Dates
12 April — 19 April 2011
Quote...
"We look forward to this course so much; it's a fixture in our diary round which the whole year revolves!"
...will be at the course
Jane Francis
Jane Francis studied at Dartington College of Arts and the Royal Academy of Music. As a cellist, her love of continuo playing led to the study and performance of music using period instruments. She is both a cellist and viola da gambist, and works with many leading musicians in the field of period instrument performance as a continuo player. As a soloist she has played in duo partnerships with Colin Booth, Helena Brown, Kenneth Mobbs and John Wellingham, and currently works most frequently with Helena Brown. She was a co-director of the South West based baroque ensemble Continuo. She is also a member of the recently formed professional viol consort The Company of Viols.
Jane is a very experienced teacher of both modern and baroque cello, and viola da gamba, with a busy practice in Bristol, although her work as a teacher often takes her further afield. Teaching is for her an essential and integral part of being a musician; she teaches on a number of adult Baroque and Renaissance chamber music courses, gives workshops, and has become involved with Kodaly concepts of music education, gaining a Certificate of Kodaly Music Education with distinction. She has written several articles on creative teaching ideas and resources, and produces innovative teaching aids and material.