skip to content

Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)

Alert:

The deadline for booking a place on this course has passed. Please use the 'Ask a Question' button to register your interest in future or similar courses.

Despite his short life of 36 years, Purcell was an astonishingly gifted and prolific composer, mastering the genres of opera, ceremonial odes and welcome songs, church music, secular songs and instrumental music. This course will focus on Purcell’s breadth of styles: polyphony derived from Byrd and Gibbons, and the up-to-date French and Italian styles encouraged by King Charles II. Among the genres to be discussed will be Purcell’s anthems and services written for Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal, ceremonial music, odes to Saint Cecilia, keyboard and chamber music, and two of his operas: Dido and Aeneas, and The Fairy Queen.

Container

Requirements

Who can book?

Our weekend courses are open to participants over the age of 18 and courses are taught at approximately first-year undergraduate level. No academic qualifications are required and most courses are suitable for students who are new to the subject. Please ensure that you complete any required reading listed in your course materials before the course starts to enable you to fully participate and get the maximum enjoyment out of your course.

English language requirements

If your first language is not English, you will need to satisfy yourself that you have the required near-native command of the language to get the maximum benefit from studying with us.

Accessibility for students with support requirements

We make every effort both to anticipate and to make reasonable adjustments to meet the needs of students with support requirements including those with unseen disabilities, including mental health conditions, and specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia.

Please ensure you let us know about any support requirements when booking so that we can offer you the support and advice you require before your course starts, enabling a smooth transition to your studies.

If when booking you indicate that you require additional support, you will be sent a Student Additional Requirements Form (SARF) to complete. The form asks for further details about your requirements and support needs, and requests that you submit supporting evidence.

If you have any particular requirements or queries please contact the Disability Liaison team at da@ice.cam.ac.uk 

Course dates

18 Aug 2023 to 20 Aug 2023

Course duration

1 Weekend

Apply by

07 Aug 2023

Course fee

£355

Accommodation fees

Single room: £75 per night

Double/Twin room £65 per person, per night (2 people sharing)

Academic Directors, Course Directors and Tutors are subject to change, when necessary.

Venue

Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
CB23 8AQ
United Kingdom

Qualifications / Credits

Non-accredited

Course code

2223NRX043