Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama

CLASH event: mini presentations by MA students in AHVS, Drama, Music and ICP

16:15 - 19:30 22 January 2015
This CLASH event featuring mini presentations by MA students in AHVS, Drama, Music and ICP. Students will present aspects of their work and seek to foster dialogue across disciplines.…

Fri 23-Sun 25 January 2015 .... Quatuor Danel Open House

23 - 25 January 2015
The University of Manchester and its internationally-renowned resident string quartet, Quatuor Danel, invite you to join in another fantastic musicmaking opportunity. Everyone is…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 23 January 2015
Onslow Quartet No. 28 Schumann Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3 Shostakovich Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68 A rare chance to hear one of the 34 quartets…

MUMS Opera: Acis and Galatea

19:30 - 22:00 29 January 2015
Manchester University Music Society start the New Year with two nights of Handel’s charming opera Acis and Galatea, telling the story of the half-divine Galatea, whose love for the…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series : Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

13:10 - 14:15 29 January 2015
Composed while a prisoner of war, Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is one of the most moving testaments ever written to the freedom and resilience of the human imagination. Through…

MUMS Opera: Acis and Galatea

19:30 - 22:00 31 January 2015
Manchester University Music Society start the New Year with two nights of Handel’s charming opera Acis and Galatea, telling the story of the half-divine Galatea, whose love for the…

MUMS Brass Band and Wind Ensembles

19:30 - 22:00 7 February 2015
MUMS Wind Ensembles showcase three new works, written by students Sophie Sully, Emma Wilde and James Keirle, followed by a dazzling performance from The University of Manchester Brass Band, a concert not to be missed!

Music Research Seminar: ‘Renaissance roots and baroque “affetti” in the sacred music of Alessandro Scarlatti’

16:15 - 18:00 12 February 2015
Speaker: Luca della Libera (Rome) ‘Renaissance roots and baroque “affetti” in the sacred music of Alessandro Scarlatti’

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Elizabeth Jordan: Clarinet works of John Adams and Steve Reich

13:10 - 14:00 12 February 2015
John Adams Gnarly Buttons Steve Reich New York Counterpoint John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons for clarinet and chamber ensemble, including banjo and keyboard samplers, uses American…

LITERATURE LIVE: Denise Riley and Frances Leviston

18:30 - 20:30 16 February 2015
Denise Riley is an acclaimed English poet and philosopher who began to be published in the 1970s. She wrote War in the Nursery; Theories of the Child and Mother [1983]; ‘Am I that…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)

19:00 - 21:00 18 February 2015
Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2014, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)

19:00 - 21:00 19 February 2015
Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2014, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Psappha

13:10 19 February 2015
Krzysztof Penderecki String Trio Anton Webern String Trio Joshua Brown New work (world première) Benedict Holland violin Heather Wallington viola …

"The Mill and the Cross" - film screening with filmmaker Lech Majewski

18:00 - 21:00 20 February 2015
Russian and East European Studies and the University of Manchester Polish Student Society are hosting a meeting with the Polish artist, filmmaker, poet and stage director Lech Majewski…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)

19:00 - 21:00 20 February 2015
Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2014, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang…

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 22:00 21 February 2015
Sibelius Tapiola Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter Nielson Symphony No. 5 MUMS Symphony Orchestra Perform a set of powerful and emotive orchestral works…

BBC Quiz The 3rd Degree

18:00 - 19:30 25 February 2015
(DOORS OPEN 5.30pm) The 3rd Degree is a quiz show that pits three Undergraduates against three members of staff in a general knowledge & specialist subject quiz. It is hosted by Steve…

Music Research Seminar: 'It is not the houses. It is the spaces in between the houses.'

16:15 - 18:00 26 February 2015
Speaker: Christopher Fox (Brunel) 'It is not the houses. It is the spaces in between the houses.' (James Fenton, 'A German Requiem') Some reflections on spaces for music and the spaces within music.

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Performing String Quartets (2)

14:30 - 15:00 26 February 2015
The Quatuor Danel and Professor David Fanning discuss issues in the performance of 20th-century string quartets

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:00 - 14:00 26 February 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 Hindemith Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 Two Quatuor Danel 20th-century specialities: proof that Shostakovich could be concise…

Manchester Universities String Society

13:10 - 14:00 27 February 2015
Manchester Universities String Society brings together some of the finest string players in Manchester to perform exciting works from the string orchestra repertoire on the back of their first semester success.

MANTIS Spring 2015 Festival

18:00 - 19:30 28 February 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art (Toronto, Canada) and Metanast (Manchester). Local…

MANTIS Spring 2015 Festival

20:00 - 22:00 28 February 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art (Toronto, Canada) and Metanast (Manchester). Local…

MANTIS Spring 2015 Festival

14:00 - 16:00 1 March 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art (Toronto, Canada) and Metanast (Manchester). Local…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Leah Stuttard: The Wool Merchant and the Harp

13:00 5 March 2015
Music alumna Leah Stuttard has been playing medieval harp for over 15 years. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 1998 with a first class music degree and prizes in musicology…

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