Summer 2016 Concert Diary

Concerts & Events Summer 2016

April – July

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Welcome Welcome to our Summer Concert Diary and the biggest programme of public concerts ever mounted by the Conservatoire.

Although we are becoming increasingly excited by the prospect of next year’s move to our new stateof-the-art Conservatoire, this summer’s series is dominated by the imminent closure of our Adrian Boult Hall. But, rather than mourn the occasion, we have decided to celebrate the hall’s illustrious history in style with the City of Sounds Festival.

City of Sounds begins on 1 May with a concert

by Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway and ends on 26 June in tumultuous fashion with Verdi's Requiem for the very last performance in the ABH with our own massed choir and orchestra under the baton of Sir Richard Armstrong, which will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

In between is a remarkable plethora of concerts indeed I wonder if Birmingham has ever seen so many of its extraordinary musical organisations gathered together under the same roof!

And, as our thoughts move towards our new concert hall at Eastside, City of Sounds will be a good test of our ability to attract audiences and become the ‘niche’ 500 seat city centre venue that would be a major asset to Birmingham.

As ever I would ask you to please study the diary very carefully so that you don’t miss out on your own special treat within!

Julian Lloyd Webber Principal, Birmingham Conservatoire

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Summer season highlights P6

P15

P16

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SUN 24 APR

MON 25 APR

OREN MARSHALL CURATES IMPROVISED BRASS

THE BIRMINGHAM PHILHARMONIC CONCERTO PRIZE

NICHOLAS MORRIS ORGAN RECITAL

P21

P22

P29

SUN 1 MAY – SUN 26 JUN

SUN 1 MAY

SUN 12 – WED 15 JUN

CELEBRITY RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES AND LADY JEANNE GALWAY

SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC CELEBRATIONS

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SUN 10 APR SPECIAL EVENT

TROMBONE TEACHING SYMPOSIUM 10am – 5pm Birmingham Conservatoire Admission free to ITA Members.

Non-members £18 (£14 students and over 65s). Ticket includes discounted 1 year membership.

Artistic Directors Christopher Houlding (Head of Brass Birmingham Conservatoire & Chairman ITA Executive Board) Chris Fower (Director of Education Warwick Music Group) Matthew Gee (Principal Trombone Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Anthony Howe (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) Bob Hughes (former Bass Trombone LSO, Birmingham Conservatoire) Andy Wood (Freelance Jazz Trombone) Jeremy Price (Head of Jazz Birmingham Conservatoire)

Open to trombone teachers at all levels the International Trombone Association, in association with Warwick Music Group and Birmingham Conservatoire, present a comprehensive day of practical demonstrations, ensemble workshops and performances in all aspects of trombone playing. Take this opportunity to explore all aspects of trombone technique alongside well-known classical and jazz artists.

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IMPROVISATION FESTIVAL

In a Conservatoire of jazz and classical performers, you may be forgiven for assuming that the art of improvisation lies solely with the jazz department. It ain't necessarily so...

This mini festival of improvisation is programmed to give space to the improvisatory output of classical students and to showcase where they collaborate with the jazz department.

This window on Conservatoire activity will show that improvisation is an increasingly important part of being a performing musician in the 21st century regardless of genre.

WED 13 APR CREATIVE ENSEMBLE AND VIA NOVA 8.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £7 (£5)

DOLLAR BRAND PARTY 9.30pm Arena Foyer £7 (£5) Contemporary classical music written by students and staff, to the life affirming joyous sounds of Abdullah Ibrahim.

All ensembles combine jazz and classical students and the evening involves two venues, one for formal listening, the other for our opening party.

Creative Ensemble comprises performer-composers from the Conservatoire. The ensemble focuses on works by the members of the group. The musical output results from a combination of workshop, discussion and rehearsal. The ensemble strives to have the broadest possible ethos, consequently the works performed often encompass a broad range of approaches from the completely notated to the completely improvised and everything in between.

Via Nova, a contemporary music chamber choir directed by Daniel Galbreath, will perform alongside Percy Pursglove's Noise Choir.

In this concert they will be collaborating with Pursglove and composers of the Jazz Department in an innovative interdisciplinary project of new music for both jazz and choral improvisers.

Dollar Brand Party: A newly-formed band led by Riaan Vosloo explores the breadth and depth of legendary South African jazz composer Abdullah Ibrahim also known as Dollar Brand.

The unconventional instrumentation that Riaan has chosen is testament to the open flexibility of these compositions and accentuates the community spirit and inclusivity that we all love Abdullah Ibrahim for. Come and join the party!

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THU 14 APR BRASS IMPROV DAY

OREN MARSHALL CURATES IMPROVISED BRASS 6.30pm Arena Foyer £5 (£3) Oren Marshall is a rare breed in that he is equally wellknown as a first call classical tuba player as well as an improviser of high renown.

Oren has been asked by the Conservatoire to curate a concert of classical and jazz brass students, putting them together in unusual situations and brokering new opportunities for free and jazz based improvisation.

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WED 13 - SAT 16 APR FRI 15 APR PIANO IMPROV DAY

BERGAMASCA BEBOP 6.30pm New Lecture Theatre £4 (£2)

THU 14 - SUN 17 APR RHYTHM CHANGES

JAZZ UTOPIA Birmingham City University Our Improvisation Festival coincides with Rhythm Changes: Jazz Utopia which features 110 speakers from 27 countries, as well as performances by Soweto Kinch and Jazzlines Trio, Mosaic and Mike Fletcher Jazz Orchestra.

More information can be found at www.rhythmchanges.net

The Conservatoire’s departments of Early Music and Jazz combine to explore improvisatory formats old and new. Improvisation within classical music was a very common part of performance practice up until around the time that Beethoven started to write out the cadenzas for his concertos. Prior to this, Renaissance and Early Baroque performers were fully expected to improvise as well as recite.

In this concert you will hear popular forms for improvising such as Bergamasca, Passacaglia, Passemezzo and ground bass. Approaches will vary from stylistically authentic to contemporary jazz.

SOLO PIANO IMPROVISATION 7.45pm Recital Hall £7 (£5) Pianists from both the classical and jazz departments explore the relationship between composition and improvisation. The concert will have a range of music that is either improvised or inspired by the act of improvising. You are invited to hear compositions of an improvisatory nature and compositions with scope for much freedom of decoration and ornamentation as well as freely improvised spontaneous offerings.

Repertoire to include Mozart, Monk, Fazil Say, Duke Ellington, Kapustin and Chick Corea.

SAT 16 APR SPECIAL EVENT

MIKE FLETCHER JAZZ ORCHESTRA 8pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£6 for 16-25s via Soundbite Scheme visit www.thsh.co.uk/soundbite for details) Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk Multi-instrumentalist and composer Mike Fletcher leads his 12-piece Jazz Orchestra in a performance featuring the première of a new work written by the acclaimed Scottish composer Anna Meredith.

Alongside this new work, the orchestra will perform music written by their leader whose primary interest is in balancing composition with improvisation, creating music that has a ‘free-wheeling, experimental atmosphere and the real vibrancy that music being created in the moment can have.’

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MON 11 APR MONDAY SHOWCASE

SCHUBERT, TCHAIKOVSKY & RACHMANINOV 1pm Recital Hall Free admission Oliver Wild flute Joanne Sealey piano Dutilleux Sonatine for Flute Jolivet Chant de Linos Yuanhung Lin piano Chopin Etude Op.25, No.11 Lucille Price saxophone Tingting Yao piano Matitia The Devil’s Rag Yoshimatsu Fuzzy Bird Sonata Eloise Fabbri soprano Guy Murgatroyd piano

Gerard McChrystal

TUE 12 APR PERFORMANCE PLATFORM

Schubert Didone abbandonata Tchaikovsky Iolanta's Arioso Lehar Meine Lippen Poulenc Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon Rachmaninov How Fair This Spot

GERARD McCHRYSTAL (SAXOPHONE): INTERFUSE 1.05pm Adrian Boult Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Masterclass: 5.30pm £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Joint ticket for masterclass and recital £9 (£5) advance £10 (£6) on the door Tickets available from www.eventbrite.com Interfuse is one musician's personal journey and demonstration of all the amazing sounds and colours that a saxophone can produce.

Enjoy a programme of original compositions by Gerard McChrystal, with some pieces developed using a loop station and other live electronics.

Musical influences include, dance music, baroque, blues, folk music and a chicken. Composers include Joe Cutler, Andy Scott, Barry Cockcroft, Karen Tanaka, Telemann, Paganini and Bach.

Interfuse has won awards from Creative Leicestershire and Arts Council England. It is supported by RVW Trust, Yanigisawa Saxophones, Japan, Buffet Senzo Saxophones, Paris, sax.co.uk, London, Vandoren Reeds, Paris and Barnes & Mullins, UK.

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WED 13 APR

THU 14 APR

PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

THURSDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE

THE AMBACHE PRIZE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS

FORTEPIANO GALA CONCERT 7.30pm Recital Hall £7 (£5)

7pm Recital Hall £4

Director Sharona Joshua

The Ambache Prize celebrates the importance of music by female composers. Open to both undergraduates and postgraduates, students can perform as a soloist or small ensemble and this special prize always promises wonderful variety in both its competitors and their repertoire.

WED 13 APR ORGAN

Join us for a magical evening of classical and early romantic repertoire featuring the fortepiano.

A select group of talented pianists presents an exciting programme comprising of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Clementi, Schubert and their contemporaries.

Performers play solo repertoire and join forces with period string players and singers to form riveting ensembles. Lieder, duos, music for two pianos and even concerto movements may all be heard.

A concert showcasing the fortepiano in all its glory.

It highlights the instrument’s clarity of tone with its myriad colours and shades, extracting its authentic sounds with subtle nuances and lots of character and charm.

KURT RAMPTON ORGAN RECITAL 7.30pm St Chad's Cathedral £5 (£3) Kurt Rampton Dimensional Disparity, Op.314 Cameron Carpenter Aria, Op.1 Cameron Carpenter Music for an Imaginary Film, Op.2

Fortepiano

Kurt Rampton has achieved a consistent record of musical excellence, performing in venues such as St. Paul's Cathedral, London, the Orgelpark in Amsterdam and St Petri Hauptkirche of Hamburg.

Currently at Birmingham Conservatoire under the teaching of Henry Fairs, Kurt also specialises in improvisation and has a large composition portfolio of over three hundred works.

FRI 15 APR COMPLETELY BRAHMS

THE COMPLETE BRAHMS CHAMBER MUSIC WITH PIANO CYCLE: VIOLIN SONATAS 1pm Recital Hall £5 (£3) Pavel Fisher violin John Thwaites piano Violin Sonata No.1 in G, Op.78 Violin Sonata No.2 in A, Op.100

Pavel Fischer

The first of two concerts to conclude this landmark series celebrating arguably the most diverse and ravishing body of chamber music.

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Piano Day SUN 17 APR £10 per participant (this includes access to the masterclasses and performances all day) £25 per lesson (30 minute lesson with one of our Piano team) Tickets are available via www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk/pianoday or through www.eventbrite.co.uk For enquiries please email conlearning@bcu.ac.uk An amazing day of all things piano for all ages and abilities. This year we are featuring the amazing Piano Circus with six grand pianos on our Adrian Boult Hall stage.

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Participants have the chance to take a lesson with one of our distinguished professional pianists, listen to world-class performances, perform in and observe masterclasses and add your own ideas to our collaborative piano piece which is going to be composed throughout the day!

A truly interactive and fun way of celebrating all things piano, featuring...

• Piano Circus • Workshops • Masterclasses • Performances • Consultation Lessons

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MON 18 APR MONDAY SHOWCASE

JAZZ: SAMANTHA WRIGHT QUARTET 1pm Recital Hall Free entry Enjoy a lunchtime performance from some of our finest jazz students.

MON 18 APR COMPOSERS’ PLATFORM 7pm Recital Hall £5 (£3) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £6 (£4) on the door Another chance to witness the creative talent of our composers here at the Conservatoire. Expect a concert full of surprises and brand new pieces, a wide range of styles, wild experimentation and music you won’t find anywhere else.

Stavroula Thoma

TUE 19 APR PERFORMANCE PLAFORM

STAVROULA THOMA (PIANO) 1.05pm Adrian Boult Hall £6 (£4) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £7 (£5) on the door Stavroula Thoma piano Dohnányi Ruralia Hungarica Op.32a Chopin Mazurkas Op.68, Nos.1-4 Theodorakis Sonatina for Piano Stavroula Thoma performs a unique programme of folk inspired piano music.

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TUE 19 APR FLATPACK FILM FESTIVAL

VAMPYR 8pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£10) Tickets available from www.flatpackfestival.org.uk (dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer) 1932, Germany – 72min With live score by Minima and Stephen Horne PG Flatpack Film Festival kicks off at the Conservatoire with a new live score to one of cinema’s landmarks, Carl Theodore Dreyer’s luminous, mesmerising Vampyr.

Loosely based on the work of gothic writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu, this was the director’s follow-up to The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and his first foray into the world of sound. The film tells the twisted tale of a travelling investigator who finds himself in the French village of Courtempierre, where an evil doctor is helping a vampire to prey on a pair of sisters. Our investigator gets caught up in this strange, occult world and does all he can to save the sisters, but the boundary between fact and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred.

Although strictly speaking a sound film, the soundtrack to Vampyr was actually added in post-production, and so the film often feels like a silent. That, along with its hypnagogic tone, makes it the perfect choice for a rescore. Providing the accompaniment tonight is four-piece multi-instrumentalist ensemble Minima, joined by the hugely talented film pianist Stephen Horne, to produce an arresting live score.

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WED 20 APR

THU 21 APR

PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

ORGAN

THE EDWARD BROOKS ENGLISH SONG PRIZE

DAVID FRANKE MASTERCLASS

7pm Recital Hall £4 This distinguished prize sees our students explore the intricacies and demands of presenting an outstanding performance of imaginative and well-balanced programming, encompassing Elizabethan song to the present day.

2pm St. Chad's Cathedral Free admission Limited space available for observers. To register, please email n.wearne@yahoo.com David leads a masterclass on the art of improvisation.

Gildas Quartet

FRI 22 APR COMPLETELY BRAHMS

THE COMPLETE BRAHMS CHAMBER MUSIC WITH PIANO CYCLE 1pm Recital Hall £5 (£3)

WED 20 APR ORGAN

DAVID FRANKE ORGAN RECITAL 7.30pm St. Chad's Cathedral £5 (£3) Organist of the historic Hildebrandt organ in Naumburg (signed off by Bach and Silbermann) and winner of the improvisation prize at the Chartres International Organ Competition, David is one of Germany's most outstanding organist improvisers. He performs an eclectic programme that includes improvisations.

Anton Clarke-Butler clarinet Tingting Yao piano Brahms Clarinet Sonata No.2 in E flat, Op.120, No.2 Gildas Quartet: Christopher Jones violin Gemma Sharples violin Kay Stephen viola Anna Menzies cello Daniel Tong piano Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34

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FRI 22 APR ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA 7pm Adrian Boult Hall £6 (£4) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £7 (£5) on the door Conductors Daniele Rosina, Sandra Horne* Birmingham Conservatoire Repertoire Orchestra Elsabé Raath viola Chris Cresswell At the foot of the mountain* Forsyth Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in G minor Mussorgsky orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition Ravel’s virtuosic orchestration turned Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition from a piano showpiece into a colourful mainstay of the orchestral repertoire. This much-loved work is paired here with Cecil Forsyth’s less well-known, but highly significant Viola Concerto.

This remarkable piece, premiered at the London Proms in 1903, not only provides a platform to showcase the real strength and technical power of the viola, but also possesses great energy in its own orchestration. The concert opens with a brand new piece by student composer Chris Cresswell.

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Elsabé Raath

FRI 22 APR ORGAN

MESSIAEN: LA NATIVITÉ DU SEIGNEUR 7.30pm St Paul's Church £5 (£3) Michael Blake organ Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur, Neuf Méditations pour Orgue Composed in 1935 and premiéred in 1936, La Nativité is one of Messiaen's most well known works for Organ. The work is divided into nine meditations that beautifully depict the birth of Jesus. The recital will include bible readings chosen by Messiaen upon which the music is based.

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The Birmingham Philharmonic Concerto Prize SUN 24 APR PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

3pm Adrian Boult Hall £15 (£12) (£5 students & children under 16) (£32 family ticket; 2 adults & 2 children) Free to BCU students Tickets available from www.eventbrite.com Conductor Michael Seal Adjudicator Julian Lloyd Webber Michael Collie comperè Michael Webb clarinet Yuting Guo piano Yu-Cheng Chen marimba Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra John Foulds Tone Poem ‘April – England’ Op.48 No.1 Gerald Finzi Clarinet Concerto Op.31 (Michael Webb) Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 E flat major (Yuting Guo) Keiko Abe Prism Rhapsody for Marimba and Orchestra (Yu-Cheng Chen) Hector Berlioz Les Francs-Juges (played whilst the adjudicator and the Trustees retire to make their decision)

The Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra accompanies the performances of three of the most promising students from Birmingham Conservatoire in the competition final for this prestigious prize, founded (and originally named) in honour of former leader and conductor, David Ludlow. Adjudicated by Julian Lloyd Webber, former Ludlow Philharmonic Prize winner, and CBSO Associate Conductore, Michael seal also joins us to conduct the 2016 prize.

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MON 25 APR MONDAY SHOWCASE

DEBUSSY, LISZT & RAVEL 1pm Recital Hall Free entry Fu-Min Tseng piano Chopin Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23.

Sebastian Suhardi piano Debussy Reflets dans l'eau Ravel Jeux d'eau Alison Gormley soprano Jonathan French piano Judith Weir Scotch Minstrelsy Nicholas Morris

MON 25 APR ORGAN

NICHOLAS MORRIS ORGAN RECITAL 7.30pm St Chad’s Cathedral £5 (£3) Free to Conservatoire Students Nicholas Morris organ Alain Litanies, JA 119 Duruflé Prélude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op.7 Landmann Variations on a theme by Handel, Op.29 Reger Phantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H, Op.46

MON 25 APR PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

INTERNATIONAL EUPHONIUM SOLOIST 7pm Adrian Boult Hall £4 Adjudicator/Recital Soloist Glenn van Looy (International Euphoium Soloist) Brass Department Instrumental Finalists Joanne Sealey piano An exciting evening for brass lovers featuring a celebrity recital by Internationally-acclaimed euphonium soloist, Glenn van Looy and the final of the Brass Prize showcasing the cream of the Conservatoire's young brass soloists.

Supported by Geneva Brass Intruments

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The acclaimed Walker organ of St Chad’s Cathedral is put through its paces in a thrilling programme that pays homage to Alain, Handel and JS Bach.

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TUE 26 APR PERFORMANCE PLATFORM

YU CHENG CHEN PERCUSSION RECITAL Featuring 2-You Duo 1.05pm Adrian Boult Hall £6 (£4) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £7 (£5) on the door Yu-Cheng Chen percussion Shih-Han Lee percussion* Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic Ultimatum I Xenakis Rebonds A Askell Masson Kim Ivan Trevino Catching Shadows* Donatoni Omar I Jesse Monkman Rite of Passage Come and hear the exceptional percussionist Yu-Cheng Chen explore the amazingly varied and colourful sounds of solo and duo repertoire.

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WED 27 APR LIVE JAZZ BROADCAST

BROADCAST I 1.05pm Recital Hall £5 (£3) Join us for a live recording of some of our best senior jazz students.

TUE 26 APR

WED 27 APR

CONTEMPORARY VOICES 7.30pm Recital Hall £4 (£2) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £5 (£3) on the door Director Yfat Soul Zisso

7pm Recital Hall £4

THU 28 APR THURSDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE

GUITAR DEPARTMENT CHAMBER CONCERT 8pm Recital Hall £7 (£5)

New pieces for solo voice and small ensemble by: Dan Cippico Cam Pattichis Wilson Leywantono Tom Early Max Gibson Matt Trembling Anna Olsson Patrick Giguère Chris Cresswell Alongside pieces by Judith Weir, Robert Fokkens and more Join us for an exciting evening of brand new pieces for solo voice and small ensemble written by composers from Birmingham Conservatoire, alongside vocal music by established composers all performed by the talented singers and players from Birmingham Conservatoire. /BirmCons

THE ASHLEYAN OPERA PRIZE

Hear the impressive talents of Birmingham Conservatoire’s future opera stars, as they compete to win this award. Open to postgraduate vocal students, each candidate will perform a programme of operatic arias, including one recitative, as they demonstrate their vocal prowess.

Singers: Dalma Sinka Christina Jones Eleanor Moore Hannah McDonald Lucinda Scott Lucy Morton Deirdre McCabe Olivia Thornber Aimée Fisk Lufuno Ndou Annie George Alice Brown Claudia Banks

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Directors Mark Ashford & Mark Eden Enjoy this concert combining the sounds of the guitar and other instruments and voice.

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WED 27 APR SPECIAL EVENT

LONDON SHOWCASE 7.30pm St John’s Smith Square, London £10 Tickets available from www.sjss.org.uk or 020 7222 1061 Klee Quartet

Domonkos Csabay

Kurtág 6 Moments musicaux Op.4

Schubert Fantasy in C major “Wanderer” D760

Michael Webb clarinet György Hodozsó piano

Lucille Price saxophone Tingting Yao piano

Debussy Première rhapsodie

Yoshimatsu Fuzzy Bird Sonata

Caroline Modiba soprano Yenting Wang piano

Colmore Brass

Verdi È’ strano…Sempre libera Yu-Cheng Chen percussion Shin-Han Lee percussion Patrick Womack percussion Daniel Martinez-Martin percussion Monkman Rite of Passage

Ewald Brass Quintet An evening of diverse chamber and solo music showcasing the work of Birmingham Conservatoire, taking place in the exceptional setting of St John’s Smith Square, a significant musical and architectural landmark in Westminster, London.

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FRI 29 APR

FRI 29 APR

LUNCHTIMES AT BMAG

PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

MUSIC FOR RECORDER CONSORT 12.30pm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Free admission Director Annabel Knight Dolcimelo Consort Recorders: Juliana Day, Hayley Sherlock, Gemma Ratcliffe, Kate Allsop, Mollie Tadd, Sophie Rheam, Estelle Langthorne Featuring music for recorder ensemble from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries by Marenzio, Bramieri, Arcadelt, JS Bach and Arvo Pärt An array of instruments of all shapes and sizes will be used in this concert of music celebrating the long history of the recorder.

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THE ANDREW DOWNES PERFORMANCE PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £4 Sponsor of this prize, Andrew Downes was Head of Composition and Creative Studies at Birmingham Conservatoire from 1990 to 2005. Well-respected as a composer around the world, the prize requires entrants to perform a programme of his music along with that of other British composers born after 1949, as they compete to win an impressive cash prize and recital opportunity.

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SUN 1 MAY – SUN 26 JUNE

SAYING GOODBYE TO BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE'S ADRIAN BOULT HALL In conjunction with Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce In a city recognised for its architectural transformations, City of Sounds is an invitation to remember, to celebrate and to look to the future of Birmingham’s rich music scene.

A full City of Sounds programme will be available in April, allowing you to delve into the stories and connections of these artists and organisations with Birmingham Conservatoire that make this collaborative celebration of Birmingham’s music scene so unique.

You can’t fail to notice the redevelopment underway in the Paradise area of Birmingham City Centre, as part of which Birmingham Conservatoire loses its Adrian Boult Hall ahead of its move to a brand new venue in 2017.

The hall has been a musical home to many world class musicians and Conservatoire students that have passed through its doors. It has also fulfilled a central role in the cultural fabric of Birmingham as a performance, rehearsal and recording space for a wealth of professional, semiprofessional community and young musicians and arts organisations. With City of Sounds we tell the stories and history of this dual role and say goodbye to the much-loved hall, as we look ahead to an exciting future.

City of Sounds is a one-of-a-kind event in Birmingham’s history, paving the way for the sounds of a future yet to unfold. With everything from classical and jazz to new music and folk, enjoy a summer of music making at its most collaborative, and a demonstration of Birmingham as the true City of Sounds.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Emily Bartlett Festival Director

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SAT 7 MAY BIRMINGHAM CITADEL BAND OF THE SALVATION ARMY GALA CONCERT 2016 7pm Adrian Boult Hall £10 Tickets available from www.birminghamcitadelband.com Featuring special guest compere and conductor William Himes (OF) and soloists Derick Kane (euphonium) and Stephen Kane (baritone)

SUN 8 MAY SERVICES FOR EDUCATION MUSIC SERVICE: FOLK CONCERT 6pm Adrian Boult Hall £12, £6 Tickets available from www.birmingham-box.co.uk

SUN 1 MAY CELEBRITY RECITAL WITH SIR JAMES AND LADY JEANNE GALWAY 3pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£10) (£5, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

MON 2 MAY MASTERCLASS & WORKSHOP RESIDENCY WITH SIR JAMES AND LADY JEANNE GALWAY 10am-5pm Birmingham Conservatoire Participants £12, £10 Observers £5, £3 Joint celebrity recital and masterclass (participants) £20, £15 Joint celebrity recital and masterclass (observers) £15, £12 Tickets available from www.eventbrite.com

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TUE 10 MAY TWO TRIOS 7pm Recital Hall Free admission Tickets available on the door

Featuring The Elliott Sansom Trio (Finalist of BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year) and the Birmingham Conservatoire Trio (debut concert) featuring Jiafeng Chen (violin), Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) and Di Xiai (piano), including music by Bach Debussy and Mendelssohn

www.bcu.ac.uk/concerts SAT 14 MAY SERVICES FOR EDUCATION MUSIC SERVICE: LAST NIGHT AT THE ADRIAN BOULT HALL

7pm Adrian Boult Hall

£12, £6 Tickets available from www.birmingham-box.co.uk FRI 20 MAY MUSIC TO GO WITH BCMG AND VIA NOVA

8pm Adrian Boult Hall

£12 (£10) (£5, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk SUN 22 MAY

MOZART'S CORONATION MASS WITH BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY AND QUEENS PARK SINFONIA 8pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£10) (£3, BCU Students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

THU 26 MAY IN A STRANGE LAND WITH EX CATHEDRA

8pm Adrian Boult Hall

£12 (£10) (£5, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

FRI 3 JUN

SUN 5 JUNE

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT – AN EVENING WITH MIKE STEVENS AND JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER

FAURÉ, PARRY AND SHOSTAKOVICH

8.15pm Adrian Boult Hall Free admission Tickets available from www.bcu.ac.uk/citytalks

Legendary performer and musical director of 10cc, Take That, Boyzone, Eurythmics, ELO and many others in conversation with Conservatoire Principal, Julian Lloyd Webber.

SAT 4 JUNE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MOZART, HAYDN AND BEETHOVEN 7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £20 (£15) (£8, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Michael Seal (conductor) Julian Lloyd Webber (conductor) and Eduardo Vassallo (cello)

For tickets priced at £12.50 and above purchased via THSH.co.uk, a £3 transaction fee, plus £1 (optional) postage, will be charged on all bookings except those made in person at the Town Hall or Symphony Hall Box office.

6.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £5 (£3) (£2, BCU students) Tickets available on the door

Charity scratch concert with Conservatoire Alumni Orchestra and Chorus

FRI 10 JUN JAZZLINES PRESENT THE JULIAN ARGÜELLES TETRA FEATURING PERCY PURSGLOVE 8pm Adrian Boult Hall £12.50 (£6.25 for 16-25s via Soundbite) Visit www.thsh.co.uk/soundbite for details Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

SAT 11 JUN MOZART, RAVEL AND A SELECTION OF BBC TEN PIECES 7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£10) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra with pianist Di Xiao and talented young musicians of the West Midlands

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TUE 14 JUN

BGSO HALL OF FAME

NEW COMPOSITIONS IN JAZZ WITH SAXOPHONIST TIM GARLAND

7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door £30 Family ticket (up to 2 adults and 3 children under 16) (£5, students) Tickets available from www.birmingham-box.co.uk

7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £7 (£5) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

WED 15 JUN

MON 13 JUN THE ATÉA WIND QUINTET* 1.30pm Recital Hall £7, £5, (£3 BCU students) Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk

THE GILDAS QUARTET* 4pm Adrian Boult Hall £7 (£5) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

WED 15 JUN

MON 13 JUN SHOSTAKOVICH QUARTETS II FEATURING THE LIGETI QUARTET* 7.45pm Recital Hall £7, £5, (£3 BCU students) Tickets available from www.thsh.co.uk

SHOSTAKOVICH QUARTET IV FEATURING THE CASSIA QUARTET* 7pm Adrian Boult Hall £7 (£5) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

THU 16 JUN

TUE 14 JUN THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE* 2.30pm Recital Hall £7 (£5) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

BLAST! A SEA OF PERCUSSIVE WONDER 7pm Recital Hall £7 (£5) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available on the door

FRI 17 JUN SOUTH OF THE LINE

TUE 14 JUN SHOSTAKOVICH PIANO TRIOS FEATURING OLIVER WILLE, ALEXANDER BAILLIE AND DANIEL TONG*

7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £10 (£8) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

6pm Recital Hall £7 (£5) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir (Directed by Paul Spicer)

SAT 18 JUN RAISING THE ROOF! WITH SUTTON COLDFIELD CHOIRS

*Also taking place as part of Summer Chamber Music Celebrations

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SUN 19 JUN DESTRUCTION PARTY FEATURING THE DESTROYERS AND THE CONSERVATOIRE FOLK ENSEMBLE 7pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£10) (£5, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk MON 20 JUN

STEREO IS KING featuring the Percussive Sounds Ensemble (Directed by Aidy Spillet)

7pm Adrian Boult Hall £10 (£8) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

TUE 21 JUN FAREWELL TO THE PAST, HAIL TO THE FUTURE' VOCAL GALA EVENING

7pm Adrian Boult Hall

£12 (£10) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk WED 22 JUN

BRASS SPECTACULAR: REFLECTIONS IN BRASS AND BOULT

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FROM BACH TO BERIO

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BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DAVE HOLLAND, NATE SMITH AND STAN SULZMANN 7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£10) (£5, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

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ELEGY FOR A CONCERT HALL

SUN 26 JUN

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY (BIRMINGHAM POST) TALKS TO CONDUCTOR BARRY WORDSWORTH ABOUT SIR ADRIAN BOULT 6pm Adrian Boult Hall Free admission

SUN 26 JUN

featuring Tredegar Town Band and Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Ensembles

7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£10) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk A Farewell Celebration of Piano Music Across the Centuries

7pm Adrian Boult Hall £10 (£8) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

featuring Junior Conservatoire Choirs and Orchestras

7pm Adrian Boult Hall £10 (£8) (£3, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

REQUIEM FOR A CONCERT HALL Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra with conductor Richard Armstrong

7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £20 (£15) (£10, BCU students) Tickets available from thsh.co.uk

For tickets priced at £12.50 and above purchased via THSH.co.uk, a £3 transaction fee, plus £1 (optional) postage, will be charged on all bookings except those made in person at the Town Hall or Symphony Hall Box office.

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TUE 3 MAY PERFORMANCE PLATFORM

CAROLINE MODIBA (SOPRANO) 1.05pm Adrian Boult Hall £6 (£4) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £7 (£5) on the door Mozart An Chloë Mozart Alleluia Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade Schubert Ständchen Lehár Vijla Strauss An die Nacht Strauss Einerlei Strauss Zueignung Strauss Cäcilie Poulenc Air vif Bachelet Chère nuit Pescod Oktobermaand Bellini Qui la voce

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Enjoy a lunchtime mixture of lieder, operetta and opera arias from Strauss to Bellini.

JUSTIN WIGGAN: DEADSONGS

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7pm Recital Hall £4 (£2) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £5 (£3) on the door Justin Wiggan School of Noise Deadsong Ensemble Students of Birmingham Conservatoire Composition and Music Technology departments Witness the deterioration of melody into harsh noise as medicine, the blurt of recognised data into the unwanted fetish of nostalgia and the desire for the end.

In 2014, sound artist Justin Wiggan buried a collection of vinyl records for 12 months and upon harvesting them discovered a unique opportunity to explore the results.

Wiggan will perform with The DeadSong Ensemble as part of his Dead Songs project in which exhumed vinyl records that have been buried will be given one last chance to reveal their swan song.

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FRI 6 MAY

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PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

THE AMERICAN SONG PRIZE

THE DORIS NEWTON MUSIC CLUB PRIZE

7pm Recital Hall £4

7pm Recital Hall £4

A prize donated in memory of Stuart Cameron Smith who for many years taught at Birmingham Conservatoire as a vocal coach and inspiration to generations of students.

He possessed a formidable knowledge of the song repertoire.

This competition is allied with the French Song Prize, each taking place on alternate years.

Enjoy seeing the cream of this year's prize winners demonstrating their talents as they vie to be crowned the overall winner.

FRI 6 MAY YFAT SOUL ZISSO (SOPRANO): NEW MUSIC FOR SOLO UNACCOMPANIED VOICE 7pm Lyttleton Lecture Theatre, The Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret Street £8 (£5) Director/soprano Yfat Soul Zisso Georges Aperghis Récitations (selections) Luciano Berio Sequenza III for Female Voice Steph Power Three Anxieties and a Lullaby (première) Ben Gaunt Tria Prima Incantations (première) Michael Taplin Still WAITING (première) Andrew Toovey TBC (première) Yfat Soul Zisso TBC (première) Daniel Galbreath Carmine

The culmination of the nine categories of the Birmingham Conservatoire Prize (Woodwind, Guitar, Brass, Saxophone, Piano, Percussion, Recorder, Strings, and Vocal), The Doris Newton Music Club Prize allows the winners of each of these nine sections to compete for this highly respected final award.

MON 7 MAY GUEST ARTIST

BIRMINGHAM CITADEL BAND OF THE SALVATION ARMY GALA CONCERT 2016 7pm Adrian Boult Hall £10 Tickets available from www.birminghamcitadelband.com Featuring special guest compere William Himes (OF) from Chicago, USA and soloists Derick Kane - Euphonium and Stephen Kane - Baritone. Join us for an evening of high quality brass band music.

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DAVID SAINT 7.30pm St Chad's Cathedral £5 (£3) Former Conservatoire Principal David Saint remains a member of the Organ Department and Organist & Director of Music of St Chad’s Cathedral.

His programme includes Bach’s monumental partita on Sei Gegrüsset, Jesu gütig BWV 768.

WED 18 MAY GUITAR WORKS OF SABINO DE BARI 7.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) via www.eventbrite.co.uk £7 (£5) on the door Shannon-Latoyah Simon guitar Berx Koçkaya guitar Rowan McConkey guitar Jonnie Cumming guitar Hannah Woollacott guitar Myles Payne guitar Alex Roche guitar Sabino de Bari guitar Alma Quartet guitar quartet Programme includes: Sabino de Bari L’ultimo elemento Sabino de Bari Bancha tea Sabino de Bari Sonata Omaggio a R.S.Brindle, movement I-II Sabino de Bari Gnumerédde Hear both solo and ensemble works by Italian composer Sabino de Bari.

Come hear virtuosic rarelyperformed pieces for solo unaccompanied voice, alongside world premieres written by a mixture of established and emerging composers from around the UK. Venues, Concerts & Events Office: 0121 331 5909

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MON 23 MAY

SUN 22 MAY PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

FRI 27 MAY LUNCHTIMES AT BMAG

THE TONY LEVIN DRUM PRIZE

SOLO TRUMPET PLATFORM

THE ANCHOR ENSEMBLE

2pm University College Birmingham £4

8.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £7 (£5) on the door

12.30pm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Free entry

Jazz drum legend and much-loved Conservatoire tutor, Tony Levin passed away in February 2011.

His legacy lives on with us in the form of the Tony Levin Drum Prize.

Tony’s plan was that each student finalist would play a short set with fellow Jazz Department tutors to determine which student is most deserving of the accolade of ‘most swinging’. Witness a high-energy concert and a spotlight on future careers in jazz drumming: a ‘happening’ as Tony would say.

SUN 22 MAY PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

THE YOUNG STRINGS PROJECT 3pm Adrian Boult Hall £5 Director Lucy Akehurst Hear talented young players performing as the culmination of their time with the Junior Conservatoire Young Strings Project. The project offers tuition to beginners as young as three years old. Teaching takes place both individually and in groups following the Suzuki method.

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Director Daniel Blanco Albert Composer and trumpeter Daniel Blanco Albert presents a programme of pieces for solo trumpet from students and staff of Birmingham Conservatoire Composition Department.

THU 26 MAY THURSDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE

ELLIOT MASON 7.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £7 (£5) on the door Join multi-award winning jazz trombonist, Elliot Mason for what promises to be a sensational gig.

Mason has performed with Count Basie Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the Maria Schneider Orchestra and has been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 2006.

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Luke Newby clarinet Laurie McGee violin Claudia Dehnke violin Matt Johnstone viola Felicity Smith cello Programme includes: Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 Experience Brahms at his intimate, heartfelt best in the stunning work performed alongside other contemporary British works.

SAT 28 MAY PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS

THE MARIO LANZA OPERA PRIZE 2pm Recital Hall £4 Prepare to be enthralled by the skill and virtuosity our students display as they compete to win this esteemed prize.

Generously sponsored by the Mario Lanza Society, our undergraduate and postgraduate singers rise to the challenge of presenting two contrasting operatic arias.

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Summer Chamber Music Celebrations SUN 12 – WED 15 JUN Featuring: Atéa Wind Quintet, Schubert Ensemble, Gildas Quartet and students and graduates from Birmingham Conservatoire.

Chamber Music is flourishing as never before at the Conservatoire. This year’s festival will feature all of Shostakovich's String Quartets, performed by students and former students.

As usual, our other instrumental departments will also have concerts, with three of the Conservatoire’s Ensembles-in-Residence also performing.

The complete programme will be published online soon.

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SUN 12 JUN THE SYLVIA CLEAVER CHAMBER MUSIC PRIZE 4pm Recital Hall £4

MON 13 JUN SHOSTAKOVICH QUARTETS I 10.45am Recital Hall £4

WOODWIND II 4.15pm Recital Hall £4

STRINGS AND PIANO I 6pm Recital Hall £4

JAZZ 7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £4

SHOSTAKOVICH QUARTETS II FEATURING THE LIGETI QUARTET 7.45pm Recital Hall £7 (£5)

THE ATEA WIND QUINTET 1.30pm Recital Hall £7 (£5)

WOODWIND 2.45pm Recital Hall £4

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THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE 2.30pm Recital Hall £7 (£5)

SHOSTAKOVICH QUARTETS III 7.45pm Recital Hall £4

BRASS 3pm Recital Hall £4

WED 15 JUNE THE GILDAS QUARTET 4pm Adrian Boult Hall £7 (£5)

STRINGS WITH PIANO II 4pm Recital Hall £7 (£5)

SHOSTAKOVICH PIANO TRIOS

SHOSTAKOVICH WITH THE GILDAS QUARTET AND CASSIA QUARTET 7pm Adrian Boult Hall £7 (£5)

For full programme, please visit www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events

featuring Oliver Willie (violin), Alexander Baillie (cello) and Daniel Tong (piano) 6pm Recital Hall £7 (£5) Venues, Concerts & Events Office: 0121 331 5909

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FRI 10 & SUN 12 JUN

MON 13 JUN

SPECIAL EVENT

MONDAY SHOWCASE

CAPABILITY BROWN 300

MOZART, MESSIAEN, CHOPIN

Fri 1pm Birmingham Cathedral £6 (£4) on the door

12.15pm Adrian Boult Hall Free entry

Sun 6pm Weston Park, Shifnal £15 Tickets include wine and canapes available from www.weston-park.com

Jessica Efezeybek piano

Director Martin Perkins Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Orchestra Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Handel Let the Bright Seraphim Arne Cantata This Morning Arne Songs from Artaxerxes and Alfred Boyce Symphony No.3 Mudge Trumpet Concerto Celebrate the tercentenary of landscape architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, with the Conservatoire’s Chamber Orchestra as they perform music from great British eighteenth-century composers.

Mozart Fantaisie in C minor Messiaen Première communion de la Vierge Schumann Arabeske in C major, Op.18 Tung Khng Chua piano Ireland Decorations Stavroula Thoma piano Theodorakis Sonatine Chopin Mazurkas Op.68, Nos.1-4 *Please note earlier start time and change of venue for today's showcase

SUN 12 JUN GUEST ARTIST

BGSO HALL OF FAME 3pm Adrian Boult Hall £10 (£8) advance from www.birmingham-box.co.uk £12 (£10) on the door £30 Family ticket (up to 2 adults & 3 children under 16) £5 Students Conductor Jack Lovell Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra Kat Galbraith violin Philip Mills clarinet Grieg Peer Gynt Suite – Morning Mozart Clarinet Concerto – Adagio Dvořák Symphony No. 9 – Largo Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre Copland Rodeo – Hoedown Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet – Montagues and Capulets The BGSO pick out some of the best-known pieces of classical music for an afternoon concert of classical favourites. Come and hear one of the UKs two LGBT orchestras perform music you will know from television, including the music from the Hovis advert, The Apprentice and Jonathan Creek.

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TUE 14 JUN PERFORMANCE PLATFORM

TINGTING YAO (PIANO) 1.05pm Adrian Boult Hall £6 (£4) advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk £7 (£5) on the door Thomas McMahon cello Tingting Yao piano Shostakovich Sonata for cello and piano in D minor, Op.40 Chopin Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 Take a musical journey from the 20th century to Romanticism via a masterpiece for cello by Shostakovich, followed by the hugely popular Chopin piano sonata in B flat minor, nicknamed Funeral March.

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OPEN DAY DISCOVER WHAT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE AND BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY HAS TO OFFER IN AN OPEN DAY OF CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS AND TALKS. WED 15 JUN 10am – 4pm Birmingham Conservatoire Free entry Please register in advance via www.bcu.ac.uk/ conservatoire/opendays Our Open Day is designed for those considering taking a course in music at the Conservatoire, and also for staff involved in the teaching of these students and advising them on higher education courses.

The day will consist of concerts, workshops and talks about Birmingham Conservatoire’s courses and life at the University.

For further information and a programme for the day, please see www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/ opendays or contact 0121 331 5901 or e-mail conservatoire@bcu.ac.uk.

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MON 20 JUN

ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC

JUNIOR CONSERVATOIRE CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT 7pm Recital Hall £7 (£5) Soloists, chamber musicians, choirs and orchestras from the Junior Conservatoire join together in a fitting finale to the end of term.

MONDAY SHOWCASE

LISZT, ELGAR 1pm Recital Hall Free entry Laura Brownsell violin Jonathan French piano Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82 Eden Walker piano Liszt Sonata in B minor, S.178

MON 20 JUN GUEST ARTIST

MELODY MUSIC BIRMINGHAM SUMMER SHOWCASE 6.30pm New Lecture Theatre Free entry

SAT 18 JUN

Join Melody Music Birmingham for a summer extravaganza, featuring group pieces, solo items and lots to get your toes tapping.

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RAISING THE ROOF! 7.30pm Adrian Boult Hall £12 (£9) Tickets available from www.birmingham-box.co.uk, or via www.suttoncoldfieldchoirs.org.uk Choirs musical directors Richard Jeffries, Liz Birch & Helen Willetts Sutton Coldfield Choirs: Four Oaks Cluster Choir (ages 9-13) Sutton Coldfield Youth Voices (ages 13-18) The Accidentals (ages 18+) Enjoy an evening featuring a kaleidoscope of music from three stunning choirs, and a live accompanying orchestra.

You are guaranteed to be entertained by these award-winning groups, who have featured regularly in National and International competitions.

Hear an eclectic mix of music, ranging from choral classics to modern arrangements of gospel, folk and musicals, accompanied by a live orchestra.

This host of memorable melodies and harmonies will put a spring in your step!

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Melody is an inclusive, collaborative organisation dedicated to the promotion of instrumental teaching for people with learning disabilities.

Melody Music Birmingham is a group for young people with additional needs who meet on a weekly basis to make and share music together.

A high-energy performance is guaranteed!

WED 22 JUN SPECIAL EVENT

HENRY FAIRS ORGAN RECITAL 7.30pm St Chad's Cathedral £5 (£3) Since winning the Odense International Organ Competition, Henry's career has taken him to the major European centres of organ music and America, Canada and Japan.

Tonight, hear him perform a programme including works by Bach, Reger and Bairstow's organ Sonata of 1937.

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FRI 8 JUL

THU 23 JUN

ORGAN

ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC

CONDUCTOR'S ENSEMBLE

MESSIAEN DAY

1pm Recital Hall £7 (£5) on the door

10.30am - 8.30pm Birmingham Conservatoire and St Chads Cathedral, Birmingham Day ticket: £12 (£10) available from www.eventbrite.co.uk

Conductor Sandra Horne Birmingham Conservatoire Conductor’s Ensemble Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments Dvořák Serenade in D minor, Op.44 Dvořak’s graceful Serenade for Wind Instruments evokes a time gone by, harking back to both Czech folk music and the traditional composition forms of the classical period.

Enjoy his playful melodic writing before diving into the striking world of Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments, named not for the symphonic form but from the word’s Greek meaning, 'sounding together'.

FRI 24 JUN LUNCHTIMES AT BMAG

Organ recital only: £5 (£3) on the door With Colin Mark Andrews, Christopher Dingle and Henry Fairs 10.30am Registration and coffee (Birmingham Conservatoire) 11.15am Lecture: 'Messiaen: the man and his music'- Christopher Dingle (Conservatoire) 12.30pm Free time for lunch 1.30pm Lecture: 'An analysis of Messiaen's musical language in La Nativité' (Conservatoire) 3.15pm Organ Masterclass with Colin Andrews at St Chads Cathedral 5pm Free time for dinner 7.30pm Organ Recital by Colin Andrews at St Chads Cathedral An unmissable event for fans of one of the 20th century's major composers, Olivier Messiaen.

LUNCHTIME CHAMBER CONCERT

Distinguished organist Colin Mark Andrews is one of only a handful of musicians to have recorded Messiaen's complete organ works and offers both a masterclass and recital.

12pm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Free entry Enjoy an intimate concert in the beautiful Round Room of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Leading Messiaen authority, scholar and author Christopher Dingle, whose orchestration of Messiaen's Un oiseau des arbes de Vie (Oiseau tui) was recently premiered at the Proms, delivers a fascinating lecture. Plus Henry Fairs, who performed Messiaen's complete organ works in eight concerts during 2008 also features.

Following studies in Paris and Vienna and international prizes (including Paris and Chartres competitions) Henry took up his current post as Head of Organ Studies at Birmingham Conservatoire.

Colin Mark Andrews

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For more information on how surrounding areas may be affected, or for advice on your journey to the city centre, please visit www.birmingham.gov.uk/connected or contact the Conservatoire on 0121 331 5909 where a member of staff will be pleased to help you.

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Booking Information EXCHANGES AND REFUNDS

Tickets for Conservatoire events are individually priced (as shown in the event listings) and available to purchase in a variety of ways:

Birmingham Conservatoire does not offer refunds on tickets after purchase. Where purchased in advance, and subject to availability, tickets can be exchanged for an alternative performance within the current concert season, provided tickets are returned to the Venue, Concert and Events Office no less than 48 hours before the event start time.

Where stated tickets can be purchased in advance from the box office or website that is identified in the event listings.

All other tickets are available to purchase from Birmingham Conservatoire Box Office from up to 45 minutes prior to the event start time unless an alternative box office is specifically indicated in the listings.

Tickets for events presented by external artists and organisations within Birmingham Conservatoire are subject to the refund and exchange policy of the organisation.

ADVANCE RESERVATION

ADVERTISED PROGRAMME

Where tickets are available on the door, you can guarantee your ticket by telephoning the Venues, Concerts and Events Office on 0121 331 5909 to reserve your ticket in advance. Telephone lines are open Monday to Friday 10am-4pm. Your ticket will then be available for you to pay for at the Conservatoire Box Office from up to 45 minutes prior to the event start time.

Every effort is made to ensure that all information included within the Concert and Events Diary is correct at the time of going to print. However the Conservatoire reserves the right to change the programme or replace artists due to unforeseen circumstances.

USE OF MOBILE PHONES

Visa, Delta, Connect, Mastercard and Switch cards can be used. Cheques should be made payable to Birmingham City University.

CONCESSIONS

Unless otherwise stated, concession prices apply to children (16 and under or in full-time education), students, over 60s, disabled and unemployed customers. Please note that we may ask to see identification when admitting people carrying concession tickets.

To avoid disruption to performers and other audience members, Birmingham Conservatoire requests that you do not use mobile phones or other electronic devices during our concerts and events.

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Venue Information CLOAKROOM

A free cloakroom service is available at most evening events taking place in the Adrian Boult Hall.

BAR/COFFEE BAR

The Conservatoire coffee bar is open throughout the day from 9am to 5pm.

For evening and weekend events the coffee and licensed bar is open from one hour before and during the interval of events selling teas and coffees, soft drinks, a range of alcoholic beverages and a range of snacks. Ice cream is on sale during the interval of most events in the Adrian Boult Hall.

Interval drinks can be ordered in advance from the coffee and licensed bar from up to one hour before the event start time.

ACCESSIBILITY

All of the Conservatoire’s venues and spaces are accessible by wheelchair. Accessible toilet facilities are also available. There are designated wheelchair spaces in both the Adrian Boult Hall and Recital Hall. Accompanying companion seats are available by requesting these in advance from the Venues, Concerts and Events Office on 0121 331 5909.

Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary price tickets with a complimentary companion seat ticket available on request if required. Guide dogs are welcome at all venues. If you are bringing a guide dog, please let the Venues, Concerts and Events Office know in advance by telephoning 0121 331 5909, so that we can allocate a space for him or her.

A copy of this brochure is available in large print by contacting the Venues, Concerts and Events Office on 0121 331 5909.

LATECOMERS

To minimise disruption to performers and other audience members, latecomers will only be admitted to the Halls during a suitable break in the performance. This may be at the interval of the event.

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FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE MAILING LIST

To receive future Concert and Event Diaries, and details of special events, offers and promotions, please join our mailing list by sending your details to: Mailing List Venues Concerts and Events Office Birmingham Conservatoire Paradise Place Birmingham B3 3HG Alternatively please email bhamcons.concerts@bcu.ac.uk or telephone 0121 331 5909.

Your details will be stored on a secure electronic database and will not be passed onto any third parties.

YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

The Venues, Concerts and Events team are always interested to hear your comments and suggestions about our concert programme, suggestions for future programming, our venue and our services.

You can write to the Head of Venues, Concerts and Events, Emily Bartlett, at the Venues, Concerts and Events Office, Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place Birmingham B3 3HG.

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Supporting Us Birmingham Conservatoire is very grateful for the support of individuals and companies.

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE ASSOCIATION

THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN SUPPORT US:

SUPPORT THE MUSICIANS OF TOMORROW – JOIN US TODAY

• Sponsor a concert or series of concerts.

Birmingham Conservatoire Association is a voluntary organisation supporting the work of the students at Birmingham Conservatoire.

• Sponsor a student and follow them through their course of study.

• Support the Conservatoire Endowment Fund – a fund set up to benefit students in need.

• Make a donation. The Conservatoire values donations small or large.

• Donations can be gift-aided, increasing their value to the Conservatoire.

For further details, or if you have an idea you would like to discuss with us, please contact: Andrea Cox Principal’s Office Birmingham Conservatoire Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG Tel: 0121 331 5910 Email: andrea.cox@bcu.ac.uk

Our international membership consists of alumni, current and former members of staff, distinguished Honorary Members including the President of Birmingham Conservatoire, Sir Simon Rattle OM CBE DUniv, parents, friends and all those wishing to support our objectives.

We are a Registered Charity which is independent from the Conservatoire. Our work includes the production of a twice-yearly promotional magazine Fanfare III, financial support for the CBSO Learning and Participation Programme and to individual students for a variety of needs (such as instrumental purchase and repair, travelling and living expenses, and masterclasses), the annual Undergraduate Welcome and biennial Alumni and Staff Reunions.

Membership is open to everyone who wishes to support the work of the students at Birmingham Conservatoire. The students increasingly need your help in these days of global financial hardship.

Please refer to our website www.bcu.ac.uk/ conservatoire/bca to see the benefits offered to BCA Members and join us online or by requesting an application form from BCA Hon Secretary John Smith 0121 476 4741 / smith@hrs359.fsnet.co.uk

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Get Involved!

LEARNING AND PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME

It is the vision of Birmingham Conservatoire to lead and inspire musicians of all ages and abilities on their musical journeys. We are an institution ready to collaborate, innovate and create exciting new opportunities for all musicians. If you have an idea for a possible collaboration please contact Richard Shrewsbury, Learning and Participation Manager.

INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE

Birmingham Conservatoire has ensembles that are experienced in performing in educational settings. These ensembles range from a chamber orchestra, through woodwind, brass, percussion and string ensembles to world music ensembles, including a samba band and the Conservatoire Folk Ensemble led by Joe Broughton. If you are interested in a Conservatoire group coming and working alongside your musicians get in touch.

The Conservatoire can support these activities and will actively look to find ways to make joint activities financially achievable.

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TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS

We offer a wide range of in-school workshop opportunities with our students and staff to enhance your curriculum. Our workshops range from composition and creative ensemble workshops to specific instrumental workshops or interactive performances in school. There is also the opportunity for school groups to visit the Conservatoire to enjoy our programme of over 300 concerts each academic year.

YOUNG PEOPLE – ASPIRE PROGRAMME

The new Birmingham Conservatoire Aspire programme is for young musicians who show a desire to pursue a musical career. If you are, or know of, a young person that would benefit from an enhanced experience of musical learning activities, including one-to-one instrumental lessons, side-by-side rehearsals and mentoring, then please get in touch.

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JUNIOR CONSERVATOIRE

If you have a particular talent for music, whether it is composing or performing, and the desire to take it further, then the Junior Conservatoire may well be the right place for you. We offer specialist training in jazz and classical music to young musicians between the ages of eight and eighteen with exceptional potential, and the ability to achieve that potential. Even absolute beginners as young as three or four years old can study with us through our Young Strings Project, which offers tuition on string instruments

GOT AN IDEA FOR A PROJECT? GET IN TOUCH. Birmingham Conservatoire Learning and Participation

Richard Shrewsbury, Learning and Participation Manager conlearning@bcu.ac.uk 0121 331 5912

SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE INITIATIVES Birmingham Conservatoire has strong links with In Harmony Telford & Stoke, the largest ‘El Sistema’ inspired initiative in the UK for young people and their families. Our students and staff are committed to providing opportunities for all people regardless of age, ethnicity and social and economic circumstances to access high quality music education. If you work for a charity or social organisation and have an idea of how we might collaborate please contact us.

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Birmingham Conservatoire thanks its sponsors, funders, partners and supporters SPONSORS

Avid Bullring Birmingham Classical Guitar Centre DfE (Music & Dance Scheme) European Culture Programme EMI Music Sound Foundation John Avins Trust Leverhulme Trust The Schubert Ensemble of London The Tillet Trust The Wolfson Foundation Wilmcote Charitable Trust

EVENT FUNDERS

Arts Council England BCU Graduate+ Britten Pears Foundation Hinrichsen Foundation Holst Foundation Kingdom of the Netherlands PRS Foundation for New Music RVW Trust

PARTNERS

Aston Performing Arts Academy Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham Music Service Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra Birmingham Royal Ballet Chung Ying Restaurant Group City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Coventry Performing Arts Service Deutsche Bank Ex Cathedra Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce In Harmony Stoke and Telford Jazzlines Leamington Music mac Birmingham Music Education Council Music for Youth Musicians’ Union Orchestra of the Swan Perry Beeches II Quench Arts Royal College of Organists Royal Shakespeare Company sampad Second Cup Coffee Company Sound Futures South Birmingham College Stan’s Café Third Ear Town Hall Symphony Hall Tredegar Town Band Welsh National Opera Wolverhampton Music Hub

MEMBERSHIP

Association of European Conservatoires Conservatoires UK Incorporated Society of Musicians

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BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE'S THALLEIN ENSEMBLE PERFORM IN BEIJING Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China In May Birmingham Conservatoire’s Thallein Ensemble travels to China perform in the Beijing Modern Music Festival, Asia’s leading and most established contemporary music festival.

The concert, held at the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, boasts a programme conducted by Daniele Rosina of music by staff and students of the Conservatoire’s thriving composition department Joe Cutler, Michael Wolters, Ed Bennett, Seán Clancy, Fang Fang and Andrew Toovey.

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SUN 1 MAY – SUN 26 JUNE

SAYING GOODBYE TO BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE'S ADRIAN BOULT HALL In conjunction with Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce

SIR JAMES GALWAY CBSO DAVE HOLLAND JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER

THE DESTROYERS

EX CATHEDRA BCMG MIKE STEVENS EX CATHEDRA | BCMG | MIKE STEVENS

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