Canterbury, VIC Australia
The flagship event of the Australian Viola da Gamba Society.The Easter Viol School will explore ways in which we can be vocal on our viols. How can we translate what singers do, to the way we play? We will also be expanding our knowledge of both old and new music. So we will be looking at works by less well known Renaissance composers, as well as some contemporary pieces, chosen for their melodic appeal, serious worth and/or sense of fun. Faculty include Brent Wissick, Brooke Green, Laura Vaughn and Josie Ryan. For more information, contact musical director Brook Green at 0422 334 054. Click here for email address.

Hancock Church, Lexington, MA
Directed by Parthenia. For more information visit www.vdgsne.org.

University of North Carolina School of the Arts
An outgrowth of the well-established and highly successful Magnolia Baroque Festival, the Institute will offer select students the opportunity to study historical performance practice and establish connections with prominent early music artists. College students, teachers and professional musicians will find an extraordinarily rich mix here: a distinguished faculty composed of Magnolia Baroque Festival artists, offering a combination of coaching, master classes and performance opportunities with the advantages of a lively and well-appointed arts conservatory. Brent Wissick is the faculty member for viol. For further information and to apply, visit: www.uncsa.edu/summersession/pdMagBar.htm

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
San Francisco Early Music Society. Classes in technique and repertoire for viol, medieval and Renaissance strings, lute, harp, voice, recorder, early reeds, Renaissance flute, crumhorn sackbut and hand drums. Viol master class and special class for voices and viols. Faculty includes Loren Ludwig, viola da gamba; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba and medieval ensemble; Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp and medieval ensembles; Grant Herried, lute and plucked strings. Go to www.sfems.org for information, or contact director Tom Zajac, 617-323-0617. Click here for email address.

Arlington, VA
Faculty: Tina Chancey, director, with John Tyson. Don't be paper trained! Learn to play by ear. SoundCatcher combines what you know and what you hear to make an aural map of the tune. You'll use your ear like a tape recorder, recognize melodic patterns and forms. Since 1982, SoundCatcher has taught hundreds of musicians to play by ear and improvise. Go to www.tinachancey.net/SoundCatcher/ for information, or contact director Tina Chancey. Click here for email address.

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
San Francisco Early Music Society. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach from cantata and chorus to concerto; from keyboard solo to chamber ensemble. Master classes, orchestra, continuo classes and performance practice. Faculty includes Kati Kyme, Baroque violin; William Skeen, Baroque cello; Mary Springfels, viola da gamba; Peter Sykes, harpsichord. Directors: Frances Blaker and Kathleen Kraft. Go to www.sfems.org for information, or contact Kathleen Kraft, 707-799-2018. Click here for email address.

Conway, NH
Directed by Jane Hershey and Larry Wallach. Faculty: Pamela Dellal, Anne Legene, Josh Schreiber Shalem, Roy Sansom, and Jay Rosenburg. For more information go to www.worldfellowship.org or contact janelhershey@gmailcom.

University of San Diego Summer Chamber Music Festival
Lisa Terry, viol instructor. Coached consorts, master classes, daily performance opportunities. Unique teacher training class paired with beginning viol class for youth at main festival offers observed student teaching and mentoring with master teacher Lisa Terry. For full information and applications go to www.sandiego.edu/chmusfestival or email chmus@sandiego.edu Dr. Angela Yeung, Director.

Bastyr University near Seattle
Margriet Tindemans, Director. Faculty includes Joanna Blendulf, Larry Lipnik, Ros Morley, David Morris, Margriet Tindemans, and others. Registration materials will be available in February. Inquiries are welcome anytime at pnviols2012@gmail.com.

University of Delaware, Newark, DE
More information is on our web site, here.

Crowden Center for Music in the Community, Rose and Sacramento Streets, Berkeley, CA
San Francisco Early Music Society. Day camp for young people ages 7 to 15, beginners to advanced. Instruction includes viola da gamba, cello, violin, harpsichord, recorder, chamber music, musicianship, crafts and costume-making. Faculty includes Farley Pearce, viola da gamba and cello; Carla Moore, violin; Yuko Takaka, harpsichord. Go to www.sfems.org for information, or contact director Tish Berlin, 510-559-4670. Click here for email address.

San Luis Obispo, CA
Rosamund Morley, music director. For more information contact Ros at morley.ros@gmail.com or administrative director Melita Denny at melitadenny@netscape.net.

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Featuring an advanced-level course for instrumentalists, with a special focus on music of the High Baroque, the Rococo and the early Classical era. Marc Destrubé, course co-director and violin; Jacque Ogg, course co-director, harpsichord and fortepiano; Julie Andrijeski, early dance and violin; Wilbert Hazelzet, flute; Jaap ter Linden, viola da gamba and cello. For more information contact Alicia Hansen, Summer Programme Coordinator, at 604-732-1610 or email workshops@earlymusic.bc.ca. To register go to www.earlymusic.bc.ca.

An Grianán, Termonfechin, Ireland
Now in its 41st year, the Irish Recorder and Viol course is designed for players of recorders, viols and other early instruments, and covers a wide repertoire from the 15th to the 21st centuries. Held in An Grianán (a residential college and conference centre just 35 miles north of Dublin and close to the many antiquities and sights of the historic Boyne Valley) sessions include one-to-a-part groups, lectures, technique classes, consort songs, trio sonatas, choir, large and small ensembles. Tutors: Ibi Aziz, Marion Doherty, Pamela Flanagan, Chris Hartland, Emma Murphy, Marion Scott, Philip Thorby. For more information and an application form contact Mrs Patricia Flanagan at info@irishrecorderandviolcourse.org (tel. 00 353 (0) 1 8337869) or visit the Irish Recorder and Viol Course website at www.irishrecorderandviolcourse.org

Rocky Ridge Music Center, Estes Park, CO
Residential festival and workshop for adults (ages 18+), all levels including professional. $785 includes room and board in an inspirational musical environment in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Through private lessons, ensembles, and workshops, VdG participants will have both solo and continuo opportunities with mostly Baroque music. Instruction will be provided for voice, strings (violin, viola, cello), winds (flute, oboe, bassoon, recorder), and keyboard. Faculty includes Paul Miller (violin/viola), Ann Marie Morgan (viola da gamba/cello), Anna Marsh (baroque bassoon/flute/oboe/recorder), and others to be announced. For more details, daily schedule, and application, visit www.rockyridge.org or call 970-586-4031.