Red Priest – Society of Recorder Players

Tue 11Nov2025

Baroque Extravaganza

Reading Town Hall, Blagrave St Reading Berks RG1 1QH

whatsonreading.com/ClassicalMusicAlive/Red_Priest

March 2026

Tue 31Mar2026

Sat 04Apr2026

Our annual 4-night Easter Course will once again take place in the beautiful setting of Rugby School.

Rugby School, Barby Road, Rugby

14:00 - 16:00

£495

This relaxed and informal course includes technique and beginner bass classes as well as chamber music and recorder ensemble sessions. No audition is required and it is the perfect starting point for younger and less experienced players as well as providing playing challenges for the more advanced.

Players will work in smaller groups according to their playing level. There will also be sessions when everyone plays together. The course will culminate with a concert at Rugby School on the Saturday afternoon for families and friends. No tickets are required for the concert.

For players who live locally or have less experience of residential courses, we have provided a day student option at a lower cost. Players wishing to take this option will arrive in time for the first morning session and return to their families after the evening playing. Lunch and an evening meal are included in the day rate.

The course is suitable for players aged 10-21 and of around Grade 4 standard up to Diploma level and beyond. Parents of children who will be under the age of 10 years at the start of the course or who have not reached Grade 4 standard should consult the Administrator before booking - .

The fees are £495 for full board and £395 for day students. A non-refundable deposit of £95 is required to secure your place.

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NYRO Easter Course

April 2026

Wed 01 - Wed 08Apr2026

Week long residential recorder course at Moulton College Northampton run by Pam Smith and Jan Epps, Recorders for All. Tutors for 2026 Pam Smith, Mary Tyers, Annemarie Klein, Julie Dean, Brian Blood, Josef Manser and Janice Ormerod

Moulton College, West St, Moulton, Northampton NN3 7RR

16:30 - 16:30

£886 residential. £579 non resident

There will be 3 orchestras running for the week, an 8' conducted by Pam Smith. Intermediate Chamber with Annemarie Klein and Advanced Chamber with Mary Tyers.

There will be a choice of technique classes first thing every day, including a facsimile one with Pam.

A huge variety of ensemble sessions and gemshorns. Each evening there will be massed playing with one of the tutors.

Contact: / 01752417093

Recorders For All

Sat 04Apr2026

Everyone welcome. See the Birmingham Branch page for more details and to book your place.

Cotteridge Quaker Meeting House, 23A Watford Road, Cotteridge, Birmingham, B30 1JB

10:30 - 16:30

Full day £18, morning or afternoon only £9

Birmingham Branch looks forward to welcoming Anna Stegmann to conduct a Playing Day.

Anna is a passionate performer and educator of recorder music. She has performed in concert halls from Europe to Australia, as a soloist and with her own groups, Ensemble Odyssee and The Royal Wind Music, and others. She is recorder professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and is also a regular guest teacher at Wells Cathedral School and Jackdaws Music Educational Trust.

Anna enjoys conducting and leading groups of all abilities and working with adult amateurs.

Contact: / 07530722649

Society of Recorder Players Birmingham Branch

Fri 10 - Sun 12Apr2026

Booking now open for the 2026 SRP festival, Taunton, 10th, 11th and 12th April 2026. Playing sessions, workshops, concerts, dancing and lots of music, in the beautiful setting of Taunton School.

Taunton School, TA2 6AD, Somerset

More information to follow! But keep the dates ...

Contact:

www.srp.org.uk/srp-festival/

Sun 12Apr2026

Virtuoso recorders and visionary keyboards unite in a dazzling fusion of baroque, world, and cinematic sound—bold, expressive, and transformative.

Ivor Gurney Hall, Gloucester

King's School, Pitt St, Gloucester GL1 2BG

15:00