paul Fremantle, AK Music, Viola da Gamba Society, Lizzie Gutteridge, 23 Violins, The Early Music Shop.

Supported by Society of Recorder Players, Continuo Foundation, TVEMF, MEMF, Music Repreival Trust, Crowdfunder

Contact: / 07870221898

Banbury Early Music Festival

Tue 30Sep2025

Tue 09Dec2025

For intermediate players, a new recorder consort in Richmond (West London) is starting in September. It will be informal and collaborative, while still exploring technique, elements of HIP and a wide repertoire.

Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College, Parkshot, Richmond, TW9 2RE

17:00 - 19:00

£191.58 for 10 sessions

If you’re a recorder player who enjoys making music in a friendly environment, or perhaps you’d like to get back into playing recorder after a long break or even explore playing the recorder as an additional instrument, this consort is for you

www.rhacc.ac.uk/course/rhacc-recorder-consort

October 2025

Thu 02Oct2025

Performing on a variety of period instruments, Sounds Historical’s new programme reveals some of the remarkable women who helped shape early music.

Anglican Chapel, Paxton's Arboretum, London Road Cemetery, Coventry, CV1 2TJ

19:00

£16.00

Following their sell-out concert at this atmospheric venue, Sounds Historical return with their new programme which puts women at the centre and introduces you to some remarkable females who left a tangible musical legacy in many ways - from patrons to poets, printers to publishers and composers, students and scribes.

Including Isabella d’Este, Anne of Denmark, Anne Boleyn, Lady Russell Countess of Bedford, Jane Pickering, Isabella Leonarda, Elizabeth Herbert Countess of Pembroke and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.

Sounds Historical are Heidi Fardell (recorders/flutes), Mary Tyers (recorders/flutes/voice), Alison Kinder (viols) and Lynda Sayce (theorbo/lutes).

They love to chat to their audiences, introducing the music and instruments as the concert progresses.

See you there!

Supported by Continuo Foundation

Contact: Historic Coventry Trust