Welcome to the final day of HISS at Home! As well as the fifth instalment of 'Introduction to Baroque Strings', looking at overdotting and overtures, today we bring you the prototype for some exciting new recorder tutorials by Mary.
Today's live YouTube premiere is at ​2pm, showing you some of HISS' past Bursary students 'in conversation', reminiscing about their experiences at HISS.
We are also showcasing Jake's "Lockdown Lute" series, which was produced by our supporters, the Early Music Shop.

Welcome to Day Four of HISS at Home. As well as the fourth instalment of 'Introduction to Baroque Strings', looking at triple time and retakes, today we have another music minus one video by Jake and Zan for you. 
If you enjoyed the live folk session last night with Stewart and Mary and are still craving some more folk, do not despair! Today we have a recording from Stewart featuring a small selection of folk tunes for you to listen, dance or play along to.
Today's live event is at 5pm via Zoom, with HISS regular Sue Jackson presenting a virtual 'shortie' about John Chetham. A recording will also be made of the event which you can access at a later date so no-one misses out.
We are also showcasing Jake's "Lockdown Lute" series, which was produced by our supporters, the Early Music Shop.

Welcome to Day Three of HISS at Home. As well as the third instalment of 'Introduction to Baroque Strings', looking at basic bowing action, we are also delighted to bring you a selection of materials around 'Angels in the Architecture' by Vivien. 
Tonight we are hosting a live folk session with Stewart and Mary at 7pm via Zoom, so do check that out if you can! A recording will also be made of the event which you can access at a later date so no-one misses out.
We are also showcasing Jake's "Lockdown Lute" series, which was produced by our supporters, the Early Music Shop.

Our second day of HISS at Home includes the next instalment of Anne Marie and Amélie's series of 'Introduction to Baroque Strings' and a live recorder loop Tarantella by our expert looper in residence, Becki.
Tonight we have our first live event of the week at 7pm on Zoom with Anne Marie and Amélie as they take part in a Q&A about historical strings.
We are also showcasing Jake's "Lockdown Lute" series, which was produced by our supporters, the Early Music Shop.

Welcome to Day One of HISS at Home. In our pre-recorded resources we have the first in Anne Marie and Amélie's series of 'Introduction to Baroque Strings' and the Gloria from Byrd's Mass for Four Voices by Jake and Zan, the music for which is available to be downloaded for you to play or sing along with the video.
Tune in to our YouTube channel at 3pm for a conversation between Stewart and Mary: A Tale of Two Musicians.
We are also showcasing Jake's "Lockdown Lute" series, which was produced by our supporters, the Early Music Shop.

Dear all,

We hope you have all been keeping safe and well during these uncertain times and that you have been able to continue making music in whatever form available.

We are approaching what would have been another week of packed musical delights amid the beautiful Yorkshire surroundings at Bishop Burton College, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of HISS. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, we have unfortunately had to halt the celebrations and live music-making for the time being.

While we cannot meet in person, our team have used this time to create a virtual alternative for you to enjoy.

Featuring pre-recorded performances, live Q&A interview sessions and a live folk workshop, these events are all free to access and will occur throughout the original HISS week of 17-21 August 2020. For live events you will need to book a place via Eventbrite (links to these will appear here shortly) and other resources will be uploaded to this website each day. 

If you were originally hoping to offer a Shortie and would be interested in preparing something for online consumption, we would still like to make this happen. Please get in touch with us by Friday 14th if you would be interested in this.

If you have any questions you would like to be answered in the Q&A sessions, please email us by Monday 10th August. Sessions will cover a variety of topics that are on offer at HISS and we will aim to answer all questions sent to us.

More information, including links to the live events, will be released closer to the week.

Best wishes,

Graham Director
Catherine & Ellie Administrators