Dartington Music Summer School & Festival

Four weeks of shared music making, learning and listening, from early music to jazz. Courses for all ages and abilities, accompanied by over 70 concerts and events, set against the backdrop of a medieval estate in the heart of Devon.

Dartington Music Summer School & Festival

Four weeks of shared music making, learning and listening, from early music to jazz. Courses for all ages and abilities, accompanied by over 70 concerts and events, set against the backdrop of a medieval estate in the heart of Devon.

The 2023 Summer School & Festival has now finished – we’ll be back with our updated website and details of the 2024 season soon.

Our 2023 Festival saw us celebrate our 75th year of Summer School! 

If you’re new to the Festival, or need a refresher on how it all works, we recommend you read through this page before you get started.

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Have you had a chance to check out the Music, Migration & Mobility exhibition in the East Wing Lounge yet?

This fascinating exhibition, researched and curated by @rcmlondon team Alison Garnham, Norbert Meyn and Sam Weinstein, explores the role of migration and mobility in the early history of the Dartington Summer School - the most exciting and imaginative music education institution to emerge in post war Britain… if we do say so ourselves!

We’re delighted that the team are also joining us for a special event tomorrow evening at 5pm to talk about their work.

🎟️ £5
Book now:
www.dartington.org/event/summerfestival-migration-mobility-and-the-history-of-the-dartington-summer-school

#dartingtonmusic #dartingtonsummerschool #musichistory
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For the final week of our Summer School & Festival we're celebrating the music of the legendary composer Thea Musgrave, pictured here in the courtyard in 1956.

@magnardensemble: Mozart and Musgrave
Tue 15 Aug, 7.30pm
Join the brilliant young Magnard Ensemble for an evening of wind quintets, from Mozart to composer in residence Thea Musgrave. The programme also features Barber’s heady Summer Music, a quintet by Wagner’s contemporary August Klughardt, and new works by Tonia Ko and Euchar Gravina.

@annalapwoodorgan: Fauré Requiem
Fri 18 Aug, 7.30pm
Celebrated organist and choral director Anna Lapwood conducts the Dartington Festival Choir & Players in the final concert of our Festival, pairing Fauré’s much-loved Requiem and the miniature Cantique de Jean Racine with the ravishingly beautiful Missa Brevis by Thea Musgrave.

We're also delighted to be hosting a special presentation by members of the @rcmlondon team behind the current exhibition Music, Migration and Mobility. Alison Garnham, Norbert Meyn and Sam Weinstein will discuss the role of migration and mobility in the early history of the Dartington Summer School — the most exciting and imaginative music education institution to emerge in post-war Britain.

We’ve also been celebrating 75 years of Summer School by looking to the future, with our biggest ever family offer, courses for young people in every week, a generous bursary scheme that nurtures new talent, and several new courses reflecting current practice in music.

Explore our final week programme & book:
dartington.org/summerfestival

#dartingtonmusic #dartingtonsummerschool #musichistory #postwarbritain #20thcenturyhistory #20thcenturymusic
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Did you hear Thursday's 'How to play: Fauré’s Requiem' on BBC Radio 4, featuring the incredible @_bbcnow?

It made us very excited for Week 4 of our Summer School (12 - 19 Aug) where celebrated choral conductor & organist @AnnaLapwoodOrgan (fresh from her dazzling @BBC_Proms organ recital earlier this week) will be leading our Big Choir towards a performance of two complementary works: Gabriel Fauré’s much-loved Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine, and the ravishingly beautiful Missa Brevis by Thea Musgrave.

There are still spaces to join Anna's course in Week 4, with some very limited availability to stay with us and enjoy the full Summer School experience! Non-residential Course & Concerts, or Single Course Passes also available.

Find out more via the link in our bio.
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