Martin Harris Centre, The John Rylands Library

MUMS Ensembles Extravaganza

14:00 - 16:30 9 March 2024
Manchester University Music Society present their Ensembles Extravaganza! Featuring the MUMS Brass Band, String Orchestra, and Wind Orchestra, with a special appearance by the Cosmo…

UoM Klezmer Ensemble: The Michael Kahan Kapelye

13:10 - 13:55 13 March 2024
The thirteenth generation of the university’s resident klezmer ensemble returns to perform a vibrant programme of arrangements of music originating in Eastern European Yiddish cultures.…

WCLC: Women of the Black Chicago Renaissance With Beatrice Nicholas, Solo Piano

13:10 - 13:55 14 March 2024
Concert pianist Beatrice Nicholas talks and performs works by three Chicago Renaissance composers: Florence Price; Margaret Bonds and Betty Jackson King. The Chicago Renaissance was…

Another Life

19:00 - 20:10 16 March 2024
Five Chinese people arriving in England. Five stories. From a student who has just moved to Manchester, an avid traveller looking for a fresh start, to an elderly man reminiscing about…

The University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra present Poulenc's Gloria

19:30 - 21:30 16 March 2024
Experience Poulenc's Gloria, along with works by Price, Bernstein, and others, performed by the University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra. Following a change of…

Another Life

14:00 - 15:10 17 March 2024
Five Chinese people arriving in England. Five stories. From a student who has just moved to Manchester, an avid traveller looking for a fresh start, to an elderly man reminiscing about…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

19:30 - 21:00 21 March 2024
Weinberg Aria, Op. 9 and Capriccio, Op. 11 Weinberg Quartet No. 3 in D minor, Op. 14 Weinberg Quartet No. 4 in E flat, Op. 20 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17…

WCLC: Quatuor Danels (Weinberg Cycle)

13:10 - 13:55 21 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 2 Weinberg Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 3 The first concert in the Danels’ 2024 Weinberg cycle shows the composer as a precocious 18-year-old…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

19:30 - 20:45 22 March 2024
Weinberg Improvisation and Romance Weinberg Quartet No. 7 in C, Op. 59 Weinberg Quartet No. 8 in C, Op. 66 Weinberg Quartet No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 80 The Danels were the…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 13:55 22 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 27 Weinberg Quartet No. 6 in E minor, Op. 35 The five-movement Fifth Quartet and the six-movement Sixth are products of the extraordinary flowering…

Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 14:45 23 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 10 in A minor, Op. 85 Weinberg Quartet No. 11 in F, Op. 89 Weinberg Quartet No. 12, Op. 103 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

19:30 - 21:00 23 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 13, Op. 118 Weinberg Quartet No. 14, Op. 122 Weinberg Quartet No. 15, Op. 124 The Danels were the first to perform the complete 17 quartets of Mieczys?aw Weinberg,…

Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert (Weinberg Cycle)

13:00 - 14:00 24 March 2024
Weinberg Quartet No. 16 in A flat minor, Op. 130 Weinberg Quartet No. 17 in D, Op. 146 Weinberg’s quartet cycle comes to a conclusion with two highly contrasted works: No. 16 is…

MUMS Public Lunchtime Concert: Quartet for the End of Time

13:10 - 14:00 8 April 2024
‘In the days when the seventh angel is ready to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God will be completed’ (Revelation 10:7) Composed in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War…

MUMS Session Orchestra Concert

19:00 - 20:10 18 April 2024
MUMS Session Orchestra presents an evening of classical hits! Featuring medleys from The Lion King and La La Land, as well as popular classics by Gershwin and Shostakovich Instagram:…

WCLC: Songs of Sustainability

13:10 - 13:55 18 April 2024
A concert of songs concerned with the environment and sustainability, born from a collaboration between poet John McAuliffe and composer Richard Whalley. The Thursday lunchtime concerts…

Just One Cornetto: Late Baroque Music from Northern Europe

13:10 - 13:55 19 April 2024
Experience voices and instruments from 18th-century northern Europe, including Bach, Telemann and Johann Daniel Berlin with the university’s Baroque orchestra, including the rarely heard cornetto.

WCLC: Aria Vocal Trio Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 13:55 25 April 2024
Mariya Angelova Vocal Trio from Bulgaria presents songs from their debut album with traditional Bulgarian songs. Singers Mariya Angelova, Asya Pincheva and Vanya Dimitrova perform acapella…

WCLC: Trio Atem presents Atem x Atem

13:10 - 13:55 2 May 2024
Trio Atem return to Manchester with Atem x Atem: a programme of new pieces composed by the Trio themselves. Includes the premiere of the final work in Nina Whiteman's Cybird Trilogy…

(Re)discovering the music of Mozart and Luiz Costa (Artur Pereira - piano)

13:10 - 13:55 9 May 2024
Due to unforeseen circumstances, there has been a change of programme for the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert on Thursday 9 May. We regret that Antonia Sotgiu will no longer be performing,…

Gamelan Music from West Java

13:10 - 13:55 10 May 2024
Experience the vibrant gamelan music from West Java, Indonesia. Our concert features instruments performing a variety of classical and contemporary pieces.

Estival Ensembles Concert

14:00 - 16:00 12 June 2024
Starring String Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Brass Band, MUMS Ensembles end a great year of music-making with a great concert!

Estival Orchestra Concert

18:00 - 19:10 12 June 2024
MUMS celebrate a great year of music-making and the end of exams with a diverse concert. Alongside Bizet’s Carmen Suites, the orchestra play a student composition and accompany songs…

Estival Grade One-athon

15:00 - 16:00 14 June 2024
UoM students learn a completely new instrument and fundraise for the Olympias Music Foundation. The performance is chaotic fun and also consists of a solo competition on the new instrument.…

Culture Monday, Wild and Musical Edition

11:00 - 14:00 8 July 2024
Manchester Museum opens its doors for a special day of culture and music for anyone aged 50 and over. Not open to the public on Mondays, this is a unique opportunity to enjoy the Museum…

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