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	Ralph Woodward - harpsichord Course Director grew up in Durham, before going to Queens' College, Cambridge as Organ Scholar. He now works as a freelance musician based in Cambridge. He has conducted in Tunisia, Harvard University, Royal Opera House, and Prague. He conducts the Fairhaven Singers, Full Score, and the Britten-Pears Chamber Choir.

	Terry Gill - tutor organiser recently retired after forty years working in full-time education. He is a specialist in renaissance wind including wide-bore recorders.

	Alan Davis - solo recorder A415 Alan Davis has performed extensively as a recorder soloist in both early and contemporary music. He has held recorder teaching appointments with Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham Music Service and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He currently teaches the recorder at Chetham’s School of Music and the RNCM Junior School, and is a regular tutor at the South Bohemia Summer School of Early Music. He also continues to direct Birmingham Schools’ Recorder Sinfonia which he founded in 1979. In recent years Alan has been increasingly active as a composer, writing primarily though not exclusively for the recorder.

	Elizabeth Dodd - advanced viol studied viol and early dance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She played and danced with a number of early music groups in London before moving north in 1986. She now performs and teaches all over the north of England.

	Duncan Druce - baroque strings was one of the pioneers of original-instrument performance in Britain. As a founder-member of the Academy of Ancient Music and the Music Party he took part in some of the earliest recordings and performances in the 1970s. Since then he has played with most of the foremost London-based baroque and classical groups.

	Martin Eastwell - lute studied lute with Diana Poulton and Jacob Lindberg. He has performed with many of the country's leading early music groups. Venues have included the Proms, Wigmore Hall and many UK festivals, and he has played in various recordings. Martin researches and writes on historical playing techniques and has taught at the Early Music Centre and on several music courses.

	Andrew Fowler - viol Andrew Fowler teaches and performs on viols, recorders and voice throughout the north of England and beyond. He publishes his own editions of early choral and consort music, many of them based on manuscripts from the Durham Cathedral Library collection. Andrew is particularly drawn to the earlier repertoire, making use of renaissance viols and recorders. He also teaches on the Viola da Gamba Society's summer weekend course for new viol players.

	Clare Griffel - singing specialises in the pre-classical repertoire; she has sung in master classes with, among others, Nigel Rogers and the late Robert Spencer, and has performed widely, in particular with Musica Mundi. Clare has a busy private teaching practice, and regularly leads workshops in early singing for Early Music Fora.

	Manfred Harras - solo recorder A440 studied solo recorder at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He has taught at the State Music Academy in Heidelberg-Mannheim and at the Conservatory of Biel-Bienne in Switzerland. Manfred is a publisher of early music and regularly contributes articles to various journals on recorder technique and performance. He has made about 50 recordings as soloist and chamber musician.

	Laura Hird - upper intermediate recorder A440 studied recorders at the Royal Academy of Music with Peter Holtslag and Anneke Boeke. She then moved to Milan to work with Pedro Memelsdorff (recorder) and Alberto Grazzi (baroque bassoon). Laura performs regularly both as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles. She teaches recorders privately and at the Sage, Gateshead.

	Alison Kinder - viol read music at Oxford University and was then awarded a scholarship by Trinity College of Music where she studies viol with Alison Crum. She plays in the viol consort Cheyls with Ibi Aziz and Jennifer Barron, and is a founder member of the ensemble Passamezzo with whom she performs regularly on viols and recorders. Alison is also founder and director of the Early Music for Youth Summer School for young viol and recorder players. She teaches viol and directs the County Youth Waits for Warwickshire County Music Service. Alison is really looking forward to returning to Norvis!

	Stewart McCoy - lute has performed on the lute, viol and theorbo with numerous singers and ensembles. He has taught the viol at the Australian Viola da Gamba Society course in Armidale, and teaches lute and viol at the St. Colombe course in Großmürbisch, Austria. Stewart has edited music for the Viola da Gamba Society, the Lute Society and Fretwork Editions.

	David Pinto - viol David Pinto’s work on sources extends from research articles to an opinionated cameo role on Sting’s John Dowland: Songs from the Labyrinth! Recent editions: Orlando Gibbons Verse Anthems, collaborations over Dowland, Lachrimae and Alfonso Ferrabosco, Consort Music (Musica Britannica). He has also edited (and played) the major ensemble string music of William Lawes.

	Jacqui Robertson-Wade - solo bass viol A415 studied Viol and ‘Cello at Trinity College of Music returning with a scholarship as a mature student. She is an established performer with various ensembles and has worked for the RSC. Jacqui has taught viols in schools for nearly 10 years and is the author of Viol Player Book 1 – a viol tutor that has received international acclaim.

	Jane Rumney - advanced recorder A440 studied at the Royal College of Music, gaining diplomas in recorder performance and teaching. She is an experienced solo and chamber musician, having performed as a member of both the Larsen trio and Via Spatiosa. Jane has a highly successful recorder teaching practice, her pupils gaining local and national awards.

	Mary Tyers - lower intermediate recorder A440 is based in North-East England, where she is well-established as both teacher and performer. She currently teaches recorder and flute for Durham and Newcastle Universities and coaches some of their ensembles. She has recently completed her MMus in Baroque Music performance.