COURSES
RONDO VIOL ACADEMY - courses for all viol players
EASTER EARLY MUSIC COURSE - week long course, Monmouth
LINAROL CONSORT - in May at Kippilaw House, Melrose
SUMMER VIOLS - with Alison Crum at Benslow Music, June
RENAISSANCE MUSIC WEEK, DENMARK - week long course reading from original notation, June
CAMBRIDGE EARLY MUSIC RENSAISSANCE COURSE - July, Benslow
NORVIS - week long Summer School in Barnard Castle, August
HISS - week long Summer School in Beverley, August
LINAROL CONSORT RENAISSANCE COURSE - Renaissance viols and recorders, September, at Holland House, Pershore
RONDO VIOL ACADEMY - courses for all viol players
EASTER EARLY MUSIC COURSE - week long course, Monmouth
LINAROL CONSORT - in May at Kippilaw House, Melrose
SUMMER VIOLS - with Alison Crum at Benslow Music, June
RENAISSANCE MUSIC WEEK, DENMARK - week long course reading from original notation, June
CAMBRIDGE EARLY MUSIC RENSAISSANCE COURSE - July, Benslow
NORVIS - week long Summer School in Barnard Castle, August
HISS - week long Summer School in Beverley, August
LINAROL CONSORT RENAISSANCE COURSE - Renaissance viols and recorders, September, at Holland House, Pershore
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RONDO VIOL ACADEMY
Alison c0-founded the Rondo Viol Academy with fellow viol player and teacher Jacqui Robertson-Wade. The RVA runs courses aimed at players of a particular standard, so there are Elementary courses, Intermediate courses and Upper Intermediate courses. There is a small amount of set repertoire for each course, so that people can work out what level they would be most suited to, then everyone is of a similar standard so consorts can be balanced and teaching tailored accordingly. The RVA is particularly designed to give new players a good way in to consort playing, without going on a week long course and feeling out of their depth for most of it! Many players come on these courses as beginners, and stay until they are very competent players because they like the encouraging but technical approach, and the careful selection of repertoire.
Alison c0-founded the Rondo Viol Academy with fellow viol player and teacher Jacqui Robertson-Wade. The RVA runs courses aimed at players of a particular standard, so there are Elementary courses, Intermediate courses and Upper Intermediate courses. There is a small amount of set repertoire for each course, so that people can work out what level they would be most suited to, then everyone is of a similar standard so consorts can be balanced and teaching tailored accordingly. The RVA is particularly designed to give new players a good way in to consort playing, without going on a week long course and feeling out of their depth for most of it! Many players come on these courses as beginners, and stay until they are very competent players because they like the encouraging but technical approach, and the careful selection of repertoire.
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Alison has a YouTube channel with videos on all aspects of viol playing - pieces to play along with, bowing exercises, tips for new players, introductions to new repertoire, advice for tuning, all sorts of things! Visit channel
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CARRDUS PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Alison teaches violin at Carrdus School, Banbury. She teaches students from as young as 5 through to when they leave the school at 11.
PRIVATE TEACHING
Alison teaches at home on the outskirts of Banbury in Oxfordshire, and also has regular days in Chelmsford for Angel Early Music, and Chester, for what has become known as the Chester Viol Academy. She also travels to almost anywhere for days of teaching and coaching organised by enthusiastic violists who invite all the local players for lessons!
Alison teaches violin at Carrdus School, Banbury. She teaches students from as young as 5 through to when they leave the school at 11.
PRIVATE TEACHING
Alison teaches at home on the outskirts of Banbury in Oxfordshire, and also has regular days in Chelmsford for Angel Early Music, and Chester, for what has become known as the Chester Viol Academy. She also travels to almost anywhere for days of teaching and coaching organised by enthusiastic violists who invite all the local players for lessons!
