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  DATE CHOSEN WORK COMMENTS  
  6-13 August 2006 "The Fall of the Leafe" after Martin Peerson by Peter Maxwell Davies

at Sherborne School again, with a Squash and a Squeeze!

  
  31July-7Aug 2005 Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire", Benjamin Britten's "Sonnets of John Donne", and Boulez songs

held at Sherborne School in Dorset, whilst work was being carried out at Canford School near Wimborne

  
  1-8 August 2004 "Arcadiana" by Thomas Adès Theme of "Idyll, vanishing, vanished or imaginary", & 22 on the workshop!  
  3-10 August 2003 "Ainsi La Nuit" by Henri Dutilleux Night music plus a surprise piano recital for Malcolm. Hottest week!  
  3-10 August 2002 "Aliinale" by Arvo Pärt Tintinabulation rules OK! (Saturday start does not)  
 

The creation of this website started in 2002, but workshops began back in 1987

  
         
       
    Comments from participants:

"I have just come back from a wonderful first experience of the composers'
workshop. ...more... An inspiring week!" Alan Byers, 2006

"Very inspiring and the new location (Sherborne School) was ideal" Bret, 2005

"Delighted by your request to jot down, for the web page, some newcomer's impressions of the 2004 Canford composers' workshop, I have waited till now to let the various elements come into focus: they are atmosphere, participants, leadership, musical material, chronicle of events. The best general impression I drew from all this was the heartening sense of not being alone, in pursuing the path of an amateur composer." David (2004).

"2003 was my first Canford Workshop, which I found totally inspiring. The idyllic, creative atmosphere along with team spirit helps the course members achieve musical and personal growth, and make new friends. Malcolm Singer has created a haven for composers, with truly inspiring results." Bret (2003).

  
       
       
   

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