Pro Corda North Music

Short course

In Wells and Cumbria

£ 775 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Short course

Suitable for: 8-18 year old string players, pianists

Facilities

Location

Start date

Cumbria (North Yorkshire)
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Sedbergh School

Start date

On request
Wells (Somerset)
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Wells Cathedral School

Start date

On request

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Teachers and trainers (1)

Louise Lansdown

Louise Lansdown

Course Director

Louise Lansdown has been a full-time viola louise lansdownand chamber music tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester since 2001, and holds part-time teaching positions at the University of Manchester and Junior RNCM. She has been involved with Pro Corda, a school for gifted young string players and pianists, held at Leiston Abbey in Suffolk, since 1999, teaching on the Intermediate, North and Junior Courses, and Directing the former since 2005.

Course programme

Course Content

PRO CORDA NORTH holds annual course each summer at Sedbergh School, Cumbria and Wells Cathedral School, Somerset. The idyllic and peaceful surroundings of both Schools have generated a great deal of interest in the course.

The course proves very popular with students who live in the North of England, the South West, the Midlands, and South Wales.

Sample Repertoire

  • Bartok Music for Children
  • Boyce Trio Sonata in D minor
  • Brahms Sextet Op 18
  • Hamburg String Quartets
  • Haydn String Quartets: Op 20 No 4: Op 33 No 3: Op 33 No 6 Piano Trios
  • Hewitt Jones Serenade
  • Mozart String Quartets: K156: K171
    Piano Quartet in G minor
  • Shostakovich String Quartet No 1

AUDITIONS

Auditions for the International Chamber Music Academy are held across the country at times throughout the year.

Pro Corda North Music

£ 775 + VAT