Featured Courses | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 41
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15/223 Composing with Simon Holt with Simon Holt
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced We
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15/221 Elgar: The Man and his Music with Roderick Swanston
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : All Edward Elgar with his ramrod back and bristling moustache has come to be seen as the quintessential English composer, yet his musical roots lie more in the works of Wagner, Dvorak and Mendelssohn. Richard Strauss described him as the greatest English modernist. This course will explore in depth some of Elgar
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15/JZI Improve your Jazz Improvisations with Vicktor Obsust
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced The charismatic Viktor Obsust leads this new course which offers a progression on his popular series of introductory courses. The course is designed for all instrumentalists who have had experience of jazz playing and want to take their improvisations to the next level. Viktor will be leading workshops, masterclasses and jam...
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15/219 French Piano Music with Stephen Gutman
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced Stephen Gutman returns to Benslow Music for another journey through the world of French piano music. Participants are asked to bring along two or three pre-prepared pieces from the repertoire to work on during the course. Stephen will offer invaluable hints and tips on how to pace, pedal and generally colour...
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15/310 Late Starter String Orchestra with Sebastian Muller
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Elementary , Intermediate Due to increasing popularity in the usual July slot, we
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15/CEL Cello Day with Jenny Curtis
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced Jenny Curtis, of the Tedesca Quartet, once again leads this popular day course devoted to ensemble cello playing. Jenny will specify the music in advance, allocate parts and electronic copies of the music will be sent to participants around a month before the course (or for those not on email, we...
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15/103 Practical Harpsicord Tuning Day with Andrew Wooderson
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced Our early keyboard consultant Andrew Wooderson offers this brand new course devoted to introducing the art of harpsichord tuning and looking briefly at the theory involved, together with discussion and demonstration of techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to practise tuning themselves with friendly and supportive guidance. This is not a...
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15/218 Folk Fiddling by Ear with Pete Cooper
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate Pete Cooper
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15/312 Group Quartets with Brenda Stewart with Brenda Stewart
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced Brenda Stewart once again leads her popular Group Quartets course, designed for those who might be hesitant about playing string chamber music one-to-a-part as well as those who simply enjoy playing the repertoire in a group. This year
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15/104 Introduction to Wind Chamber Music Day with Janet Myatt
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Elementary , Intermediate Each year, Janet Myatt runs a series of successful courses dedicated to introducing players to the world of one-to-a-part playing, in groups of similar ability. This year, we have decided to expand the programme to include this day course designed for players of grade 3 upwards to join together for a...
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15/308 Intermediate Chamber Orchestra with Anthony Bailey
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate Following the popularity of our annual Classical Orchestra course we have decided to offer a similar course for those of an intermediate standard. The course is lead by conductor and clarinettist Anthony Bailey and we will be working on Haydn
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15/216 Classical Keyboard with Tmothy Barratt
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced This popular course focuses on the keyboard music of the Classical era and participants are asked to bring pre-prepared pieces by the likes of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven as well as their less well-known contemporaries. The course is taught in a class format with participants learning from one another with...
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15/215 Brass Ensembles with Peter Bassano with Peter Bassano
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced Peter Bassano, Music Director of the Oxford University Sinfonietta and a member of the John Wallace Brass Quintet, returns after a one year gap for another course designed for pre-formed brass ensembles and individual players. We
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15/101 Oboe day with Adrian Rowlands with Adrian Rowlands
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced Adrian Rowlands, principal oboist for the long-running London production of Les Miserables, leads this day course for oboists of intermediate and advanced standard. The day will run in a friendly and informal class format and will address all issues of technique and interpretation. Participants are asked to bring along a few...
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15/212 Grade V Theory with Katharine Bramley
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate Katharine Bramley returns to Benslow Music with this popular course based around the Associated Board Grade V Theory syllabus. Whether you are intending to take the exam in the near future, or are simply interested to learn more about the theory of the music you play, this is the course for you. The...
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15/213 Sight Singing for Beginners with Barbara Alden
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Elementary Do you struggle in your choir because you cannot sing at sight? Does written music seem like a foreign language and inhibit you from auditioning for a choir? Beginning at the beginning, Barbara Alden, who has worked on technique with some of the most famous singers in the world, provides you with simple...
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15/210 Early Stages Piano with Rachael Buxton
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Elementary This course offers the opportunity for pianists of roughly grades 1
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15/204 Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with Peter Medhurst
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : All New to Benslow Music, renowned presenter and scholar Peter Medhurst, leads this appreciation course devoted to Beethoven
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15/301 New Year Quartets with the Tedesca with Members of the Tedesca Quartet
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesSTANDARD: INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED Nic Fallowfield and his colleagues from the Tedesca Quartet return in 2015 with acourse designed for pre-formed string chamber groups. The course is particularly aimed at string quartets but groups of other sizes and combinations are equally welcome. The course fee also includes entry to the quartet
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15/302 Late Starter Recorders with Evelyn Nallen
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Elementary This popular course focuses on taking participants from the early stages of recorder playing and guiding you through technical and musical matters. This is not a course designed for absolute beginners but will enable participants to develop their skills from the most basic level, giving you the knowledge and impetus to progress with...
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15/206 Dance Band with Roger Moon
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesStandard : Intermediate , Advanced Foxtrots, quicksteps, cha chas and sambas: a rare opportunity to experience the sound and style of strict tempo Ballroom and Latin music, using published arrangements from the 1930s to 1950s. Trumpets, trombones, saxes (perhaps doubling clarinet), violins, guitar, double bass, drums and even (at Roger
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15/207 Guitar Ensembles with Steve Marsh
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Benslow in Featured CoursesSTANDARD: INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED This new course in our calendar is led by the guitarist, composer and teacher Steve Marsh. The weekend will be spent working on the five-movement guitar orchestra composition
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Woodcarving with Richard Onians
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Missenden Abbey in Featured Courses3
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WOW Going for Effects in Wax with Philip Madley
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Missenden Abbey in Featured Courses15
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Watercolour Painting with Jacqueline Devereux
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Missenden Abbey in Featured Courses45
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Woodcarving with Richard Onians
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Missenden Abbey in Featured Courses3
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Woodcarving with Richard Onians
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Missenden Abbey in Featured Courses3
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Textile Travel Journal with Angela Hughes
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Missenden Abbey in Featured Courses45
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Taking Control of your Photos – On the Camera and Computer with John Maw
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Missenden Abbey in Featured Courses45
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Ukulele for Beginners with Zachary Taylor
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Missenden Abbey in Featured Courses15
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