(ALC) Music

MANTIS SONIFICATION FESTIVAL and North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP) Symposium

14:00 - 15:30 4 March 2018
Experiencing Data in Sound: What do molecules sound like? Are musical timbres encoded in DNA? Can social networks evolve audio? NOVARS Research Centre pushes the boundaries of musical…

Quatuor Danel Seminar

14:30 - 16:00 8 March 2018
The Quatuor Danel workshops new compositions by postgraduate students of the University.

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 8 March 2018
A concert of contrasts is offered here, ranging from the late-Romantic lyricism of Webern’s Langsamer Satz to a new work by Marseillais composer Régis Campo and the uncompromising collision…

Manchester University Music Society - Musica Festival Concert

13:10 - 14:00 9 March 2018
Musica is a week-long festival during the week of International Women’s Day. It comprises of multiple events that celebrate all aspects of female music making, including composition,…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

19:30 - 21:00 9 March 2018
A fascinating juxtaposition of the intensely wrought yet expansive lyricism of Franck’s only string quartet with the deft refinement and constant flux of Enescu’s Piano Quintet. Franck…

Manchester University Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 10 March 2018
Progamme to Include : Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality Sibelius Violin Concerto Bax Tintagel Sibelius Tapiola Following on from their hugely successful performance of Shostakovich’s…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Piano Recital by Tom Hicks

13:10 - 14:00 15 March 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. Prokofiev Sonata No. 8 in B flat Major, Op. 84 Janácek In the Mists University of Manchester…

Manchester University Music Society - New Sounds from Manchester

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2018
A second concert of 2018 showcasing compositions from some of the many talented students studying at the University of Manchester. This concert will be the premiere for most of the…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO) and Manchester University String Orchestra (MUSO)

19:30 - 21:00 17 March 2018
Programme to Include Emily Howard Prayer Eseld Pierce A Name Perpetual Libby Larsen grand rondo Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Faure Pelleas and Melisande Suite Mozart Ballet…

Stockport Youth Orchestra

15:30 - 17:00 18 March 2018
Ay Caray! Join Stockport Youth Orchestra for a programme of Latin-American music, featuring Tango, Bossa Nova, Danzón, Habanera, Malambo and more. Distinguished SYO alumni join as guest…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - The Michael Kahan Kapelye: Klezmer Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 22 March 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. The Music Department’s student klezmer ensemble – The Michael Kahan Kapelye – share their year of…

‘Ich bin ein Hamburger’: Music from Baroque Hamburg

13:10 - 14:00 23 March 2018
As one of the most vibrant cultural centres of the Baroque period, Hamburg was a hotbed of musical talent throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. From Handel’s first opera, Almira,…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - House of Light

13:10 - 14:00 19 April 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. Singing House of Light are: Helen Chadwick, Victoria Couper and Barbara Gellhorn Helen Chadwick…

Manchester University Music Society - Cosmo Singers and Ad Solem

19:30 - 21:00 20 April 2018
The University’s two leading chamber choirs tackle choral works old and new, which include Herbert Howells’ celestial Requiem, which remained unperformed for almost fifty years after…

Manchester University Music Society - World Music

13:10 - 14:00 20 April 2018
Expect music-making originating from anywhere around the globe in this world music concert! Students will have the opportunity a chance to perform music in exotic styles, as soloists…

Manchester University Music Society - Brass Band

19:30 - 21:00 21 April 2018
Recently returning from a tour of Edinburgh and competing at Unibrass, Brass Band will showcase a mixture of traditional repertoire and more modern compositions. Having won Unibrass…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Lovenotes

13:10 - 14:00 26 April 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. The Lovenotes are a close harmony, a capella group performing a mix of genres, from jazz and swing…

Manchester University Big Band

19:30 - 21:00 27 April 2018
With an eclectic set of fresh contemporary charts, Manchester University Big Band showcase new sounds from the States by Bob Mintzer and Darcy James Argue, whilst working with UK prog-rock/fusion…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 29 April 2018
Soloists: Katie Bray David Butt Philip Marcus Farnsworth Elgar The Dream of Gerontius The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra are delighted to present Elgar’s…

Quatuor Danel Seminar

14:30 - 16:00 3 May 2018
The Quatuor Danel workshops new compositions by postgraduate students of the University.

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 3 May 2018
Miniatures by the youngest generation and by the father of the Quatuor Danel’s cellist Yovan Markovitch act as preludes to the heady aromas of Romanian folk-music in Enescu’s penultimate…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with David Fanning (piano)

19:30 - 21:00 4 May 2018
Two iconic chamber works by Shostakovich frame Gubaidulina’s heartwrenching homage to Bach’s Art of Fugue and the ephemeral fantasy of Britten’s last major work. Shostakovich Quartet…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Gamelan

13:10 - 14:00 10 May 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. Second-year Music students on the Ensemble Performance module demonstrate their newly acquired expertise…

ESTIVAL 2018

4 - 8 June 2018
Join Manchester University Music Society in their unique equivalent to the 'Proms'! MUMS celebrate the end of the academic year by packing nine concerts into five days in an unmissable…

Jazz Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 5 June 2018
Manchester University Music Society Jazz showcase returns, following its success back in October. Come and enjoy a concert which is sure to take you right across the endless soundscape…

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