Baroque Week. Patron: Trevor Pinnock CBE Artistic Director: Theresa Caudle

Firmly established as one of Europe’s foremost early music courses, the course offers inspiration and guidance to both singers and players of baroque music from an expert team of leading specialists in historical performance.


The family that is Baroque Week will celebrate our 50th Anniversary in 2027 with music by The Bach Family.  We are planning a wide range of repertoire by JS Bach, his forebears and descendents, encompassing music from the early 17th to late 18th centuries.  There will of course be an emphasis on music by the great JSB himself, both vocal and instrumental, and we will definitely be exploring some of his cantatas as well as those by earlier generations of the Bach family. As well as vocal repertoire with instruments, there will be an orchestral suite by Johann Bernhard Bach, projects focusing on music by JS Bach and his sons for the flutes, German chamber music with concertante parts for the lutenists, and repertoire for the 17th century Leipzig Stadtpfeifer for recorder consort. As well as the tutor-led projects for both singers and instrumentalists, chamber music-making with your own choice of repertoire remains fundamental to the course.


BAROQUE WEEK is for baroque wind, string and continuo players and up to ten singers, but there are also opportunities for instrumentalists to sing.  Plucked continuo instruments as well as keyboard players are very welcome.  String players should use gut strings and a baroque bow. You should be a competent sight-reader and confident playing or singing one-to-a-part. Most of the repertoire will be played at A415 although there may be some opportunities to play at A392 and A440.  For singers the course offers a rare chance to sing arias, cantatas and solo motets with small groups of instruments as well as working in one-to-a-part vocal ensembles.  Full or part bursaries may be available for those who would otherwise be unable to attend.


“Everyone is so friendly, standard is high, tutors fantastic, well organised - a great experience”


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Latest update:

Full details and application forms for the 2027 course will be available on this website in mid-November. Please do not use the 2026 application forms as there may be some changes. All applications received by 5pm on Tuesday 1st December will have an equal chance of acceptance - there is no advantage gained by applying earlier, but decisions may then have to be made on artistic grounds. Applications received after that time can only be accepted if a place for your instrument/voice remains available.

This website is currently being updated.  Some pages refer to the 2026 course but this will still give you a good idea what to expect in 2027.

Queen Anne’s School, Caversham, Berkshire

8th-15th August 2027

Residential Baroque Music Summer School