• Steven Devine harpsichord

In this new venture young keyboard players are given the opportunity to be coached by Steven Devine in music by J.S. Bach, using the Colin Booth harpsichord after Fleischer, the Hill organ in St Mary’s, Boxford, or the fine late nineteenth-century Broadwood piano kept in the church, featured recently in a recital by David Owen Norris. Listeners are guaranteed fascinating insights into Bach’s music, the challenges of performing it on different keyboard instruments and the art of performance in general. To take part in the masterclass you need to have a minimum of Associated Board Grade 6. For more information and an application form, please contact the Suffolk Villages Festival office or download one here; the closing date for applications is 1 August.