Martin Harris Centre

The House - A solo performance by Carran Waterfield (Triangle Theatre)

19:00 - 21:00 3 November 2015
The House is inspired by historical sources relating to poor women in the Victorian workhouse and contemporary debates about poverty and welfare. It traces a series of real and imagined…

The House - A solo performance by Carran Waterfield (Triangle Theatre)

19:00 - 21:00 4 November 2015
The House is inspired by historical sources relating to poor women in the Victorian workhouse and contemporary debates about poverty and welfare. It traces a series of real and imagined…

Guardian Live: Ian Rankin in Manchester

19:00 - 20:30 10 November 2015
Join the multi-award winning crime writer, Ian Rankin, as his much loved detective, John Rebus, comes out of retirement to help solve one last case in new book, Even Dogs in the Wild,…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Solem Quartet

13:10 - 14:00 12 November 2015
Webern Langsamer Satz Beethoven Quartet in E flat, Op. 74, 'Harp'? University alumni and winners of the 2014 Royal Overseas League Competition, the Solem Quartet present one…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert- Piano Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 13 November 2015
An opportunity to hear some of Manchester University Music Society’s finest pianists performing in a concert containing a variety of works for solo piano.

MUMS Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

19:30 - 21:30 14 November 2015
McCabe Canyons Mozart Oboe Concerto (with Soloist Lizzy Humphries) Weber Peter Schmoll Overture Beethoven Symphony No. 7 MUMS Chamber Orchestra returns for an evening of inspiring…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 19 November 2015
Haydn Quartet in C, Op. 54, No. 2 Bartók Quartet No. 6 Haydn's Op. 54 quartets were composed for Johan Tost, violinist in the Esterházy court orchestra, and…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: ' Quartets in a Cold Climate'

14:30 - 15:30 19 November 2015
Professor David Fanning joins the Danels for a preview of December's Shostakovich cycle.

MUMS Lunchtime Concert - Manchester University Baroque Orchestra

13:10 - 14:00 20 November 2015
Students from the Manchester University Baroque Orchestra give a historically informed performance on the university’s reproduction instruments. This concert offers a unique and exciting…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 20 November 2015
Beethoven Quartet in F, Op. 18, No. 1 Rihm Quartet No. 1 (1970) Mozart Quartet in C, K456 'Dissonance' Beethoven's effervescent quartet…

MUMS String Orchestra and Brass Band

19:30 - 21:30 21 November 2015
Finzi Prelude & Romance Grieg Melodies Holst Brook Green Suite MUMS String Orchestra and Brass Band showcase classic pieces of the repertoire including Finzi’s elegant…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert- Thomas Hicks (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 26 November 2015
Debussy Two Preludes (Book 1) Wuorinen Etude Liszt Sonata in B minor The University’s starriest pianist graduate of recent years presents one of the virtuoso monuments of the…

VAGANZA - Theatre Reimagined, Part 2

19:30 - 21:30 27 November 2015
Vaganza presents the UK première of Charlotte Bray's That Crazed Smile inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream, a classic work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle and premières by Music's student…

VAGANZA- Theatre Reimagined, Part 1

13:10 - 14:00 27 November 2015
A day of new music inspired by the theatre – both real and imagined – and its dramatic personae, Vaganza features memorable and challenging works by the Music Department's student composers…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

19:30 - 21:30 28 November 2015
Programme to include: Hess Stephenson’s Rocket Sparke Malvern Suite Barry Out of Africa Grundman Concertante for Alto Sax (with Soloist Isobel Williams) Join MUWO for an evening…

Manchester University Big Band (MUBB)

19:30 - 21:30 3 December 2015
Manchester University Big Band returns with an exciting and energetic set, drawing on the rich history of big band repertoire from 1920s swing to experimental European jazz. Whether…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Tim Langston (tenor), Jonathan Fisher (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 3 December 2015
One of the University’s finest vocal graduates of recent years, tenor (also composer and director) Tim Langston presents a programme of songs by Bridge, Britten, Beethoven, Strauss and Quilter.

Ad Solem - University of Manchester Chamber Choir

19:30 - 21:30 4 December 2015
An evening of contemporary choral music including: Sea Change by Richard Rodney Bennett alongside composers such as James MacMillan and Mark-Anthony Turnage. To book please visit…

MUMS Lunchtime Concert- Vocal Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 4 December 2015
The singers of Manchester University Music Society combine in a vocal extravaganza! With something for everyone to enjoy, this free lunchtime concert comes complete with everything…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 5 December 2015
Programme to include: Borodin Polovtsian Dances from ‘Prince Igor’ Rachmaninov The Bells Conductor: Justin Doyle The University of Manchester Chorus presents a fiery Russian…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 10 December 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49 Shostakovich Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68 The Quatuor Danel begin another of their legendary Shostakovich cycles with the deceptive…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: 'Masters of Composition 1'

14:30 - 15:30 10 December 2015
Workshop performances and discussion of new works by the University's Masters students.

MUMS Lunchtime Concert - Manchester Universities String Society (MUSS)

13:10 - 14:00 11 December 2015
Manchester Universities String Society (MUSS) draws together some of the finest student string players from the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music to present…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 11 December 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 Shostakovich Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83 Shostakovich Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 92 The second instalment of…

Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert

14:30 - 16:30 12 December 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 6 in G, Op. 101 Shostakovich Quartet No. 7 in F sharp Minor, Op. 108 Shostakovich Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Shostakovich…

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