Martin Harris Centre

‘Latin Fever’ Dance Classes

13:05 24 September - 14:00 19 November 2014
Learn to Dance “Strictly Style” Wed. 24 September – Wed. 19 November 2014 Due to popular demand we’re bringing Ballroom back to the Martin Harris Centre! Would you like to learn the…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Piano 4 Hands: Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa

13:10 - 14:00 25 September 2014
Poulenc Sonata for Two Pianos Dai Fujikura 3 Miniatures for Two Pianos John McCabe Basse Danse International duo Piano 4 Hands makes a welcome return to The University of Manchester…

MUMS Welcome Concert

17:00 - 19:30 28 September 2014
Elgar Selections from Wand of Youth Suites 1 and 2 Shostakovich Six Romances on Verses by English Poets Macmillan Credo Manchester University Music Society begins its new season…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Music in Time of War

13:10 - 14:00 2 October 2014
Lionel Handy (cello) Nigel Clayton (piano) Debussy Cello sonata D minor (1915) Bax Folk Tale (1918) Martinu Sonata No. 2 (1941) Debussy’s late masterpiece was one…

John Hegley - English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter

20:00 - 22:00 4 October 2014
To celebrate his French roots and the early music tradition of the University’s music undergraduates, poet and performer John Hegley will perform pieces inspired by the grumpy, but…

Sebastian Barry and Colm Tóibín: two of Ireland’s finest writers “In Conversation”

18:30 - 20:30 6 October 2014
Three times shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín is one of the leading English-language writers at work today. Tóibín succeeded Martin Amis as professor at the Centre for…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Shakespeare à la Russe: Voice and Piano

13:10 - 14:00 9 October 2014
Frédéric Albou (bass-baritone) Michelle Assay (piano) programme to include: Sonnet Settings by Shostakovich, Weinberg, Kabalevsky and Sviridov Russian composers have a long and…

Peter Blake - Under Milk Wood

15:00 - 17:00 11 October 2014
MLF and the Dylan Thomas 100 are delighted to present a rare in-conversation with the Godfather of Pop Art. A prolific artist known for his beautiful collages, paintings and record…

Martin Amis In Conversation with Nick Laird

18:30 - 20:30 12 October 2014
Martin Amis returns to Manchester, where he was the University’s inaugural professor of creative writing 2007-11, to read from his new novel The Zone of Interest, the follow-up to Lionel…

Suzannah Dunn & Maria McCann The History Girls

18:30 - 20:30 13 October 2014
The past may be a foreign country, but it’s one we can visit through the transformative journey of the historical novel. Here two masters of the form address the intricacies of recreating…

Ian McGuire “In Conversation” with Adam Begley

18:00 - 20:30 14 October 2014
In 60 books and 27 novels, John Updike earned a reputation as one of modern America’s greatest men of letters. In this authoritative new biography, the first following the writer’s…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Performing String Quartets (1) Seminar

14:30 - 15:00 16 October 2014
The Quatuor Danel and Professor Barry Cooper discuss issues in the performance of Classical and post-Classical string quartets

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 16 October 2014
Haydn Quartet in D, Op. 1 No. 3 Shostakovich Quartet No. 10 in A flat, Op. 118 The Quatuor Danel’s tenth year at the University opens with a reminder of the infancy of…

Alan Gillis and Tom Pickard

18:00 - 20:00 17 October 2014
Alan Gillis is from Belfast, and teaches at The University of Edinburgh. Previously shortlisted for the TS Eliot and the Irish Times/Poetry Now Prizes, Maria Johnston describes his…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert: Piano Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 17 October 2014
A handful of the finest piano players in the Manchester University Music Society come together to perform a selection of the finest piano music ever written, spanning a history from…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 17 October 2014
Borodin Quartet No. 2 in D Enescu Quartet No. 2 in G Shostakovich Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 Three glorious string quartets from Eastern Europe, from the tunefulness…

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 18 October 2014
Mahler Symphony No. 4 Brahms Academic Festival Overture Bruckner Three Pieces for Orchestra MUMS Symphony Orchestra returns with an exciting programme. Brahms’ dazzling Academic…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Bach to the Future

13:10 - 14:00 23 October 2014
Fenella Humphreys (violin) Gordon Crosse New Work (2014) J.S. Bach Partita no. 3 in E major BWV 1006 Piers Hellawell New Work (2014) Cyril Scott Bumble-Bees Violinist Fenella…

Sines & Squares Festival Analogue Electronics and Modular Synthesis

18:00 - 19:00 25 October 2014
“Sines & Squares” is one of UK’s first festivals and concert series celebrating the recent resurgence of analogue and modular synthesizers. It will feature some of the most renown UK…

Sines & Squares Festival Analogue Electronics and Modular Synthesis

19:30 - 20:30 25 October 2014
“Sines & Squares” is one of UK’s first festivals and concert series celebrating the recent resurgence of analogue and modular synthesizers. It will feature some of the most renown UK…

Sines & Squares Festival Analogue Electronics and Modular Synthesis

14:00 - 15:00 26 October 2014
“Sines & Squares” is one of UK’s first festivals and concert series celebrating the recent resurgence of analogue and modular synthesizers. It will feature some of the most renown UK…

House of Orphans and International Anthony Burgess Foundation present .... One Hand Clapping

19:00 - 21:00 30 October 2014
Written by Anthony Burgess Adapted for the stage and directed by Lucia Cox Janet doesn’t want their lives to change that much – she’s quite happy working at the supermarket, cooking…

House of Orphans and International Anthony Burgess Foundation present .... One Hand Clapping

19:00 - 21:00 31 October 2014
Written by Anthony Burgess Adapted for the stage and directed by Lucia Cox Janet doesn’t want their lives to change that much – she’s quite happy working at the supermarket, cooking…

(Science Festival Event) Y Touring Theatre Company presents Hungry

14:00 - 16:15 1 November 2014
PART OF THE MANCHESTER SCIENCE FESTIVAL: Food and the way we produce food are at the heart of the social, environmental issues and health challenges we face today. There is a global…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Piano Recital by Eliza McCarthy

13:10 - 14:00 6 November 2014
Jonathan Harvey Tombeau de Messiaen George Crumb Processional Tansy Davies Loopholes and Lynchpins Luciano Berio 6 Encores Joe Cutler Buckley’s Hot Licks Eliza McCarthy, winner…

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