Our courses successfully bring together players at all levels - adult learners, late starters, music students and experienced musicians - to give outstanding performances full of vitality.

                                                                        Forthcoming courses

Experience Orkney - Summer Strings in 2017
Saturday 22nd to Sunday 30th July, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands
A very special Summer School coupling music making with the opportunity to experience directly  the landscapes and history of these remarkable islands.  As well as dedicated string orchestra sessions, through its partnership with CoMA, the summer school also offers vocal, music theatre, piano and  composition options. 
Located in Orkney's main town of Kirkwall, the Summer School is ideally located for visits on 'mainland' Orkney and to the other islands. Concerts are planned for various venues, including the Italian chapel, Stromness Town Hall, Orkney Theatre and St Magnus Cathedral 
BOOKINGS Open at info@coma.org

Mid Winter Strings 2018
Tuesday 2nd to Saturday 6th January
St Hilda's College, Oxford

Music making in the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building overlooking Christchurch meadows and university spires of Oxford.

The new year energy booster! Whilst offering a range of music from the  established string repertoire, the course links up with a parallel CoMA composer course
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BOOKINGS  Opened 1st August 2017

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Strings in Greece 2017
Friday 26th May to Sunday 4th June.
Kapsali, Kythira, Greece

At the meeting of the Aegean, Cretan and Ionian seas lies the unspoilt mythical island of Kythira.  The course is based at an seafront Arts Centre in fishing village of Kapsali set below a Venetian castle on the south of the island. Rehearsals take place in an amphitheatre to the sound of the lapping sea. On occasion we use other venues - beaches, community centres and, once, on the roof of the monastery overlookng Kapsali bay!

This is music making in a truly magical place!
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BOOKINGS Opened Friday 17 June 2016