Warm-up Exercises and Good Music Editions for Vocalists

This session will focus on warm-up exercises especially suitable for pre-choral rehearsals and performances and will give information and lists of reliable editions.

Research Seminar. Clare Lesser: Deconstructive Approaches to Vocal Music

Clare Lesser (University of York PhD Student)

String and Voice Masterclass

Join cellist, virile baritone and compelling actor, Matthew Sharp, for a masterclass unlike any other.

Research Seminar. John Sloboda: Understanding the concert experience: implications for research and artistic practice

What do audiences seek from live concert experience, and why do many classical concerts fail to provide this? This presentation will show how a proposed framework has been applied to a range of artist-involved research projects.

Woodwind Masterclass

In this session, Lesley Schatzberger will coach wind players and their accompanists, or small wind (or mixed wind and string) ensembles.

Woodwind Masterclass

Members of the ensemble will be leading a performance class with students from the University of York Music Department; observers are welcome.

Research Seminar. Nicholas Gebhardt: Reality Remade: Historical Narrative and the Cultural Imagination in Alan Lomax’s Mister Jelly Roll

Nicholas Gebhardt on the challenges of writing jazz history

String Masterclass

In this session, Martin Suckling will coach string players and their accompanists or small string ensembles.

Voice Masterclass

In this masterclass session focusing on the performance of oratorio and cantata English bass-baritone, Stephen Varcoe will work with three singers.

Choral Singing for All

During this session, Adam will facilitate choral singing for anyone who would like to take part (all levels of vocal experience and all voice types are welcome).

Piano Masterclass

Danny’s approach to music, learning, and masterclasses makes this session relevant for all musicians, not only pianists.

Improvisation Workshop

In this workshop, we will explore different methods for accessing deeper streams of creativity, which are then applicable to performing, improvising, composing, writing etc.

Singing Workshop

Northern Harmony are offering an exciting chance to work with their singers and to experience learning some of their music in this workshop.

Exploring Contemporary Vocal Music

This workshop will help you to explore how to learn and practise contemporary vocal music with some practical application using musical excerpts contributed by workshop participants.