WHAT’S ON at the Faculty of Music Michaelmas Term 2013 Volume 1, No. 1
CONTENTS Welcome 3 Academy of Ancient Music 4 Endellion String Quartet 5 Britten Sinfonia 6 Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts 7 Cambridge University Musical Society 8-9 Cambridge University Opera Society 10 Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra 10 Faculty of Music University of Cambridge 11 West Road Cambridge CB3 9DP W: mus.cam.ac.uk E: facultyevents@mus.cam.ac.uk
New Music 11 Faculty of Music Colloquia 12 Composers' Workshops at the Faculty of Music 13 Music Outreach at Cambridge 14 Guest Lecture and Workshop 15 Cambridge University Gamelan Society 15 Event Listings by Date 16
This brochure is published by the Faculty of Music and serves to promote Faculty events. If you think your event should be included in next term’s brochure, please email facultyevents@music.cam.ac.uk with details of your event. All event information for next term’s brochure must be submitted to the editor, Sarah Williams, by the final day of this term.
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elcome to the inaugural edition of What’s On at the Faculty of Music, the first in a series of termly brochures highlighting the musical activities that take place within the University. The range of music-making in Cambridge is vast, extending far beyond the scope of a single booklet. What we present here is therefore a conspectus of activities organised by the Music Faculty, in addition to significant concerts in West Road Concert Hall. The Faculty stages a regular series of research seminars and public lectures. We also sponsor a programme of new music and concerts using historical instruments, as well as an increasingly diverse range of outreach activities. Details of all these are listed below. We are delighted to highlight here the work of the Music Faculty’s three resident ensembles – the Endellion String Quartet, the Academy of Ancient Music, and Britten Sinfonia – as well as the concerts organised by the Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) and other ensembles sponsored in some measure by the Faculty Board. All of these groups have close links with the Music Faculty, and this brochure gives an indication of the synergies that exist between the academic work of the Faculty and the concerts and master-classes that surround us on an almost daily basis. Plans inevitably change, and by the time you read this, it is possible that not everything will be quite as described here. We therefore advise you to use the booklet as a guide and to check times, dates and other details on the Music Faculty website at mus.cam.ac.uk. If you have feedback on the booklet, please let us know by writing to the Editor, Sarah Williams, at facultyevents@mus.cam.ac.uk. Finally – and most importantly – we hope you will be able to attend as many as possible of the events listed below.
Martin Ennis Chairman, Faculty Board of Music
Photograph © Sussie Ahlburg 2012
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ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC Wednesday, 23 October 2013 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall
Wednesday, 18 December 2013 7.00pm, King’s College Chapel
Ibragimova directs Symphonies and Concertos by Haydn and Mozart
Handel’s Messiah
Haydn Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major (c. 1769) Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor ‘Farewell’ (1772) Mozart Symphony No. 10 in G major (1770) Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major ‘Turkish’ (1775) Alina Ibragimova, director & violin (concertos) Pavlo Beznosiuk, director & violin (symphonies) Following her acclaimed debut with the AAM in 2012, Alina Ibragimova returns in a programme exploring the giants of the classical repertoire. Haydn and Mozart revolutionised the musical landscape – but they both had a lively sense of humour, and this concert features some of their wittiest works. Haydn’s ‘Farewell’ symphony was written for the Hungarian holiday palace of his employer, and ends with just two players on stage. His patron, Prince Esterházy, got the hint: after a long summer, the homesick musicians were released back to their families in Austria the next day. Mozart’s tenth symphony brims with optimism and warmth, inspired by the composer’s first trip to Italy. The ‘Turkish’ concerto earns its name from the Eastern flavour of the finale (including the string players using the wooden part of the bow rather than the hairs), and provides a fitting end to a night of light-hearted music making. Free AAM Explore pre-concert talk at 6.30pm, hosted by Tom Service (The Guardian and BBC Radio 3). TICKETS: £14, £20, £27 (concessions available) and £3 for AAMplify members, available from Cambridge Corn Exchange. Box office tel: 01223 357851; email: boxoffice@cambridge.gov.uk; online: cornex.co.uk/ boxoffice or from aam.co.uk/Cambridge
Handel Messiah (1741) Bernard Labadie, conductor Lydia Teuscher, soprano Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor Jeremy Ovenden, tenor Brindley Sherratt, bass Choir of the AAM Chirstmas wouldn’t be complete without a performance of Handel’s Messiah, so it’s easy to forget just how radical this masterpiece was in the eighteenth century. Written when his popularity was beginning to fade, Handel’s new work occupied an uneasy position between liturgy and opera. But what made the church authorities hostile – the way in which Messiah took the christmas and Easter stories and imbued them with hitherto unknown allure and immediacy – also ensured Handel’s success. The musical and dramatic power of Messiah was undeniable, and the British public quickly took this glorious music to its heart. Countless performances sprang up throughout the country, and once whole communities had heard Messiah there was no going back. Regular AAM guest conductor Bernard Labadie leads our festive performance, which features the Choir of the AAM and a cast including counter-tenor Iestyn Davies – who recently became the first British countertenor to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. TICKETS: £25, £35, £45, £55 available from the Cambridge Corn Exchange (£5 unsighted seats on door). Box office tel: 01223 357851; email: boxoffice@ cambridge.gov.uk; online: cornex.co.uk/boxoffice
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THE ENDELLION STRING QUARTET
35th Anniversary Season 22nd Season as ‘Quartet in Residence’, University of Cambridge
Wednesday, 30 October 2013 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall
Wednesday, 27 November 2013 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall
Haydn String Quartet in A Op. 55 No.1 Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat Op. 44 No.3 Schubert String Quartet in D minor D. 810 (‘Death and the Maiden’)
Haydn String Quartet in D Op. 64 No.5 (‘Lark’) Mozart String Quintet in C minor K. 406 Mozart String Quintet in D K. 593
Andrew Watkinson, violin Ralph de Souza, violin Garfield Jackson, viola David Waterman, cello Our new Cambridge series opens with the first of Haydn’s neglected and wonderful Op. 55 quartets, all of which are featured this season. Mendelssohn’s brilliantly virtuosic and expressive Op. 44 No. 3 follows; and the final piece is Schubert’s masterpiece ... as exciting, terrifying and moving as when it was first heard.
Andrew Watkinson, violin Ralph de Souza, violin Garfield Jackson, viola David Waterman, cello David Adams, guest viola Haydn’s warm, good-natured and exceptionally melodious ‘Lark’ Quartet precedes Mozart’s own arrangement for viola quintet of his marvellous C minor composition for wind ensemble. Then comes the Viola Quintet in D major: one of the greatest of all Mozart chamber music pieces.
TICKETS: £24, £22 (OAP), £16 (Restricted view) £12 (Child, Student, Reg. disabled) available from the Cambridge Corn Exchange and City Centre Box Office, 2 Wheeler Street, Cambridge CB2 3QB. Box office tel: 01223 357851; email: boxoffice@cambridge.gov.uk; online: cornex.co.uk/boxoffice. NB: A £1 booking fee will be added to all prices.
Photograph © Eric Richmond
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BRITTEN SINFONIA Wednesday, 9 October 2013 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall
Paul Lewis Paul Lewis, piano/director Jacqueline Shave, violin/director Nicholas Daniel, oboe Stravinsky Three pieces for string quartet Anna Clyne Within Her Arms Mozart Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K414 Maw Little Concert Haydn Symphony No. 60 “il distratto” Paul Lewis directs Britten Sinfonia in Mozart’s elegant and lyrical Piano Concerto No.12. The classical thread continues through the rest of the programme including Haydn’s inventive and quirky Il distratto symphony. Nicholas Daniel is the soloist in Nicholas Maw’s concert aria for oboe, and Britten Sinfonia perform Anna Clyne’s elegy for strings. Friday, 22 November 2013 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Mark Padmore, tenor Pekka Kuusisto, violin/director Stephen Bell, horn Nico Muhly Three Songs for Tenor & violin (and drone from orchestra) Bartók Fourth movement from Quartet no. 4 Britten Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal Tuur Lighthouse Judith Weir I give you the end of a golden string (world premiere tour) Arne Nordheim Individualisierte Höhemessung der Lagen (from Partita fur Paul) Nico Muhly Material in E flat for violin & drone from orchestra Bartók Third movement from Quartet no. 4 Berg arr Schnittke Kanon Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten George Crumb God Music from Black Angels Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
Britten Sinfonia’s recent recording of Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Mark Padmore has been acclaimed worldwide and these artists will perform the work in this fascinating concert. Violinist Pekka Kuusisto directs the orchestra in an illuminating programme of works which also includes a new work by Judith Weir, commissioned by the Britten Pears Foundation and Royal Philharmonic Society, to celebrate Britten’s centenary and the bicentenary of the Royal Philharmonic Society. Tuesday, 17 December 2013 1.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
Britten Sinfonia At Lunch 1 Jacqueline Shave, violin Clare Finnimore, viola Caroline Dearnley, cello Huw Watkins, piano Mozart Adagio from Violin Sonata in E Flat K481 Lutoslawski Duo for viola and cello Sally Beamish New Work (world premiere tour) Faure Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor Britten Sinfonia’s acclaimed At Lunch series begins its 2013-14 season with one of the pinnacles of Fauré’s chamber output, his superbly crafted Second Piano Quartet. The quartet strikes a genuinely equal balance amongst the four instrumentalists, three of whom will also give the world premiere of a new work for string trio by Scottish-based composer Sally Beamish. Renowned for their adventurous but thoughtful performances Britten Sinfonia complete the programme with a movement from one of Mozart’s Violin Sonatas and Lutosławski’s Duo for viola and cello whose centenary is celebrated in 2013. TICKETS available from the Cambridge Corn Exchange. Box office tel: 01223 357851; email: boxoffice@ cambridge.gov.uk; online: cornex.co.uk/boxoffice
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS The Cambridge University Lunchtime Concerts showcase the young and emerging student talent, performing music ranging from Mozart and Beethoven to Messiaen and John Adams. Performances take place on Tuesday lunchtimes in West Road Concert Hall during Full Term.
Tuesday, 12 November Stravinsky's Les Noces, performed by the CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR, with William Cole, conductor. Tuesday, 19 November
You can also enjoy a delicious sandwich lunch at West Road Concert Hall coffee shop prior to each concert, making CULC the perfect way to spend a relaxing Tuesday lunchtime.
Schubert's Winterreise, performed by Nicholas Mogg, baritone and Harry Ogg, piano. Tuesday, 26 November
All concerts are in West Road Concert Hall at 1.10pm – 1.55pm Admission is free to these concerts
Robin Holloway 70th Birthday Celebration; a concert of music by Holloway and his contemporaries, performed by the NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE.
Tuesday, 22 October Tuesday, 3 December A Celebration of 20th Century British Music; including Warlock's The Curlew with conductor George Parris and an ensemble of Cambridge instrumentalists.
Shostakovich's Piano Quintet, performed by the ALIGHIERI QUINTET
Tuesday, 29 October Music for Wind Quintet; including Nielsen's Wind Quintet and Ligeti's 10 Pieces for Wind Quintet, performed by the INSTRUMENTAL AWARD SCHEME WIND QUINTET. Tuesday, 5 November Contemporary Chamber Music Showcase: featuring works by leading composer, Harold Meltzer, and Cambridge’s own John Hopkins and Jeremy Thurlow.
Please visit our website, cums.org.uk, for directions to all our concert venues. Full programme details will be announced online shortly before each concert.
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY Saturday 26 October 2013 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
Saturday 16 November 2013 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Season Launch Concert
The Epic of Everest
Mozart Magic Flute Overture Mozart Clarinet Concerto Beethoven Symphony No.5 Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Peter Stark, conductor David Wong, (CUMS Concerto Competition Winner) clarinet TICKETS: £20, £14, £10 (concessions: £2 reduction of above prices), £5 (students) Saturday 2 November 2013 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
CUMS Symphony Orchestra performs Schubert and Mahler Schubert Symphony No.5 Mahler Symphony No.1 Ben Glassberg, conductor (CUMS Brenda Charters Conducting Scholar) TICKETS: £20, £14, £10 (concessions: £2 reduction of above prices), £5 (students)
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Andrew Gourlay, conductor J.B. Noel The Epic of Everest (1924; compiled score from 1924 by Frederick Laurence and Eugene Goossens Snr.) This concert will involve a musical recreation of The Epic of Everest (J.B. Noel, 1924), a travelogue-cumquest adventure silent film shot on Mount Everest in 1924 during that year’s Royal Geographical Society expedition, the one on which George Mallory and ‘Sandy’ Irvine died. The film has recently been restored by the British Film Institute and is to be shown in London with a newly commissioned score; however, this is the only planned screening with a live recreation of the original score held in the Cambridge University Library. It is an example of a ‘compiled score’ for silent film, consisting of a number of excerpts from existing classical works as well as a few specially composed themes. For further information on the film and score please visit our website cums.org.uk On Wednesday, 13 November at 5.00pm in the Recital Room, Dr Julie Brown from Royal Holloway will present From textual palimpsest to silent film performance: critical perspectives on recreating the musical presentation of The Epic of Everest (1924). For more details of this event turn to page 12 of this brochure. TICKETS: £20, £14, £10 (concessions: £2 reduction of above prices), £5 (students)
Photograph © Hugo Bernand
Photograph © Shambala
Saturday 23 November 2013 8.00pm, King’s College Chapel
Wednesday 4 December 2013 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
Mendelssohn Elijah
CUMS Concert Orchestra
CUMS Chorus East Anglia Chamber Orchestra Stephen Cleobury, conductor Sally Harrison, soprano Daniela Lehner, mezzo-soprano Joshua Mills, tenor Ashley Riches, bass TICKETS: £25, £20, £15, £10. Students: £4 reduction of above prices and £5 on the door, subject to availability Thursday 28 November 2013 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra perform Bernstein and Copland
Cambridge University Musical Society’s second symphony orchestra Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Brahms Alto Rhapsody Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 CUMS Concert Orchestra Alastair Chilvers, conductor Anna Harvey, mezzo-soprano TICKETS: £10 (£8 concessions), £3 (students) Saturday 7 December 2013 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
CUMS Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No.11
Bernstein Candide Overture Copland Quiet City Bernstein, arr. Paul Hiley West Side Story Jim Casella Katraterra Copland An Outdoor Overture Hindemith Symphony in B flat
CUMS Symphony Orchestra Martin Yates, conductor Sergey Levitin, violin
Cambridge University Wind Orchestra Cambridge University Percussion Ensemble Benedict Collins-Rice, conductor
Friday 13 December 2013 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall
TICKETS: £10 (£8 concessions), £3 (students)
Haydn Symphony No.104 Scarlatti Christmas Cantata Mendelssohn Symphony No.1
TICKETS: £20, £14, £10 (concessions: £2 reduction of above prices), £5 (students)
Sir Roger Norrington
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Sir Roger Norrington, conductor Katherine Watson, soprano TICKETS: £20, £14, £10 (concessions: £2 reduction of above prices) & £5 (students)
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY OPERA SOCIETY Tuesday, 29 October - Saturday, 2 November 2013 7.45pm, ADC Theatre
The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, English translation by Andrew Porter) The adventurous Prince Tamino promises the Queen of the Night that he will rescue her daughter Pamina from the enchanter Sarastro. He begins his quest, accompanied by the bird catcher Papageno, but all is not as it initially seems... This production sees the pair painted in the guise of Grand Tour explorers who seek classical antiquity, but are instead thrust into Mozart's timeless, chaotic, fairytale world. Here, they encounter mythical incarnations of the ancient world more vivid than they could have ever previously imagined... Sung in modern English, this fully staged production of an opera that has charmed audiences for centuries offers comedy, danger, romance, and drama. Cambridge University's vibrant opera scene bursts onto the ADC stage, uniting Mozart's enchanting score with an exciting theatrical spectacle. There will be a post-show discussion after the performance on Thursday 31 October. TICKETS: £12, £10 (Tues £10, £8) Box office tel: 01223 300085; email: boxoffice@ adctheatre.com
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday, 29th November 2013 8.00pm, West Road Concert Hall Dvořák The Noon Witch, Op. 108 Finzi Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35 Oli Pashley, clarinet Benedict Collins-Rice and Ben Glassberg, conductors TICKETS: £12, £8 (concessions), £5 (students/children) available on the door
Photograph © Hanya Chlala
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NEW MUSIC Robin Holloway is one of the country’s leading composers and his music is admired for its fibrous intensity as much as for its eclecticism, opulence and radiance. Holloway taught composition at the University of Cambridge for over forty years until his retirement in 2011 and has been a formative influence on the successive generations of young composers who have studied with him. We celebrate his seventieth birthday with two concerts showcasing the aesthetic breadth of his work; there will also be a chance to hear him talk about his work in the Composers’ Workshop at 2pm on Tuesday 26th November. The evening concert on Wednesday 27th November also features world premières of work by two younger composers: William Cole’s Clarinet Concerto Ouroboros and a new work by the winner of the Cambridge Young Composer of the Year competition: Luke Fitzgerald’s Confluence. Tuesday, 26th November 2013 1.10pm, West Road Concert Hall
Wednesday, 27th November 2013 The Divinity School, St. John’s College, 7.30pm
Robin Holloway
A concert to celebrate the 70th birthday of Robin Holloway
This concert forms part of the Cambridge University lunchtime concert series. Tuesday, 26th November 2013 2.00pm, Recital Hall, West Road
Robin Holloway Robin Holloway discusses some of his work. This talk forms part of the Composers’ Workshop series.
Holloway The Rivers of Hell Luke Fitzgerald (winner, Cambridge Young Composer of the Year) Confluence (world premiere) William Cole Ouruboros (world premiere) Holloway Serenade in E flat Cambridge University New Music Ensemble Gerry Cornelius, conductor TICKETS: available on the door
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FACULTY OF MUSIC COLLOQUIA The weekly Colloquia present thought-provoking and engaging research papers covering an eclectic mix of topics and musical styles. They provide stimulating opportunities to hear and discuss the latest research by distinguished scholars and musicians from the UK and abroad. Colloquia in Michaelmas Term include Daniel Müllensiefen’s study on musicality, drawing on tests completed by 150,000 Britons and collected with the help of the BBC. Julie Brown’s paper on reconstructing music scores for silent film ties in with CUMS’s accompaniment of a screening of The Epic of Everest on Saturday November 16; and Lisa Colton presents a provocative study on sexuality and gender in the Middle Ages. Colloquia are held on Wednesday evenings in the Recital Room of the Faculty of Music, West Road. Please arrive at 4.50pm for a 5.00pm start. Papers are followed by discussion and a drinks reception with the speaker. Admission is free and open to the general public. All are welcome to attend. Wednesday, 16 October 2013 5.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Wednesday, 13 November 2013 5.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Elizabeth Eva Leach
Julie Brown
(Oxford University) Clerical Work: finding the motet a nobler home Wednesday, 23 October 2013 5.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
(Royal Holloway, University of London) From Textual Palimpsest to Silent Film Performance: critical perspectives on recreating the musical presentation of The Epic of Everest (1924)
(Goldsmiths, University of London) The Musicality of Non-Musicians: measuring musical expertise in Britain
The Epic of Everest will be screened on Saturday, 16 November 2013 at 8.00pm in the West Road Concert Hall accompanied by Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra. For more information please turn to page 8.
Wednesday, 30 October 2013 5.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Wednesday, 20 November 2013 5.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Daniel Müllensiefen
Ross Duffin
(Case Western Reserve University, USA; Visiting Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge) A Briefe Discourse about Thomas Ravenscroft Wednesday, 6 November 2013 5.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Justin London
(Carleton College, USA; Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge) Microtiming in Ngòn: categorical production and perception of a non-isochronous meter
Ryan Minor
(Stony Brook University, SUNY, USA) Fugues, Fugue States, and Other Operatic Contagions Wednesday, 27 November 2013 5.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Sue Miller
(Anglia Ruskin University) Cuban Flute Improvisation: the role of influence in the development of a style Wednesday, 4 December 2013 5.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Lisa Colton
(University of Huddersfield) Queer Sensibilities in Medieval Musical Culture
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COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOPS AT THE FACULTY OF MUSIC The Faculty’s series of Composers’ Workshops is open to students of all years of the undergraduate course as well as masters and doctoral students, indeed to anyone with an interest in the creation of new music. The aim of the workshop is to combine the presentation of various technical aspects of composition with visits from distinguished figures from the new music scene. It will also give student composers an opportunity to discuss their own work and to try out works-in-progress with the help of the New Music Ensemble. This year’s visitors will include Alexander Goehr and Robin Holloway, both former members of the Music Faculty, international guests Harold Meltzer and David Chaillou, and Eleanor Wilson from the NMC recording label. A further distinguished list of composers including Jeremy Dale Roberts, Christopher Fox, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Trevor Wishart will also be leading sessions. Christopher Fox will be initiating a specific project and will be returning at a later point to hear and discuss the results. Tuesday, 15 October 2013 2.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Tuesday, 12 November 2013 2.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Richard Causton
David Chaillou
This will be an introductory session with the Faculty’s Lecturer in Composition, which will set out the programme and also begin the new strand in the series which will be concerned with various compositional techniques. Tuesday, 22 October 2013 2.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Jeremy Dale Roberts
We are delighted to be able to host this eminent British composer whose long and varied career brought him into close contact with figures such as Vaughan Williams. Dale Roberts is a featured composer in this year’s Kettle’s Yard New Music Series. Tuesday, 29 October 2013 2.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Eleanor Wilson
Eleanor is on the staff at NMC, the recording label dedicated to British new music, and her talk will focus on the relationship between new music and the recording industry. Tuesday, 5 November 2013 2.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Harold Meltzer
A distinguished visitor from the USA, Harold Meltzer will discuss his work as a composer, and there is an opportunity to hear some of this in performance during the CUMS lunchtime recital preceding this workshop.
Another distinguished visitor this time from France, David Chaillou will talk about writing music for the theatre, and also outline the work of the most recent generations of French composers. Tuesday, 19 November 2013 2.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Postgraduate students
This session will feature work by this year’s masters and doctoral students. Tuesday, 26 November 2013 2.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Robin Holloway
Robin Holloway has been a frequently outspoken and controversial figure on the new music scene for many years, and this talk will be an opportunity to catch up with his latest thoughts on composition as the University New Music Ensemble presents two concerts to celebrate his 70th birthday. Tuesday, 3 December 2013 2.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Undergraduate students with the NME
This session will feature work by current undergraduate composers, with the participation of the New Music Ensemble.
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MUSIC OUTREACH AT CAMBRIDGE It is increasingly recognised that music offers enormous potential for social benefit, and the Faculty has established an outreach programme that both takes students and staff out into the wider community, and brings a wide range of different groups into the Faculty. Our Outreach Officer, Joe Shaw, manages an ambitious portfolio of activities for secondary schools and colleges and primary schools alongside community projects and public events. Students play an active role in these events and we see the opportunity to be involved in such projects as adding an important dimension to the education available within the Faculty. Since the foundation of the programme in May 2009, more than 300 students and academic volunteers have given hundreds of hours of their time to outreach projects which have engaged with thousands of people. As a result of this, we now see outreach and community involvement as an essential part of the Faculty’s work and of our students’ experience. Having taken over from Ruth Hardie earlier in the year, Joe is looking forward to continuing the work of our outreach programme, expanding it further and offering even more opportunities, projects and events to local and national groups. If you are interested in finding out more about CaMEO or any of our projects, please get in touch with our Music Outreach Officer Joe Shaw, email: outreach@mus.cam.ac.uk Tel: 01223 768 927
Saturday, 19 October 2013 2.00pm, St Paul’s Community Centre
Ideas in the Community CaMEO will be leading musical activities for all ages as part of Ideas in the Community, an event offering a taste of activities which feature in the Festival of Ideas programme from thought-provoking lectures to performances, and hands-on art sessions. TICKETS: This is a free event. Wednesday, October 30 2013 9.45am and 1.00pm, Faculty of Music
The Mind Behind the Music Discover more about sound waves, the human voice, how music affects our emotions and more! This is a great opportunity for school groups to experience the Centre for Music and Science through a range of activities unlocking the science and psychology of sound. An action-packed day of hands-on experiments and demonstrations testing your ears and brain! Hands on, Ages 12+. TICKETS: To book please email: events@mus.cam. ac.uk or tel: 01223 768 927
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GUEST LECTURE AND WORKSHOP Monday, 21 October 2013 2.00 – 4.00pm, Recital Room, Faculty of Music
Contemporary Music Through NonWestern Techniques Rafael Reina discusses the theory behind the programme he is running in Amsterdam, which is designed to use non-western musical techniques in the context of making contemporary music here in the west. A workshop element will follow during which some of the attendees will be able to try some things out in practice. Rafael Reina has been teaching at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam since 1993 where he developed the programme 'Contemporary Music through NonWestern Techniques'. He is a currently completing a PhD at the University of Brunel in London on the applications of Karnatic rhythm in western music. Reina is also a composer of contemporary classical music. Open to all interested persons, admission free
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY GAMELAN SOCIETY Every Friday from 11th October to 6th December 1.15pm – 2.45pm, Cudworth Room, Faculty of Music
Come and Learn to Play Gamelan Gamelan is the term used to describe various types of tuned percussion ensemble played throughout Indonesia. There is a student class for beginners that meets on Friday afternoons during the Michaelmas Term. The first session is on Friday 11th October. Do come and join us. No previous other musical training is necessary. Gamelan music is not written in formal Western notation, so you do not need to be able to read music. If you are interested, please contact Rob Campion for more details: robertcampion@tinyonline.co.uk
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Britten Sinfonia, Paul Lewis Come and Learn to Play Gamelan Composers’ Workshop Colloquium Come and Learn to Play Gamelan Ideas in the Community Guest Lecture Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Composers’ Workshop Colloquium Academy of Ancient Music, Come and Learn to Play Gamelan Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Composers’ Workshop Cambridge University Opera Society The Mind Behind the Music Colloquium Endellion String Quartet Cambridge University Opera Society Cambridge University Opera Society
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Come and Learn to Play Gamelan Cambridge University Opera Society Cambridge University Opera Society CUMS Symphony Orchestra Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Composers’ Workshop Colloquium Come and Learn to Play Gamelan Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Composers’ Workshop Colloquium Come and Learn to Play Gamelan The Epic of Everest Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Composers’ Workshop Colloquium Come and Learn to Play Gamelan Britten Sinfonia CUMS Chorus Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Composers’ Workshop Colloquium Endellion String Quartet Cambridge University New Music Ensemble Cambridge University Wind Orchestra Come and Learn to Play Gamelan Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra
DECEMBER 3 3 4 4 6 7 13 17 18
1.10pm 2.00pm 5.00pm 8.00pm 1.15pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 1.00pm 7.00pm
Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Composers’ Workshop Colloquium CUMS Concert Orchestra Come and Learn to Play Gamelan CUMS Symphony Orchestra Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra Britten Sinfonia, At Lunch 1 Academy of Ancient Music