Tutor: Terry Smurthwaite Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them. The ability to  hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and

Leader: The Very Revd Simon Cowling Encounters with the Divine Scripture is full of descriptions of human encounters with the Divine. On this Quiet Day Simon will reflect on three such encounters with the help of art and music, and will suggest ways in which we ourselves might be open to such encounters in our

Tutor: Hugh Parry Music is obviously in debt to literature for the texts which it turns into song andopera. The debt is not one-way: poems, short stories, novels and song lyrics interpret music verbally, or describe composers, musicians, musical events, and audiences. The material is so copious that any choice amongst it would be random,

Leader: The Right Reverend Lord Hope How can we sing the Lord’s song…? Reflections on the psalms at a time when hardly any of the psalms are any longer used in our churches. The psalms still provide ancient wisdom and a rich resource for use in all manner of  situations and circumstances of our lives

The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship together over lunch. Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.

Tutor: Hilary Oliver Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them. The ability to  hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and

Wharfedale’s varied landscape is on a reassuringly human scale; wild moorland, wooded vales and boulder-strewn hillsides above the peaty waters of the River Wharfe. We offer a choice each day of either short or longer walks with our guides, returning to the welcome and warmth of the Hall. Packed lunches are provided, but if at

Witness: Lynn Parker A silent ‘listening’ retreat. Contemplative life is the expression of the desire to seek stillness amid the rush of life, to hear ‘the still small voice’ amid today’s clamour; to search for and listen to  God. Experienced with others in a group, silence is deeper and more powerful than when alone. By

Tutor: Keely Hodgson Combine singing in harmony with rest, nurture and inspiration. No previous singing experience, or the ability to read music, is required. A varied repertoire of songs and rounds are sensitively  taught using call and response. Keely Hodgson is a composer and natural voice practitioner. She has worked as a music specialist in

Tutors: Ruth Burbidge & Terry Smurthwaite Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them. The ability to  hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide variety of

Leader: Canon Brenda Lofthouse Through his poetry and prose, we will explore St John’s understanding of the human/divine relationship on the soul’s pathway into God. Brenda is a Canon Emeritus of Bradford Cathedral. Following a career in the NHS she was ordained in the Church of England, and served as a Parish Deacon and a

The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship together over a traditional Christmas lunch. Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.