Performances

Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. with live duet score

13:10 - 14:00 20 October 2022
Buster Keaton stars as an unlucky-in-love projectionist-turned-detective in one of the best-loved silent comedies of all time, accompanied by live era-authentic score from the musicians…

Ari Hoenig Trio

13:10 - 14:00 27 October 2022
Ari Hoenig is a ground-breaking drummer, composer, and educator who has become one of the most significant and influential voices in the jazz world over the last two decades. The New…

Symphony Orchestra

19:00 - 21:00 29 October 2022
The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra will be premiering a composition by PhD composer Alex Apostolopoulos. The Symphony Orchestra will also be performing Fantasia for Piano…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 20:00 9 November 2022
The University of Manchester Drama Society (UMDS) is proud to present its first performances of the new season with its unmissable autumn showcase. Putting some of Manchester’s brightest…

Trio Atem at Sixteen

13:10 - 14:00 10 November 2022
Trio Atem returns for their 16th anniversary with a programme of exciting new commissions devoted to playfulness. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 20:00 10 November 2022
The University of Manchester Drama Society (UMDS) is proud to present its first performances of the new season with its unmissable autumn showcase. Putting some of Manchester’s brightest…

University of Manchester Drama Society Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 20:00 11 November 2022
The University of Manchester Drama Society (UMDS) is proud to present its first performances of the new season with its unmissable autumn showcase. Putting some of Manchester’s brightest…

WCLC- Danels

13:10 - 14:00 17 November 2022
Camden Reeves, Riverside Chase (World Premiere) Sergei Prokofiev, String Quartet No.1 in B Minor, Op.50 To keep himself busy during the global lockdown, Camden Reeves took up…

Danels Evening concert

19:30 - 21:30 18 November 2022
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 14, Op.131 César Franck, String Quartet in D Major The Quatuor Danel presents two mature works concerned with exploring infinite unity within…

MUMS Ensemble Day

13:30 - 16:00 19 November 2022
A day for all University of Manchester MUMS ensembles to showcase their work from the beginning of term. Come and watch a range of pieces being performed by the University’s Wind Orchestra,…

Our Songs: Recovering Bangladeshi Migration Narratives

14:00 - 16:00 19 November 2022
Inspired by research and real life experiences of Bangladeshi migrants who came to work in the mills and factories in North-West England from the 1960s onwards, 'Telegram' is an original…

The Cosmo Singers and Ad Solem

18:00 - 20:00 19 November 2022
Let The University of Manchester's chamber choirs, Ad Solem and The Cosmo Singers, take you on a choral journey. These extraordinary ensembles are known for their spine-tingling performances…

Living Songs

13:10 - 14:00 24 November 2022
Continuing their mission to bring new songs to music lovers around the UK, soprano Jessica Summers and pianist Jelena Makarova will give a lunchtime recital of songs both old and new,…

MANTIS FESTIVAL

18:00 - 19:30 26 November 2022
Come along to the 2022 autumn edition of the MANTIS festival, which serves to promote new works by postgraduate electroacoustic composers from The University of Manchester. Immersive…

MANTIS FESTIVAL

20:00 - 21:00 26 November 2022
Come along to the 2022 autumn edition of the MANTIS festival, which serves to promote new works by postgraduate electroacoustic composers from The University of Manchester. Immersive…

MANTIS FESTIVAL

14:00 - 15:00 27 November 2022
Come along to the 2022 autumn edition of the MANTIS festival, which serves to promote new works by postgraduate electroacoustic composers from The University of Manchester. Immersive…

LITERATURE LIVE: Joe Mungo Reed and Sam Byers

18:30 - 20:30 28 November 2022
Joe Reed completed his PhD in the Centre for New Writing in 2021. We’re delighted that he is returning to read from his second novel, 'Hammer'. He will be joined by the acclaimed Norwich-based…

Jasdeep Singh Degun (sitar) and Harkiret Bahra (Tabla)

13:10 - 14:00 1 December 2022
'Breaking down cultural boundaries with his extraordinary artistry and new approach to composition, virtuoso sitarist, Jasdeep Singh Degun, brings a new energy and vision to both Indian…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra: World Premiere of ‘Light Into My Dark’ by John Casken

19:30 - 21:30 3 December 2022
Hear the WORLD PREMIERE of John Casken’s Light Into My Dark, commissioned by Chorus and featuring mezzo-soprano Katie Bray. Orchestra and Chorus will also play a number of works that connect with Casken’s music.

Quatuor Danel at the Manchester Jewish Museum

19:30 - 21:30 8 December 2022
Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op.80 Mieczys?aw Weinberg, String Quartet No.16 in A-flat Minor, Op.130 The University of Manchester’s internationally-acclaimed…

WCLC- Danels

13:10 - 14:00 8 December 2022
Franz Schubert,?String?Quartet Movement in C Minor,?D. 103?(completed by Brian Newbould) Josef Mayseder, String Quartet?No.5?in D major,?Op.9 Take a trip to early 19th-Century Vienna!…

Danels Evening concert

19:30 - 21:30 9 December 2022
Tributes to sisters. Schubert’s stormy quartet movement in C minor prefaces two quartets written in memory of lost sisters. Felix Mendelssohn’s Op.80 was his last major composition,…

The University of Manchester’s Baroque Orchestra: Henry Purcell - Showtunes

13:10 - 14:00 9 December 2022
In the last five years of his short life, Henry Purcell’s career took a (literally) dramatic new turn, as he became the London theatre’s most prolific and celebrated composer, writing…

Evening Festive Concert

19:00 - 21:00 15 December 2022
MUMS ensembles perform their festive repertoires to celebrate the end of 2022. This uplifting evening of music will include: festive Symphonies of Wind Instruments 9 by Stravinsky,…

Little Big Band Jazz Ensemble featuring Yazz Ahmed and Carlos Maldonado

13:10 - 14:00 15 December 2022
Established in October 2019, the ensemble is directed by Dr Alexander Gagatsis, lecturer in Jazz Studies, and takes the form of a little big band, a smaller version of the conventional…

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