Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama

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…

‘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…

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…

Cultivating Research: Rethinking Auteur and Artisan in Film and Theatre Historiography

17:15 - 19:00 14 October 2014
Coming from different disciplines, Hayley Bradley (theatre history) and Felicia Chan (film and cultural studies) will explore questions arising from their current research into “forgotten”…

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…

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…

Classic Japanese Cinema with Benshi Performance by Ichiro Kataoka

18:00 - 21:00 21 October 2014
Classic Japanese Cinema with Benshi Performance by Ichiro Kataoka In the 1920s no screening of a film was complete without a narrator: Katsudo benshi or simply benshi were stars that…

CIDRAL Two Day Event: Commemoration Fever: Anatomizing the Habits of Collective Remembrance

22 - 23 October 2014
Co-organizers: Dr Ana Carden Coyne (History) and Prof Laura Doan (EAC) Two-day event. 5pm, John Casken Lecture Theatre, Martin Harris Centre "Centenaries: What Are They Good For?”…

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…

Cultivating Research: The agency of the spectator in the individualized society

17:15 - 19:00 4 November 2014
Leading sociologists, such as Zygmunt Bauman and Ulrich Beck, have been defining global capitalism as the age of ‘institutionalised individualization’ since the early 1990s, yet such…

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…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert: Opera Scenes and Wind Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 7 November 2014
Students from the Manchester University Music Society perform a selection of chamber works including Stravinsky's rarely performed 'Octet for Wind Instruments' and extracts from the…

MUMS Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

19:30 - 21:30 8 November 2014
Barber Mutations on Bach Rob Corrin New Work Mozart Serenade in E-flat, K375 Barber Violin Concerto Mozart Symphony No. 36, ‘Linz’ Katie MacDonald plays Barber’s beautifully…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Masters of Composition

14:30 - 15:00 13 November 2014
A workshop of new string quartets by Masters students at the University

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 13 November 2014
Tsung-Shien Yang Sonata for Violin and Piano Tchaikovsky Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11 Roslavets String Quartet No. 3 A sonata by Taiwan’s leading…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert: Cosmo Singers

13:10 - 14:00 14 November 2014
The Cosmo Singers conducted by Justin Doyle return to the Manchester University Music Society Concert Series to begin what will be their most ambitious season to date, continuing the…

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