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Viol players will be travelling from Gateshead, Oxford and Bradford to take part in master classes and a concert with Warwickshire viol players on Wednesday 11 February.

The day’s celebrations have been organised by County Music Service Early Music teachers Jacqui Williamson, Jenny Curtis and Alison Kinder who will oversee the teaching sessions for consorts and soloists during the afternoon.

These classes will be followed by a concert by Ibi Aziz, accompanist Masumi Yamamoto and Director of the CMS Waits Ensemble, Alison Kinder. The concert starts at 5.20pm, tickets cost £3 and will be available on the door at the Lord Leycester Hospital, High Street, Warwick.

The concert will offer the young viol players a great opportunity to learn from Ibi Aziz who is one of the leading viola da gamba players of his generation. Ibi is in demand primarily as a chamber musician, period orchestral player and soloist.

Speaking about the event, Jacqui Williamson said, “This feast of early music is part of a series of tenth anniversary celebration concerts for our young musicians, which have included playing at the prestigious Greenwich International Early Music Festival & Exhibition in November and collaborating with Birmingham Music Service recorder players in January.”

Viol teaching has become well established in Warwickshire.  Having started ten years ago with two pupils playing on instruments lent by the committee of the Viola da Gamba Society, the music service now has a collection of 21 treble viols, seven tenors and six bases. 

For further information about this concert, please contact the CMS office on 01926 742630.

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