Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama

Music Research Seminar: ‘Extracting music from scientific data’

16:15 - 18:00 16 April 2015
Speaker: Trevor Wishart (University of Durham) ‘Extracting music from scientific data’

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Daniel Martyn Lewis

13:10 - 14:00 16 April 2015
J S Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Described in New York Concert Review as 'a truly fine musician', pianist Daniel Martyn Lewis has received high acclamation for his vibrant and…

Music Research Seminar: 'New Sounds from Manchester'

16:15 - 18:00 23 April 2015
Camden Reeves, Philip Grange, Richard Whalley and the Quatuor Danel on the process of making their CD together, ‘New Sounds from Manchester’

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Bachelors of Composition

14:30 - 15:00 23 April 2015
A workshop of new string quartets by undergraduate students in composition at the University

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 23 April 2015
Haydn Quartet in G minor, Op. 74 No. 3 ‘The Rider’ Camden Reeves Scordatura Squid I Camden Reeves Scordatura Squid II Violin pieces…

Beethoven Piano Recital

13:10 - 14:00 24 April 2015
Rory Dowse and Greg Reid present an exploration of the intricacies and intensity of Beethoven’s most accomplished and challenging writing for solo piano, including a performance of…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with David Fanning (piano) and Richard Whalley (piano)

19:30 - 21:30 24 April 2015
Bruno Mantovani Piano Quintet Camden Reeves Gorgon's Head Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 David Fanning and Richard Whalley join the Quatuor Danel in…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: The Michael Kahan Kapelye - The University of Manchester's Klezmer Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 30 April 2015
Each year, as part of the Ensemble Performance module, a new group of Music students becomes the latest incarnation of the klezmer ensemble named after the late Michael Kahan (Manchester…

MUMS Vocal Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 1 May 2015
The Manchester University Barbershop Singers return to perform more exciting close harmony standards from the world of barbershop, followed by new choral music ensemble Latin Name TBC,…

Music Research Seminar: ‘Music and Auschwitz’

16:15 - 18:00 7 May 2015
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (London) with David Fanning (Manchester) and Katia Chornik (Manchester) ‘Music and Auschwitz’

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Doctors and Philosophers of Composition

14:00 - 15:00 7 May 2015
A workshop of new string quartets by PhD students at the University

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 7 May 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 Bruno Mantovani Quartet No. 2 (2014) Shostakovich at his most cryptic and suggestive in his seven-movement Eleventh Quartet,…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 8 May 2015
Tchaikovsky Movement in B flat (1865) Schubert Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’ Tchaikovsky Sextet in D, Op. 70 ‘Souvenir de Florence’ The Movement…

CIDRAL Public Lecture and Roundtable: Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary): Winnicott, Psychoanalysis and Cinema

17:00 - 19:00 12 May 2015
All welcome, no booking required. Sensing the Arts: CIDRAL Public Lecture: Winnicott, Psychoanalysis and Cinema With Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary) Followed by Roundtable on Little Madnesses:…

Cultivating Research: 'For better or for worse? A tale of two cultures and the new scientists' by Professor Nicola Shaughnessy (University of Kent)

17:30 - 19:00 12 May 2015
This presentation draws upon my experience of interdisciplinary research practices, exploring the challenges, costs and values of collaborations between arts and science. The allusion…

Philosophy and the Sciences

10:30 - 17:15 18 May 2015
Scientists sometimes express the view that science, in principle, has all the answers to the important questions about the Universe and our place in it, and that philosophy therefore…

Sexuality Summer School: Performance lecture with Del LaGrace Volcano: “INTER*ME: Give me an L! G! B! T! I! Q! or How I Lived (Through) my Acronymous Identities”

17:00 - 19:00 19 May 2015
All Sexuality Summer School events are free with no booking required. First come first served: arrive early to avoid disappointment. These public events accompany the Sexuality Summer…

Sexuality Summer School: Public Lecture with Sarah Schulman (CUNY): “Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair”

17:00 - 19:00 21 May 2015
“It is not only that we may not choose with whom to cohabitate, but that we must actively preserve the unchosen character of inclusive and plural cohabitation; we not only live with…

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