HISS 2017: Further information including more detailed course information
will be posted here in due course - ​please keep watching!
All the regular content, such as ceilidh, tutors concert, musical banquet and familiar classes will features again,
plus there will be especially more opportunities for singers and viol players
"Lovely week. I’m looking forward to next year already. Super atmosphere, dedicated tutors, lovely music, list goes on!"

come and sing monteverdi - celebrate his 450th birthday!

HISS 2017 for chamber choir includes a survey of Monteverdi in the 450th anniversary year of his birth, to include a selection of his Madrigals across Books 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8, written during his time at the Gonzaga court in Mantua. There will be music from the “other” Vespers (1641) with Dixit Dominus II and the Gloria a 7.

We'll also explore settings of words from Psalm 137 By the Waters of Babylon; the pair of motets by de Monte, and Byrd's response to this, an anthem by Boyce and 8-part setting by Victoria. We'll also look at motets by Alonso Lobo. In lighter vein there's music by Waelrant, de Wert, Campion and Dowland. Oh, and do you know the 16 part Crucifixus by Lotti!

Singers – it's up to you if we can do all this! Sign up now to be sure we have the forces to do this fabulous music justice!
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NEWS!   New Administrator for ​HISS 2017

We are also delighted to announce that we have a new Administrator in post:
Jo Wherry has taken up the reins from 1st October. 

Jo graduated from The University of Huddersfield in 2015 before going on to complete a Master of Music degree at Newcastle University. Her postgraduate studies focused specifically on early music, including the analysis and performance of solo bass viol repertoire, consort performance and historically informed practice. As a violinist she enjoys playing a varied repertoire, including Baroque, Classical and Folk. She is currently based in York and is working with The Minster Minstrels youth ensemble alongside her own freelance projects. 

About HISS

The Historically Informed Summer School is held annually, usually in mid-August. It is an international residential week open to singers and instrumentalists. The course covers all aspects of early music and folk & traditional music and is suitable for students of all ages and experience from elementary to advanced. 

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Rebecca Austen-Brown with Fontanella Recorder Quintet

Susanna Pell (viol) and Jacob Heringman (lute)
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