Martin Harris Centre events

Thursday 16th February 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

One of the wackiest and wickedest compositions for string quartet, matched against the genial mastery of mid-period Haydn.

Thursday 16th February 2012, 2:30pm

Quatour Danel Seminar: �Masters of Composition�

Seminar: �Masters of Composition�

Friday 17th February 2012, 1:10pm

MUMS: Contemporary Works

Join us for the first of our free Lunchtime Concert series.

Friday 17th February 2012, 7:30pm

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

Weinberg�s colossal six-movement Sixth Quartet was the audience choice at the Quatuor Danel�s ground-breaking complete cycle two years ago.

Saturday 18th February 2012, 7:30pm

University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra

The Symphony Orchestra returns with Ravel's infamous Sh�h�razade - but with a twist - a rare performance with tenor soloist Timothy Langston.

Wednesday 22nd February 2012, 7:00pm

UMDS Festival Show: What's Wrong With Angry?

With seven shows over four weeks, the MIFTA�s is the biggest event of the Drama Society�s calendar and this year will be bigger and better than ever!

Thursday 23rd February 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Jeremy Huw Williams (Baritone) with Richard Whalley (Piano)

Beethoven�s, An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98, will be followed by Six Songs of Old Japanese Wisdom by Richard Whalley, and the English premi�re of Twilight

Thursday 23rd February 2012, 7:00pm

UMDS Festival Show: What's Wrong With Angry?

With seven shows over four weeks, the MIFTA�s is the biggest event of the Drama Society�s calendar and this year will be bigger and better than ever!

Friday 24th February 2012, 7:30pm

Psappha

The University of Manchester�s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence

Friday 24th February 2012, 7:00pm

UMDS Festival Show: What's Wrong With Angry?

With seven shows over four weeks, the MIFTA�s is the biggest event of the Drama Society�s calendar and this year will be bigger and better than ever!

Monday 27th February 2012, 6:30pm

LITERATURE LIVE: Gregory O�Brien, Rebecca Perry and Rachel Connor

The latest event in the Literature Live series, with Gregory O�Brien, Rebecca Perry and Rachel Connor

Thursday 1st March 2012, 8:00pm

Jonny Sweet

Named best newcomer in the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Thursday 1st March 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Clare Hammond (piano)

Acclaimed by the Daily Telegraph as a pianist of �amazing power and panache�.

Saturday 3rd March 2012, 6:00pm

MANTIS Spring Festival 2012

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. MANTIS returns to the John Thaw Studio Theatre for 3 concerts of electroacoustic works.

Saturday 3rd March 2012, 7:30pm

MANTIS Spring Festival 2012

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. MANTIS returns to the John Thaw Studio Theatre for 3 concerts of electroacoustic works.

Saturday 3rd March 2012, 12:00am

New Music North West Festival 2012

3-10 March 2012 Festival showcasing the musical brilliance and diversity which we all have on our doorstep here in the North West.

Sunday 4th March 2012, 2:00pm

MANTIS Spring Festival 2012

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. MANTIS returns to the John Thaw Studio Theatre for 3 concerts of electroacoustic works.

Monday 5th March 2012, 6:30pm

LITERATURE LIVE: Rupert Thomson, Patrick McGuinness

The latest event in the Literature Live series, with Rupert Thomson, and Patrick McGuinness.

Monday 5th March 2012, 1:15pm

Lunchtime Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Monday 5th March 2012, 2:30pm

Exploring the North West with David Horne

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012 Through spoken, audio and video presentations, this afternoon's wide-reaching survey will give a taste of the creative range featured in the Festival.

Monday 5th March 2012, 5:15pm

Chamber Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. A selection of new works by composers from the RNCM and the University of Manchester

Monday 5th March 2012, 7:30pm

RNCM New Ensemble and Vaganza

Part of the New Music North West Festival. The transparency of Geoff Poole, contemplation of James Wishart, eclecticism of Anthony Gilbert, pianism of David �na�, plus two new student works

Tuesday 6th March 2012, 1:15pm

Lunchtime Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Tuesday 6th March 2012, 2:30pm

Vaganza Young Composers Workshop

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. A celebration of the creativity of the youngest generation.

Tuesday 6th March 2012, 5:15pm

Vaganza & RNCM New Ensemble Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. New works by composers from the RNCM and The University of Manchester

Tuesday 6th March 2012, 7:30pm

RNCM Brass Band and University of Salford Brass Band

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Wednesday 7th March 2012, 7:30pm

Vaganza and Psappha with RNCM New Ensemble

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Wednesday 7th March 2012, 1:15pm

Lunchtime Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Wednesday 7th March 2012, 2:30pm

Music by Manchester Composers

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. Jamie Forbes Thompson performs works for piano by Manchester composers past and present

Wednesday 7th March 2012, 5:15pm

Chamber Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Thursday 8th March 2012, 1:15pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

Part of the North-West Composers� Festival 2012. Compositions by University and Royal Northern College lecturers show us the diversity and mastery of Manchester-based string quartet composition.

Thursday 8th March 2012, 2:30pm

Quatour Danel Seminar: �Doctors of Composition�

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012 Seminar: �Doctors of Composition� - The Quatuor Danel workshops quartets by the University�s PhD students

Thursday 8th March 2012, 4:15pm

Colin Matthews in conversation

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Thursday 8th March 2012, 1:15pm

RNCM Saxophone Ensemble

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Thursday 8th March 2012, 7:30pm

BBC Philharmonic and RNCM New Ensemble

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Friday 9th March 2012, 7:30pm

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

The last of Mendelssohn�s six quartets is his most dramatic and Beethovenian. Similar qualities, in a more voluptuous language, define C�sar Franck�s sole quartet.

Friday 9th March 2012, 1:10pm

MUMS: Opera Scenes

The second of our free Lunchtime Concert series

Friday 9th March 2012, 1:15pm

Lunchtime Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Friday 9th March 2012, 2:30pm

Sound Ideas - RNCM Outreach

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. A performance of new works by GCSE students

Friday 9th March 2012, 5:15pm

Afternoon Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Friday 9th March 2012, 7:30pm

Ensemble 10/10

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012 - featuring Adam Gorb�s Anya 17

Friday 9th March 2012, 9:45pm

Late Night Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012

Saturday 10th March 2012, 7:30pm

University of Manchester String and Chamber Orchestra

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. Tonight�s programme is full of Central European music.

Saturday 10th March 2012, 2:00pm

Junior RNCM New Music Day

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. An opportunity for young composers aged 18 and under to meet together and receive feedback on their scores

Saturday 10th March 2012, 4:00pm

Junior RNCM Composers� Concert

Part of the New Music North West Festival 2012. A performance of works by past and present Junior RNCM students

Monday 12th March 2012, 6:30pm

Colm T�ib�n in Conversation with Roy Foster

Colm T�ib�n will be in conversation with acclaimed historian and Yeats biographer Roy Foster

Thursday 15th March 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Student Showcase

A recital featuring the talents of undergraduate and postgraduate star performers.

Friday 16th March 2012, 7:30pm

Ad Solem - University of Manchester Chamber Choir

Join Ad Solem, the Music Society's elite chamber choir, as they return with a selection of English choral works.

Saturday 17th March 2012, 7:30pm

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO)

Manchester University Wind Orchestra returns for their second concert of the season

Tuesday 20th March 2012, 7:30pm

Manchester University Big Band

Manchester University Big Band returns with another brilliant concert

Thursday 22nd March 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Dream Spaces: music for flute & live electronics

A programme of strange & beautiful works

Friday 23rd March 2012, 1:10pm

MUMS Chamber Ensemble

Join us for a rare performance of the chamber version of Mahler�s 4th Symphony

Thursday 1st January 1970, 1:00am

British Red Cross Conference: Women & Asylum

Recognising, representing and working together to resolve issues facing women in the asylum system

Thursday 19th April 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Simon Turner (cello)

Simon Turner, cellist with the Hall� returns to the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series

Friday 20th April 2012, 1:10pm

MUMS: Classical Works

Join us for the fourth of our free Lunchtime Concert series

Thursday 26th April 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - GAMELAN DEGUNG

University Music students, with guests, offer a dynamic programme of music for Gamelan Degung

Friday 27th April 2012, 1:10pm

Manchester University Baroque Orchestra

Join the University's own period-performance ensemble for a concert celebrating some of the favourites of the drawing rooms and concert rooms of Baroque England

Saturday 28th April 2012, 7:30pm

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

Manchester University Chorus performs Tippett�s inspirational and spiritual Child of Our Time, with Manchester University Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 3rd May 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Caf� Mozart presents: Haydn � l�anglaise

Join us for another of our free Lunchtime Concert series

Tuesday 8th May 2012, 6:30pm

Colm T�ib�n with Paul Durcan

Colm T�ib�n and Paul Durcan will read from new work at Professor T�ib�n�s final Manchester event.

Thursday 10th May 2012, 1:10pm

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

Mozart�s heavenly clarinet quintet still stands as the greatest masterpiece for the medium; hear it alongside a fresh contribution to the genre from up-and-coming composer Emily Howard.

Thursday 10th May 2012, 2:30pm

Quatuor Danel Seminar: �Inevitable Rifts�

Seminar: �Inevitable Rifts� - Professor emeritus John Casken discusses his recent music and illustrates his new quintet.

Friday 11th May 2012, 7:30pm

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

John Casken�s new string quintet pits the lower three instruments against the upper two, while Schubert achieves heavenly length and harmony.

Thursday 1st January 1970, 1:00am

MUMS: ESTIVAL 2012

The University of Manchester�s answer to the �PROMS�

Thursday 1st January 1970, 1:00am

NOVARS Research Centre presents: Interactive Audiogames Showcase

This participative event showcases a number of interactive virtual environments and sound-centric games merging the best of academia and the entertainment industry.

Monday 16th July 2012, 7:30pm

Hall� Youth Orchestra

The Hall� Youth Orchestra and its talented Music Director, Andrew Gourlay, present this Russian themed programme

Tuesday 17th July 2012, 7:30pm

Hall� Youth Choir

The Hall� Youth Choir, with new Youth Choir Director, Richard Wilberforce, present a concert for a summer evening