I also appreciated the alternative workshops which rather than focussing solely on music related items, offered opportunities for participants to learn more about such diverse topics as horticulture, philosophy & handicrafts.

Workshops included:

Gregor Mendel's practical hints & tips on the propagation of peas

Louis Pasteur's 'How to make milk based yogurt safely [without contracting cowpox!]'

Otto Lillienthal's Kite & Hanglider studies

Felix Mendelssohn's 'How to enhance your organ!'

Gerardus Mercator's 'Application of GPS as an aid to map reading'

to name but a few