Music Courses
Courses taking place in the Diocese of Salisbury will be posted here. Please send any details you have about courses you know about to: rcfielding@googlemail.com
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16-18 February: Lyme Regis Organ School
Winter Workshop: The Glories of French Organ Music from 1600 to the present led by Philip Scriven with Tim Hone, David Bruce-Payne, Richard Godfrey and Robert Fielding in Lyme Regis parish church. Play the new Skrabl organ, and also a Hauptwerk reproduction of the large Cavaillé Coll in Caen. £160, not including accommodation. Contact Dr Richard Godfrey (rgodfrey78@hotmail.com, 01297 445709) or Desmond Chaffey (desmond.chaffey@btinternet.com, 01305 250528). www.lymeregisorganschool.org
Saturday 28 April, 10am-4.30pm
‘Why do God’s people sing?’
A day with John Bell of the Iona Community at St John’s Church, Studley, Trowbridge. How songs, traditional and contemporary, shape our belief; a look at how the arts, intuition and imagination can unlock Scripture for all people. £10.
Book early! Contact Sal McDougall: sal@stjohns-studley.org, 01225 755145.
Sunday 29 April, 10am
John will also be preaching at St John’s Church, Studley, Trowbridge.
Contact Sal McDougall: sal@stjohns-studley.org, 01225 755145.
Free day-courses for Volunteer Organists
Friday 24 February 2012, 9.15am-5pm
Salisbury Methodist Church and Sarum St Martin's Church, Salisbury.
Robert Fielding will lead another day for pianists who have volunteered to play the organ in their churches or who may be considering this. Learn to deal confidently with stop controls, pedals, leading hymns, accompanying choirs and playing voluntaries.
Contact Robert Fielding to book: 07879 443060, rcfielding@googlemail.com
pipe up!
...Saturday morning workshops now available at:
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St. Andrew’s Church, Chippenham & St. Mary the Virgin, Calne
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Sherborne Abbey
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St. Mary's Church, Dorchester
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The Priory Church, Edington
These churches are making their buildings available for workshops on Saturday mornings during school terms to encourage young musicians to play the organ. Visit the website for dates and booking instructions. Look out for pipes 'n' pizza days at these venues too!
www.pipeup.org.uk
For further details about the scheme, contact the Diocesan Music Adviser, Robert Fielding:
rcfielding@googlemail.com, 07879 443060
Diocesan Music in Worship Day, 10th November 2012
This bi-annual day of workshops, presentations and worship is going to take place in the superb setting of the Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon on Saturday 10th November.
The key-note speaker will be ANDREW MARIES who will also be leading workshops.
Cost for the day, including lunch is £15 with concessions.
Workshops will include:
Use of Psalmody in worship
How to use instruments in worship
Composing for worship
Finding your musical niche
Using limited resources for excellent results
Workshop for Volunteer Organists
and more!!
Diocesan Certificate in Church Music - now on this website!
If you are interested in a free entry-level course for studying the use of music in worship delivered via distance learning, take a look at the webpage by clicking on DCCM
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