Benslow String Groups
Benslow Music Trust - www.benslowmusic.org
Benslow Music Trust is a charitable trust established to promote music education. The trust is based in the Benslow area of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England, and offers a wide variety of exciting music courses. There are still places on the following courses.
To book a place on any of the courses please either call on 01462 459446 during office hours or complete the online application form attached to the course listings.
Here are details of courses that I’m directing at Benslow in 2016.
Group Quartets with Jonathan Trout
Mon 23 - Thu 26 May 2016
Tutor: Jonathan Trout
Standard : Upper Intermediate, Advanced
Jonathan Trout leads another Group Quartet course, designed for those who are reluctant to tackle the string quartet repertoire one to a part or who just enjoy playing the repertoire en masse. We’d like you to be of at least Associated Board Grade 6 standard for this course, though we require no formal qualifications. The course continues its journey through the early Mozart quartets with the String Quartet in C major, K170. Alongside this is a rare opportunity to explore the sensuous sound world of Ravel's stunning String Quartet in F major. Please note that you need to bring your own music – any decent edition will do – and we’d like you to number the bars yourself before you arrive. Start with the first complete bar and ignore “first time only” repeat bars in your calculations.
Resident: £390 Non-Resident: £300 Code: 16/328
Summer String Orchestra
Fri 12 - Mon 15 August 2016
Tutors: Jonathan Trout, Clare Morgan, Sarah Pope
Another alluring Summer String Orchestra course. This time Jonathan Trout, aided by Clare Morgan and Sarah Pope, offers participants the chance to work on Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 10 in D minor, Finzi’s Romance, Walton’s Two Pieces from Henry V - "Passacaglia: The Death of Falstaff" and "Touch her soft lips and part", Britten’s Simple Symphony, Barber’s Adagio and Bartok’s Divertimento. Jonathan and his team will help with both musical and technical matters in informal but intensive group sessions and sectionals. Ideally, you’ll have some experience of playing in an orchestra and to get the most out of the course you should be of at least Grade 5 standard - and game for some exciting challenges! This course will again run alongside Christopher Gayford’s Conducting Summer School, and we are offering the chance for collaboration during the afternoon break for those who wish to work with some aspiring conductors.
Resident: £390 Non-Resident: £300 Code: 16/337
Group Quartets with Jonathan Trout
Mon 10 - Thu 13 October
Standard: Upper Intermediate, Advanced
Jonathan Trout leads another of our popular Group Quartet courses, designed for those who are reluctant to tackle the string quartet repertoire one to a part or who just enjoy playing the repertoire en masse, as if a string orchestra. We’d like you to be of at least Associated Board Grade 6 standard. We’ll work with Jonathan’s usual thoroughness on Mozart’s String Quartet K172 and Beethoven’s String Quartet Op 135. This is the first time that this course has explored a late Beethoven Quartet which is actually the composer’s last quartet written in 1826, a year before he died. It promises to be a fascinating and exciting journey. The Mozart finds us almost at the end of what has been an on-going exploration of the composer’s Viennese quartets. Please note that you need to bring your own music and we’d like you to number the bars yourself before you arrive. Start with the first complete bar and ignore “first time only” repeat bars in your calculations.
Resident: £390 Non-Resident: £300 Code: 16/350
Benslow Music Trust is a charitable trust established to promote music education. The trust is based in the Benslow area of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England, and offers a wide variety of exciting music courses. There are still places on the following courses.
To book a place on any of the courses please either call on 01462 459446 during office hours or complete the online application form attached to the course listings.
Here are details of courses that I’m directing at Benslow in 2016.
Group Quartets with Jonathan Trout
Mon 23 - Thu 26 May 2016
Tutor: Jonathan Trout
Standard : Upper Intermediate, Advanced
Jonathan Trout leads another Group Quartet course, designed for those who are reluctant to tackle the string quartet repertoire one to a part or who just enjoy playing the repertoire en masse. We’d like you to be of at least Associated Board Grade 6 standard for this course, though we require no formal qualifications. The course continues its journey through the early Mozart quartets with the String Quartet in C major, K170. Alongside this is a rare opportunity to explore the sensuous sound world of Ravel's stunning String Quartet in F major. Please note that you need to bring your own music – any decent edition will do – and we’d like you to number the bars yourself before you arrive. Start with the first complete bar and ignore “first time only” repeat bars in your calculations.
Resident: £390 Non-Resident: £300 Code: 16/328
Summer String Orchestra
Fri 12 - Mon 15 August 2016
Tutors: Jonathan Trout, Clare Morgan, Sarah Pope
Another alluring Summer String Orchestra course. This time Jonathan Trout, aided by Clare Morgan and Sarah Pope, offers participants the chance to work on Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 10 in D minor, Finzi’s Romance, Walton’s Two Pieces from Henry V - "Passacaglia: The Death of Falstaff" and "Touch her soft lips and part", Britten’s Simple Symphony, Barber’s Adagio and Bartok’s Divertimento. Jonathan and his team will help with both musical and technical matters in informal but intensive group sessions and sectionals. Ideally, you’ll have some experience of playing in an orchestra and to get the most out of the course you should be of at least Grade 5 standard - and game for some exciting challenges! This course will again run alongside Christopher Gayford’s Conducting Summer School, and we are offering the chance for collaboration during the afternoon break for those who wish to work with some aspiring conductors.
Resident: £390 Non-Resident: £300 Code: 16/337
Group Quartets with Jonathan Trout
Mon 10 - Thu 13 October
Standard: Upper Intermediate, Advanced
Jonathan Trout leads another of our popular Group Quartet courses, designed for those who are reluctant to tackle the string quartet repertoire one to a part or who just enjoy playing the repertoire en masse, as if a string orchestra. We’d like you to be of at least Associated Board Grade 6 standard. We’ll work with Jonathan’s usual thoroughness on Mozart’s String Quartet K172 and Beethoven’s String Quartet Op 135. This is the first time that this course has explored a late Beethoven Quartet which is actually the composer’s last quartet written in 1826, a year before he died. It promises to be a fascinating and exciting journey. The Mozart finds us almost at the end of what has been an on-going exploration of the composer’s Viennese quartets. Please note that you need to bring your own music and we’d like you to number the bars yourself before you arrive. Start with the first complete bar and ignore “first time only” repeat bars in your calculations.
Resident: £390 Non-Resident: £300 Code: 16/350