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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Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Luca Akaeda Santesson (organ)
19:30 - 11 December 2026
**Please note, due to unforeseen circumstances, there has been a change to the advertised programme for this event.** Luca Akaeda Santesson joins the Danels for the second performance of Bobok by Philip Grange, just a few months after their successful Premiere at the Sapporo Concert Hall in Japan. Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet...
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Gamelan Music from West Java
13:10 - 14:00 14 December 2026
Students on the Ensemble Performance in Gamelan module take to the stage to demonstrate their newly acquired skills in Sundanese music from West Java, Indonesia. An exciting concert of traditional and contemporary music.
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Festive Ensembles Concert
18:30 - 20:30 16 December 2026
Our MUMS ensembles return for their annual festive celebrations to exhibit some of the wonderful music making they have been doing this year. You can expect a range of well-known crowd pleasers, as well as more obscure picks. The concert includes our String and Wind orchestras, Brass Band and Big Band. You won’t want to miss it.
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WCLC: PG Prize Winners’ concert with Twee Dang and Xian Wu
13:10 - 13:50 17 December 2026
This concert is generously supported by Robert Edward Jones Legacy Fund. Vietnamese pianist Twee Dang is an internationally active performer whose musical language reflects a rich dialogue between cultures. Xian Wu is a Chinese pianist based in Manchester, currently undertaking a PhD in Music. Both have recently completed the Master’s in Music...
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Quatuor Danel Evening Concert at Stoller Hall – America 250 Years
19:30 - 3 February 2027
Quatuor Danel celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary of Independence. The programme includes a piece by Amy Beach, which incorporates three traditional Alaskan Inuit melodies. Beach – Quartet for Strings (In One Movement), Opus 89 Cage – String Quartet in four parts Dvo?ák – String Quartet No. 12 in F Major ‘American’, Opus 96
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Quatuor Danel Beat the Rush Hour concert with Richard Whalley (piano)
18:00 - 16 April 2027
The Quatuor Danel join with Richard Whalley for two iconic Sonatas named Kreutzer. The link between these two works comes through Tolstoy, who wrote a novel named after Beethoven's penultimate Violin Sonata; Janá?ek was then in turn inspired by Tolstoy's novel for his String Quartet No. 1 Beethoven – Violon Sonata No. 9 Kreutzer Sonata Janá?ek...
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