Dunfield House Suzuki Course

Applications are invited from Suzuki violinists and viola players for a full-board residential course at Dunfield House in Herefordshire directed by Heather Clemson.                            (Cellists by invitation only)

The course includes repertoire classes, orchestra, chamber music, ensembles, steel pan classes, solo concerts, swimming, football, 'pyjama torchlight' walk, midnight feast, 'Dunfield Festival', guided walks, arts and crafts, quiz, socialising, lots of food and the great outdoors.

This is a very popular course which is always oversubscribed and applications for places will close when the course is full (usually by the end of March)                                            Some bursaries are available - please contact Heather Clemson (heatherclemson@hotmail.com) - all applications are treated in confidence

Dates and times:  

• Saturday 25th October – course starts at 9.45am (Registration from 9.00am)
• Tuesday 28th October – course ends at 4.00pm

Venue address:

Dunfield House, Dunfield, Kington, Herefordshire HR5 3NN.

More information about the venue facilities

Fees:                                                                                                             

• The course fee will be £395 per participating pupil and £395 per accompanying parent/guardian
• A deposit of £100 per person is required to secure your places - payment details within the form
• The balance of £295 per person must be paid before 1st September 2025 non payment means your place may be offered to someone on the waiting list.

• Payment details for bank transfers:

  HSBC

  Account Name: Mrs H N Clemson  

  Account Number: 93833216

  Sort Code: 40-11-92

  Reference: Your surname (ie person responsible for booking)

Names of Applicants

Please read these instructions carefully before filling in the form

Please include all names and details of each adult and all children in your family applying to attend the course.

eg If you would like you, your partner, and two children to take part - you will be Applicant 1 - your partner will be Applicant 2 and your children will be Applicants 3 and 4 

If you are the `person responsible for booking` and you are attending the course - you also need to fill in your details as `Applicant 1` as this section asks additional questions that we need to know

Please do not include your own details in the Applicant section if you are a parent applying on behalf of an unaccompanied student. In this case the unaccompanied student will be Applicant 1.

The course is non-profit making and deposits paid are non-refundable, except if Dunfield House has to cancel the course for any reason. Unless cancelled places can be filled, we risk having insufficient funds to cover the overheads to which we have to commit in advance based on numbers booked. For this reason, once accepted onto the course, if a place is no longer required, please let Heather Clemson (heatherclemson@hotmail.com) know as soon as possible. 

No refund will be made for cancellations after 1st September 2025 except if Dunfield House has to cancel our booking. 

Because of the dormitory arrangements, we cannot accept late changes to attending parents (male to female or vice versa)

The course fee is:

• £395 per participating pupil
• £395 per accompanying parent/guardian

The non-refundable deposit is: 

• £100 per participating pupil 
• £100 per accompanying parent/guardian
• To be paid ASAP after completing this form in order to secure your places

The balance is: 

• £295 per participating pupil 
• £295 per accompanying parent/guardian
• To be paid before 1st September 2025 (non payment means your place may be offered to someone on the waiting list) 

Payment details for bank transfers:

HSBC

Account Name: Mrs H N Clemson 

Account Number: 93833216

Sort Code: 40-11-92

Reference: Your surname (ie person responsible for booking)