2012 Pop-up Playing Days in the UK

1-day Recorder Courses with Pamela Thorby & Ian Wilson

In addition to the Courses in France, we are offering one day recorder courses in Britain through 2012, including courses designed for..:

• Young Recorder Students
Students aged 14+ considering a career in music or planning to audition for Music College and University in the UK and abroad.

• Current College Students
Students preparing for performance examinations and recitals.

• College Leavers
Comprehensive advice on 'what to do next'. An ideal opportunity to meet and play with many of your contemporaries who may be looking to start a new ensemble or consort.

• Adult Learners
Grade V and above.

Pop-up Playing

• Dates: 19th December 2012

Venue: The Early Music Shop, Saltaire (nr. Leeds)

Pricing: £55 for a full day of teaching inc. 1-to-1 lesson and packed lunch. What a bargain!

Please apply to Pamela Thorby for more details and venues: pamela@pamelathorby.com

Pamela Thorby - biography:

Over the last few years Pamela Thorby has quietly established herself as one of the world's leading recorder players. Her stylish virtuosity can be heard on numerous recordings of music ranging from the medieval period to the present day.

Pamela was the driving force behind the acclaimed Palladian Ensemble from 1991 to 2007. The group achieved international success with over 1000 performances around the world and 10 albums for LINN Records.

Pamela's ability to assimilate many styles of music and her skills as an improviser have led to her work with groups such as the modern jazz quartet Perfect Houseplants. She has appeared with them many times as a guest and features on their album "New Folk Songs". Pamela is a featured soloist on all of Karl Jenkins' crossover "Adiemus" albums. Her appearances on these million-selling albums make her arguably the most listened to recorder player in the world.

She returned to teach recorder as a principal instrument at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama within a few years of graduating; she is now a GSMD Visiting Professor, teaches York University recorder students and private students at home in York.

Pamela also teachers regularly at Jackdaws Music Education Trust in Frome, Somerset.

Reviews:

"The vivaciously phrasing recorder playing of Pamela Thorby offered a huge palette of tone colours from the fresh sound of the soprano to the velvet sound of the lower recorders. Both a virtuoso and an elegant stylist."
Tyroler Tageszeitung

"Pamela Thorby has given the recorder a status in the Baroque repertoire that it deserved to recapture. Childhood memories of the instrument are banished by her wonderfully mellow, pliant sound and her easy musicality. She demonstrates versatility and virtuosity beyond question and is imaginatively accompanied by Richard Egarr, who also contributes a sparkling account of the E major Harpsichord Suite. One feels constantly gripped by the music, as if every single note matters……74 minutes of intense brilliance."
Gramophone (Handel Recorder Sonatas) Editor's Choice

"It is some time since a recording of baroque ensemble music has given me so much pleasure and I strongly recommend you to share it - and with me to recall the line: 'rarely, rarely comest thou, spirit of delight', for that is what this disc conveys."
Gramophone (Baroque Recorder Sonatas) Editor's Choice

www.pamelathorby.com

Recordings of Pamela:

Thorby: Ammonite

Telemann: Trio Sonata in G minor 'Vivace'4

Chedeville: Sonata in D maj (Il Pastor Fido) 'Allegro'

J.S Bach: BWV 529 'Allegro'

J.S Bach: BWV 614 Chorale 'Das alte Jahr vergangen ist.'

For full details of course content, approximate standard required, accommodation and more detailed pricing information - please contact Jane Ebel on:

UK tel: (01722) 333272       FR tel: 05 63 47 60 46       E-mail: penski@btinternet.com