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Marnaves Summer Baroque 2008a summer course in baroque period string-playing Sunday 17th to Friday 22nd August
The course can accommodate players of violin, viola, 'cello and double bass or violone. The intention is to achieve a balanced ensemble of at least a dozen skilled players, who need either to have skills in period playing or to be good and flexible modern players willing to adapt to the use of an early bow on gut strings. Players will need instruments with a baroque set-up and baroque bow or at a minimum a modern instrument with gut strings ready to play at A=415. The course may be able to offer some baroque bows on hire: please enquire.
Up to three meals are available each day (see price list) and advice on nearby accommodation, from camping to self-catering and hotels. Food is vegetarian and home-made with fresh local ingredients. Dietary needs can be catered for. A concert from Margaret Faultless is included free, and the course ends with an informal concert and party. A course meal is offered in the nearby historic Cathars fortified town of Cordes-sur-Ciel. There are excellent walks and cycle rides in the area, with possible use of a swimming pool (unsupervised). Prices in £ sterling or € euros tuition for the week with light refreshments: £150/€200 The course begins 4pm Sunday 17th August and ends 10 pm Friday 22nd August. Transport The course centre is only 3km (2 miles) from Vindrac (Vindrac-Alayrac) rail station (the stop for Cordes), on the local line between Toulouse and Figeac. There is a shuttle service from Toulouse-Blagnac airport to the train station in Toulouse. If travelling by train is impractical, a lift from Toulouse airport may be possible. To apply for a place on the course fill in the form and send it electronically to:
or by snail mail to MSB as soon as possible and at the latest by May 31st. To secure a place on the course please also send a cheque advance on the tuiton fees of £50/€75, cheque made payable to Andrew Wilson-Dickson. Payments accepted in pounds sterling or euros. The balance of tuition fees and meal costs is required by 17th July. In the event of the need to withdraw from the course before the start, 80% of down payments will be returned if the place can be refilled, but if not, the funds are non-returnable.
Biographical notes Margaret Faultless is an internationally renowned violinist, a specialist in historical performance practice and in great demand as a concertmaster and director. Since 1989 she has been a leader of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, working with Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Roger Norrington, Ivan Fisher, Mark Elder and Vladimir Jurowski. For over 12 years she led the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (ABO) under Ton Koopman, with whom she recorded all the Bach cantatas, including every obbligato for violin, violin piccolo and viola d'amore. Margaret was a member of the London Haydn Quartet for six years, and has a duo with pianist Adrian Partington with whom she is performing, in particular, sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms. As a graduate of Cambridge University, she has established a Baroque Project there. She lectures on performance practice, is the Director of Studies of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, is a professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire and regularly directs orchestras at the Royal Academy of Music. The husband and wife team of Lucy Robinson (BA (York), Ph D (Cantab)) and Andrew Wilson-Dickson (LRAM, ARCO, MA, Mus B (Cantab), D Phil (York)) has been involved in early music for many years, performing, teaching and enabling. Lucy was a pupil of Weiland Kuijken and has played her gamba across the world. She is an expert scholar on French music and is a frequent contributor to Early Music magazine. She is Head of Post-graduate Programmes and Research at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Andrew taught at the same College for many years as Head of Early Music. He is a gifted keyboard player with a special interest in continuo playing and improvisation. He directs the professional Welsh Baroque Orchestra and the Welsh Camerata Choir. Andrew and Lucy ran a successful early music summer school in Wales during the 90s. The repertoire is yet to be decided and plenty of music will be provided, but feel free to bring scores and parts of music for study. Andrew Wilson-Dickson Join the Facebook group Marnaves Summer Baroque to keep in touch. For more details phone 029 2022 8154.
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This course is being offered for the first time, in the delightful surroundings of a small French country village and making use of its 12th-century church and a newly refurbished salle de musique with excellent acoustics. Daily tuition is available from Margaret Faultless, an outstanding player and teacher (see biog below), in large and small ensembles and for individuals. Two lectures on performance practice are presented during the week. Tuition is in English, but French is spoken.
