EMS/SRP Festival
Do you play in a recorder or mixed ensemble? If so, you are invited to apply to perform in a fringe event as part of the SRP/EMS Festival.
Each successful ensemble will receive an award of between £400-700, dependent on
ensemble size, and will be offered at least two performance opportunities of between 20 and 45
minutes. A maximum of 4 awards will be made.
The main festival has been widely promoted and is expected to attract over 250 recorder enthusiasts,
with over 200 amateurs already signed up to participate. Alongside the amateur playing activities there
will also be a marketplace, masterclasses, ERTA led educational workshops and feature Sarah Jeffery,
Flanders Duo and Finn Collinson. Palisander will perform at the opening gala reception on Friday 30th
May. More details can be found online at http://www.earlymusicshop.com/recorder-festival-2025.
The Fringe Festival will take place during Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June. It will provide young
professionals with an opportunity to interact and publicise themselves within the wider recorder
community, sell CDs, promote their individual and ensemble activities and mix with their colleagues.
The Fringe events will be included in Festival publicity and fuller details will be included in the Festival
programme. Fringe events will be informal, free, non-ticketed performance opportunities to encourage
a wide audience from both festival goers and the general public.
Applications
These should be submitted by email and include a biography of the ensemble, recent performance
history, a programme outline (more than one may be given) and future plans and commitments.
Publicity material, links to webpages, brochures and performance clips or links should also be
included. Performers may be part of more than one ensemble and should be under the age of 30 on the
closing date of applications.
All applicants will be responsible for their own costs and providing their own instruments and
equipment.
Please send all queries and applications to Barbara Law – barbara@earlymusicshop.com.
All decisions will be communicated with applicants by Sunday 30th March 2025.
The closing date for applications is Saturday 1st March 2025.