Martin Harris Centre

MUMS Lunchtime Concert Series – Saxophone Ensembles

13:00 - 14:00 9 November 2012
This is a chance to experience the saxophonists of the Manchester University Music Society, with a wide range of ensembles and works.

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 22:00 9 November 2012
Hindemith Minimax Wolfgang Rihm Quartet No. 9 Grieg Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 The Danels continue their exploration of the hilarious side of Hindemith, contrasted with…

A Celebration of Ian Kemp – concert and post-concert reception

14:00 - 16:30 10 November 2012
A programme to celebrate the life and work of Ian Kemp (1931-2011), formerly Professor of Music in the University. Music by Tippett (Piano Sonata No. 2), Berlioz (choral music, including…

Celebration of Ian Kemp Concert

Stockport Youth Orchestra

19:00 - 22:00 11 November 2012
Conductors: Tim Crooks and Sinead Hayes Join the young musicians of Stockport in the first concert of the orchestra’s 2012-13 season. www.syo.org.uk

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert

13:00 - 14:00 15 November 2012
Arnold Bax - Rhapsodic Ballad Philip Grange – Elegy Benjamin Britten - Suite No.2 Lionel Handy is professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire.…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert Series – Vocal Showcase

13:00 - 14:00 16 November 2012
This is a chance to experience the voices of the Manchester University Music Society. Featuring a wide range of ensembles and works, including the Manchester University Barbershop Chorus.

MUMS Chamber Orchestra & Wind Ensemble

19:30 - 22:00 17 November 2012
Strauss – Serenade, op.7 Strauss – Oboe Concerto Haydn – Symphony No.104 “London” Leo Gayer – Materia Medica Conductors: Oliver Till, Jonathan Evans, Mark Heron, Leo Geyer.…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 22:00 21 November 2012
Following the successes of the MIFTAS, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with a performance from their annual Autumn Showcase. Entirely student produced, the Autumn…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 22:00 22 November 2012
Following the successes of the MIFTAS, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with a performance from their annual Autumn Showcase. Entirely student produced, the Autumn…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert

13:00 - 14:00 22 November 2012
Maurice Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello Peter Maxwell Davies Sonatina for Violin and Cimbalom The performance will also include new works by students from…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 22:00 23 November 2012
Following the successes of the MIFTAS, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with a performance from their annual Autumn Showcase. Entirely student produced, the Autumn…

VAGANZA Beat the Rush Hour Concert

17:00 - 18:30 23 November 2012
Gifted both as composer and performer, Michael Finnissy’s contribution to contemporary piano repertory has been vast and extraordinary. Having written, commissioned and performed innumerable…

VAGANZA Evening Concert – Intricate Worlds: The Music of Michael Finnissy

19:00 23 November 2012
Finnissy Independence Quadrilles Finnissy Ouraa Lutyens Triolet II, Op 139 Student Composers …

VAGANZA Lunchtime Concert – Intricate Worlds: The Music of Michael Finnissy

13:00 23 November 2012
Music to include: Finnissy East London Heyes Finnissy Sonata for Toy Piano Ives Hallowe’en…

MUMS - Wind Orchestra

19:30 - 22:00 24 November 2012
Bernstein – Overture to Candide Gregson – Tuba Concerto Hesketh – Danceries Meechan – The Kárman Line Jackson – Passacaglia Ito - Gloriosa Conductors: Jonathan Evans,…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Gweneth Ann Jeffers and Simon Lepper

13:00 - 14:00 29 November 2012
Olivier Messiaen - Harawi A vocal and pianistic marathon of virtuosity and endurance, Messiaen’s show-stopping song-cycle Harawi of 1945 is seldom heard live. It is the first work…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert Series – Brass Band

13:00 - 14:00 30 November 2012
Manchester University Music Society’s Brass Band presents a lunchtime of English and Armenian music. The inspiring programme includes a new work by Timothy Langston who recently graduated…

MUMS - Ad Solem

19:30 - 22:00 4 December 2012
Director: David Young Join Ad Solem, the Music Society's elite chamber choir, as they return with a selection of sacred and contemporary choral works. Please book via Quay Tickets

MUMS: MUBB Big Band (Manchester University Big Band)

19:30 - 22:00 6 December 2012
Director: Dominik Billam Under the direction of Dominik Billam the Big Band’s first performance this year will be un-missable. Please book via Quay Tickets

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert & Seminar

13:00 - 15:30 6 December 2012
Robin Stevens Three Portraits (First complete performance) Shostakovich Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 The energy and passion of university doctoral student Robin Stevens,…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert - with Horn soloist, Tim Jackson (Principal with the RLPO)

19:30 - 22:00 7 December 2012
John McCabe Horn Quintet (2010-11) Mozart Quartet in C K465 ‘Dissonance’ Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 Tim Jackson, principal horn with the RLPO, joins the Quatuor…

Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with Simon Armitage, Val McDermid and Jackie Kay

18:30 9 December 2012
For this festive ‘Christmas Special’, In Conversation event, Professor of Creative Writing, Jeanette Winterson, will be joined by three of the North’s leading writers, Simon Armitage,…

MUMS Festive Concert

19:30 - 22:00 13 December 2012
The Cosmo Singers perform festive works Ellerby – Euphonium Concerto Yvonne Eccles - Splintering Factions (world premiere) Waldteufel – Skaters Waltz Tomlinson – Fantasia…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Richard Casey and Ian Buckle

13:00 - 14:00 13 December 2012
Maurice Ravel - Ma Mère L’Oye suite Micheal Finnissy - Wild Flowers George Gershwin - An American in Paris Celebrated piano duo Ian Buckle and Richard Casey present the…

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