HISS 2018
We're busy timetabling an exciting schedule for
HISS 2018 at Bishop Burton College in August!
Still time for a few last bookings - by 20 June!
It looks like being a bumper year, as we welcome larger numbers,
and our two new tutors for cornett and sackbut - see below!
More detailed information on course content and timetabling
will be available on the course pages soon
There is room for more cornett players, and singers all voices.
We will be singing and playing music by Byrd, Tallis (including a crazy Spem in alium),
and by Venetian composers including Monteverdi & Gabrieli.
Please BOOK your place NOW here
HISS 2018 at Bishop Burton College in August!
Still time for a few last bookings - by 20 June!
It looks like being a bumper year, as we welcome larger numbers,
and our two new tutors for cornett and sackbut - see below!
More detailed information on course content and timetabling
will be available on the course pages soon
There is room for more cornett players, and singers all voices.
We will be singing and playing music by Byrd, Tallis (including a crazy Spem in alium),
and by Venetian composers including Monteverdi & Gabrieli.
Please BOOK your place NOW here
We're really pleased to add brass to the range of courses on offer this year. Here is some information about our new sackbut tutor, George Bartle, whose many talents will no doubt add a special dimension to HISS 2018 . . . . . .
George Bartle has been making noise since he became a chorister in Ely Cathedral as a boy. Since then, he has graduated from the Royal College of Music in London and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland as a singer and sackbut specialist. He has performed with many early music ensembles in the UK and abroad and has regularly worked as a musician with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. He is also a virtuosic ukulele player with his duo Opera-lele and as a solo act Renaissance Uke Man. He is a member of The City Musick and George can be heard playing sackbut, slide trumpet, renaissance guitar and recorder as well as singing.
George Bartle has been making noise since he became a chorister in Ely Cathedral as a boy. Since then, he has graduated from the Royal College of Music in London and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland as a singer and sackbut specialist. He has performed with many early music ensembles in the UK and abroad and has regularly worked as a musician with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. He is also a virtuosic ukulele player with his duo Opera-lele and as a solo act Renaissance Uke Man. He is a member of The City Musick and George can be heard playing sackbut, slide trumpet, renaissance guitar and recorder as well as singing.
We're delighted that Richard Thomas will be our cornett tutor.
Richard Thomas studied at the University of Wales, the Royal Academy of Music and the Schola Cantorum, Switzerland. He is a founder member and director the acclaimed sackbut and cornett ensemble QuintEssential as well as a founder member of waits band The City Musick and the 19th century brass quintet, The Prince Regent’s Band. Richard has also been a regular performer at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London and can be heard on the film sound tracks for Shrek III, The Golden Age and Bedtime Stories.
Richard teaches natural trumpet and cornetto at the Royal College of Music, the University of Birmingham and the Birmingham Conservatoire. In the past Richard has worked as a performer and audition panel member for Live Music Now! whilst also engaging in education and outreach work for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Historic Royal Palaces and many UK festivals.
Richard Thomas studied at the University of Wales, the Royal Academy of Music and the Schola Cantorum, Switzerland. He is a founder member and director the acclaimed sackbut and cornett ensemble QuintEssential as well as a founder member of waits band The City Musick and the 19th century brass quintet, The Prince Regent’s Band. Richard has also been a regular performer at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London and can be heard on the film sound tracks for Shrek III, The Golden Age and Bedtime Stories.
Richard teaches natural trumpet and cornetto at the Royal College of Music, the University of Birmingham and the Birmingham Conservatoire. In the past Richard has worked as a performer and audition panel member for Live Music Now! whilst also engaging in education and outreach work for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Historic Royal Palaces and many UK festivals.
On offer for 2018 there will be:
- More integrated core courses for Viol consort, Baroque strings, Chamber choir, Folk band, Natural voice singing (by ear), Recorder consorts, plus cornetts & sackbuts:
- Open to amateur, student and aspiring professional singers & players of plucked & bowed strings, wind and continuo instruments (folk, period & modern):
- dedicated team of internationally recognised and inspiring tutors:
- fantastic revelatory experiences, a chance to try new things, make new friends:
- enjoy a wide range of music in chamber groups and large ensembles:
- an encouraging and supportive environment:
- Highlights events including ceilidh, tutors concert & musical banquet:
- Student Bursaries available:
- "Early Bird" booking discount
Here are just a few of your comments from HISS 2017:
"The level of expertise was awe-inspiring and I have come away with a feeling of 'I can do it!' Thank you!"
"Very fulfilling course, tutors working their socks off for us. Loving the opportunities which keep cropping up."
"The ballad walk around Hull was a real highlight and thank you Vivien for all your hard work."
"I am constantly amazed at the patience and kindness of the tutors!"
"All the tutors are fantastic."
"This is my first time at anything like this. I was apprehensive but very quickly put at ease. The tutors were all very friendly and approachable."
"Fantastic tuition. I really loved how busy the course was and how many different classes there were."
"The level of expertise was awe-inspiring and I have come away with a feeling of 'I can do it!' Thank you!"
"Very fulfilling course, tutors working their socks off for us. Loving the opportunities which keep cropping up."
"The ballad walk around Hull was a real highlight and thank you Vivien for all your hard work."
"I am constantly amazed at the patience and kindness of the tutors!"
"All the tutors are fantastic."
"This is my first time at anything like this. I was apprehensive but very quickly put at ease. The tutors were all very friendly and approachable."
"Fantastic tuition. I really loved how busy the course was and how many different classes there were."