Author: markelawrence1

If you have been thinking whether to come to NORVIS, stop thinking and apply! You are bound to enjoy our week of varied and friendly early music in Durham.  With 48 years’ collective experience behind us, we continue each year to make new friends and discover new corners of the repertoire. In our musical director Andrew Fowler’s third year at the helm, we will include many Venetian delights. Recorder, viol, lute, baroque strings, harpsichord and singing classes each day with superb tutors, along with further ensemble and tuition, lecture-recitals and concerts and the choir and NORVIS Baroque orchestra – and the historic surroundings of Durham City and the more immediate pleasures of the college bar and NORVIS Ale…  What are you waiting for? Join NORVIS.

Bursaries may still be available – it’s certainly worth asking us.

The service of celebration of the lives of Layton and Christine Ring, the founders of NORVIS, will be held at 2 pm on Monday 25th March 2019 at Hexham Abbey. The service will be streamed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIt6fv801qo&feature=youtu.be and a recording will be available there afterwards, we understand.

Our thoughts are with the members of the family.

Layton Ring (31st July 1922 – 18th February 2019) As we announced recently, we were sad that our founder, Layton Ring, passed away on 18th February. His funeral will take place in Hexham Abbey on Monday 25th March at 2pm.