Incorporating Summer Music

"Hitting all the right notes"

"There is not any music of instruments whatsoever comparable to that which is made of the voices of men".

"Since singing is so good a thing I wish all men would learn to sing"

William Byrd 1588

Ardingly International Music School (AIMS) got off to a flying start in 2007 with an opening recital by Dame Felicity Lott and celebrity master classes with Sarah Walker and Philip Langridge (see Comments from Dame Felicity Lott and Philip Langridge). This year's event promises to be bigger and better!

Ardingly International Music School 10-17 Aug 2008

offers a week of great singing classes for

  • CHORAL SINGERS (The AIMS Choir * Chamber Choir * Oratorio Choir * Madrigals * Vocal Technique * Sacred Music * Encores for Choirs and Tallis 40-Part Motet)
  • SOLO SINGERS (Opera * Oratorio * Art Song * Early Music * Vocal Technique Stagecraft * Vocal Ensembles * Cabaret Class * Parlour Music and Music Theatre)
  • PIANISTS (Art Song * Special Accompaniment Classes)

Highlights include an opening Gala Recital by Dame Ann Murray accompanied by Terence Allbright, Sunday 10th August.

For more information see AIMS 2008 for further details on AIMS 2008 and the courses available.

See also Message from the Artistic Director and AIMS 2008 News Release.

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This event, held at the University of Exeter, was fully subscribed, and 20 students sang to 3 AIMS tutors.
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on its first outing at Easter 2008.
Robin Bowman back at AIMS in August 2008!
for one day in August to take a student pianist seminar.