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NORVIS Early Music Summer School

Sat 1 Aug 2026, 9:00am – Sat 8 Aug 2026, 6:00pmBarnard Castle, United Kingdom
Presented by NORVIS
NORVIS Early Music Summer School
CHORALLY offer

A preferential rate is available through CHORALLY

A preferential rate is available through CHORALLY.

Full offer details, including how to claim them, will be available with CHORALLY accounts.Accounts coming soon
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    31 Mar 2026Closed
NORVIS is the full week-long early music summer school in County Durham which we’re proud to describe as one of the UK’s longest-established and friendliest.

Our 54th summer school, NORVIS 2026, will be held at Barnard Castle School, next door to the splendid Bowes Museum.

Performers & leaders

Tutors
Andrew Fowler – Musical Director

Chris Orton – recorder

Alison Kinder – viol

Annabel Knight – Baroque flute

Oonagh Lee – recorder

Richard MacKenzie – lute, theorbo, early guitar

Susanna Pell – viol

Jacqui Robertson-Wade – solo bass viol

Jane Rumney – recorder

John Treherne MBE – harpsichord (and harpsichord technician)

Mary Tyers – recorder

Peter Wendland – viol, recorder

Tim Harper – accompanist, keyboard continuo

Repertoire & composers

Repertoire from early Renaissance to late Baroque

Location

Barnard Castle School
Newgate
Barnard Castle, United Kingdom
About the organiser
NORVIS

The Royal College of Organists is a long‑established British charity that promotes organ playing and choral directing through education, qualifications, resources, and global professional support for organists and choir leaders.