Martin Harris Centre

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - Welcome Concert

19:30 - 21:30 28 September 2013
Wagner Rienzi Overture Bizet Suites from Carmen Poulenc Gloria Manchester University Music Society begins its new season, introducing six student conductors leading the symphony…

Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with: Lynne Truss

18:30 - 20:00 30 September 2013
Lynne Truss is a writer and broadcaster best known for her globally bestselling book on punctuation, Eats, Shoots & Leaves (2003). She is a wide-ranging comic author, whose twelve books…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Baroque and Roll: Toe Tapping Tunes of the Eighteenth Century

13:10 - 14:00 3 October 2013
Guest artist Frauke Jürgensen joins Northern Baroque for an exploration of Baroque dance forms in a programme of vocal and instrumental dance numbers interspersed with theatrical dances,…

Interactive Schools Poetry Event with Ian McMillan

13:30 - 15:30 4 October 2013
Celebrate National Poetry Day 2013, in this interactive schools poetry event with Ian McMillan. Ian McMillan has been a poet, broadcaster, commentator and programme maker for over…

LITERATURE LIVE: Moniza Alvi and Nadeem Aslam

18:30 - 20:30 7 October 2013
MLF and the Centre for New Writing present two extraordinary writers, who have both drawn on their Pakistani heritage to pen exquisite works of art. Moniza Alvi is the author of…

Poetry in Performance: Being Human

19:30 - 21:30 9 October 2013
Midland Creative Projects in association with the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Bloodaxe Books are delighted to present the acclaimed poetry in performance production Being Human.…

QUATUOR DANEL Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 10 October 2013
Haydn Quartet in C, Op. 1, No. 1 in B flat Britten Quartet No. 3 The University’s international star quartet-in-residence opens its ninth season with the modest birth of the string…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Flavour of the Months

14:30 - 15:30 10 October 2013
A taster session for repertoire in the Quatuor Danel’s 2013-14 concert season, concentrating on Haydn and late Beethoven

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - Solo and Chamber Works

13:10 - 14:00 11 October 2013
A great chance to sample the high standards of musical performance from Manchester University Music Society, as students entertain with a selection of chamber and small ensemble works

QUATUOR DANEL Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 11 October 2013
Mozart Quartet K458 in B flat, ‘The Hunt’; Weinberg Quartet No. 8, Op. 66; Beethoven Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 A trio of favourite quartets: Mozart at his most genial, Weinberg…

LITERATURE LIVE: Ali Smith

18:00 - 20:00 12 October 2013
In this event, co-sponsored by The University of Manchester and the Manchester Literature Festival, Ali Smith will read from recent work, including Artful (2012), and discuss her…

I Am, I Am, I Am: Reflections on Sylvia Plath - With Ali Smith & Jackie Kay

18:00 - 20:00 13 October 2013
LITERATURE LIVE: Originally published in 1963, The Bell Jar tells the story of Esther Greenwood, a talented young woman with a prestigious internship on a New York magazine. On…

Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with: Audrey Niffenegger PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

19:30 - 21:30 13 October 2013
Audrey Niffenegger was born in 1963 in the idyllic hamlet of South Haven, Michigan. Her family moved to Evanston, Illinois and she has lived in or near Chicago for most of her life.…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Marcus Farnsworth (Baritone) with James Baillieu (Piano)

13:10 - 14:00 17 October 2013
Schubert Der Schiffer Schubert Auf der Donau Schubert Nachtstück Britten Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Folksongs arr. Britten Sally in our Alley Lord! I married me…

Made in Manchester: Storytelling and spoken word performance

17:30 - 18:30 18 October 2013
Professional performer and storyteller Akiel Chinelo has been facilitating a series of drama and storytelling workshops with a group of young women from Gorton in east Manchester. They…

Sing Out and Stand Tall

13:10 - 14:00 18 October 2013
Ethnomusicology lecturer Caroline Bithell and a team of students from Music have been working in partnership with natural voice and community arts practitioner Jules Gibb to deliver…

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 19 October 2013
Smetana Ma Vlast: Blaník Martin? Oboe Concerto Smetana Ma Vlast: From Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows Dvo?ák Symphony No. 8 MUMS Symphony Orchestra return with a Bohemia-inspired…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Featured Artist: Richard Casey (Piano)

13:10 - 14:00 24 October 2013
Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 Beethoven Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia Op. 27 No. 2 Chopin Fugue Iannis Xenakis Evryali Richard Casey’s first Beethoven and recital this year…

MANTIS Fall Festival 2013

18:00 - 19:30 26 October 2013
MANTIS Fall Festival 2013 6pm, Saturday 26 October 2013 8pm, Saturday 26 October 2013 2pm, Sunday 27 October 2013 MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a weekend of…

MANTIS Fall Festival 2013

20:00 - 22:00 26 October 2013
MANTIS Fall Festival 2013 6pm, Saturday 26 October 2013 8pm, Saturday 26 October 2013 2pm, Sunday 27 October 2013 MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a weekend of…

New Music North West Festival

26 October - 2 November 2013
New Music North West Festival Saturday 26 October – Saturday 2 November 2013 Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The RNCM and The University of Manchester are delighted to…

MANTIS Fall Festival 2013

14:00 - 16:00 27 October 2013
MANTIS Fall Festival 2013 6pm, Saturday 26 October 2013 8pm, Saturday 26 October 2013 2pm, Sunday 27 October 2013 MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a weekend of…

Exploring the North West with David Horne

14:30 - 16:30 28 October 2013
David Horne presents a video of short messages from each composer represented in the festival, including audio snippets, personal messages and much more besides. This event forms…

Lunchtime Concert

13:00 - 14:30 28 October 2013
Edwin Roxburgh, Cantilena; Gary Carpenter, Dioscuri; Edwin Roxburgh, Homage to Debussy; Paul Goodey, La Seis Cuerdas. This event forms part of the New Music North West Festival,…

The Rosenhan Experiment

17:15 - 19:30 28 October 2013
Robert Ogden countertenor RNCM alumnus Tim Benjamin brings a gripping psychological drama recounting David Rosenhan's landmark 1970s experiment: ‘On Being Sane In Insane Places’…

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