Flutes, Clarinets, Saxophones and Friends en Vacances Student Summer Music Course
International students are also very welcome to combine music-making with English practice. The tutors also speak French, Italian and Spanish. To date, we have welcomed students from Spain, Italy, Malaysia, USA, Portugal, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, Thailand, France, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Bahrain as well as the UK.
Supervised recreation time is always built into the full daily teaching timetable. The course is small. relaxed and friendly with full pastoral care and good home cooking all set in the expansive and beautiful grounds of Earls Hall. We aim to enthuse and motivate our students and can guarantee a year’s improvement in just a few days!
Repertoire & composers
Repertoire list for solo work and individual tuition
Entry Level/ Beginner Grade Students – Please bring any solo piece that you are working on with your teacher. Remember the piano part if there is one. You may prefer to choose something from your tutor book, which is fine.
Intermediate Level Students – Please bring an exam or test piece that you have worked on with your teacher. Remember the piano part if there is one.
Advanced Students – Please bring a movement from any Sonata or set exam piece or well-known repertoire piece for your instrument with piano part, if it is accompanied.
Repertoire for mixed ensembles
We provide all of the music, but do bring something of your own, if you would particularly like to try it out. The repertoire to be coached includes music by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Mozart, Schubert, Devienne, Dvorak and Elgar + opera, ballet, contemporary popular music and music theatre/show tunes. Every student will perform their ensembles at the final concert.
Location
An immersive summer music course in Suffolk, UK, offering young woodwind players intensive tuition, ensemble experience, and workshops to develop their performance skills and musicality in a friendly, supportive environment.
More events
All events →- Jul17+BBC PromsFeatured17 Jul, 7 pm – 12 Sept 2026, 10 pm · BBCRoyal Albert Hall, London, United KingdomFestivalConcert series
- Aug30EPTA UK Conference 2026Featured30 Aug 2026 · EPTA UKBirmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, United KingdomConferenceExpo
- Sept10+INTERKULTUR International Choir Competition Blackpool 2026Featured10 Sept, 9 am – 14 Sept 2026, 5 am · INTERKULTURWinter Gardens (Empress Ballroom), Blackpool, United KingdomCompetitionFestival
- Feb26+The Guitar Show & The Bass ShowFeatured26 Feb, 1 pm – 28 Feb 2027, 5 pm · Torn and FrayedCranmore Park, Solihull, United KingdomExpo