Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama

MANTIS Festival of Electroacoustic Music

12:00 1 - 12:00 2 March 2025
Focused on two weekend festivals each year, MANTIS presents concerts of music and sound, featuring compositions and performances enhanced by the use of new technology and digital media.…

On Me

19:00 - 20:45 5 March 2025
Presented by Dangerous To Know theatre company Directed by Helen Parry Christian and Shona have been cast in a tacky true crime docudrama as an abusive predator and his victim. As…

WCLC: Xenia Pestova Bennett (piano)

13:10 - 13:50 6 March 2025
Virtuoso pianist, composer and improviser Xenia Pestova Bennett presents a range of stunning repertoire by living composers. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter…

Musica Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 13:50 7 March 2025
This lunchtime concert is part of Manchester University’s annual MUSICA festival, celebrating woman and gender-diverse musicians! This concert features music only by women and gender…

Adam Rutherford in conversation with David Olusoga OBE

19:15 - 21:00 10 March 2025
Join David Olusoga, Professor of Public History, in conversation with bestselling author, geneticist and presenter, Dr Adam Rutherford, as they navigate human history, evolution, migration…

WCLC: Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko (clarinet & accordian)

13:10 - 13:55 13 March 2025
Susi Evans (clarinet) and Szilvia Csaranko (accordion) perform old Yiddish melodies from a remarkable archive of manuscripts collected in Jewish villages in Ukraine between 1912 to…

MUMS Spring Ensembles Extravaganza Concert

14:00 - 16:30 15 March 2025
Join us in our first 'Ensembles Extravaganza' concert of the new year, showcasing the many ensembles of the Manchester University Music Society. This concert will include our wind…

WCLC: A qué aguardan mis voces’: hidden gems of Spanish vocal music with Jorge Navarro (tenor) and Ricardo Gosalbo (piano) - Presented by Music & Instituto Cervantes de Manchester

13:10 - 13:55 20 March 2025
The Instituto Cervantes Manchester in collaboration with the Music Department at the University of Manchester is pleased to present the concert “‘A qué aguardan mis voces’: hidden gems…

The Michael Kahan Kapelye - UoM Klezmer Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 24 March 2025
The fourteenth 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: The Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 13:55 27 March 2025
Some sections of Weinberg's 17th and last Quartet are derived from his own 4th Solo Cello Sonata. Between these two pieces, the Danels present a new work by French composer, and Weinberg…

UoM Music Society Student Composers Concert

13:10 - 13:50 28 March 2025
On Friday 28th March, we have a free lunchtime concert showcasing new compositions written and performed by members of Manchester University Music Society. Featuring works in a variety…

MUMS and UMMTS present Jesus Christ Superstar

19:00 3 - 20:55 4 April 2025
Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Thursday 3rd April 7pm - 8:55pm Friday 4th April 7pm - 8:55pm What’s the buzz? The first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice…

WCLC: Eleanor Ryan (violin), Yevgeny Dokshansky (clarinet/sax) & Ben Powell (piano)

13:10 - 13:55 3 April 2025
Lecturer in Performance Studies, Eleanor Ryan (violin), University of Manchester joins Professor Yevgeny Dokshansky (Clarinet), University of Houston, and Professor Ben Powell (Piano),…

UoM Baroque Orchestra: Bach and Beyond: Treasures from the North German Baroque

13:10 - 14:00 4 April 2025
The University’s Baroque orchestra and guest singers present Bach’s beautiful ‘Actus Tragicus’ cantata (no. 106) alongside Telemann’s viola concerto, the first composed for the instrument.

The Future of Arts Centres - research event

12:30 - 14:15 29 April 2025
Arts centres across the UK and Ireland have long been the quiet champions of creativity and community. Often overshadowed by theatres, galleries, and concert halls and comparatively…

Environmental Humanities Annual Event: Living Proof – A Climate Story

14:00 - 17:45 30 April 2025
Please join us for this inaugural event, the first in a series to showcase and celebrate some of the diverse work on environmental questions and challenges undertaken by colleagues,…

Postgraduate Pianos

13:10 - 13:50 1 May 2025
Pianists from the MusM Music (Performance Studies) degree at the University of Manchester perform a collection of solos and duos (4-hands). The programme includes Franz Schubert's Fantasia…

Gamelan Music from West Java - UoM Gamelan Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 9 May 2025
Students on the Gamelan Performance module play a lively selection of music from West Java, Indonesia.

UoM Jazz Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 12 May 2025
Led by Alexander Gagatsis, undergraduate music students of the jazz ensemble module perform their own arrangements of popular music classics from the Northwest. Be prepared to listen…

Little Belters and Absolute Belters’ Summer Concert 2025

14:00 - 16:00 6 July 2025
The Little Belters and Absolute Belters are excited to return to the stage for their highly anticipated end-of-year concert! Little Belters, our cool children’s choir for ages 4-11,…

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