Handel Singing Competition 2008
25th March 2008, 6.00pm (Semi-Final)
3rd April 2008, 7.00pm (Final)
St George's, Hanover Square
Adjudicators: Ian Partridge (Chairman), Michael Chance, Catherine Denley, Gillian Fisher and John Mark Ainsley. Part of the London Handel Festival

Wednesday 8th November 2006, 2.30-5.30pm & 7.00-9.00pm
London Bach Society Bach Prize Competition (Singers), SEMI-FINAL
Adjudicators: Paul Esswood, Peter Harvey, Ian Partridge, Anthony Robson, Margaret Steinitz (Chairman)
St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge

Monday 29th October 2006, 8.00pm
Estonian husband and wife dancers, Thomas Edur and Agnes Oakes, guest Senior Principals with the English National Ballet, are interviewed by Putney Music Vice-President Ian Partridge.
Putney Music, Dryburgh Road, London SW15

Monday 2nd October 2006, 8.00pm
"A Day in the Life of an Opera Singer"
Tenor John Graham Hall is interviewed by Putney Music Vice-President Ian Partridge.
Putney Music, Dryburgh Road, London SW15

Sunday 1st October 2006, 11am-7pm
The John Kerr Award for English Song
Judges: Evelyn Tubb, John Hancorn and Ian Partridge
Finchcocks, nr Goudhurst, Kent

Friday 29th September 2006, 12.30-2.00pm
"The Tradition of the British Tenor"
Roundtable presentation exploring the history, iconography, performance traditions and repertoire associated with "the British tenor" past and present. Admission free.
Piano Gallery, York Gate, Royal Academy of Music

Saturday 12th to Saturday 19th August 2006
Masterclasses
during Week 4 of the Dartington International Summer School
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon

22nd to 29th July 2006
Charterhouse Summer School of Music
Course: the Art of Singing
Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey
More information

16th to 23rd June 2006
Goddards Music Week
Goddards, nr Guildford, Surrey

26th to 30th April 2006
2005 Bromsgrove International Young Musicians' Platform
Adjudicator.
Bromsgrove Festival

23rd Feb 2006 (Second Round) & 27th April 2006 (Final)
Handel Singing Competition 2006
Adjudicators: Ian Partridge (Chairman), Robin Blaze, Margaret Cable, Harry Christophers, Denys Darlow.
St George's, Hanover Square
Part of the London Handel Festival

Monday 16th January 2006, 8.00pm
"Is that how they used to play it?"
Laurence Cummings, conductor, harpsichordist and historical performance specialist, in discussion with Putney Music Vice-President Ian Partridge.
Putney Music, Dryburgh Road, London SW15

Thursday 3rd November 2005, 12.30pm
British Song: Bax and Gurney
Research Workshop with Ian Partridge, Michael Dussek, April Frederick.
York Gate, Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Monday 31st October 2005, 8.00pm
Interview: Robert Hayward
The bass-baritone, a distinguished Wotan, talks about his life and work to Putney Music Vice-President Ian Partridge.
Putney Music, Dryburgh Road, London SW15

Saturday 30th October 2005
English Song Masterclass
University of Southampton
More information (Word doc)
This class was cancelled because of a fire at the University. Full story

Saturday 25th June 2005 at 10.30am
Masterclass: Handel's Jephtha and Samson
Ian Partridge leads participants Pippa Goss, Elin Manahan Thomas, Rebecca Ryan, Thomas Hobbs, Andrew O'Brien and William Unwin, with continuo players from the Symphony of Harmony and Invention.
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
[Handel in Oxford Festival]

Monday 6th June 2005, 7.00pm
Final, Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition 2005
Adjudicators: Ian Partridge (Chairman), Malcolm Binns, Margaret Cable, James Clark, Philippa Davies, Louise Hopkins, Christopher Keyte, Thea KIng, Patricia MacMahon, David Mason, Ruth Nye, Ronan O'Hora, Marisa Robles.
Prizes presented by Piers Lane
Queen Elizabeth Hall

28th April to 1st May 2005
2005 Bromsgrove International Young Musicians' Platform
Adjudicator
Bromsgrove Festival

16th Feb 2005 (Second Round) & 19th April 2005 (Final)
Handel Singing Competition 2005
Adjudicators: Rodney Blumer (Milnes), Catherine Bott, James Bowman, Denys Darlow, Lindsey Kemp and Ian Partridge
St George's, Hanover Square
Part of the London Handel Festival

February / March 2005 (various dates)
Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition 2005
Adjudication, Stages II and III
Over-Seas House, London
More information

Monday 31st January 2005, 8.00pm
An Evening with Prunella Scales
The actress talks about her life and work to Putney Music Vice-President Ian Partridge
Putney Music
Dryburgh Road, London SW15

Thursday 27th January 2005, 12.30pm
Gurney and English Song
Research Workshop with Ian Partridge, April Fredrick, Gareth Malone, Michael Allis.
York Gate, Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Thursday 14th October 2004, 12.30pm
Goethe's Wanderers Nachtlied settings
Richard Wigmore, Ian Partridge, others
York Gate,Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Tuesday 1st June 2004, 7.00pm
Final, Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition 2004
Adjudicators: Ian Partridge (Chairman), Eileen Croxford, Howard Davis, Thea King, Adele Leigh, James Lockhart, Hamish Milne, Gareth Morris, Gwenneth Pryor, David Thomas, Eleanor Warren, Denis Wick.
Prizes presented by Lady Barbirolli.
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Wednesday 19th May 2004, 6.00pm
Elisabeth Schumann Duo Prize for Lieder
Adjudicator
Trinity College of Music

Friday 14th May 2004
Interview by Alan Blyth
Lavenham Music Society

Thursday 22nd April 2004, 7.00pm
Final, Handel Singing Competition 2004
Adjudicators: Rodney Blumer (Milnes), Catherine Bott, Margaret Cable, Denys Darlow, Lindsey Kemp and Ian Partridge
Part of the London Handel Festival

Friday 12th Mar 2004, 2.00 to 7.30pm
Bach's St Matthew Passion
Research Day celebrating the 150th anniversary of the work's first English performance with George Biddlecombe, Basil Keen, John Butt, David Hill, Neil Jenkins, Ian Partridge and Laurence Cummings
Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Sunday 7th March 2004, from 1.30pm
Singing Competition, Grove Park Music Festival
Adjudicator, category 16-18 age group
St. Michael's Centre, St Michael's Church, Elmwood Rd, London W4

19th February 2004 from 6.00pm
Handel Singing Competition 2004 (Second Round)
Adjudicators: Rodney Blumer (Milnes), Catherine Bott, Denys Darlow, Lindsey Kemp and Ian Partridge
St George's, Hanover Square
More details: London Handel Festival

January to March 2004 (various dates)
Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition 2004
Adjudication, Stages II and III
Over-Seas House, London
More information

Monday 1st Dec 2003, 8.00pm
Jean Rigby talks about her life and work to Putney Music Vice-President Ian Partridge
Putney Music
Dryburgh Road, London SW15

Friday 21st November 2003, 2.00 to 4.00pm
Ideals of the Lyric: Setting Goethe's "Ich denke dein"
Research Seminar.
York Gate, Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Friday 14th November 2003, 6.30 to 8.00pm
Robert Fuchs (1847-1927) - A biography in song
Lecture Recital.
York Gate, Royal Academy of Music
Programme details
Admission free

Friday 10th Oct, 9.30am to 5.45pm
Bax in Perspective
This research day includes a masterclass on Bax's second and third string quartets by the Maggini Quartet, whose recordings on Naxos of this repertoire have been universally acclaimed. Ian Partridge hosts a masterclass on Bax's songs, and lecture presentations by scholars of English music Lewis Foreman, Graham Parlett and Michael Allis will place Bax's music in a wider context.
Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

30th July to 5th August 2003
Classes at the
The Ringve Museum International Summer Course for Early Music
Sund Folkehøgskole, nr Trondheim, Norway

Monday 2nd June 2003, 7.00pm
Final, Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition 2003
Adjudicators: Ian Partridge (Chairman), Noelle Barker, Chris De Souza, Philip Fowke, Anne Howells, Julian Jacobson, Thea King, Nona Liddell, Peter Manning, Gareth Morris, Rodney Slatford, James Watson.
Prizes to be presented by Sir Charles Mackerras
Finalists: Martin Cousin (piano); Katharine Wood (cello); Helen Vollam (trombone); Wendy-Dawn Thompson (mezzo-soprano); Bronte String Quartet
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 30th May 2003, 6.30pm
Final, 21st annual AESS (Association of English Singers and Speakers) English Song Competition
Jury: Patricia Routledge OBE, Ian Partridge, Jean Allister, Thomas Hemsley.
Royal College of Music, London

Saturday 5th April 2003, 12.15pm
Masterclass
Subject: Schubert's Goethe settings   More details...
Trinity College, Dublin

Friday 14th March 2003, 6.30 to 8.00pm
The Lieder of Franz Abt and Robert Franz
Lecture-recital, one of a regular Friday series of research events in York Gate
Offering an insight into lesser-known masters of the nineteenth-century Lied. With Natasha Loges (piano).
in association with the Lieder Research Group at the RAM
Piano Gallery, York Gate, Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Monday 3rd March 2003, 8.00pm
"Cat and the Fiddle"
Catherine Macintosh, Leader of the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, talks with Putney Music Vice-President Ian Partridge
Putney Music
Dryburgh Road, London SW15

23rd January to 28th March 2003 (various dates)
Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition 2003
Adjudication, Stages II and III
Over-Seas House, London

Friday 10th January 2003, 2.00 - 4.00pm
Performing Characters and Stories in Lieder
Performance Workshop
Introduction - Amanda Glauert
Ballad situations as archetypes
Stephan Loges, Natasha Loges:
Schumann-Eichendorff Op.39 no.3 Waldesgespräch
Brahms-Lemcke Op.105 no.5 Verrat
Performing 'Melodramatic' and 'sentimental' ballads - Ian Partridge
Morag Atchison, Natasha Loges:
Schubert-Hölty D208 Die Nonne
Katherine Bond, Andrew Matthews-Owen:
Ivor Gurney-A.E.Housman Is my team ploughing?
George Butterworth-A.E.Housman Is my team ploughing?
The psychological ballad
Robert Anderson, Briony Williams
Schubert-Goethe D367 Der König in Thule
Stephan Loges, Natasha Loges:
Mahler Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
in association with the Lieder Research Group at the RAM
Piano Gallery, York Gate, Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Friday 15th November 2002, 7.00pm
Adjudicator, Allen Cup Singing Competition
Rokeby School, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey

Monday 11th November 2002, 7.45pm
Masterclass
for the London Lieder Group
Subject: The Songs of Robert Schumann
Craxton Studios, London

16th to 18th August 2002
East Anglia Summer Music School
A weekend for singers and piano accompanists, with Ian and Jennifer Partridge, Michael Pilkington.
University of East Anglia, Norwich
Details from Jeffrey Davies on 01603 744584

23rd to 31st July 2002
Classes at the
The Ringve Museum International Summer Course for Early Music
Trondheim, Norway

1st to 6th July 2002
Seminar for Voice
Subject: Robert Schumann - 1840, The Year of Song
Lake Placid Institute, New York

24th June 2002, 7.00pm
Final, Royal Over-Seas League Competition
Adjudicator
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 3rd May 2002, 2.00-5.00pm
Brahms: Hölty settings
Natasha Loges, Amanda Glauert, Ian Partridge and others
York Gate,Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Tuesday 30th April & Wednesday 1st May 2002
English Song Masterclasses
Royal Northern College of Music

Friday 26th April 2002, 2.00pm
Beethoven and Song
Participants include Barry Cooper, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Amanda Glauert, Ian Partridge and Malcolm Miller
This Performance Perspective is one of a regular Friday afternoon series of research events in York Gate
in association with Beethoven Piano Society of Europe 'Beethoven Explored' series and the Lieder Research Group at the RAM
York Gate,Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Saturday 23rd March 2002, 7.30pm
Masterclass
Hymers College, Hull

Thursday 21st March 2002, 7.00pm (Final)
Handel Singing Competition 2002
(Adjudicators: James Bowman, Ian Partridge)
Part of the London Handel Festival
St George's, Hanover Square, London

Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition 2002
Adjudicator
Singing final: Over-Seas House, 26th Feb
Over-Seas final: Over-Seas House, 18th Mar

Friday 18th January 2002, 2.00-5.00pm
Goethe’s Mignon
Ian Partridge and Amanda Glauert lead discussion and performance of songs from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister by composers from Reichardt to Wolf.
York Gate,Royal Academy of Music
Admission free

Sunday 13th January 2002, 11.30am & 5.30pm
Schubert Masterclasses
Royal Northern College of Music

24th to 28th August 2001
Masterclasses
Subject: Passions, Oratorios, Cantatas
Løgumkloster School of Church Music, Denmark

3rd to 5th August 2001
East Anglia Summer Music School
The Art of Song - a weekend for singers and piano accompanists, with Ian and Jennifer Partridge
University of East Anglia, Norwich

30th July to 1st August 2001
Masterclasses at the
Voksenåsen Summer Academy
Oslo, Norway
For more information, e-mail vokpro@online.no

6th to 15th July 2001
International Summer Course
Subject: Vocal Interpretation, music from Baroque period to 1850s
Castellón, Spain
For more information, e-mail musica.fundacio@lacaixa.es

24th April 2001, 7pm
Young Musician of Merton 2001
Adjudicator, solo vocal category
Merton Abbey Mills

Wednesday 21st March 2001
Masterclass, 11.00am to 3.00pm
for the Oslo Church Music Festival (Oslo Kirkemusikkfestival)
Oslo Cathedral

Tuesday 13th February 2001, 6.00pm
The John Ireland Triennial Award 2001
Adjudicator
Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music

Monday 5th February 2001, 8.00pm
Interview by Michael Oliver
Putney Music

Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd December 2000
National Mozart Competition 2000
Adjudicator, semi-final (Friday, 2.30pm and 7.00pm) and final (Saturday, 7.30pm)
Southport Arts Centre, Merseyside
Masterclasses on Saturday, given by members of the jury:
10.00am Ian Partridge
12noon Richard Jackson
4.00pm Teresa Cahill
The Music Academy, Talbot Street, Southport, Merseyside

Friday 17th November 2000
Interview by Alan Blyth
Lavenham Music Society

Sunday 17th September 2000
Masterclass, 2.00-5.30pm
Subject: settings of William Shakespeare
St George's Church, Esher
(This event was cancelled)

Saturday 26th August to Saturday 2nd September 2000
Voice masterclasses at Durham
for the Musikè Academy

Tuesday 20th to Wednesday 28th July 2000
Teaching at the
The Ringve Museum International Summer Course for Early Music
Trondheim, Norway

Monday 10th to Saturday 15th July 2000
Seminar for Voice
Subject: English Song: Gurney, Finzi, Quilter, Vaughan Williams and Bridge
Lake Placid Institute, New York

Monday 3rd July 2000, 10am-5pm
Van Someren Godfrey Prize
Adjudicator
Durrington Room, Royal College of Music

Saturday 17th June to Saturday 24th June 2000
Masterclasses at the Danish Song Society's summer course.
Subject: German lieder.
Ålbæk School, Vendyssel, Denmark

Monday 10th to Friday 14th April 2000
The Kathleen Ferrier Awards
Adjudicator
Semi-final and final at Wigmore Hall

Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th February 2000
Schubert Masterclass Weekend
Earnley Concourse, nr Chichester

Tuesday 26th October to Tuesday 2nd November 1999 (excl. Sunday)
Masterclasses at Aldeburgh
Subject: Bach - Passions, Magnificat, Mass in B Minor
Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies, Aldeburgh

Saturday 21st to Saturday 28th August 1999
Masterclasses during Week 5 of the
Dartington International Summer School
Also, performance of Ivor Gurney programme (Sunday 22nd).
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon

Tuesday 20th to Wednesday 28th July 1999
Teaching at the
The Ringve Museum International Summer Course for Early Music
Trondheim, Norway

Saturday 26th June to Saturday 3rd July 1999
Masterclasses at the Danish Song Society's summer course.
Subject: German lieder.
Ålbæk School, Vendyssel, Denmark

Wednesday 19th May 1999
Masterclass, 2.00-5.00pm
Subject: Frank Bridge
Royal College of Music

Sunday 25th April 1999
Masterclass (afternoon)
Adjudicator, Final Round of the ISM Competition for Singers (evening).
University of Sheffield

Saturday 10th April 1999
Masterclass for the Robert Bouffler Music Trust.
Whitgift School, Croydon