Events
Research events
Browse our upcoming research seminars and fora, discussions, workshops and masterclasses.
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Online performances
Tune in to our collection of online performances on the Music Department's official YouTube channel.
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Concerts and music events
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Care Responders Study Performance
17:30 - 19:30 18 November 2026
Experience the Care Responders Study through an original performance by Made by Mortals. This thought-provoking event reflects the experiences, challenges, and successes for crisis responses with young people experiencing a mental health crisis, bringing voices often unheard to life. This study is funded by NIHR HS&DR NIHR158509. The views expressed...
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WCLC: Quatuor Danel with Sir John Tomlinson (bass voice), Pete Furniss (clarinet) and Richard Whalley (piano)
13:10 - 13:50 19 November 2026
Rebecca Clarke – Two Movements for String Quartet Joshua Brown – 'The Wanderer' for bass, clarinet, piano, and string quartet World renowned bass Sir John Tomlinson will sing Joshua Brown’s The Wanderer in a new version for the Quatuor Danel with Pete Furniss and Richard Whalley. 'The Wanderer' was first performed March 2026 by the Halle...
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Listen Up! Postgraduate Performance
13:10 - 13:50 20 November 2026
Informal, mixed programme of music featuring music by the postgraduate students.
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Quatuor Danel Evening Concert – Philip Grange 70 years
19:30 - 20 November 2026
Quatuor Danel mark the 70th birthday of Philip Grange. Philip Grange Elegy for solo cello Philip Grange Soliloquy for solo viola Philip Grange The Centre Cannot Hold for two violins Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Opus 18 No. 1 Beethoven String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Opus 131
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Chamber Choir Winter Concert
19:00 - 20:30 21 November 2026
Join the University of Manchester Chamber Choirs for an evening of beautiful choral music. With repertoire by Britten, Poulenc, Sarah Quartel and more, conducted by a team of student conductors and Tom Newall (Director of the Choral Programme), it will be a fantastic Winter evening of singing!
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WCLC: Leon Bosch & Rebeca Omordia - The South African Double Bass
13:10 - 13:50 26 November 2026
Leon Bosch conducts chamber and symphonic ensembles around the world and is one of the few double bass players to direct concertos from the instrument. Nigerian-Romanian pianist Rebeca Omordia is an exciting virtuoso with a wide-ranging career as soloist, chamber musician and recording artist. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter...
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University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert
19:30 - 21:30 27 November 2026
Join the University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant concert of contemporary and twentieth-century masterpieces, including Britten's Four Sea Interludes, Will Todd's Mass in Blue, Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus, Coleridge Taylor’s Sussex Landscape, and Christopher Tin’s Waloyo Yamoni.
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University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert
15:00 - 17:00 28 November 2026
Join the University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant concert of contemporary and twentieth-century masterpieces, including Britten's Four Sea Interludes, Will Todd's Mass in Blue, Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus, Coleridge Taylor’s Sussex Landscape, and Christopher Tin’s Waloyo Yamoni.
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WCLC: Clare Wilkinson and Jacob Heringman
13:10 - 13:50 3 December 2026
Presented by the Department of Music and the North West Early Music Forum. Jacob Heringman has been playing the lute since 1986 and has performed with a great many inspiring and excellent singers and ensembles, specialising in lute songs and ensemble music. Clare Wilkinson is an acclaimed English mezzo-soprano specialising in Baroque and Renaissance...
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Manchester University Baroque Orchestra: Rejoice Greatly! A Handel Celebration
13:10 - 13:50 7 December 2026
The Manchester University Baroque Orchestra presents a sparkling programme of instrumental concertos and arias by George Frideric Handel, including excerpts from his celebrated oratorio Messiah.
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