IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS | AUGUST-DECEMBER 2013
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS | AUGUST-DECEMBER 2013
Contents
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Foreword from Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
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Introducing The Martin Harris Centre
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Eating and Dining
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Ten Years On
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Friends of the Centre
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Literature
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History
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Manchester University Music Society (MUMS)
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Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series
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Quatuor Danel
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New Music
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Drama
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We Welcome
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How to find us
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Access
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Box Office Information
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FOREWORD Welcome to the autumn/winter 2013 season at the Martin Harris Centre. Celebrating 10 years of public engagement at the heart of The University of Manchester.
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell
I am delighted to have been invited to write the foreword for this brochure to mark the 10th anniversary of the Martin Harris Centre. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate colleagues associated with the Centre on reaching this milestone. The Martin Harris Centre has made an enormous contribution to the Arts at The University of Manchester, enriching the cultural life of the University. Its growth and success over the past 10 years owes much to the dedication and commitment of academic colleagues, support staff and students who work and study there. I would also like to extend my thanks to Jeremy Gregory, Head of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures who ensures the Centre is supported in its activity. The Martin Harris Centre is a special venue. It offers a diverse and exciting programme of events across many art forms including music, drama, literature and comedy. I have had the pleasure of enjoying several concerts and literature readings in the space over recent years and I am sure you will agree with me that it is a truly inspirational place. For a decade the Martin Harris Centre has hosted both internationally renowned and also emerging musicians, novelists, poets, and comedians. There have been events with world renowned quartet Quatuor Danel, the Hallé Youth Choir and Orchestra, Martin Amis, Clive James and Jeanette Winterson to name but a few. Indeed the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures itself has produced well-established, influential and successful alumni, many of whom have performed at the Centre, including Master of the Queen’s Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE; comedian, author and playwright Ben Elton; actress and comedian Meera Syal; actor Benedict Cumberbatch; comedian and singer Adrian Edmondson and actor Toby Jones. In addition there have been more recent graduates such as Assistant Conductor at the Hallé Orchestra Jamie Phillips and English National Opera baritone Marcus Farnsworth, who have also been involved in performances at the Centre. The Martin Harris Centre is indisputably a great asset to The University of Manchester. It offers students a fantastic space in which to study and perform. Whilst visiting the Centre, it has always delighted me that students feel such a sense of belonging to the space, and take great pride in it. The Centre contributes towards the University’s strategic goals surrounding social responsibility, which ensure that the University contributes to the social, cultural and economic success of the local, national and international community through its activities. Indeed the Martin Harris Centre provides the local community access to the Arts, with many performances including the Walter Carroll Thursday Lunchtime Concerts, being free of charge. While the Martin Harris Centre celebrates its birthday in October 2013, there will be a series of events throughout the season to celebrate the occasion, so look out for these in this brochure. On 17 October 2013 there will be a special celebration including a keynote speech by Sir Martin Harris CBE, formerly the Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Manchester (1992-2004) and more recently Director of Fair Access at the Office for Fair Access (2004-2012). We are delighted to welcome Sir Martin back to campus. As an ardent supporter of the Arts, he played an integral part in securing the original funding for the Centre to be developed, along with Music and Drama colleagues, in particular Professor John Casken and Professor Vivien Gardner. We, and indeed future generations have so much to thank them for with regards to their long-lasting contribution to Arts in Manchester. Please enjoy the fabulous programme of events to celebrate the 10th anniversary, and let’s look forward to the wonderful performances which lie ahead over the decades to come. Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell University of Manchester President and Vice-Chancellor
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INTRODUCING THE MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama is a performance space situated at the heart of The University of Manchester.
The Centre opened in 2003 and is a vibrant and diverse venue. It hosts many musicians, performers and prize-winning authors. The Centre provides an excellent space for contemporary and classic theatre, music and comedy events, and hosts a reading series that has in the past featured such literary luminaries as Jeanette Winterson, Colm Tóibín, Martin Amis, Will Self and John Banville. We also present new and exciting artists who go on to become household names as well as established artists performing to sell-out audiences all over the world.
350-seat Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
150-seat John Thaw Studio Theatre
The foyer at the Martin Harris Centre makes an immediately striking impact: its use of light, open space and bold areas of colour blend with Alice Kettle’s dynamic textile artwork, Red and Blue Movement in Three, which was commissioned in 2004. In March 2011, the Centre was delighted to receive a newly commissioned textile wall hanging also by Alice Kettle; The Birth of Motives in the Clouds. These striking pieces of artwork are unique in their grouping and were commissioned by The Oglesby Charitable Trust. Alice Kettle
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Eating and Dining Café Arts based in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre, serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments. The café is open from 9.00am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday and is also open for weekend and evening events at the Centre. You can order interval drinks prior to the start of each event. For further information please contact Box Office on 0161 275 8951. We have teamed up with our partners Chancellors to expand your catering options when visiting the Martin Harris Centre. Patrons can enjoy delicious locally sourced food served by friendly staff at any of the Chancellors Collection venues. You can take advantage of the special pre-concert dining offers or enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by a team of talented chefs. You can also treat yourself to afternoon tea following one of the lunchtime concerts.
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TEN YEARS ON The Martin Harris Centre has come along way since it first opened its doors back in 2003. The autumn 2013 season marks our 10th anniversary. Look out for the celebratory events that we are hosting throughout the season. This is how it all began‌ Right: A site assessment of the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall with the University’s Estates team. The spectacular 350-seat concert hall, capable of staging full-scale orchestral performances, was named after Cosmo Rodewald (1915-2002) a former Senior Lecturer in History here who retired in 1976 and whose inherited wealth was put to many good causes, including the University.
Above: The builders add the finishing touches to the John Thaw Studio Theatre. Acoustics and flooring were crucial factors for the space.
Above: Sir Martin Harris CBE, former University Vice-Chancellor unveiled a plaque in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre during the grand opening in October 2003. He is pictured with Professor John Casken, former Head of Music.
Above: A view from the balcony of the Martin Harris Centre foyer, with final preparations taking place.
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Below: To showcase the excellent new facilities and to celebrate the official opening of the building, in October 2003 the Centre hosted a “Launchpad festival� of events. The programme was packed with activities that reflected the strengths of the two departments (Music and Drama). Events included open rehearsals, workshops, recitals and musical performances and even audience participation.
Above: A fanfare was performed by University music undergraduates and written and conducted by former Head of Music, Professor John Casken.
Right: Tango Art was performed in the John Thaw Studio Theatre by Anthony Howell and Company. Following the performance the audience was invited to join in and learn the basic dance technique.
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FRIENDS OF THE CENTRE Over the past decade the Centre has provided an inspirational setting for many students, academics, musicians, actors, writers and performers. We are proud to have become an important arts venue throughout the North West, building strong relationships and collaborations with educational institutions, arts organisations and festivals. Here are some words from our friends and partners.
I was a second year undergraduate in 2003 when the MHC opened. I remember the “Launch pad” festival of concerts like it was yesterday! I was very lucky to be asked to give an English song recital as part of that weekend, which I imagine was one of the first song recitals to be given in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall. Ever since that occasion it has remained one of my favourite recital venues. It is very easy to communicate directly with the audience in this space, and as a student, I particularly enjoyed the versatility of the hall: a rehearsal space and chamber music venue that can also accommodate a Symphony Orchestra. There can’t be many of those around! My three undergraduate years at Manchester were very productive and very happily spent. The MHC was absolutely central to that experience. Marcus Farnsworth UoM Music Alumnus, Baritone English National Opera
Steinway & Sons take enormous pride in the strong partnership it has developed with The Martin Harris Centre and indeed The University of Manchester. Over the past decade the Centre has made significant strides towards its aim of becoming an all-Steinway school. This demonstrates the Centre’s firm commitment to providing the very best facilities possible for The University of Manchester music students. Craig Terry Managing Director, Steinway & Sons
I was commissioned to make the textile artwork Red and Blue Movement in Three in 2002. Completed in 2004 they were a response to the Martin Harris Centre’s foyer. The connected Schools of Music and Drama have pathways and balconies between them, from which the geometry of the walls could be viewed at various heights and angles. The works respond to the shared texture, rhythms and colour of music, dance and art. I learnt new associations of mark making, notation and gesture from these shared discussions. Five years later I was invited to make a new work to complete the group. What an unusual circumstance to develop from my own work. I looked at the electro acoustic notations of Prof David Berezan and an increased scale of movement through mark. These works are unique in their grouping, I am proud they are there. Alice Kettle Contemporary textile/fibre artist
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KIND WORDS
Trio Atem: effectively we were born & nurtured at the Martin Harris Centre; as post and undergraduate students with backgrounds in composition and performance, MHC provided the ideal environment for us to come together and explore the small amount of challenging repertoire then existing for our ensemble. Now, as a professional ensemble collaborating with and commissioning composers of international standing, the MHC for us is our spiritual home, where we regularly give premières of new work prior to touring, and work with the Music department to help foster the next generation of composers and performers. Gavin Osborne UoM Music Alumnus, Trio Atem
Initially I became involved with the MHC as a music student but as my involvement in the Music Society grew, as did my involvement with the MHC. As president of the Music Society my involvement has moved from just rehearsing in the various rehearsal spaces to also working with the various staff at the Centre on a regular basis to coordinate and organise MUMS events. Over the past two years I have done many concerts and recitals at the MHC which I have enjoyed greatly. The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall is a fantastic space to perform in and I am extremely glad to have had the opportunity to perform in it so many times. James Gower-Smith President, Manchester University Music Society
The Martin Harris Centre has been the venue for many Manchester Literature Festival highlight events over the past eight years, hosting inspiring international poets and authors such as Kwame Dawes (Ghana), AM Holmes (USA), Galway Kinnell (USA), Bill Manhire (New Zealand) and Xinran (China). We’re looking forward to creating lots more unmissable literary encounters at the Centre over the coming decade. Cathy Bolton Festival Director, Manchester Literature Festival
We have hosted the Animation awards at the Martin Harris Centre for the past 3 years. The events have been a huge success with excellent feedback from teachers and pupils about the venue. We are delighted to have found such a versatile venue that has an excellent team of staff. The team is an absolute dream to work with, and their ability to solve any problem is legendary. They always go that extra kilometre! We look forward to returning to the MHC for Animation14. Toby Howard ANIMATION13 – The 6th annual UK Schools Computer Animation Competition
I was a student at Manchester reading music between 2000-2003, and conducted the University orchestra in the very first orchestral concert in the Martin Harris Centre. I then continued to make recordings of many University and professional ensembles in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, and have recently been visiting with my youth orchestra. The Hall has a wonderful acoustic and intimate atmosphere that supports music-making at every level and sets it aside from any other venue in Manchester. There is no better environment than one such as the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall for developing your confidence as a performing musician. Tim Crooks UoM Music Alumnus and Stockport Youth Orchestra
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LITERATURE These unique events, organised by The University’s Centre for New Writing, bring the best known contemporary writers to Manchester to discuss and read from their work. Everyone is welcome, and tickets include discounts at the Blackwell bookstall and a complimentary drink at our Literature Live wine receptions.
Introducing Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson is Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing. Jeanette succeeds Martin Amis and Colm Tóibín in this post and hosts a series of high-profile public events. Originally from Manchester, Jeanette Winterson is the author of Oranges are not the only Fruit, The Passion, Gut Symmetries, Lighthousekeeping, among other works, her most recent books are the memoir Why be happy when you could be normal? and a Hammer horror, The Daylight Gate. She was made an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours list. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with Lynne Truss Lynne Truss is a writer and broadcaster best known for her globally bestselling book on punctuation, Eats, Shoots & Leaves (2003). She is a wide-ranging comic author, whose twelve books to date include three novels, a rant about rudeness in the modern world, and a memoir describing her Lynne Truss life as an unlikely sports writer for The Times. Her greatest passion, however, is for drama, and she has written numerous series and one-off dramas for BBC radio. She also contributes short essays on sport to BBC Radio 4’s flagship morning news programme, Today. Since 1990, she has been a freelance writer, with a close association with The Times, where she still writes annually about the Open Golf Championship. Currently she writes monthly for Saga magazine, and weekly for the Sunday Telegraph. Her first stage play a short three-hander called Hell’s Bells premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2012.
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 6.30pm, Monday 30 September 2013 Price £12 / £10
Centre for New Writing Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with Audrey Niffenegger Audrey Niffenegger was born in 1963 in the idyllic hamlet of South Haven, Michigan. Her family moved to Evanston, Illinois and she has lived in or near Chicago for most of her life.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Sunday 13 October 2013
Niffenegger trained as a visual artist and has exhibited her Price artist’s books, prints, paintings, drawings and comics at Audrey Niffenegger £12 / £10 Printworks Gallery in Chicago since 1987. She published The Time Traveler’s Wife in 2003 with the independent publisher MacAdam/ Cage. It was an international best seller, and has been made into a movie. Niffenegger’s second novel, Her Fearful Symmetry, was published in 2009. In 2008 she made a serialized graphic novel for the Guardian, The Night Bookmobile, which was published in book form in September, 2010. Her opera Miss Raven was commissioned by the Royal Opera House and was written in collaboration with choreographer Wayne McGregor and composer Gabriel Yared. She is working on her third novel, The Chinchilla Girl in Exile. Niffenegger taught book arts for many years in Columbia College’s MFA program in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts and is now on the faculty of the Columbia College Fiction Writing Department.
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Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with A.L. Kennedy A.L. Kennedy is one of the most distinguished and acclaimed writers of her generation. She is the author of five collections of stories, most recently What Becomes, and six novels, including Paradise and Day, winner of the 2007 Costa Book of the Year Award and Costa Novel Award and A.L. Kennedy the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year 2007. Her most recent novel, The Blue Book, was published in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year 2011.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 6.30pm, Sunday 1 December 2013 Price £12 / £10
She is the winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Encore Prize and was chosen as one of Granta’s twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993 and again in 2003. She is also recipient of the Lannan Foundation Literary Award, 2007 and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, 2007. A collection of non fiction, On Writing, was published in 2013 and a new collection of stories, All the Rage, will be published in Spring 2014.
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LITERATURE Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon As part of the 3rd Contemporary British and Irish Poetry Conference, hosted this year by the Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester, two of the world’s leading poets will read together.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 6.30pm, Saturday 14 September 2013
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Seamus Heaney was born in 1939, grew up in Co. Derry, studied and taught at Queen’s University, Belfast and has Price lived for most of his life in Dublin. He was awarded the £14 / £12 Nobel Prize in 1995 for “works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past”. Since 1995 and the award of the Nobel Prize, instead of resting on his laurels, Seamus Heaney has continued to set the standard for how poetry might respond to the late 20th Seamus Heaney and now early 21st century. The Spirit Level won the 1996 Whitbread book of the year Prize; a victory repeated in 2000 by his new translation of Beowulf. Finders Keepers (2002) collected his stylish and alwaysilluminating lectures and essays on poetry, and was followed by the brilliant Stepping Stones, a kind of autobiography by interview. District and Circle won the Irish Times and TS Eliot Prizes in 2006 and his latest collection Human Chain was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and won the Forward Prize for best collection of 2010. Paul Muldoon was born in 1951 and grew up in The Moy in Co Armagh. After attending Queens in Belfast, he worked for the BBC as a radio and tv producer and since then he has taken up various academic postings, mostly in the US, where he now lives, as an American citizen, teaching at Princeton where he is currently the Howard GB Clark Professor in the Humanities. His Collected Poems 1968-1998 (2001) was followed by Moy Sand and Gravel (2002) which Paul Muldoon won the Pulitzer prize, Horse Latitudes (2006), and Maggot (2010). His many other awards include the TS Eliot prize, the Shakespeare prize and the Irish Times Award. He also collaborates with composers and musicians and his lyrics have recently been collected in The Word on the Street (2013). www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
LITERATURE LIVE: Moniza Alvi and Nadeem Aslam
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre
MLF and the Centre for New Writing present two extraordinary writers, who have both drawn on their Pakistani heritage to pen exquisite works of art. Moniza Alvi is the author of six acclaimed collections of poetry including The Country at My Shoulder, Carrying My Wife and Europa, a Poetry Book Society Choice and shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize. Her forthcoming collection At the Time of Partition, inspired by her own family history, is set at the time of the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. Nadeem Aslam’s latest novel, The Blind Man’s Garden is set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following 9/11 – an unflinching and lyrically told story of war and family loss. He is also the author of the multi-award winning Season the Rainbirds, Maps for Lost Lovers and The Wasted Vigil. www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
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Time & Date 6.30pm, Monday 7 October 2013 Moniza Alvi
Nadeem Aslam
Price £6 / £4
LITERATURE LIVE: Ali Smith
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Ali Smith is the multi award-winning author of There but for the, Free Love, Hotel World, The Accidental, and Girl Meets Boy. In this event, co-sponsored by The University of Manchester and the Manchester Literature Festival, Ali Smith will read from recent work, including Artful (2012), and discuss her writing and influences with Dr Kaye Mitchell of the Centre for New Writing.
Time & Date 6.00pm, Saturday 12 October 2013 Ali Smith
Price £8 / £6
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LITERATURE LIVE: I Am, I Am, I Am: Reflections on Sylvia Plath With Ali Smith and Jackie Kay Originally published in 1963, The Bell Jar tells the story of Esther Greenwood, a talented young woman with a prestigious internship on a New York magazine. On the surface, Esther seems to have it all but between the cocktail parties, unsatisfactory encounters and her dreams of becoming a writer, she finds herself spiralling into confusion and depression. A powerful portrait of a young woman, The Bell Jar is both darkly funny and an acute observation of 1950s America.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 6.00pm, Sunday 13 October 2013 Sylvia Plath
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To mark the book’s 50th anniversary, versatile authors Ali Smith and Jackie Kay will reflect on Sylvia Plath’s legacy, what her work means to them personally and how it’s influenced generations of women writers and poets. They will also read and discuss select poems from Plath’s seminal Collected Poems and Ariel. www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
LITERATURE LIVE: Louis de Bernières © Ivon Bartholomew
Louis de Bernières, who lives in Norfolk, published his first novel in 1990 and was selected by Granta magazine as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. Since then he has become well known internationally as a writer and his sixth novel, Birds Without Wings, came out in 2004. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (1994), won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Novel. A Partisan’s Daughter 2008, Louis de Bernières was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and Notwithstanding: Stories from an English village came out in Autumn 2009. His first collection of poetry, IMAGINING ALEXANDRIA: Poems in memory of Constantinos Cavafis, is published by Harvill Secker in August 2013. As well as writing, he plays the flute, mandolin, clarinet and guitar. He was born in London in 1954
LITERATURE LIVE: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin Born 1942 in Cork, she was educated in Cork and Oxford. Poet and Emeritus Professor of English, Trinity College, Dublin, where she has taught since 1966 – she still teaches on translation and comparative literature courses after her retirement in 2011. She has researched and published academic work on the literature of the English Reformation, on Irish literature 1750-1900, on children’s literature in the Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin twentieth century and on translation. Co-founder with Macdara Woods, Leland Bardwell and Pearse Hutchinson of the literary magazine Cyphers. Her Selected Poems was published by Gallery Press and Faber in 2008. Her latest book, The Sun-Fish, was awarded the Canadian Griffin International Prize for poetry in 2010. A new collection is in preparation. She has translated poetry from several languages, in particular The Water Horse from the Irish of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, with Medbh McGuckian, and After the Raising of Lazarus and Legend of the walled-up wife from the Romanian of Ileana Malancioiu. She is currently working on translations from Italian.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 6.30pm, Monday 18 November 2013 Price £6 / £4
Venue John Rylands University Library Time & Date 7.00pm, Thursday 5 December 2013 Price FREE but booking essential. To reserve your place call 0161 306 0555
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PROFESSOR MICHAEL WOOD Public History Events
Michael Wood
Michael Wood is the University’s newly appointed Professor in Public History. He will teach undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University, lead historical field trips and give three public lectures a year. For thirty years now, historian and broadcaster Michael Wood has made compelling journeys into the past, which have brought history alive for countless readers and viewers. He is the author of several highly praised books on English history including In Search of the Dark Ages, Domesday, and In Search of England. He has now made well over one hundred documentary films, among them Art of the Western World, In Search of the Trojan War, In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, Conquistadors and The Story of India – all of which were accompanied by bestselling books. His recent series, Story of England, the tale of one village (Kibworth in Leicestershire) through history, was praised by the Independent as ‘the most innovative TV history series ever.’ Michael was born in Moss Side, Manchester and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oriel College Oxford, where he did post-graduate research in Anglo-Saxon history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the RSA and the Society of Antiquaries, and a governor of the RSC.
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Michael Wood “in Conversation” with Tristram Hunt MP Tristram Hunt has served as the Member of Parliament (Labour Party) for Stoke-on-Trent Central since May 2010. He is a shadow education spokesman, with responsibilities for youth services, further education and junior apprenticeships. Previously, he was a Member of the Select Committee on Political and Constitutional Reform, Member of the Joint Committee on Reform of the Tristram Hunt MP House of Lords and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Energy Intensive Industries. He is also co-Chair of the APPG on Rebalancing the British Economy and the APPG on Publishing.
Venue University Place, The University of Manchester Time & Date 6.30pm, Wednesday 18 September 2013 Price £5 / £3 Free to UoM students
He took a First Class degree in history from the University of Cambridge (1995), before serving as an Exchange Fellow at the University of Chicago (1996), and returning to Cambridge to complete his doctoral thesis on Victorian civic pride (2000). After working for Tony Blair and the Labour Party HQ on the 1997 General Election campaign, he became a Special Adviser to Science Minister Lord Sainsbury (1997-2000), Associate Fellow at the Centre for History and Economics, King’s College, Cambridge and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research. Between 2001-2010, Tristram combined his post as lecturer in history at Queen Mary with work as a history broadcaster, presenting over fifteen radio and television programmes for the BBC and Channel 4. In addition to making regular contributions to The Guardian and The Observer, he is also the author of The English Civil War: At First Hand (2002), Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City (2004), and the award-winning biography, The Frock-coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels (2009). He is a Trustee of the History of Parliament Trust, fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Queen Mary, University of London.
Professor Michael Wood Public History Events Professor Wood will give three public lectures during the academic year 2013/2014. Please consult the website as more information about these events will be published soon.
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY (MUMS) www.mumusicsociety.co.uk Completely student-led and open to all, Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) provides its members with a huge variety of performance opportunities all year round. As a welcoming and friendly community, the society is able to deliver an established programme of high-calibre concerts, whilst maintaining a fresh and exciting environment in which musicians can meet, collaborate, socialise and perform.
Evening Concerts MUMS Welcome Concert Wagner Bizet Poulenc
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Rienzi Overture Suites from Carmen Gloria
Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday
Manchester University Music Society begins its new season, introducing six 28 September 2013 student conductors leading the symphony orchestra through Bizet’s enchanting Price Carmen Suites, and the new cohort of first-years join for Poulenc’s highly £10 / £6 / £3 celebrated Gloria. Conductors: Mark Heron, Justin Doyle, Tom Goff, Jack Sheen, Oliver Till, Ellie Slorach, James Keirle and Tom Guyer
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Ma Vlast: Blaník Oboe Concerto Ma Vlast: From Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows Symphony No. 8
Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 19 October 2013
Price MUMS Symphony Orchestra return with £10 / £6 / £3 a Bohemia-inspired programme from the greatest Czech composers. Movements from Smetana’s Ma Vlast are performed photo: Mike Fudge alongside Dvorák’s mighty 8th Symphony, MUMS Symphony Orchestra with 3rd year soloist Amy Roberts dazzling with the fiendishly difficult Oboe Concerto by Martinu. o
Conductors: Mark Heron, Tom Goff, Jack Sheen and Oliver Till
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Ad Solem University of Manchester Chamber Choir Copland Stravinsky Bednall Hailstork Tallis Bednall Gibbons Bairstow
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
In The Beginning The Dove Descending Behold, O God The Song Of Deborah Lamentations The Souls Of The Righteous The Silver Swan I Sat Down
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 8 November 2013
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Price £10 / £6 / £3
Comprised of the University’s top singers, elite chamber choir Ad Solem return to the Cosmo Rodewald following a successful tour of Milan and a televised appearance last year. They will give a stunning performance of the most beautiful choral works, both old and contemporary. Conductors: Robert Brooks, Aimee Presswood and Joe Judge
MUMS Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensembles Mendelssohn Woolfenden Roxburgh Mozart Haydn
Overture for Winds, Op.24 Suite Française Time’s Harvest Overtures to Der Schauspieldirektor and Idomeneo Symphony No.100, ‘Military’
MUMS Chamber Orchestra explore a varied selection of intimate works, through 8-part chamber repertoire by Guy Woolfenden, larger-scale pieces by Mendelssohn and Roxburgh, and culminating in Haydn’s great Military Symphony No.100; not to be missed!
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 9 November 2013 Price £10 / £6 / £3
Conductors: Mark Heron, James Keirle, Ellie Slorach and Tom Guyer
MUMS String and Brass Ensembles Holst New Student Commission Britten Koetsier New Student Commission Dobson
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
St Paul’s Suite Simple Symphony Symphony for Brass
Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 16 November 2013
Torsion
Price £10 / £6 / £3
MUMS String Orchestra performs audience favourites by Holst and Britten, and Manchester University Brass Band explore the exciting world of music composed for brass band and electronics. Each ensemble has also commissioned its own work from a current University student, making this concert truly unmissable. Conductors: Ellie Slorach, Tom Guyer, James Keirle and Jonathan Evans
Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO) Hanson Alarcon Camphouse Bernstein Adam Swayne Copland
Chorale & Alleluia Concertango (Soloists: Harry Smith, Hamish Brown) Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night Suite from West Side Story Go Down Hoe-Down Hoe-Down from Rodeo
MUWO open their concert season with an exciting American programme. Popular favourites include Bernstein’s Suite from West Side Story, and the irresistibly energetic Hoe-Down from Copland’s Rodeo. Soloists Harry Smith and Hamish Brown take to the stage to perform the wonderfully jazzinfluenced Concertango.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 23 November 2013 Price £10 / £6 / £3
Conductors: Ellie Slorach, Tom Guyer and James Keirle
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY (MUMS) www.mumusicsociety.co.uk
Evening Concerts The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Venue The Whitworth Hall
Dvorák
Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 30 November 2013
Stabat Mater
The University of Manchester Chorus opens its 2013/14 season with a performance of Dvorák’s Stabat Mater. We are incredibly excited to welcome our newly appointed resident conductor Justin Doyle for what promises to be a fantastic evening.
Price £12 / £9 / £3
Conductor: Justin Doyle
Manchester University Big Band (MUBB)
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Certain to entertain any audience, Manchester University Big Band returns to deliver an exciting and energetic set, filled with popular tunes you’ll be humming all night long! Be sure not to miss this hugely crowd-pleasing performance.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Thursday 5 December 2013 Price £10 / £6 / £3
Manchester University Big Band
MUMS Festive Concert Handel Cosmo Singers Hindemith Vaughan Williams Anderson
Music for the Royal Fireworks Tuttifäntchen Suite Fantasia on Christmas Carols Sleigh Ride
MUMS Symphony Orchestra is joined by the Cosmo Singers to showcase a wide variety of festive themed music in their last concert before the Christmas break, and mezzo-soprano Amy Shaw will perform the beautiful Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Vaughan Williams. Conductors: Jack Sheen, Oliver Till and Tom Goff
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Thursday 12 December 2013 Price £10 / £6 / £3
Lunchtime Concerts Come and enjoy a Friday lunchtime concert performed by The Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up
Solo and Chamber Works A great chance to sample the high standards of musical performance from Manchester University Music Society, as students entertain with a selection of chamber and small ensemble works
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 11 October 2013 Price FREE
Cosmo Singers
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Following their first successful lunchtime concert in 2012, 60-strong mixed choir Cosmo Singers perform a variety of stunning choral works, including Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 8 November 2013 Price FREE
MUMS Vocal Showcase
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Manchester University Barbershop Chorus Manchester University Ladies’ Barbershop ‘AcaBellas’ ‘Chorus Antiquus’ ‘Tagline’
Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday Barbershop Chorus 15 November 2013
The singers of Manchester University Music Society combine in a vocal extravaganza! With something for everyone to enjoy, this free lunchtime concert comes complete with everything from renaissance polyphony to tight barbershop harmonies – who could ask for more?!
Price FREE
Manchester University Commissioning Ensemble (MUCE)
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
MUCE is a new, student-run initiative dedicated to showcasing the compositional talent that students, staff and University alumni have to offer. Composers are offered a unique opportunity to write for and experiment with this idiosyncratic chamber ensemble.
Manchester University Baroque Orchestra Students from the Manchester University Baroque Orchestra give a historically informed performance on the University’s reproduction instruments. This concert offers a unique and exciting opportunity to witness the ongoing collaborations between musicology and performance.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 29 November 2013 Price FREE Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Friday 6 December 2013 Price FREE
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WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a wide-ranging programme to suit all tastes and are an ideal opportunity to enjoy great music performed by outstanding musicians. There’s no need to book – the concerts are free and you can just turn up on the day.
We are delighted to welcome pianist Richard Casey as the Featured Artist of Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert series 2013/2014. “Beethoven and…” Richard will present a series of four concerts, each combining works by Beethoven with icons of modernist piano repertoire. Concerts on: 24 October 2013 28 November 2013 13 February 2014 27 March 2014
FEATURED ARTIST
Richard was born in Manchester in 1967, and has had a strong relationship with the Music Department at Manchester for many years – both as a pianist and teacher. He is also a founder-member of Psappha, The University of Manchester’s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence. Since 1991 he has performed over 400 works with the group throughout the UK and in tours of Spain, Holland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Australia and the USA. Since 1994 Richard has been pianist with the New Music Players and has performed frequently as a guest with the London Sinfonietta, Lontano and Liverpoolbased Ensemble 10:10. Richard has recorded the complete piano works of Camden Reeves, Anthony Gilbert and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, as well as Edward Cowie’s epic Rutherford’s Lights and Edward Dudley Hughes’ Orchids for solo piano.
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WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES
MANTIS
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a concert of new electroacoustic music from UK-based composers.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 26 September 2013 Price FREE
Baroque and Roll: Toe Tapping Tunes of the Eighteenth Century
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Guest artist Frauke Jürgensen joins Northern Baroque for an exploration of Baroque dance forms in a programme of vocal and instrumental dance numbers interspersed with theatrical dances, performed in costume. A combination of greatest hits and lesser-known works.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 3 October 2013 Northern Baroque
Quatuor Danel Haydn Britten
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quartet in C, Op. 1, No. 1 in B flat Quartet No. 3
The University’s international star quartet-inresidence opens its ninth season with the modest birth of the string quartet genre, contrasted with the luminous profundity of one of Britten’s last works.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 10 October 2013 Quatuor Danel
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar: Flavour of the Months A taster session for repertoire in the Quatuor Danel’s 2013-14 concert season, concentrating on Haydn and late Beethoven
Marcus Farnsworth (Baritone) with James Baillieu (Piano) Schubert Schubert Schubert
Der Schiffer Auf der Donau Nachtstück
Britten
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Folksongs arr. Britten Sally in our Alley Lord! I married me a wife O Waly, Waly
Price FREE
Price FREE
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 17 October 2013 Price FREE ANNIVERSARY
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The University of Manchester Music alumnus Marcus Farnsworth will be accompanied by acclaimed pianist James Baillieu. Marcus Farnsworth was awarded first prize in the 2009 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, and the Song Prize at the 2011 Kathleen Ferrier Competition.
Marcus Farnsworth
Marcus was a chorister at Southwell Minster and read music at the University of Manchester, graduating with a first class honours degree. He completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in July 2011, where roles included Guglielmo Così fan tutte; Sid Albert Herring; Oreste in Cavalli Giasone and Meredith in Peter Maxwell Davies Kommilitonen! Followed at 2.30pm by Marcus Farnsworth Masterclass Enjoy one of the country’s up-and-coming baritones, Marcus Farnsworth coaching some of the University’s talented music students.
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WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES Featured Artist: Richard Casey (Piano) ‘Beethoven and… Iannis Xenakis’ Beethoven Beethoven Chopin Iannis Xenakis
Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia Op. 27 No. 2 Fugue Evryali
FEATURED ARTIST
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 24 October 2013
Richard Casey’s first “Beethoven and…” recital this year includes Beethoven’s quirky late Bagatelles, the much loved but arguably less understood Sonata in C# minor (quasi una fantasia), Chopin’s rarely heard Fugue and Greek-born composer Iannis Xenakis’ monumental and fiendishly difficult piano work Evryali.
Price FREE
Joby Burgess Percussion Pioneers
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Joby Burgess presents two of the most iconic and groundbreaking works for solo percussion - Stockhasuen’s Zyklus and Xenakis’ Psappha.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 7 November 2013
‘…a prominent figure in the alt-classical scene … often wielding multiple sticks in each hand and even using his fingers and elbows… the words athleticism and stamina come to mind.’ New York Times
Price FREE
Joby Burgess
Quatuor Danel Franck
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quartet in D
César Franck’s monumental Quartet from the penultimate year of his life has no finer exponents in the world than the Quatuor Danel. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Quatuor Danel Seminar: Listening in Issues of performance practice in Beethoven’s piano and string music, with Professor Barry Cooper and Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen.
John Turner 70th Birthday Concert
Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano) John Turner (recorder) Heather Bills (cello) Harvey Davies (piano) Richard Whalley (prepared piano) Stepping over the Ditch – a programme for John Turner at 70, exploring connections between Manchester and East Coast America.
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WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES
Price FREE
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall illustration: Julie Carpenter
Music by Bernstein, Ives, Cowell, Rorem, Jeff Harrington (première of For Solomon Eagle), Kevin Malone (The Radio Song) and Richard Whalley (new work).
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 14 November 2013
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 21 November 2013 Price FREE
“John Turner’s tireless support for Music in the MHC builds upon a well established relationship begun when the Department was in Denmark Road. This support has been literally invaluable and ranges from period performance to the championing of composers of all styles. Thanks John – long may your help continue!!!” Professor Philip Grange Head of Division of Art History, Drama and Music
John Turner 70th Birthday Concert 1.10pm, Thursday 21 November 2013 (concert details on page 22)
Featured Artist: Richard Casey (Piano) ‘Beethoven and… Peter Maxwell Davies’ Peter Maxwell Davies Piano Sonata (1981) Beethoven Sonata in A flat Op. 110
John Turner
FEATURED ARTIST
The second of Richard Casey’s “Beethoven and…” recitals this year features the rarely performed Peter Maxwell Davies seven movement Piano Sonata of 1981 alongside a work which had a profound influence on its conception, the late Sonata Op. 110 of Beethoven.
Quatuor Danel John Casken Camden Reeves Haydn
Choses en moi Fireworks Physonect Siphonophore (String Quartet No.1) Quartet in E flat, Op. 33 No. 2 (The Joke)
John Casken – the University’s composer emeritus – in a piece written for the Lindsay String Quartet to baptise the Cosmo Rodewald Hall, alongside the dazzling energy of one of our rising star composers, and the genius of mature Haydn. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar: Bachelors of Composition The Quatuor Danel workshops new quartet movements by the University’s undergraduates.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 28 November 2013 Price FREE Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 5 December 2013 Price FREE
Quatuor Danel
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
The University of Manchester’s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence Psappha is Manchester’s pre-eminent new music ensemble specialising in the performance of music by living composers. www.psappha.com
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 12 December 2013 Price FREE
Morton Feldman For Aaron Copland Gordon Crosse A Year and a Day Bartók Contrasts Plus new works by advanced composition students
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Benedict Holland - violin Dov Goldberg - clarinet Richard Casey - piano The lunar calendar 13 x 28 day months plus one day. Inspiration from the “Blues”. Breath-like rhythm. The ancient poem...
Psappha
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QUATUOR DANEL The University of Manchester’s internationally renowned resident string quartet. The ‘father of the string quartet’, and his descendants. For its ninth season at the University, our star international ensemble offers fresh twists on its ever-adventurous repertoire. Summits of the French tradition, three of the greatest piano quintets and two late-Beethoven monuments combine with modern masterpieces, including half a dozen works from University or University-associated composers. Nine carefully selected quartets by Joseph Haydn provide the running thread. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust.
Lunchtime Concert Haydn Britten
Quartet in C, Op. 1, No. 1 in B flat Quartet No. 3
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
The University’s international star quartet-in-residence opens its ninth season with the modest birth of the string quartet genre, contrasted with the luminous profundity of one of Britten’s last works.
Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 10 October 2013
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar: Flavour of the Months A taster session for repertoire in the Quatuor Danel’s 2013-14 concert season, concentrating on Haydn and late Beethoven
Price FREE
Evening Concert
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Mozart Weinberg Beethoven
Quartet K458 in B flat, ‘The Hunt’ Quartet No. 8, Op. 66 Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
A trio of favourite quartets: Mozart at his most genial, Weinberg at his most intimate, and Beethoven at his most philosophical (including the sublime ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’).
Lunchtime Concert Franck
Quartet in D
César Franck’s monumental Quartet from the penultimate year of his life has no finer exponents in the world than the Quatuor Danel. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar: Listening in Issues of performance practice in Beethoven’s piano and string music, with Professor Barry Cooper and Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 11 October 2013 Price £13.50 / £8 / £3 Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 14 November 2013 Price FREE
Quatuor Danel Ticket Information 2013 - 2014
Please note that there is reserved seating for all Quatuor Danel Friday evening concerts at the MHC. Seating for all lunchtime concerts is unreserved. For information on the full 2013 - 2014 season, please visit the website.
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Ticket
Description
Single Ticket Pricing
Performances in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Flexi 5
Choose 5 evening Danel Concerts
£40 / £32
Season
Season ticket for the 2012/2013 season
£50 / £40
QUATUOR DANEL
Price / concession £13.50 / £8 / £3
Evening Concert Haydn Ravel Franck
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Quartet in C, Op. 9 No. 1 Quartet in F Piano Quintet in F minor
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 15 November 2013
Star Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen joins the Quatuor Danel in the sweeping sensuality of César Franck’s masterpiece, prefaced by two Danel favourites – Haydn on the way to the peaks of Classical mastery, and Ravel at the summit of the French tradition.
Price £13.50 / £8 / £3
Paavali Jumppanen has become known as an exciting and a versatile performer, who is equally at home on stage as a soloist and a chamber musician. His vast repertoire spans much of the classical piano literature, from Bach to the Avant-garde.
Paavali Jumppanen
Lunchtime Concert Casken Reeves Haydn
Choses en moi Fireworks Physonect Siphonophore (String Quartet No.1) Quartet in E flat, Op. 33 No. 2 (The Joke)
John Casken – the University’s composer emeritus – in a piece written for the Lindsay String Quartet to baptise the Cosmo Rodewald Hall, alongside the dazzling energy of one of our rising star composers, and the genius of mature Haydn.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.10pm, Thursday 5 December 2013 Price FREE
Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel Seminar: Bachelors of Composition The Quatuor Danel workshops new quartet movements by the University’s undergraduates.
Evening Concert
ANNIVERSARY
Haydn Quartet in B flat, Op. 50 No. 1 Reeves Dactylozooid Complex (String Quartet No. 2) Whiteman Cloud Fragments (String Quartet No. 2) Guy Danel’s farewell choice
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Guy Danel chooses a piece for his farewell Manchester appearance with the Quatuor Danel, prefaced by the next stage in Haydn’s exploration of the genre he did more than anyone else to create, with two thrilling Manchester-based pieces in between.
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 6 December 2013 Price £13.50 / £8 / £3
MHC Box Office tel: 0161 275 8951
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NEW MUSIC NEW MUSIC NORTH WEST FESTIVAL Saturday 26 October – Saturday 2 November 2013 The RNCM and The University of Manchester are delighted to present our fourth and largest ever festival celebrating the wealth of creative talent in the North West. With performances by leading new music exponents Psappha, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Ensemble 10/10 and the BBC Philharmonic, as well as concerts by exciting new groups such as House of Bedlam, Trio Atem and others, this is simply the largest, most exciting festival of new British music in 2013. There will be a special feature on the work of Edwin Roxburgh. Born and brought up in Liverpool, his compositions are renowned for their scintillating textures and beautifully crafted sound worlds. Also featured will be the compositions of alumni from the RNCM and University of Manchester who have continued to live and work creatively in the city and its environs, and whose contributions help make the area so musically vibrant. Feast your ears on this! Clark Rundell artistic director For the full programme of events please consult the website: www.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre
MANTIS Fall Festival 2013 MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a weekend of electroacoustic concerts featuring composers based at the NOVARS Research Centre, a full concert curated by and featuring guest artist Marij van Gorkom (bass clarinet and live electronics) and the MANTIS large-scale loudspeaker sound diffusion system for an exciting and immersive listening experience.
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Times & Dates 6pm, Saturday 26 October 2013
MANTIS
Special rates for Autumn Festival Concerts
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The Rosenhan Experiment Robert Ogden
countertenor
RNCM alumnus Tim Benjamin brings a gripping psychological drama recounting David Rosenhan’s landmark 1970s experiment: ‘On Being Sane In Insane Places’ to the festival. Free admission, no ticket required.
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NEW MUSIC
Price £7.50 / £5 / £3 (per single concert) ANNIVERSARY
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Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 5.15pm, Monday 28 October 2013
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Refractions Be Not Afeard Three Pieces for Mixed Sextet New work (world première) Convolutions New work (world première) this and that
Conductors: Mark Heron, Oliver Till
2pm, Sunday 27 October 2013
Price FREE
Vaganza and RNCM New Ensemble Edwin Roxburgh Tim Jackson Simon Parkin David Curington Edwin Roxburgh Emma Wilde Richard Whalley
8pm, Saturday 26 October 2013
Time & Date 7.30pm, Monday 28 October 2013 Price £7.50 / £5 / £3 Vaganza
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Vaganza and Musicians from RNCM
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Programme to include: Edwin Roxburgh Dreamtime Helen Seddon-Gray New work (world première) Edwin Roxburgh Soliloquy 4 John Simon New work
Time & Date 1.15pm, Tuesday 29 October 2013
Free admission, no ticket required. Vaganza
Open Forum with Edwin Roxburgh
Price FREE Venue Martin Harris Centre Seminar Room G16
Clark Rundell talks to New Music North West’s featured composer, Edwin Roxburgh. Free admission, no ticket required.
Time & Date 2.30pm, Tuesday 29 October 2013 Price FREE
Lunchtime Concert: Trio Aporia Fabrice Fitch Gillian Menichino Alan Williams Kevin Malone Andrea Riley
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
New work (world première) New work (world première) New work (world première) New work (world première) New work (world première)
Time & Date 1.15pm, Wednesday 30 October 2013
Free admission, no ticket required.
Price FREE
Distractfold
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre
Sam Salem Mauricio Pauly Vitalija Glovakyte Martin Iddon Rodrigo Constanzo
Dérive Another celibate machine New work (world première) Danaë New work (world première)
Time & Date 5.15pm, Saturday 2 November 2013
Free admission, no ticket required.
Price FREE Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Contemporary Ensemble in Residence Psappha is Manchester’s pre-eminent new music ensemble specialising in the performance of music by living composers www.psappha.com Larry Goves Nina Whiteman Richard Norris Mark Simpson Philip Grange
Time & Date 7.30pm, Saturday 2 November 2013
A glimpse of the sea in a fold of hills (UK première) The Galaxy Rotation Problem (world première) Diapsalmata (musings after Kirkegaard) Ariel Cimmerian Nocturne
Price £10 / £5 / £3 Psappha
Conductor: Nicholas Kok Disconnected statements presented in an obsessive search for truth. What is the sound of dark matter? The people of Kimerii were fabled as dwelling in perpetual night...
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DRAMA The Martin Harris Centre continues to offer the best, young, creative talent a ‘powerful voice in Manchester’. The John Thaw Studio Theatre is a valuable performance space where students make their own independent experiments in theatre – as performers, writers, directors and technicians. Many alumni have acknowledged what an important part these performances played in their creative and intellectual development during their time at university.
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Dates 7pm, Thursday 19 September 2013 7pm, Friday 20 September 2013 Price £5 / £3
Welcome Week Production Two by Jim Cartwright Jim Cartwright’s Two witnesses laughter, tears and plays host to whole range of clientele, from Early Birds to Last Orders, in your favourite Northern local. Join us as we drink our way through an evening of laughter and tears, building a pressure cooker inside this steamy, overcrowded pub, so that the sobering truth, just before the lights go out, hits you all the harder. Please note: - this is an amateur production. - this production of Two is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd. - the video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited - this production contains strong language
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DRAMA
University of Manchester Drama Society: Opening Performance
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre
Showcasing the best of Manchester’s student talent, the Drama Society kick start the winter season with their first production. Entirely produced by the student body, the production is a perfect opportunity to experience the high quality work of the year to come! Tickets are available from the University of Manchester Students’ Union. Please call Box Office 0161 275 4278
University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase Showcasing the best of Manchester’s student produced work, the society provide an insight into the creative efforts of one of the University’s biggest societies. As a prelude to Manchester’s In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTAs), the John Thaw Studio Theatre productions are the highlight of the season. Tickets are available from the University of Manchester Students’ Union. Please call Box Office 0161 275 4278
Time & Dates 7pm, Wednesday 6 November 2013 ANNIVERSARY
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7pm, Thursday 7 November 2013 7pm, Friday 8 November 2013 Price £5.50 / £4.50 / £4 Drama Society Members Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Dates 7pm, Wednesday 20 November 2013 7pm, Thursday 21 November 2013 7pm, Friday 22 November 2013 Price £5.50 / £4.50 / £4 Drama Society Members
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WE WELCOME The Martin Harris Centre welcomes professional and amateur productions, both international and closer to home, to the heart of Manchester. We host powerful and dynamic productions in our vibrant and exciting performance spaces and reach out to wider audiences with performances in some of the most important venues in the City.
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Dates 1.05pm, Wednesday 25 September – Wednesday 20 November 2013 Price 9 lessons at £4 per lesson (total payable £36) ANNIVERSARY
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Learn to Dance “Strictly Style” – Return to the Ballroom! Due to popular demand we’re bringing Ballroom back to the Martin Harris Centre. Whether you’ve danced with us before or are a complete novice, you’ll love these new routines! You will receive expert dance tuition from Mark Rowbottom who manages “Steppin Out Dance Centre”. Mark, who has more than thirty years dance experience, will guide you through a fabulous selection of the world’s most popular Ballroom & Latin dances, including Jumping Jive, Sexy Salsa, Tantalising Tango and Quickety Quickstep. The 9-week course is suitable for those with no or little dance experience and partners aren’t essential. Join us on your lunch hour for some relaxation and fun. Ballroom dancing is useful for social events and special occasions but it is also great exercise! Places are limited. These classes form part of the University’s wellbeing initiative. “...a friendly atmosphere and excellent teaching. A fun way to spend my lunch break whilst getting some exercise.” 2012 participant
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Manchester Pride 2013 The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama is delighted to host some of Manchester Pride’s annual series of performances. The Pride Chamber Music concerts are designed to celebrate LGBT composers past and present, and the concerts feature a mixture of seasoned performers as well as young, local talent. Concerts will take place between Tuesday 20 August and Friday 23 August 2013. There’s no need to book you can just turn up on the day. Tickets are free, with donations on the door.
Manchester Pride Fringe 2013 Film Screening: Dream On
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre
A new coming of age film from TLA Releasing. Polar opposite teenagers Paul and George meet and fall in love on a campsite in Wales during the summer of ‘88 in this quintessentially British drama from first-time director Lloyd Eyre-Morgan. The young lovers make a pact to return the following summer and run away together, but when only Paul shows up, he vows to find his young lover and sets off with his best friend in tow and his overbearing mother not far behind. If they think running away is going to be easy, they’d better dream on.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Friday 9 August 2013 Price £7.50 / £5.50
Please book tickets through www.quaytickets.com
“A fresh and vibrant variant on the coming-of-age theme with a raw distinct raw edge to it.” www.gaycelluloid.com “A sweet, sometimes moving and heartfelt gay-themed Brit flick” www.biggaypictureshow.com “Eyre-Morgan is a good storyteller and one to watch out for” www.guyspy.com
“Magical moments of a delightfully relaxed approach to sexuality and the adult world”. Manchester Salon This film screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the director and principal cast members.
Finals: 4th Manchester International Concerto Competition for Young Pianists
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
International young pianists have performed in the preliminary stages during the Chetham’s International piano summer school. Three finalists perform a concerto of their choice with Manchester Camerata under conductor Stephen Threlfall.
Time & Date 7.30pm, Monday 19 August 2013
Jury includes Noriko Ogawa, Matthias Kirschnereit and Murray McLachlan
Price £12 / £10
MHC Box Office tel: 0161 275 8951
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Manchester Pride 2013 Chamber Music Concert Series Manchester Pride 2013 Chamber Music Concert Series The Manchester Pride Ensemble Britten Britten Richard Rodney Bennett Saint-Saens Michael Betteridge Ben Parker Alexander Thomas Ravel
Alla Marcia for string quartet 3 Divertimenti for string quartet Sonatina for solo clarinet Romance for flute & piano New work (Manchester Pride commission) New work (Manchester Pride commission) New work (Manchester Pride commission) Introduction & Allegro (flute, clarinet, harp & string quartet)
The Manchester Pride Ensemble marks the Benjamin Britten centenary with two of his best-known chamber works. They also celebrate the talents of composer Richard Rodney Bennett, who died last December. The recital culminates with one of the great 20th Century chamber works: Ravel’s Introduction & Allegro, and three brand new pieces for the same instrumental line-up by three young, local composers.
Tom McKinney (guitar) / Sam Parry (tenor) Sarabande for solo guitar Drei Tentos from “Kammermusik” Drei Fragmente nach Holderlin 5 Impromptus Hill Runes Nocturnal after John Dowland Songs from the Chinese
Guitarist Tom McKinney and tenor Sam Parry continue Manchester Pride’s Benjamin Britten centenary celebrations with two of his most well-known works in the guitar repertoire. Alongside the Britten, there are songs and guitar pieces from some his most famous LGBT contemporaries: Francis Poulenc, Hans Werner Henze, Richard Rodney Bennett and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
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Time & Date 1pm, Tuesday 20 August 2013 Price FREE ANNIVERSARY
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Manchester Pride 2013 Chamber Music Concert Series Poulenc Henze Henze Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Britten Britten
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Britten
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1pm, Wednesday 21 August 2013 Price FREE
Manchester Pride 2013 Chamber Music Concert Series
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
RNCM with Pride Saint-Saens Saint-Saens Hahn Hahn Poulenc
Sonata for oboe & piano Sonata for bassoon & piano Theme & Variations on the name of Haydn for piano Première Valses for piano Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano
Time & Date 1pm, Thursday 22 August 2013
In this 40th anniversary year of the Royal Northern College of Music, current students come together to perform pieces by LGBT composers from the French chamber music repertoire.
Manchester Pride 2013 Chamber Music Concert Series
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
“crowded rooms” – Marc Yeats Recital Marc Yeats Marc Yeats Marc Yeats Marc Yeats Marc Yeats
Price FREE
playful geometry (piccolo & piano) pathos (solo cello) a theft of cold moisture (solo flute) ENÛMA ELIŠ (solo piano) mimesis (flute, cello & piano)
Time & Date 1pm, Friday 23 August 2013
Manchester Pride’s very own Composer-InAssociation Marc Yeats showcases some of his pieces for flute, cello and piano, with help from the contemporary music ensemble “crowded rooms”
Price FREE
Marc Yeats
For the full programme of Manchester Pride 2013 events please visit the website www.manchesterpride.com
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WE WELCOME Manchester Pride 2013
Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre
Box of Tricks, in association with Manchester Pride, presents a rehearsed reading of
Time & Date 7.30pm, Wednesday 21 August 2013
The Other Team “They don’t need to know. I just want to play football on a Sunday. It would change things. It shouldn’t, but it would.”
Price FREE
Pete loves football and he loves Gary. But when it comes to telling his teammates at Sons of Pitches, ahead of their Sunday League final, should he keep quiet for the sake of the game? A gritty and humorous play, The Other Team goes behind the locker room door and confronts the final taboo in the beautiful game.
Free but booking essential. Please reserve through Eventbrite
This free, work-in-progress event is a rehearsed reading followed by a postshow feedback session and debate about the current issues of homophobia within football. Please note: this performance contains some strong language Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 8pm, Thursday 22 August 2013 Price £6 / £3
Manchester Pride 2013 VADA Productions presents: Journeys
VADA Productions
Journeys is a brand new showcase of short plays, sketches and vignettes from new and emerging LGBTQ talent. The promise of holiday romance is explored in vibrant and unexpected ways in all these pieces, from the shimmering dream of a sun-soaked honeymoon to the sweaty pleasures of an earthly paradise, from the heady world of Westminster politics to the grubby fun of a B&B in Blackpool. Journeys is also about the inner journey that people make as they blossom, or not, as lesbians, gay men and persons of varying sexualities and genders in between. A show to get you thinking, get you laughing and get you booking your next holiday! VADA is a non profit LGBTQ community theatre company and was established in 1996. It facilitates creative exploration for anyone of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning identity. Please note: - contains strong language and sexual references. - only recommended for ages 16+
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Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 1.30pm, Friday 4 October 2013 Price £4 One free adult supervisor ticket for every ten paying pupils ANNIVERSARY
EVENT
Ian McMillan
Interactive Schools Poetry Event with Ian McMillan Celebrate National Poetry Day 2013, in this interactive schools poetry event with Ian McMillan. Ian McMillan has been a poet, broadcaster, commentator and programme maker for over 25 years; he is a surreal and spontaneous performer who is enjoyed by all. He’s explored language & communication with students, teachers, policy makers, local authority officers, politicians and business communities. Ian is poet-in-residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC. Previously he was resident poet for English National Opera, UK Trade & Investment Poet, Yorkshire TV’s Investigative Poet and Humberside Police’s Beat Poet. He presents weekly show The Verb on BBC Radio 3 and he’s a regular on Coast, Pick of the Week, You & Yours, Last Word and The Arts Show. ‘world-class – one of today’s greatest poetry performers’ Carol Ann Duffy ‘an inspiring figure, an encouraging & democratic spirit, a strong & popular poet and one of the funniest people in Britain’ Poetry News ‘If there’s a more engaging presence on the radio than Barnsley poet Ian McMillan and a more entertaining show than Radio 3’s The Verb then I don’t know it’ Stuart Maconie, Radio Times ‘the Shirley Bassey of performance poetry’ T.E.S. ‘without doubt the funniest, quirkiest, sharpest presenter in the business’ Sue Arnold The Observer Please note: This performance is a schools event and is most suitable for Key Stage 2 pupils: Years 5 and 6.
online ticket sales: www.quaytickets.com
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WE WELCOME Venue John Thaw Studio Theatre Time & Date 7.30pm, Wednesday 9 October 2013
© Graeme Braidwood
Price £8 / £5
Poetry in Performance: Being Human Midland Creative Projects in association with the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Bloodaxe Books are delighted to present the acclaimed poetry in performance production Being Human. Charting the drama of our lives, Being Human presents 35 poems from around the world that will touch the heart, stir the mind and fire the spirit. www.livepoetry.org Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Time & Date 7.30pm, Tuesday 15 October 2013 Price £10 / £6
Chetham’s Sinfonia & Ensembles Concert
Chetham’s Sinfonia & Ensembles
Outstanding younger students from Chetham’s School of Music perform a varied programme of music, across a range of ensembles including Violetta Strings, Wind Band, Saxophone Choir and Chetham’s Sinfonia with soloist Elodie Chousmer-Howelles, violin.
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Venue venues across the Martin Harris Centre Dates Thursday 31 Oct – Friday 1 Nov 2013 Price Conference: £15 per day (lunch included) Acoustic Night: £5 / £4 Live Music Night: £7 / £5 ANNIVERSARY
EVENT
Platforma Festival The Platforma arts and refugees network presents a two-day conference looking at refugees and the arts, plus two evenings of live performances. The second national Platforma Festival will bring together artists, academics and arts practitioners from across the UK and the world.
The Platforma Festival, in conjunction with Community Arts Northwest, will explore issues related to arts by and about refugees. Two nights of performances will showcase work across a range of art forms by refugees and those interested in refugee experiences. Conference workshops will include sessions on: arts projects with young refugees; live art; oral histories; creative writing; silence in therapy and the arts; migrant story slams; the host-guest dynamics of participatory practice. Plus, each day will include a range of performances, presentations and discussions.
Platforma Festival: Acoustic Night
John Thaw Studio Theatre 7.30pm, Thursday 31 October 2013 An Acoustic Night featuring spoken word from Kayo Chingonyi and Warsan Shire, music from members of Congolese band ‘The Redeemed’ and a performance of Mazloom, a short play about the experience of young Afghans in the UK.
Platforma Festival: Live Music Night
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall 7.30pm, Friday 1 November 2013 A Live Music Night featuring Manchester International Roots Orchestra, Crossings Band, plus Katy Carr and The Aviators. For the full Conference programme, performance line-ups and information about the Platforma Festival Fringe see www.platforma.org.uk Some bursaries are available – contact tom@counterpointsarts.org.uk
Stockport Youth Orchestra
Venue Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Join Stockport Youth Orchestra for the opening concert of its 57th season, conducted by Tim Crooks and Chris Orton. Featuring works by Bruch, Holst and Britten.
Time & Date 7pm, Sunday 17 November 2013 ANNIVERSARY
EVENT
Price £8 / £6 FREE for under 16s
MHC Box Office tel: 0161 275 8951
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How to find us
Getting here
The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The University of Manchester Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PL
The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama is situated behind the Manchester Museum, which is located on Oxford Road. It is approximately 1 mile south of the city centre.
Box office:
There are 2 entrances to the building, one on Bridgeford Street, the other on Coupland Street. Please note that there is pedestrian access only to both of these streets.
Tel: 0161 275 8951 Email for enquiries: boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk Box office opening times: 2.00pm-4.00pm Monday to Friday
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The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall and the John Thaw Studio Theatre can both be found within the Martin Harris Centre. Sat Nav: Please do not rely on your satellite navigation system to find the Martin Harris Centre, as our postcode covers the entire University of Manchester campus. As an alternative, we would advise patrons to use Google maps. Find us on Google: http://maps.google.com/maps and search for Martin Harris Centre. By Bus: Direct routes to Oxford Road run regularly from Piccadilly Gardens in Central Manchester. Routes and timetable enquiries 0161 242 6040. Metrolink services run between Altrincham and Bury, East Didsbury and Rochdale, Eccles and Droylsden, through Manchester city centre. Timetable enquiries 0161 205 2000. By Train: Oxford Road station is a ten minute walk away. Train enquiries 08457 48 49 50. Car Parking: Car parking is available in the multistorey car park off Booth Street West, opposite the Royal Northern College of Music. Parking costs ÂŁ2.00 from 4pm to midnight weekdays, ÂŁ2.00 all day on Saturday and Sunday and is payable upon exiting the car park. Please note that there is no vehicle access to the Martin Harris Centre from either Bridgeford Street or Coupland Street.
HOW TO FIND US, ACCESS AND BOX OFFICE INFO
Access
Box Office Information
There are a range of facilities within the Martin Harris Centre for disabled patrons. The Martin Harris Centre is fully accessible.
Booking tickets Tickets for our events can be purchased directly from the Martin Harris Centre box office, or from Quaytickets. Please note that tickets bought from the Centre’s sales agent Quaytickets will be subject to a booking fee and also a non-refundable postage fee. The booking fee charged by Quaytickets is 10% of the face value of the ticket (minimum £1.25 per ticket).
It has a ramp at the Coupland Street entrance and there are level floor entrances to both performance spaces. Both entrances to the building have autoopening doors. There are wheelchair spaces in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall and in the John Thaw Studio Theatre. Wheelchair access is available to our performance spaces at The Martin Harris Centre. Low-level counters are available at the box office. Disabled toilet facilities are available on the ground floor. A manually operated wheelchair is available by prior arrangement. Patrons requiring wheelchair access are asked to inform the box office at the time of booking. There are parking spaces available for blue badge holders in the multi-story car park. If parking is required closer to the building, this can be arranged in advance. Please contact the box office. The John Thaw Studio Theatre is fitted with an induction loop. (Hearing aids should be switched to the ‘T’ position). The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall has been fitted with an infra-red induction loop. Receivers for this facility are available from The Martin Harris Centre Box Office. Please advise Box Office of your requirements at the time of booking. General Access Information: Please call the box office on 0161 275 8951 for further information on access. • There is a drop off point outside the venue. • There is seating in the main foyer. • The Martin Harris Centre has baby changing facilities. Babes in Arms: Attendance to appropriate events for children under 2 years is free. Children under 2 years must have a ticket to attend the performance, must be seated in the lap of the accompanying adult ticket holder and may not occupy a seat. The ticket may be obtained in advance or on the door. Please contact box office for further information. Check individual event listings for any age restrictions.
• Tickets can be ordered in advance from the box office in person, by telephone or by post, and can be paid for by cheque or debit/credit card. Please make cheques payable to ‘The University of Manchester’. • The box office will only hold unpaid for tickets for up to 4 working days from the time of booking. Unpaid tickets cannot be reserved on the 4 days preceding a performance or event. By post Include your name, address, phone number, performance details and tickets required, plus a cheque made payable to ‘The University of Manchester’ and post to: The Martin Harris Centre Box Office The University of Manchester Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PL In person The box office opening times are listed below and our team will be happy to help. Box Office opening times 2.00pm-4.00pm Monday to Friday opens 1 hour before an event is due to start and closes 15 minutes after the start of the event. By phone The Martin Harris Centre Box Office 0161 275 8951 (during box office opening times) Quaytickets 0843 208 0500 (9.30am-8pm Mon-Sat and 10am-8pm Sun) Please have your debit / credit card ready. Visa, Mastercard and Maestro cards accepted. Online www.quaytickets.com Email For enquiries email boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk (tickets may not be ordered by email) Ticket Prices All ticket prices are stated under each event as Full Price and the available Concessions. Concessions are only available for certain performances, please enquire at the time of booking. We regret that we cannot exchange or refund tickets. Concessions The Martin Harris Centre offers concessions, subject to availability and on presentation of the relevant I.D. to: • Under 18s • Students in full-time education • Senior citizens (Over 60s) • Unwaged • A free ticket is available to any essential companion accompanying a disabled patron. Please contact Box Office. • For certain events a group discount of 10% is available to groups of 10 or more. Please contact Box Office for more information. Concession prices are shown where they apply. The prices do not refer to differently priced seat sections.
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Eating and drinking
Terms and Conditions
Café Arts based in the foyer of the Martin Harris Centre, serves coffee, teas, cold drinks and light refreshments. The café is open from 9.00am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday and is also open for weekend and evening events. To save time during the interval you can preorder your drinks at Café Arts. For further information please contact Box Office on 0161 275 8951.
Tickets are sold subject to the right of the Management to change performers and/ or programme content due to unforeseen circumstances. All content of this document is correct at the time of going to press, however, we reserve the right to make such changes without notice if necessary.
Chancellors Collection: Patrons can enjoy delicious locally sourced food served by friendly staff at any of the Chancellors Collection venues: Christie’s Bistro, Oxford Road Tel: 0161 275 7702 Café Muse, Manchester Museum Tel: 0161 275 2675 Café Rylands, The John Rylands Library Tel: 0161 306 6531
Comments We would welcome your feedback on issues or topics which you may want to contact us about. If there is something you would like to comment on regarding the Martin Harris Centre, our events programme or service, please contact Mark Woolstencroft, Centre Manager, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL.
Corporate hire The state-of-the-art facilities at The Martin Harris Centre are available for private hire. We would be delighted to discuss your requirements in more detail and to show you around the venue. Should you wish to make an enquiry please contact Alex Shaw alex.shaw@manchester.ac.uk
Adopt-a-Seat If you enjoy our concerts why not Adopt-a-Seat? You can adopt your favourite seat in your name, or seats named for family and friends, to celebrate a birthday or anniversary, to commemorate a graduation or other milestone, or as a way of remembering a departed loved one. Some seats have already been adopted in this way, others to acknowledge favourite composers. The choice is yours. Adopting a seat is a very personal way to share in the development of this wonderful cultural arts venue. The money raised goes towards providing the best facilities possible for our musicians and provides a visible and lasting legacy for future generations of students. If you would like more information about seat sponsorship please email us at: adoptaseat@manchester.ac.uk or write to us: Adopt-a-seat, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford Street, off Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
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Credit card payments may be taken over the telephone. University policy dictates that we cannot accept credit card details by email or post. We regret that we can not exchange or refund tickets. All ticket exchanges are at the discretion of the Front of House Manager. Please examine your tickets at the time of purchase to ensure that all details are correct. When processing your booking, Box Office staff will ask for your contact details. This information may be used to keep you informed of forthcoming events at the Martin Harris Centre with your agreement. Concessionary prices are available on production of the appropriate identification, for under 18’s, students in full time education, senior citizens (Over 60s) and unwaged. Please note that latecomers cannot be admitted until a suitable break in the programme and Management reserves the right to request that latecomers await entry until instructed otherwise by the Front of House Manager. Under exceptional circumstances, the Management reserves the right to refuse admission. Latecomers who are not admitted are in no way entitled to a refund. The unauthorised use of cameras, video or any other form of recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Please ensure that mobile phones are switched off or operate on silent.
IN PERFORMANCE EVENTS | AUGUST-DECEMBER 2013 Date
Time
Event
Venue
Page
Literature 14 September
6.30pm
Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon
Cosmo
12
30 September
6.30pm
Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with Lynne Truss
Cosmo
10
7 October
6.30pm
Literature Live: Moniza Alvi & Nadeem Aslam
JTST
12
12 October
6pm
Literature Live: Ali Smith
Cosmo
13
13 October
6pm
Literature Live: Reflections on Sylvia Plath with Ali Smith and Jackie Kay
Cosmo
13
13 October
7.30pm
Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with Audrey Niffenegger
Cosmo
11
18 November
6.30pm
Literature Live: Louis de Bernières
Cosmo
13
1 December
6.30pm
Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with A.L. Kennedy
Cosmo
11
5 December
7pm
JRUL
13
Literature Live: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (Poetry in the John Rylands Library)
Music 26 September
1.10pm
WCLC: MANTIS
Cosmo
21
28 September
7.30pm
MUMS: Welcoming concert
Cosmo
16
3 October
1.10pm
WCLC: Baroque and Roll: Toe Tapping Tunes of the Eighteenth Century
Cosmo
21
10 October
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert
Cosmo
21
10 October
2.30pm
Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
21
11 October
1.10pm
MUMS: Solo and Chamber Works
Cosmo
19
11 October
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel Evening concert
Cosmo
24
17 October
1.10pm
WCLC: Marcus Farnsworth
Cosmo
21
17 October
2.30pm
Masterclass with Marcus Farnsworth
Cosmo
21
19 October
7.30pm
MUMS: Symphony Orchestra
Cosmo
16
24 October
1.10pm
WCLC: Richard Casey ‘Beethoven and…Iannis Xenakis’
Cosmo
22
26-27 October
various times
MANTIS Festival (NMNW Festival)
JTST
26
28 October
5.15pm
The Rosenhan Experiment (NMNW Festival)
JTST
26
28 October
7.30pm
Vaganza and RNCM New Ensemble (NMNW Festival)
Cosmo
26
29 October
1.15pm
Vaganza and Musicians from RNCM (NMNW Festival)
Cosmo
27
29 October
2.30pm
Open Forum with Edwin Roxburgh (NMNW Festival)
G16
27
30 October
1.15pm
Trio Aporia (NMNW Festival)
Cosmo
27
2 November
5.15pm
Distractfold (NMNW Festival)
JTST
27
2 November
7.30pm
Psappha (NMNW Festival)
Cosmo
27
7 November
1.10pm
WCLC: Joby Burgess Percussion Pioneers
Cosmo
22
8 November
1.10pm
MUMS: Cosmo Singers
Cosmo
19
8 November
7.30pm
MUMS: Ad Solem
Cosmo
17
9 November
7.30pm
MUMS: Chamber Orchestra & Wind Ensembles
Cosmo
17
14 November
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert
Cosmo
22
14 November
2.30pm
Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
22
15 November
1.10pm
MUMS: Vocal Showcase
Cosmo
19
15 November
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel Evening concert with Paavali Jumppanen
Cosmo
25
16 November
7.30pm
MUMS: String and Brass Ensembles
Cosmo
17
21 November
1.10pm
WCLC: John Turner 70th Birthday Concert
Cosmo
22
23 November
7.30pm
MUMS: Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)
Cosmo
17
28 November
1.10pm
WCLC: Richard Casey ‘Beethoven and… Peter Maxwell Davies’
Cosmo
23
29 November
1.10pm
MUMS: Manchester University Commissioning Ensemble (MUCE)
Cosmo
19
30 November
7.30pm
MUMS: The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
TWH
18
5 December
1.10pm
WCLC: Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert
Cosmo
23
5 December
2.30pm
Quatuor Danel Seminar
Cosmo
23
5 December
7.30pm
MUMS: Manchester University Big Band (MUBB)
Cosmo
18
6 December
1.10pm
MUMS: Manchester University Baroque Orchestra
Cosmo
19
6 December
7.30pm
Quatuor Danel Evening concert
Cosmo
25
12 December
1.10pm
WCLC: Psappha
Cosmo
23
12 December
7.30pm
MUMS: Festive concert
Cosmo
18
6.30pm
Prof Michael Wood Public History Event with Tristram Hunt MP
UP
15
History 18 September
Drama 19 & 20 September
7pm
Welcome Week production - Two by Jim Cartwright
JTST
28
6 - 8 November
7pm
UMDS: Opening Performance
JTST
29
20 -22 November
7pm
UMDS: Autumn Showcase
JTST
29
JTST
31
We Welcome 9 August
7.30pm
Manchester Pride: Film Screening Dream On
19 August
7.30pm
Manchester International Concerto Competition for Young Pianists
Cosmo
31
20 - 23 August
1pm
Manchester Pride Chamber Music Concert Series
Cosmo
32-33
21 August
7.30pm
Manchester Pride: The Other Team
JTST
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22 August
8pm
Manchester Pride: Journeys
JTST
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25 Sept - 20 Nov
1.05pm
Learn to Ballroom Dancing "Strictly Style" (9 week course)
JTST
30
4 October
1.30pm
Interactive Schools Poetry Event with Ian McMillan
Cosmo
35
9 October
7.30pm
Poetry in Performance: Being Human
JTST
36
15 October
7.30pm
Chetham's Sinfonia and Youth Ensembles Concert
Cosmo
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31 Oct - 1 Nov
various times
various MHC
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17 November
7pm
Cosmo
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Cosmo JRUL JTST MUMS
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Platforma Festival Stockport Youth Orchestra
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall John Rylands University Library, Deansgate John Thaw Studio Theatre Manchester University Music Society
NMNW TWH UP WCLC
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New Music North West Festival The Whitworth Hall University Place Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concerts
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