Music concert

MUMS Chamber Orchestra

15:30 - 16:30 25 February 2023
Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) invites you to their first concert of 2023, featuring two distinctive concerti, both old and new. The concert opens with an exhilarating world…

WCLC – Chineke Chamber Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 2 March 2023
The Chineke! Foundation was created by Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE in 2015 to provide outstanding career opportunities to established and up-and-coming Black and ethnically diverse classical…

Music Lunchtime Concert: MUMS Brass Band

13:10 - 14:00 3 March 2023
A lunchtime concert showcasing the Brass Band’s work following a successful competition. The concert will include Duel of the Fates from John Williams’ Phantom Menace Suite and Song…

WCLC - Seyed Ali Jaberi and the Hamdel Ensemble: ‘The Old Harpist’

13:10 - 14:00 9 March 2023
An unmissable opportunity to hear world-renowned tanbur player Seyed Ali Jaberi with the contemporary Persian Sufi Hamdel Ensemble in a programme of music with poetry by the 13 century…

CANCELLED: MUMS Musica/MUWO

19:00 - 20:00 15 March 2023
As a result of infrastructural issues, the Martin Harris Centre has had to cancel this event. The programme will include Francois Borne’s Carmen Fantasy on themes from Bizet’s opera,…

UPDATED LOCATION: WCLC - Danels

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2023
As a result of ongoing structural problems adjacent to the Martin Harris Centre, tomorrow's Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert with the Quatuor Danel and Richard Whalley will now take…

VENUE UPDATE: Danels Evening concert with David Fanning and Michelle Assay

19:30 - 21:30 17 March 2023
Due to ongoing structural issues adjacent to the Martin Harris Centre the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall is closed. This concert will now go ahead with a change of venue. The concert…

University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 20:30 18 March 2023
An opportunity to hear Bernstein’s iconic Chichester Psalms in the exciting original scoring for full orchestra, together with a selection of choral and orchestral works, including…

Stockport Youth Orchestra

15:00 - 17:00 19 March 2023
Stockport Youth Orchestra returns to Martin Harris Centre for the first time since 2019, in a popular programme which will include Sibelius – Finlandia, Copland - Appalachian Spring…

UPDATED: Public afternoon concert: Klezmer – The Michael Kahan Kapelye

14:30 - 15:20 23 March 2023
This concert will now take place on Thursday 23rd March at 14:30 with a change of venue. The concert will now take place International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge…

WCLC: Stephen Altoft

13:10 - 14:00 23 March 2023
'The Microtonal Trumpet'- 19 tones per octave instead of 12 A fascinating programme of works for 19- division trumpet and electronics by Richard Whalley, Donald Bousted, Stephen Altoft,…

University of Manchester New Music Ensemble: Sadie Harrison in Focus

13:10 - 14:00 24 March 2023
Following her two-day residency at Manchester, this concert features music a rare opportunity to hear several works from the acclaimed composer, Sadie Harrison, together with student…

Manchester University Music Society Extravaganza

14:30 - 16:30 25 March 2023
MUSO, Big Band and Klezmer Some of the rep includes: The Spacemen - T.J. Powell, Hymn Tune: Manchester - Richard Wainwright, Notturno in B major for string orchestra as well as many…

WCLC - Lana Bode performs HerStories Unsung by Kevin Malone

13:10 - 14:00 20 April 2023
Contemporary pianist Lana Bode performs the world premiere of Kevin Malone’s HerStories Unsung Vol.2, a suite of piano pieces which tell the stories of marginalised women including…

WCLC - Bass clarinet and electronics with Marij van Gorkom

13:10 - 14:00 27 April 2023
Following collaborations with various NOVARS composers, Dutch bass clarinettist Marij van Gorkom returns to Manchester to perform a lunchtime concert. Specialised in performance with…

Public Lunchtime Concert: University of Manchester Gamelan Ensemble

13:10 - 13:55 5 May 2023
The Music Department presents Gamelan Music from West Java, Indonesia. Students on the Ensemble Performance in Gamelan course perform an exciting programme of music, including classical…

Grade Oneathon Concert

15:00 - 16:00 6 June 2023
A performance from society members of the Manchester University Music Society at a ‘grade one’ level to raise money for The Olympias foundation. For the past month, students have paired…

New Future Music and Big Band

19:00 - 20:00 8 June 2023
Come down for an eclectic evening of music! Student compositions performed by the New Future Music Society Club Band and rounding off the evening with Big band classics! Student compositions…

Nigerian Gospel Performance

18:00 - 18:40 8 June 2023
The Music Department’s Nigerian Gospel Singing Ensemble is back for another end-of-year public performance. The ensemble was first formed in September 2021 to enable an encounter with…

MUMS Piano Showcase

13:10 - 13:50 25 September 2023
Manchester University Music Society’s Piano Showcase is the first weekly lunchtime concert of the academic year! Come along to see your friends and peers play piano music by Chopin,…

WCLC: Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 13:55 28 September 2023
Joshua Brown Three Reflections for Violin Duo (first performance) Schubert Quartet No. 10 in E flat, D87 The Quatuor Danel’s 19th season…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 29 September 2023
Joshua Brown Illustrations of the Grand Ceremony Reinhard Flender Quartet No. 2 (UK premiere) Mozart Quartet in C, K465, ‘Dissonance’ The Danels open their 19th season…

MUMS Welcome Concert

15:00 - 16:20 1 October 2023
Come see our Freshers' Symphony Orchestra and Freshers' Chorus kick off a fantastic year of concerts with fun and exciting rep! Freshers Chorus will start the concert with ‘Good Night,…

WCLC: Xenia Pestova Bennett (piano)

13:10 - 13:55 5 October 2023
Annea Lockwood Ear-Walking Woman (1996) Xenia Pestova Bennett All Aglow (2023) Pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett explores the full spectrum of sound that can…

WCLC: The Lucky Dog Picturehouse present: “Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. with live score”

13:10 - 13:55 12 October 2023
King of silent comedy Buster Keaton stars as an unlucky in love projectionist who turns detective to clear his name and win back the love of his life. Accompanied by live era-authentic…

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