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Sounds New

Contemporary Music Festival May 4th — May 15th 2012

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A celebration of everything British in music!

featuring: London Sinfonietta, Arditti Quartet, Tenebrae, BBC Big Band, Julian Joseph, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, The King's Singers, a world premiere of an opera and much much more!

CANTERBURY, KENT UK Less than an hour away from London!

Main Booking Office: 01227 787787 www.soundsnew.org.uk

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British music of the latter part of the twentieth century has been some of the most influential the world has seen. It was Benjamin Britten who put Great Britain on the world map, and ever since, British composers have been taken very seriously. Such figures as Jonathan Harvey, Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies, Thomas Adés, Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin, John Tavener, etc have guided and informed and inspired other composers worldwide – and in so many different ways. These names are but a few and it would be churlish to think that’s it, but the list is too long to cite here.

Theme GB is all about British contemporary music.

Is there another contemporary music festival that would so boldly embrace and include so many British composers and so many different styles, from the hardest edged to the almost warm and cuddly? In this year’s programme, you can hear music of great British masters alongside bright young things. You will hear classics of our time, and premieres too. And performing all this are some of the best of British talent – from The King’s Singers to the BBC Big Band, from Julian Joseph and his trio to the Arditti String Quartet, from Grimethorpe Colliery Band to the London Sinfonietta.

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We are programming some significant works that are rarely performed, especially John Tavener’s magnificent, spiritual and monumental Veil of the Temple, Jonathan Harvey’s extraordinary Bhakti, Peter Maxwell Davies’ effervescent A Mirror of Whitening Light and Thomas Adés’ beguiling Arcadiana. There are many premieres, but we are hugely proud to present the world premiere of John Croft’s new chamber opera, Les Malédictions d’une Furie. There are platforms for many young composers, some of whom are winners and participants on the International Composer Pyramid scheme – and they are among the very best in the world!

Sounds New is all about the ‘best’ of the music of our time, and we plan concerts that invigorate and inspire. That’s what the Olympics do, isn’t it?

Invigorate and inspire!

Sounds New 2012 presents a melting pot of styles and a breeding ground for new and innovative work. And it is all from Great Britain! Come and discover the great riches our composers create. In July, you can applaud the achievements of our great athletes.

Our venues range from the great Cathedral in Canterbury to the brand new Turner Contemporary in Margate. Venues in Canterbury include those at Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent – and we even have a day of music-making in Whitefriars Shopping Centre! And let’s not forget the extraordinary new Marlowe Theatre – a brand new building that we can all be so proud of.

Paul Max Edlin – Artistic Director SOUNDS NEW CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL

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FRIDAY, 4TH MAY

11am – Augustine House FANFARES FROM THE ROOF-TOPS! In Association with the Music Department – Canterbury Christ Church University

To kick start this year’s Sounds New Festival, Theme GB, a series of newly composed fanfares will be performed at the Augustine Hall heralding Sounds New 2012!

1pm - St. Peter’s Methodist Church MERLIN’S TALE - ALL FOR ONE! Interactive Education/Community concert Merlin’s Tale is a new work for seated audience. This will be an extraordinary concert with plenty of surprises, challenges and fun. The performers will enjoy their dual role as performer and audience all in one!

Duration: 1 hr [no interval]

David Toop

4pm – Sidney Cooper Gallery SALVAGE! – OPEN EAR 2012 Creative Music Technology Broadstairs Dancers from: University Centre Folkestone Dance Company Sonic artists from the BA (Hons) Creative Music Technology course bring thrown-away and ‘redundant’ materials back to life in an exciting new performance featuring circuit-bent electronics, toys, junk percussion and dance. An event not to be missed!

Duration: 1 hr [no interval] FREE ENTRANCE

3pm – Sidney Cooper Gallery OPEN EAR: 2012 David Toop In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University

Internationally recognised musician and author David Toop discusses issues pertinent to contemporary sound art.

5.30pm – Canterbury Cathedral Quire FESTIVAL EVENSONG: CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR, DIRECTED BY DAVID FLOOD The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral will be performing works by British composers including Giles Swayne’s Magnificat, Gustav Holst’s Nunc dimittis and John Tavener’s anthem, The Lamb.

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Friday, 4th May

A Mirror of Whitening Light... a shimmering exploration for chamber orchestra of a glinting sound-world...

– The Guardian

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in conversation 6pm – Augustine Hall In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University One of the foremost composers of our time, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has made a significant contribution to musical history through his wide-ranging and prolific output. In a work-list that spans more than five decades, he has written across a broad range of styles, yet his music always communicates directly and powerfully, whether in his profoundly argued symphonic works, his music theatre or witty light orchestral works. In this evening’s concert we shall be hearing his entrancing ‘A Mirror of Whitening Light’.

Duration: 1 hr [no interval] Ticket: £5/£4 (SN Friends) FREE to students and evening ticket holders Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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Friday, 4th May

‘Our mission is to place the best contemporary classical music at the heart of today’s culture; engaging and challenging the public through inspiring performances of the highest standard, and taking risks to develop new work and talent’.

London Sinfonietta 7.30pm – Augustine Hall LONDON SINFONIETTA CONDUCTOR: DIEGO MASSON

Oliver Knussen Coursing

In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University

International Composer Pyramid winner

Through a combination of virtuosic performances and ambitious programming the London Sinfonietta has become one of the world’s leading contemporary music ensembles since its foundation in 1968.

Tonight’s concert will feature the winning compositions from this year’s International Composers Pyramid competition as well as an exciting array of works from contemporary British composers, including George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen and Edmund Finnis, also a composer on the London Sinfonietta’s Writing the Future 2011.

George Benjamin At First Light Edmund Finnis Frame/Refrain Simon Bainbridge Concertante in Moto Perpetuo Benjamin Oliver Momentum International Composer Pyramid winner

Peter Maxwell Davies A Mirror of Whitening Light

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes [inc interval] Tickets: £18 (FULL) £16 (SN Friend) £9 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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Saturday, 5th May 10am - 5pm – Whitefriars Square

Bringing music to the heart of the city!

Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra

Following last year’s success, Sounds New will once again be jazzing up the city’s busiest square – The Whitefriars.

Acts will include Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra, Canterbury Christ Church University Big Band and our very own new Big Brand New! from Canterbury Youth Music Centre Also in the square will be our ‘trumpet caravan’ – full of fun, musical installations and movement for children and adults alike! Plus the beautifully hand-made trumpets, cornets and flugel horns from Raw Brass.

FREE EVENT

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Saturday, 5th May

HERE’S A SONG FOR YOU

BBC BIG BAND

INSTONE with NORMA SW & MIKE GIBB

Mike Gibbs & Norma Winstone

7.30pm – Gulbenkian Theatre

“for survival; one must be versatile, for jazz; one must be ready to swing... hard!

The BBC Big Band does both!”

The BBC Big Band returns to Sounds New in the company of two jazz greats. Together with singer Norma Winstone along with arranger and composer Mike Gibbs they explore some of the finest examples of popular song from the past 80 years, given a new twist! These include the work of Fats Waller (Jitterbug Waltz), Duke Ellington (Caravan), Joni Mitchell (Blue), Tom Waits (Soldier’s Things), Sting (A Thousand Years) and Nick Drake (Riverman).

This concert is being recorded for transmission on BBC Radio 2’s Big Band Special Duration: 2hr 15mins [inc interval] Tickets: £18 (FULL) £16 (SN Friend) £9 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk www.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian

Two jazz masters put their own delightful spin on everyone from Sting to Fats Waller, writes Dave Gelly.

[The Guardian]

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SUNDAY, 6TH MAY

SUNDAY MASS CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR, DIRECTED BY DAVID FLOOD

11am – Canterbury Cathedral Quire Sunday Mass at Canterbury Cathedral will include the performance of Jonathan Dove’s Missa Brevis and Gabriel Jackson’s (a former chorister) O Magnum Mysterium Duration: 1hr 15mins

1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music Imaginary Orchestras COMA LONDON ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY GREGORY ROSE This lunchtime performance is by one of a number of contemporary music ensembles established by CoMA nationwide. Dedicated to enabling amateur musicians to get involved in contemporary music, CoMA regularly commissions composers to write challenging, flexibly scored works central to their artistic intentions which nevertheless take into account the technical limitations of amateur ensembles. This concert features a selection of these exciting commissions by some of the UK's best – and lesser – known composers.

Peter McGarr Imaginary Orchestras Philip Cashian Star Machine Tansy Davies Feather and Groove Howard Jones Homage to Miro Michael Nyman In C Interlude Simon Speare A Gentle Weeping Elspeth Brooke Suture/smear/shard Jonathan Harvey Climbing Frame

Duration: 1 hr [no interval] Tickets: £5 (FULL) £4 (SN Friend) Free to Students Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk 10

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Sunday, 6th May

Ensemble MidtVest

2.30pm -4.30pm – Augustine Hall SOUNDS NEW CHORAL DAY WITH PAUL PATTERSON!

8pm – St Gregory’s Centre for Music MOVE IN PASSION ENSEMBLE MIDTVEST

Paul Patterson’s reputation as one of the most widely respected of British composers has emerged in part due to his contribution to contemporary choral music.

Today, choirs from all over Kent will be working with Paul on their very own selection of British contemporary choral works, finally joining forces to perform excerpts from Paul Patterson’s Magnificat.

FREE EVENT

Young, ambitious and dedicated, Ensemble MidtVest’s eleven players are classically trained musicians, all of whom specialize in chamber music. They have won numerous prizes in international chamber music competitions, and were all educated at leading European music academies. Together they form a dynamic ensemble performing a huge range of chamber music on an international level.

This continues to forge and strengthen Sounds New’s relationship with the Danish Arts Council.

5pm – Augustine Hall MAGNIFICAT! CONDUCTOR: MICHELLE CASTELLETTI Choirs from all over Kent perform their very own selection of British contemporary choral works, finally joining forces to perform excerpts from Paul Patterson’s Magnificat (1993), with brass ensemble.

Duration: 1 hr 20mins [no interval] Tickets: £5 (FULL) £4 (SN Friend) Free to students Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

Per Nørgård Virvelverden for wind quintet Matthew Jones String Quartet no. 1 "Deletia"

John Metcalf Rest in reason, move in passionfor piano trio This will be followed by an exciting improvisation session with full ensemble!

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes [inc interval] Tickets: £10 (FULL) £8 (SN Friend) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk Free to young people aged 25 and under, thanks to the CAVATINA Ticket Scheme – on the door, subject to availability.

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Sunday, 6th May

MONDAY, 7TH MAY

SPRITE!

Rosanna Ter-Berg

1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

FLUTE: ROSANNA TER-BERG PIANO: LEO NICHOLSON In association with Park Lane Group

From shakuhachi-style harmonics from the flute to tensile strength in the musical lines and theatrical exits, this duo is one to watch out for!

David Matthews Duet Variations Jonathan Harvey Nataraja Emily Howard Sky and Water Mark-Anthony Turnage Tune for Toru Julian Anderson The Colour of Pomegranates Patrick Nunn Sprite Thomas Oehler Sounds New commission Edwin Roxburgh Flute Music with Accompaniment or Solo Flute

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Duration: 1hr [no interval] Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £3.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk Free to ‘young people aged 25 and under’ thanks to the CAVATINA Ticket Scheme’ – on the door, subject to availability.

Monday, 7th May

QUARTETS

7.30pm, Augustine Hall

THE ARDITTI QUARTET I’ve given up groping for fresh superlatives to describe the Arditti’s music-making.

They are way beyond praise.

— Daily Telegraph The Arditti Quartet

Founded in 1974 by the violinist Irvine Arditti, the Arditti Quartet is responsible for the commission of several hundred contemporary string quartets and other chamber works by Andriessen, Birtwistle, Britten, Cage, Dillon, Ferneyhough, Harvey, Kagel, Ligeti, Stockhausen and Xenakis. These works have left a permanent mark on 20th century repertoire and have given the Arditti Quartet a firm place in music history. The programme tonight will be including a work by Phillip Neil Martin, selected by the Royal Philharmonic Society through their Encore, as well as a world premiere.

This concert will be recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

Phillip Neil Marin An Outburst of Time Victor Ibarra Crossing Lines International Composer Pyramid winner

Brian Ferneyhough Exordium Paul Max Edlin Frida Sketches Thomas Adès Arcadiana Robert Saxton Quartet No.3 Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes [inc. interval] Tickets: £14 (FULL) £12 (SN Friend) £7 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk Free to ‘young people aged 25 and under’ thanks to the CAVATINA Ticket Scheme’ – on the door.

10pm – 12am – The Farmhouse

JACK HUES AND THE-QUARTET The-Quartet are: Jack Hues (guitar), Sam Bailey (piano, keyboard), Liran Donin (double bass) and Mark Holub (drums). The-Quartet has established a valued reputation for dynamic, high octane performances exploring a wide range of musical influences from Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk to Messiaen and Steve Reich to Soft Machine and Radiohead. Tonight they will be performing new works with some special guests.

Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £5 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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TUESDAY, 8TH MAY

ALL FOR ONE! INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL CONCERT 11am – St. Peter’s Methodist Church IDIOPHONICS! 'Idiophonics' is part of a found sound project which explores the sounds created by everyday objects.

We will explore all kinds of ingenious ways to make sound and compose new music using the recycled sound producers. If you want to participate as a school, please contact Peter on peter.cook@soundsnew.org.uk Everyone is welcome to attend the concert.

Duration: 1 hr [no interval]

BELLS UP A SCOTTISH SHOT! 1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music In Association with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland In a programme curated by Head of Brass, John Logan, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland brings a representation of Scottish classical contemporary music and will include:

James Macmillan Exultet Peter Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness John Maxwell Geddis Ane book O' courtly airs Amanda Collins Proverbs Thomas David Wilson Superguy John Kenny Fanfare

Duration: 1 hr [no interval] Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £3.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk Free to ‘young people aged 25 and under’ thanks to the Cavatina Ticket Scheme’ – on the door, subject to availability.

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Tuesday, 8th May Marianne Boruch

Daljit Nagra

POETRY WORKSHOP:

MARIANNE BORUCH 2pm to 4pm – Eliot Upper Senior Common Room, University of Kent In association with Sounds New Poetry (supported by the University of Kent)

This practical writing workshop is open to all poets and would-be poets, and will explore questions of sequence and pattern in making poetry.

FREE EVENT

5.30pm – The Old Synagogue POETRY AND THE QUARTET MARIANNE BORUCH DALJIT NAGRA MICHAEL SCHMIDT In association with Sounds New Poetry (supported by the University of Kent) Since T S Eliot modern poetry has had a fascination with the form of the quartet. Celebrated poets Marianne Boruch, Daljit Nagra and Michael Schmidt will read works that explore ideas associated with sequence and pattern, showing how poems speak to one another and emerge out of traditional formal constraints.

Tickets: £5 (FULL) £4 (SN Friend) £2.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk Free to Arditti String Quartet ticket holders.

Michael Schmidt

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Tuesday, 8th May

GWRTHRYCHAU CYFFREDIN (COMMON OBJECTS)

RHODRI DAVIES ENSEMBLE

Rhodri Davies Lle y bwriafangor Heledd Francis Wright Chwarddiad cawraidd i'r cwmwl

Gwrthrychau Cyffredin Gwrthrych # 1 Matthew Lovett Present/s Gwrthrychau Cyffredin with Patricia Debney and Nancy Gaffield: Book

7.30pm – St Peter's Methodist Church In association with Sounds New Poetry (supported by the University of Kent) gwrthrychau cyffredin is an ensemble of young Welsh composers and improvisers put together by harpist Rhodri Davies. Each member of the ensemble has provided a composition tonight and will perform an improvisation/instant composition also in collaboration with poets from the University of Kent, Patricia Debney and Nancy Gaffield.

Gorwel Owen Wybrennau (Tirluniau 1/Landscapes 1) Gwrthrychau Cyffredin Gwrthrych # 2 Guto Pryderi Puw X-IST (for bass flute, electric harp and violin)

Angharad Davies Cofnod Pen Bore / Morning Records Gwrthrychau Cyffredin Gwrthrych # 2

Rhodri Davies

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes [inc interval] Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £5 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

This concert will be recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

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Patricia Debney – poet

Tuesday, 8th May

9pm – The Ballroom

ACCORDION AND FIDDLE! In association with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Come and join us for a late-nite gig of Scottish classical contemporary music with traditional Scottish sounds!

Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £5 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk www.internationalcomposerpyramid.org

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WEDNESDAY, 9TH MAY

PIPE SONORITIES AN IRISH SHOT! 1pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music In association with Queen’s University Belfast and the Sonic Arts Research Centre

This concert showcases work created at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) at Queen's University Belfast, a centre dedicated to working with new inspiring technologies. Today’s concert will demonstrate the remarkable developments in modern music, from acoustic techniques to the graphic score, combing electronics with traditional instrumentation.

The programme includes music for saxophone and mixed media by Ryan Molloy, Séamsur IV, based on recordings of Uilleann pipes, The Tuning Machine, an acousmatic work by Paul Wilson using the sound of rain as its main source of musical material. News Feed, by PhD composer John D'Arcy immerses the listener in the fascinating soundworld of Facebook…

The programme culminates with a performance by the trio FAINT (Pedro Rebelo - Piano and instrumental parasites, Franziska Schroeder - Saxophone and Steve Davis - Drums). The performance includes short electroacoustic works based on the trio's free improvisation and a performance of Rebelo's Cipher Series graphic scores.

Duration: 1 hr Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £3.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

BRITISH POETRY SINCE 1950 4pm – Darwin College, Lecture Theatre 1, University of Kent In association with Sounds New Poetry (suppored by the University of Kent) Esteemed poet, critic, editor and translator Michael Schmidt will present new perspectives on key figures and movements in post-war British poetry. As founding editor of PN Review and Carcanet Press, Michael Schmidt is uniquely placed to survey the changing landscape of poetry in the last 60 years.

A committed internationalist by temperament, Schmidt’s angle of vision is always comparative.

This lecture promises to be illuminating and provocative in equal measure.

Duration: 1 hr

Steve Collis

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Wednesday, 9th May

8pm – Augustine Hall POWERPLANT – FILM, PERCUSSION & ELECTRONICS An audio-visual spectacular experience ‘Gabriel Prokofiev had Joby Burgess, the soloist, coax all manner of sounds from the oxlike instrument, often wielding multiple sticks in each hand … the words athleticism and stamina come to mind.’

James R. Oestreich, New York Times, February 2012

Joby Burgess

6pm – Peter Brown Room, Darwin College, University of Kent READING, FOUND TEXT: STEVE COLLIS & TONY LOPEZ In association with Sounds New Poetry (suppored by the University of Kent)

Genre-trashing British percussionist Joby Burgess is best known for his virtuosic, lissom performances and regularly appears throughout Europe, the USA and beyond with artists including Stewart Copeland, Peter Gabriel and Joanna MacGregor. Powerplant is an inspiring collaboration of British artists, comprising of Joby Burgess’ playing and electronics with cinematic sound by Matthew Fairclough and bespoke film by Kathy Hinde. In a lavish audio-visual feast the worlds of minimalism and electronica collide: explosive drumming, lush xylosynth, found objects, American presidents, traces of Michael Haneke and Franz Schubert culminate in Powerplant’s landmark collaboration with electronic composer Gabriel Prokofiev.

Conlon Nancarrow Piece for Percussion Working with the idea of the found text, Steve Collis and Tony Lopez present poems that explore borrowing and appropriation in art. Like John Tavener in The Veil of the Temple, Collis and Lopez work with and through mixed sources to open the possibilities of collective expression.

Matthew Fairclough The Boom and The Bap Max de Wardener 24 Lies Per Second, White Ribbon, Im Dorfe Graham Fitkin Chain of Command Javier Alvarez Temazcal

Duration: 1 hr Tickets for both poetry events today: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £3.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk Free to Powerplant ticket holders.

Gabriel Prokofiev Import/Export – suite for global junk Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes [inc interval] Tickets: £12 (FULL) £10 (SN Friend) £6 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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THURSDAY, 10TH MAY

1.15pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music IN PRAISE OF DREAMS SOPRANO RHONA MCKAIL & PIANIST YSHANI PERINPANAYAGAM In association with Park Lane Group

11am – St Peters Methodist Church ALL FOR ONE! – THE SOUNDS NEW ROADSHOW! INTERACTIVE CONCERT FOR ALL AGES In association with Canterbury Christ Church University

The Sounds New Roadshow is a concert by Canterbury Christ Church University students performing pieces with extended techniques by contemporary composers. This concert will challenge and entertain the audience demonstrating how instruments are ingeniously used by contemporary composers and performers to fantastic effect.

Rhona McKail from Prestwick in Ayrshire studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama where she gained a BA (Musical Studies) with first class honours in 2005. She is currently concluding her studies on the highly coveted opera course in the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, from where she gained both a Masters of Music with distinction and aMaster of Music in Performance (Guildhall Artist) also with distinction.

Yshani Perinpanayagam studied at the Royal College of Music under John Barstow and then went on to complete the Masters Programme at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Caroline Palmer and Andrew West. Yshani has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, LSO St. Luke’s and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and at events including the Soundings Platform for Contemporary Music and the Internationale Muziekzomer Gelderland festival.

She is the current Yamaha Birmingham Accompanist of the Year and is a keen collaborator with dancers, having worked with the English National Opera/ Fabulous Beast on their production of The Rite of Spring and currently performing with Rambert Dance Company.

Yshani recently joined the staff at the Royal College of Music Junior Department teaching Musicianship and Composition.

Sally Beamish Kyle Song for solo piano Peter Dickinson 4 Auden Songs Judith Weir King Harald’s Saga Thea Musgrave The Suite O Bairn Songs Rhona McNail Yshani Perinpanayagam

Joe Cutler In Praise of Dreams Matthew Brown There came a Wind like a Bugle

Duration: approximately 1 hour Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £3.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk 20

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Thursday, 10th May

2.30pm – 4pm- Laud Building (Lg16), CCCU BRITISH OPERA IN PERSPECTIVE In association with Canterbury Christ Church University As part of the Sounds New conference on British Music since 1950, this afternoon session will be devoted to British contemporary opera with papers including: Edward Venn: Turnage, Britten and the ‘Dynamics of Lament’ Paul Max Edlin: Architecture and Symbolism in Bayon Robert Saxton: Wandering and Return

Tickets: £5 (FULL) £4 (SN Friend) £2.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

John Croft

6pm – Turner Contemporary, Margate AN OPERA IN THE MAKING! JOHN CROFT & LORÉ LIXENBERG In association with Turner Contemporary & Canterbury Christ Church University

Contemporary Opera becomes the focus of a special evening with the world-premiere of A Fury’s Curses

by John Croft. Prior to the live opera at 8pm tonight, you can hear composer John Croft and Mezzo-Soprano Loré Lixenberg discuss the challenges of creating and performing contemporary operatic work and what it takes to make the seemingly impossible happen.

THE GALLERY VISIT 7pm – Turner Contemporary, Margate In association with Turner Contemporary Canterbury Christ Church University & Sounds New Poetry (supported by the University of Kent) Working in conjunction with Canterbury Christ Church University and the Sounds New 2012 Conference, trips to the new Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate will leave from St. Gregory’s Centre for Music in Canterbury. Attendees will be able to attend the above discussion and a wine reception during which Sounds New Poets will exhibit work inspired by the Turner Contemporary exhibition, which will be free for all to discover.

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Thursday, 10th May

A FURY’S CURSES CHAMBER OPERA

WORLD PREMIERE

8pm – Turner Contemporary, Margate MEZZO-SOPRANO LORÉ LIXENBERG COMPOSER: JOHN CROFT In Association with Brunel University

A Fury’s Curses is an opera-monodrama by John Croft, based on Jean Tardieu’s one-woman theatre piece, Les Malédictions d’une Furie with Loré Lixenberg as the Fury. Scored for voice, bass and contrabass flutes, violoncello, percussion, live electronics and electroacoustic sounds, this will be a world premiere. Tardieu’s play presents a relentless denunciation of the human condition and of the gods who have created such a world of futile suffering.

The music draws on the alternation of rage and lament in the text, creating a sonic world of thundering fulmination and fragile threnody. This new work builds on the composer’s pioneering work with live electronics in order to evoke the Fury’s vacillation between these expressive extremes, creating the chaotic, primordial sonic environment demanded by the play. The electronic treatments include live spectral processing and timbral transformation of a kind that has only very recently become possible, expanding the sounds of the contrabass flute to cataclysmic levels, or drawing out fragile interior sounds that are normally inaudible. The voice of Loré Lixenberg will be at times heard untreated, at other times transformed and multiplied to suggest the supernatural being of the Fury. The structure falls into a number of sections, each exploring different transformations of the voice and instruments according to the varying intensities of the original text: the original short play becomes an extended musical work tracing the text’s most relentless and most meditative dimensions.

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Loré Lixenberg (The Fury) Richard Craig (bass and contrabass flutes) Robin Michael (violoncello) Simon Limbrick (percussion) Carl Faia (electronics) John Croft (conductor)

The performance lasts approximately 50 minutes and may be followed by a dinner for patrons. Booking for the dinner is available through Turner Contemporary.

Pre-Performance Talk: £5/ £4 (SN Friend) Opera: £10/£8 (SN Friend) Talk + Opera £12 / £10 SN Friend Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk www.turnercontemporary.org Coach trips (at an extra cost) will be organised for this. If you would like to catch the coach leaving from St. Gregory’s at 5pm, please contact us on: admin@soundsnew.org.uk

FRIDAY, 11TH MAY

1.15pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music BHAKTI NEW PERSPECTIVES In association with the Royal College of Music "Anybody who is genuinely concerned about the future of British music should unhesitatingly add Bhakti to their record collection" Tempo Led by Timothy Lines, New Perspectives from the Royal College of Music, present a concert featuring Jonathan Harvey’s epic Bhakti – a mystical exploration of the Sanskrit Hymns of the Rig Veda for chamber ensemble and quadrophonic tape.

Duration: 1hr Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £3.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

9am – 10:30am- Laud Building (Lg16), CCCU THE NEW COMPLEXITY In association with Canterbury Christ Church University Yet another fascinating session with musicologists and experts in contemporary music arguing the issue of complexity in music: Roddy Hawkins: One complexity, two complexity, more: exploring the role of Suoraan in the emergence of ‘New Complexity’ in Britain (1977–82) Fabrice Fitch: Polyphony of Polyphonies: Ferneyhough and the Prima Prattica Tyler Cassidy-Heacock: A Complex Way to Gesture: Expressive Communication in James Dillon’s “Evening Rain”

Tickets: £5 (FULL) £4 (SN Friend) £2.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

2.30pm – Laud Building (Lg16), CCCU A GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND? JONATHAN CROSS In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University As part of the Sounds New conference on contemporary British Music, keynote speaker, Jonathan Cross, will address several issues within this field: A Green and Pleasant Land? Constructions of England and Englishness in Music Since 1945 Duration: 50mins Tickets: £5 (FULL) £4 (SN Friend) £2.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk 4pm - A collaboration with Sounds New Poets and Canterbury Festival.

Details on: www.soundsnew.org.uk as this progresses 6pm - A reception with Sir John Tavener present.

Rover ticket holders only. For more info, please contact Michelle Castelletti: michelle@soundsnew.org.uk www.internationalcomposerpyramid.org

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Friday, 11th May

THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE Tenebrae

Canterbury Cathedral Choir English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble Conducted by: Nigel Short

7.30pm – Canterbury Cathedral Nave At the end, in a marvellous coup de théâtre, the choir led us out into the dawn to a joyful chant from the Hindu scriptures. As I emerged, dazed and elated, I felt that I had just witnessed Tavener's masterpiece.

– Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph “If Tavener could top that, I thought, he just might have a vision of paradise in store” – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times The evening begins in a veil of mystery with a poem

by Jalaluddin Rumi, the 13th century mystical Sufi poet, sung in the outer round temple and out of sight by the soprano… and accompanied by a duduk. Then in the centre of the church is the rousing sound of a huge Tibetan horn, calling us to prayer... Here the veil is lifted, and East and West become one and the soprano heroically intones dazzling high Cs. The organ thunders... There is braying of brass, a final majestic "OM" and the Sanskrit "Tat tvam asi" (That I am) ... a meeting of all cultures in one work!

Be prepared to levitate!

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Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes [This is the concert-version] Tickets: £25, £20, £15 (FULL)/ £23, £18, £13 (SN Friend) £12.50, £10, £7.50 (student) Unreserved: £10 (FULL) £8 (SN Friend) £5 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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'gorgeous lyrical playing from violinist Darragh Morgan' The Independent

1.15pm – St. Gregory’s Centre for Music EXPLODING STARS! DARRAGH MORGAN Irish violinist Daragh Morgan has collaborated with many leading composers including Arvo Part, Sir John Tavener and Michael Finnissy and has made concerto appearances with notable orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Ulster Orchestra and the Istanbul Symphony Orchestra.

Previously a member of the Smith Quartet, he is now the violinist of the Fidelio Trio with whom he has appeared at the Wigmore Hall, Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Casa da Musica Porto and Symphony Space New York.

Frank Lyons

11am – Coleridge COMPOSITION WORKSHOP WITH FRANK LYONS In Association with the University of Ulster

Frank Lyons has developed an international profile as a composer and researcher. He has lectured extensively on contemporary composition and is currently the Head of Music at the University of Ulster. Lyons himself notes, “I am preoccupied with the task of forging an incredibly diverse set of influences into a musical language that is identifiably my own. Jazz, rock, pop, avant-garde, minimalism: elements from all of these to inform my style. I also want my music to convey a sense of fun, a quality that is too often lost in the oh-so-serious world of contemporary music.”

FREE EVENT

Today’s concert will showcase the violin as a contemporary instrument, bringing together several works by leading Irish composers such as Donnacha Dennehy’s Overstrung (for violin and retuned violins on soundtrack) with Frank Lyons’ Rush (for violin and live electronics) and a world premiere of a new work by Jonty Harrison. This is the violin as you have never heard it before.

Donnacha Dennehy Overstrung Linda Buckley Exploding Stars Michael Alcorn Crossing the Threshold Frank Lyons Rush Simon Emmerson Stringscape Jonty Harrison Some of its Parts

Duration: 1hr Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £3.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk www.internationalcomposerpyramid.org

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Saturday, 12th May

THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL 2:30pm - 3:20pm – Laud Building (Lg16) CCCU

3:45pm – 5:45pm- Laud Building (Lg16), CCCU

In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University

In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University

As part of the Sounds New conference on contemporary British Music, keynote speaker, Philip Rupprecht will be discussing “The Style of the New: British Music between Avant-Garde and Pop”.

In this last session of the conference, we shall be examining various aspects of the Manchester School, focusing on the music of Harrison Birtwistle and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies:

Tickets: £5 (FULL) £4 (SN Friend) £2.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

Benjamin Davies: Grasping the nettle: Birtwistle’s pitch procedures

This ticket is valid for both keynote speaker sessions – Jonathan Cross and Philip Rupprecht.

Nicholas Jones: Interlacings: reflections on issues of autobiography in two works by Peter Maxwell Davies Jo Wilhelm Siebert: Multidimensional Openness. Peter Maxwell Davies’s Way with the Musical Tradition in the Late 60s Richard McGregor: The Victim and the Referential Source

Tickets: £5 (FULL) £4 (SN Friend) £2.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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THE NEW PLANETS

Grimethorpe Colliery Band

GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND WITH CANTATA FEMALE VOICES, CANTERBURY GIRLS CHAMBER CHOIR AND KING’S SCHOOL GIRLS CHOIR CONDUCTOR: FRANK RENTON 7.30pm – Canterbury Cathedral Quire The turning point in Grimethorpe's history was the appointment of Elgar Howarth as professional conductor and music adviser in 1972. Howarth's association with Grimethorpe was the inspiration behind the commissioning of new works by leading avant-garde composers of the time. Tonight we shall be listening to some of these ground-breaking Grimethorpe commissions followed by Stephen Roberts’ arrangement for brass band of Holst’s majestic The Planets.

Programme:

Harrison Birtwistle Grimethorpe Aria, Joseph Horovitz Euphonium Concerto with soloist Michael Dodd John McCabe Cloudcatcher Fells, Gustav Holst arr. Stephen Roberts The Planets Duration: 2 hrs [inc interval] Tickets: £18 (FULL) £16 (SN Friend) £9 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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SUNDAY, 13TH MAY

11am – 5pm Gulbenkian Theatre

WORLDWIDE MUSICAL MOTHERS’ DAY A FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY OF MUSICAL MAYHEM! Come and join us for a jamboree of music and artistic entertainment with the emphasis on fun and a celebration of childhood and motherhood. Bring your whole family for a pick and mix prize collection of art, drama and craft sessions, facepainting, flowery fun and food!

Workshops from 11am; Short concerts including music and dance from 12noon at regular intervals throughout the day, featuring Canterbury Christ Church Chamber Orchestra, Canterbury Youth Music Big Band, Wide-Eyed Theatre, Dance Warehouse and Simon Langton Girls School dancers and much, much more!

See website for more details: www.soundsnew.org.uk Later in the afternoon there will be a jazz workshop lead by jazz pianist Julian Joseph and in the evening he will perform with his group.

A day for children of all ages from nine to ninety!

For more detailed information, please visit our website, or contact Peter: peter.cook@soundsnew.org.uk Tickets: £5 Adults; Children FREE Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk www.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian

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JULIAN JOSEPH TRIO

Julian Joseph

7.30pm – Gulbenkian Theatre Julian Joseph is a virtuosic pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger and broadcaster, never failing to inspire with his mastery of the keyboard, the versatility of his musicianship and the seemingly limitless scope of his creative imagination. Tonight’s concert will feature a wide-ranging repertoire of original compositions and arrangements, all rooted in the jazz tradition but combined with Julian’s unique flair and imagination.

Julian Joseph (piano) Mark Hodgson (bass) Mark Mondesir (drums) Duration: 2hrs [inc interval] Tickets: £18 (FULL) £16 (SN Friend) £9 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk www.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian www.internationalcomposerpyramid.org

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MONDAY, 14TH MAY

1pm– St. Gregory’s Centre for Music WORKERS UNION ENSEMBLE CONDUCTOR: BEN OLIVER Sounds New are pleased to welcome a new contemporary music group, Workers Union Ensemble. Formed in 2008 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the ensemble is committed to pushing the boundaries of contemporary music through close collaboration with up-and-coming composers. Today’s concert is no exception. The programme will feature music by three young composers, alongside pieces by British stalwarts Mark Anthony Turnage and Michael Finnissy.

Duration: approximately 1 hour

Matthew Kaner Gauguin Sketches Michael Finnissy Young Brethren Mark-Anthony Turnage Two Elegies Framing a Shout for soprano sax and piano Ryan Latimer New work

2:30pm – 5:30pm St. Gregory’s Centre for Music OPEN MIC! – CURATE YOUR OWN SPACE! A day completely devoted to new music, curated by the composers/creators themselves with each of them presenting their new works. Anyone may apply to participate: Video, Dance, Art, Moving Image, Poetic responses, Installation, Electronics, Ensemble, solos… no boundaries! – A fantastic opportunity to vent off your creativity for all to see!

This will be a very significant day in Sounds New. A new exciting initiative where composers, sound artists, poets and performers are invited to “rent a space” for free and turn it into their own personal stage. It will be done in association with all the UK Conservatoires and will also be open to other individual artists and artistic projects.

To participate, contact the Festival Manager, Michelle Castelletti on 01227 780 800 or e-mail michelle@soundsnew.org.uk

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Duration: approximately 1 hour Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £3.50 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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FREE EVENT

Monday, 14th May

7:30pm – The Old Synagogue EVAN PARKER, SAM BAILEY & MATT WRIGHT WITH SIMON SMITH AND DAVID HERD In association with Sounds New Poetry (supported by the University of Kent) This exciting collaboration sees Sounds New poets, Simon Smith and David Herd, performing alongside two instrumentalists, pianist Sam Bailey and saxophonist Evan Parker, one of the most respected and high profile improvising musicians alive today. Mediating between these two duos will be composer and turntablist Matt Wright, who will use real-time sampling and audio processing to evoke a sense of movement through changing ambiences and environments as words, textures and sounds return and are reworked.

Tickets: £7 (FULL) £6 (SN Friend) £5 (student) Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door (subject to availability) and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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Tuesday, 15th May

THE KING'S SINGERS 7.30pm – New Marlowe Theatre Celebrate the Queen’s jubilee in style... with the Kings!

The King's Singers

One of the world’s most celebrated vocal groups The King’s Singers have a packed schedule of concerts, recordings, media and education work that spans the globe.

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Championing the work of young and established composers, they remain consummate entertainers; a class-act with a delightfully British wit. From Gesualdo and György Ligeti to Michael Bublé, The King’s Singers are instantly recognisable for their spot-on intonation, their impeccable vocal blend, the flawless articulation of the text and incisive timing. Tonight they will be performing their many new commissions and contemporary music in their repertoire: and a new work especially commissioned to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee!

David Hurley Countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright Countertenor Paul Phoenix Tenor Christopher Bruerton Baritone Christopher Gabbitas Baritone Jonathan Howard Bass

Bob Chilcott Days; A Flower given to my daughter; “anyone lived in a pretty how town”; Even such is time Peter Maxwell Davies Sea Runes John McCabe Scenes in America Deserta Paul Patterson Timepiece Benjamin Britten Choral Dances from Gloriana Paul Drayton A Rough Guide to Royal Succession Close Harmony “Royal” folk and pop songs Duration: 2hrs with interval Tickets: £30 (Premier Seats) £25, £20, £15, £10 Restricted View: £5 Booking available from: The Marlowe Theatre: 01227 787 787 on the door and online: www.marlowetheatre.com www.soundsnew.org.uk

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Sounds New 2012 — AT A GLANCE!

Friday • 4th May

Date

Event & Performers

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11am

Fanfares from the Tower CCCU BRASS ENSEMBLE

Augustine Hall

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1pm

All for One! [Educational Event] – Merlin’s Tale

St. Peter’s Methodist Church

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3pm

Open Ear 2012: David Toop

Sidney Cooper Gallery

3

4pm

Open Ear 2012: Salvage!

Sidney Cooper Gallery

3

5.30pm

Festival Evensong CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR

Canterbury Cathedral Quire

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6pm

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies – in conversation

Augustine Hall

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7.30pm

London Sinfonietta

Augustine Hall

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Whitefriars Square

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Gulbenkian Theatre

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Saturday • 5th May

10am – 5pm Bringing music to the heart of the city! Featuring: KYJO, University of Kent Big Band, St. Edmund’s Big Band, CCCU Big Band and Big Brand New! 7.30pm

Here’s a Song for You BBC BIG BAND

Sunday • 6th May

with Norma Winstone & Mike Gibbs 11am

Sunday Mass CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR

Canterbury Cathedral Quire

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1pm

Imaginary Orchestras – CoMA

St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

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2.30pm–

Choral Day with Paul Patterson

Augustine Hall

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4.30pm

Monday • 7th May Tuesday • 8th May Wednesday • 9th May

Time

5pm

Choral Day concert – Magnificat

Augustine Hall

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8pm

Move in Passion – Ensemble MidtVest

St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

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1pm

Sprite! – Rosanne Ter-Berg (flute) and Leo Nicholson (piano)

St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

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7.30pm

Quartets THE ARDITTI QUARTET

Augustine Hall

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10pm

Jack Hues & The Quartet

The Farmhouse

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All for[Educational One! [Educational – Idiophonics!

11am 11am All for One! Event] –Event] Idiophonics!

St. Peter’s Methodist St. Peter’s Methodist ChurchChurch 12

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1pm 1pm

St. Gregory’s for Music St. Gregory’s Centre Centre for Music 12

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A Scottish Shot! ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND A Scottish Shot! ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND

2pm-4pm workshop: Marianne 2pm-4pm Poetry Poetry workshop: Marianne BoruchBoruch

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Old Synagogue Old Synagogue

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Gwrthrychau Cyffredin (Common Objects) ENSEMBLE St. Peter’s Methodist 7.30pm7.30pm Gwrthrychau Cyffredin (Common Objects) RHODRIRHODRI DAVIESDAVIES ENSEMBLE St. Peter’s Methodist ChurchChurch 14

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Accordion & ROYAL Fiddle ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND Accordion & Fiddle CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND

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Pipe Sonorities – An IrishQUEEN’S Shot! QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST Pipe Sonorities – An Irish Shot!

UNIVERSITY BELFAST

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4pm 4pm

British Poetry sinceMichael 1950: Michael Schmidt British Poetry since 1950: Schmidt

DarwinDarwin College,College, LectureLecture

6pm 6pm

Reading, Found Text:Collis Steve&Collis Tony Lopez Reading, Found Text: Steve Tony &Lopez

8pm 8pm

POWERPLANT Film, Percussion & Electronics POWERPLANT – Film, –Percussion & Electronics

the Quartet with Michael Schmidt 5:30pm5:30pm Poetry Poetry and theand Quartet with Michael Schmidt

The Ballroom The Ballroom

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Friday • 11th May

Thursday • 10th May

Date Time

Event & Performers

Venue

11am

All for One! [Educational Event] – The Sounds New Roadshow!

Canterbury Christ Church University 18

1.15pm

In Praise of Dreams – Rhona McKail (soprano) & Yshani Perinpanayagam (piano)

St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

2.30pm

British Opera in Perspective Laud Building – Lg 16

Canterbury Christ Church University 19

6pm

An Opera in the Making! With John Croft and Loré Lixenberg

Turner Contemporary, Margate

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7pm

The Gallery Visit

Turner Contemporary, Margate

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8pm

Les Malédictions d’une Furie – Monodrama by John Croft with Loré Lixenberg

Turner Contemporary, Margate

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11am

Conference – The New Complexity Laud Building Lg 16,

Canterbury Christ Church University 21

1.15pm

Bhakti NEW PERSPECTIVES ENSEMBLE

St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

2.30pm

Conference: A Green and Pleasant Land?

– Jonathan Cross Laud Building Lg 16,

7.30pm

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The Veil of the Temple Featuring: Tenebrae, Canterbury Cathedral Choir, English Chamber Orchestra Ensemble Conductor: Nigel Short

Canterbury Cathedral Nave

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11am

Composition Workshop with Frank Lyons

Coleridge House,

1.15pm

Exploding Stars! DARRAGH MORGAN

2.30pm

Conference: The Style of the New – Philip Rupprecht Laud Building Lg 16,

Canterbury Christ Church University 24

3:45pm

Conference: The Manchester School Laud Building Lg 16,

Canterbury Christ Church University 24

7.30pm

The New Planets – GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND

Tuesday • 15th May

Monday • 14th May

Sunday • 13th May

Saturday • 12th May

Canterbury Christ Church University 23 St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

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With: CCCU Cantata Female Voices, Canterbury Girls Chamber Choir & King’s School Girls Choir

Canterbury Cathedral Quire

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11am-5pm

Family & Community Day

Gulbenkian Theatre

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7.30pm

Julian Joseph Trio

Gulbenkian Theatre

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1pm

Workers Union ensemble

St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

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Open Mic! – Curate your own space!

St. Gregory’s Centre for Music

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7.30pm

Feedback with Evan Parker, Sam Bailey, Matt Wright, Simon Smith & David Herd

The Old Synagogue

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The King’s Singers

New Marlowe Theatre

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THE FRINGE FREE RANGE

Recently set up by musician Sam Bailey, Free Range is an exciting weekly addition to the development and promotion of new music in Canterbury. Sounds New is proud to be collaborating with Free Range by taking over a monthly slot on the following dates. All events are free.

The venue can holda maximum of 40 audience members

Details: www.free-range.co Location: Veg Box Café, Jewry Lane, Canterbury.

Each night will run as follows: 7.30pm: Doors open – 8.30pm: Solo piano set – 9.00-10.00pm: listed Event – 11.00pm: Doors close Thursday 2nd February

– free jazz night with our new Chairman of the Friends. JPO perform their own take on jazz and funk with a Latin twist!

The Octet is made up of four players and their alter egos! We will only know which ego will be playing on the night itself!

Thursday 1 March st

– Almost Sober! Sounds New promotes new talent – a young and vibrant jazz quartet who will make Bach sound like Zappa.

Thursday 5th April

–The third Sounds New concert of this series will see the Sounds New team taking to their instruments!

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–This night is a live continuation of composer Janek Schaefer’s installation in the Sidney Cooper Gallery, starting with a procession of retro radios out of the gallery, down Canterbury high street and into the Veg Box Café.

A FULL LIST OF ALL FREE-RANGE EVENTS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE

Friday 24th February 2012 • 6pm – 10pm

Turner Contemporary MATT WRIGHT & EVAN PARKER In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University

“Evan Parker and Matthew Wright’s intriguing collaboration edits layers of live performance into a shimmering mist of undulating and unbroken sonic textures […] the result enthrals and soothes in equal measure.”

Mike Hobart, Financial Times on ‘Trance Map’, the new CD from Evan Parker and Matt Wright.

Born in Norwich in 1977 Matt Wright works as a composer, improviser and sound artist at the edges of concert and club culture, his output stretching from scores for early music ensembles and contemporary chamber groups to digital improvisation, turntablism, website installations and large events combing DJs, new music performers and digital media. Composed especially for performance at the new Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate, ‘Wavetable’ lets the sound of the sea flood into the gallery. It immerses the listener in an enthralling interactive installation, created with some of the UK's most innovative classical, jazz and improvising musicians, including saxophone legend Evan Parker.

Matt Wright and Evan Parker

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Saturday 3rd March – Sunday 4th March – Augustine Hall BATTLE OF THE BANDS WITH CARAVAN! In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University

Sounds New is excited to branch out into progressive rock this year with the influential band, Caravan. The weekend will comprise of workshops, masterclasses and an open rehearsal. Finally, a Battle of the Bands for the young talented bands of Canterbury will be adjudicated by Caravan with the winning band performing with Caravan in the following evening’s concert.

Caravan is an English band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan. They rose to success from 1968 into the 1970s as part of the Canterbury scene, blending psychedelic rock and jazz to create a distinctive sound like their contemporaries Soft Machine.

We are pleased that Caravan will be working with these young performers who think of them as their heros! Workshops & Open Rehearsals – FREE TICKETS at £10 which give access to both evening gigs are available from our Box Office at The Marlowe: 01227 787 787 www.marlowetheatre.com

Wednesday 21st March 2012, 7:30pm – Augustine Hall DEATH’S CABARET – A LOVE STORY MATTHEW SHARP: VIOLONCELLO SACCONI STRING QUARTET

'Extraordinarily impressive and effective … a spell-binding triumph.' (Evening Star) Death’s Cabaret is a ground-breaking new kind of concerto commissioned for cello and string quartet by celebrated composer Stephen Deazley and BAFTAnominated, award-winning writer Martin Riley. It is a unique and thrilling marriage of the 19th-century concerto form with the grime and sensuality of cabaret – both an innovation and a re-invention of an ancient tradition. Dangerous, intimate, raw and virtuosic, it promises to be an unforgettable night … as our hero discovers. Mistress Death comes to call. Your time upon this earth is up. When life is in the balance, what will save you? Love, music or waking from the nightmare? Let the performance of a lifetime begin!

THIS IS PART OF THE SOUNDS NEW LAUNCH BUT WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Tickets will be available at £10 [Full Price] £5 [students] from our Box Office at The Marlowe: 01227 787 787 www.marlowetheatre.com and on the door, subject to availability.

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Thursday 26th April, 6.30pm – Sidney Cooper Gallery JANEK SCHAEFER AND HIS LOCAL RADIO ORCHESTRA

Friday 27th April – Friday 4th May – Sidney Cooper Gallery SONIC ART INSTALLATION

In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University

An installation pre-Sounds New to culminate on the first day of Sounds New 2012 In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University Students from the BA (Hons) Creative Music Technology course at Canterbury Christ Church University display their sonic art work, involving headphone installations and surround sound pieces. This exhibition coincides with Janek Schaefer’s Local Radio Orchestra. It will culminate on Friday 4th May with a talk from internationally-recognised musician and author David Toop at 3pm, and a live performance from the students at 4pm.

Leading sound artist, musician, composer and former student of architecture, Janek Schaefer, delivers his work for radio orchestra, consisting of 12 classic portable radios spread throughout the Sidney Cooper gallery. With a transmitter Trunk full of FM transmitters, Janek’s pirate station hijacks the entire radio spectrum within a short radius. The audience is then invited to walk freely between each or move the radios to a new space, perhaps adjusting the volumes, tuning in and out to make infinite new arrangements.

“120 years ago the Radio was patented by Edison. The transmitter enabled one voice to broadcast to many remote people, and the limited range defined each local community. In the Local Radio Orchestra, this idea is combined with the engagement of the audience, who create a shuffling and shifting orchestra using the 12 classic portable radios, as they move them around and adjust the settings within range of the transmitter trunk.”

Monday 30th April, 2pm – Canterbury College Lanfranc Theatre Canterbury College, New Dover Rd AN OUTBURST OF TIME – DANCING TO SOUND AND FILM In Association with Royal Philharmonic Society & Canterbury Christ Church University

Canterbury Christ Church University Dance, Canterbury College with Dance Warehouse and Simon Langton Girls School perform a host of new dance with live and recorded sound. In association with the Royal Philharmonic Society, Philip Neil Martin’s string quartet ‘Outburst of Time’will be played to new choreography from Canterbury Christ Church University Dancers with film projection.

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A KENT COUNTY COUNCIL AND SOUNDS NEW COLLABORATION. Sounds New is proud to have the Kent Cultural Baton visiting Canterbury during the Festival.

THE KENT CULTURAL BATON The Kent Cultural Baton is a silver Airstream caravan, which has been travelling the county asking people to share local stories. The aim is to present the curious tales as a ‘map’, creating a snapshot of Kent’s fascinating people and places as part of the cultural celebrations for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

The Kent County Council project is lead by artist Nicole Mollett. It will be visiting Canterbury Sounds New Festival on May 4, 5 and 6 and will host delightful listening and visual experiences for anyone who dares to venture inside. Watch out for the amazing silver caravan in the City Centre and enter into a beautiful world of sound just for you.

The Kent Cultural Baton has been granted the Inspire mark by the London 2012 Inspire programme.

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New Music In Britain May 10 – May 12 An International Conference hosted by the Department of Music and Performing Arts Canterbury Christ Church University, England A conference on ‘New Music in Britain’, in association with Sounds New and the Institute of Musical Research (IMR), and supported by the Society of Music Analysis, will be hosted by the Department of Music and Performing Arts at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), from Thursday 10 to Saturday 12 May 2012. Building on the festival theme, the conference will provide an overview of the latest scholarly work on contemporary music composition, music-making and musicology in the British Isles. The conference keynote speakers include: Professor Philip Rupprecht (Duke University, USA), and Professor Jonathan Cross (Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK).

Proposals are invited on topics that address specific compositional and/or analytical aspects of individual composers, repertoires, genres, styles and performance practice, as well as topics on earlier twentieth-century music that explore legacy issues. Papers that are more historical, sociological, and/or cultural in nature are also welcome, as are those dealing with the broader contexts within which contemporary music of the British Isles has evolved. Possible themes might include, but are not limited to:

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To submit a paper and take part in the conference, or to attend or for further information, please contact: Dr. Eva Mantzourani Department of Music Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU. United Kingdom or visit the conference website: www.cccubritishmusic.org.uk

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soundsnewed Projects for Schools and the Community Hello from Peter Cook Sounds New is an international Contemporary Music Festival based in Canterbury, Kent, taking place in May 2012, 4-15.

We promote music of our time, offering opportunities for people of any age, background or ability to explore music through performance, listening and composition.

We invite you to take part.

Our education programme reaches out to schools and community groups offering a variety of ways to get involved. We want participants to be able to experience new music first hand and up close. Primarily, we work through the medium of sound, but we also find other ways to investigate; dance, poetry, photography and drama are just some of the genres we embrace.

We help to put people in touch with musicians, composers and other artists to find out more about great music by living composers. We also strive to draw out the artist in all of us.

All of our learning projects are linked in some way to the Festival Programme and we hope that you and your students or groups will want to participate in the Festival and also the project work.

Have a look at our project plans for the coming year and see if there is something for your students or group.

We are developing the projects right now, but to help us find the right person to talk to, why not contact us first to ensure your group can participate?

Contact Peter Cook peter.cook@soundsnew.org.uk

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All for One concerts for schools and the public Concert 1 Merlins Tale (Friday 4 May 1pm) is a new commission for seated audience by composer John Perfect. Schools and Community Groups will prepare passages of music to be performed on the day under the direction of the composer and Peter Cook. This will be an extraordinary concert with plenty of surprises, challenges and fun. The performers will be seated as the audience and enjoy their dual role as performer and audience all in one!

Concert 2 Idiophonics (Tuesday 8 May 11:00am) comprises new pieces performed on everyday objects or unusual idiophones. At this concert you will see and hear instruments never heard before. It is also linked to a concert in the festival by Joby Burgess who is also performing using recycled objects. com and be amazed.

Concert 3 Roadshow (Thursday 10 May 11:00am) is a concert by Christchurch University students performing pieces with extended techniques by contemporary composers. This concert will challenge and entertain the audience demonstrating how instruments are ingeniously used by contemporary composers and performers.

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Curious Curator Local schools and Colleges will use the current Sounds New concert programme as inspiration for new artwork which is then curated by students.

The resulting exhibition is shown in a local shop or community building in the centre of town.

In the past this in turn has inspired other responses both in music and in other artforms.

Participants are five secondary schools with Canterbury College as a key partner, and the general public invited too. Could your school take part?

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International Musical Mothers Day May 13 11am till 4pm A jamboree of musical and artistic entertainment with the emphasis on fun and celebration of childhood and motherhood. (It takes place on worldwide mothers day this year). From 11:00am there will be a host of art and music workshops, orchestral performances, flowery fun, food, drama, dance and new student compositions too.

Later in the afternoon there will be a jazz workshop lead by jazz pianist Julian Joseph and in the evening he will perform with his group.

Schools Composition Day Feb 22 9:15 -3:15 As part of the SN Composer’s Pyramid Project, GCSE and AS level students can attend this special day hosted by composer Paul Patterson and Peter Cook.

We will explore new music notation and offer opportunities for group work and performances.This day will be of great use for exam coursework. Participants will be invited to put a piece forward for the Family Day event on May 13 and a selection will also be offered an opportunity to have a seminar with Robert Saxton of Oxford University.

Free but booking is essential

Good Copy Free tickets in exchange for a written review or an artistic response This project is open to anyone and challenges participants to respond or review a concert from the Sounds New Festival Programme. We put the reviews or responses online and some are published in the local papers. We want people to value and evlauate the quality of the progamme and promote active listening.

Show your attitude and tell us what’s on your mind!

This is a perfect way to link writing and creativity to music. Write a poem, make a movie, choreograph a dance and send it to us. Let your imagination fly!

This picture was composed by Ben Young last year in response to the BBC Big Band

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Sounds New Roadshow Way In Way Out A concert at your place.

In Association with Canterbury Christ Church University Peter Cook and M.Mus students will perform new music to primary and secondary schools and community groups. Audiences will discover new music and new sounds all performed live. Peter will also explain more about Sounds New, its role, and how to really get involved.

Schools are exposed to very little contemporary music and this is a great way to introduce it in the school environment. We will come to you. Concerts are free until funding runs out so do contact me soon to book a concert.

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Make A Jazz Noise Here

Making Your Mark

Primary or Secondary Jazz workshops for schools.

Primary Schools Composition Workshops

This is a practical session and suitable for any ability.

Learn how to improvise with any instrument in an informal and friendly workshop with Peter Cook at your school.

Book an introduction to contemporary music composition exploring the elements of sound and the many ways of organising sounds into music. We will explore how composers have grappled with the tricky idea of marking out an aural form in a visual way so others can perform it. Suitable for infant and junior ages.

On May 13 we also have Julian Joseph coming to the Festival and he will be leading a workshop for experienced students.

Internships We want to work with interested people who wish to gain experience by working as a volunteer on one or more of our projects. Interns will need to show that they are excited about learning and have musical skills to match their enthusiasm. In return we can offer opportunities to work with some of the finest musicians in the world and ways to build their CVs to help them find work in the future.

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Idiophonics sound making workshops for Primary and Secondary Schools found sounds, new instruments An idiopohone is an instrument which vibrates when struck (like a triangle or wood block). This project is about exploring the extraordinary variety of sounds we walk past everyday. We will make instruments from found objects and everyday items, explore the four different ways of producing sound (aerophone, cordaphone, membranophone and idiophone) and make music with them. Participating groups will be invited to a special concert on May 8 in Canterbury when

we can see everything we have made and hear what sounds and compositions people have devised. There will also be a chance to show off the instruments and perform a selection of pieces at the Family and Community Day on May 13. We have a little funding to spend on introductory workshop sessions in schools so please contact Peter Cook if you and your school are interested. We want to hear form you.

Peter Cook, Sounds New Education 2012 peter.cook@soundsnew.org.uk

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PATRONS OF SOUNDS NEW The Very Reverend Robert Willis – Dean, Canterbury Cathedral Professor Robin Baker – Vice-Chancellor, Canterbury Christ Church University Nigel Douglas – Opera Singer & Writer John Harle – composer and saxophonist John Wallace OBE – Principal, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Professor Michael Wright CBE SOUNDS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ian Odgers (Chair) Peter Bolton Andrew Clague Nicholas Cleobury Richard Finn Michelle Moubarak – (rep., Canterbury City Council) Roderick Watkins SOUNDS NEW ARTISTIC BOARD Professor Paul Max Edlin (Artistic Director and Chair of Artistic Group) Michelle Castelletti Peter Cook Daniel Harding Professor Paul Patterson Professor Roderick Watkins SOUNDS NEW ADMINISTRATION Michelle Castelletti (Festival Manager) Peter Cook (Education Project Leader) Willie Cooper (Financial Administrator) John Perfect (Chairman of the Friends) Kammy Pike (Assistant) Sam Messer (Assistant) SOUNDS NEW POETS Patricia Debney David Herd Simon Smith INTERNS: Liam Bradbury-Sparvell, Elena Broese, Ashley Bye, Danny Glavin, Josh Thorne, Marius Reklaitis,

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All tickets available from box office as stated below.

Ticket collection Tickets paid for in advance may be collected at the door on the day, 30 minutes before the event.

Access For an Access Guide to all venues, places contact Sounds New on Tel: +44 (0)1227 780 800 or e-mail:

admin@soundsnew.org.uk The Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival reserves the right to make changes without prior notice. In the event of such changes taking place, information will be available on our website, at the box office/s and at the Sounds New office.

ALL TICKETS [EXCEPT ROVER TICKETS] MAY BE BOUGHT FROM The Marlowe Theatre The Friars Canterbury Kent CT1 2AS Box Office +44 (0)1227 787 787

CONCERTS HELD AT THE GULBENKIAN THEATRE CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED AT The Gulbenkian Theatre University of Kent Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NB

www.gulbenkiantheatre.co.uk [online booking also available] Box Office +44 (0)1227 769 075 ALL ROVER TICKETS MUST BE BOUGHT THROUGH THE SOUNDS NEW OFFICE SOUNDS NEW Contemporary Music Festival 8 Orange Street Canterbury, Kent CT1 2JA

info@soundsnew.org.uk www.soundsnew.org.uk Box office +44 (0)1227 780 800 TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR Tickets for, and related to, the operatic monodrama, Les Malédictions d'une Furie, may also be bought through Turner Contemporary.

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Conference tickets may be purchased from Canterbury Christ Church University Music Department

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eva.mantzourani@canterbury.ac.uk For further details and/or assistance, please contact Michelle Castelletti – Festival Manager

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