INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES

September -December 2016

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Welcome to the 2016-17 University of Leeds International Concert Series. Offering students, staff and members of the public the opportunity to hear a range of the finest classical and contemporary music, the Series continues to make a major contribution to the cultural life of Leeds.

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I feel honoured to be programming the University Concert Series and am delighted to introduce this season in my first year in this position.

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Highlights of the first half of this Series include the continuing collaboration with Leeds Lieder, this year exploring the songs of Mahler alongside those of his contemporaries, featuring award winning singers Ruby Hughes and Jennifer Johnston accompanied by Joseph Middleton. The Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Jac van Steen return to the University for a classical concert of Mozart and Haydn on 30 October. Free Friday lunchtime concerts include Schumann’s song cycle Frauenliebe und -leben, a jazz piano concert by Steinway Artist David Braid, a programme of impressionist and contemporary French music for clarinet and flute, Debussy Preludes performed by Ian Buckle, and Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata with cellist Peter Martens. The Series is interspersed with solo and ensemble concerts by performance students in the School of Music.

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The programme for the second half of the season is almost finalised and the brochure for this will be available in early January. Details of concerts can also be found at concerts.leeds.ac.uk. I hope you find much to enjoy in this year’s Series and I look forward to seeing you at concerts soon. Jessica Ward Concerts Coordinator

Welcome to the University of Leeds INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES 2016-17 September

November

Friday 30, 1:05pm Frauenliebe und -leben - Anna Huntley & Jonathan Ware

Friday 4, 1:05pm Debussy Preludes, book 1 - Ian Buckle

October

Friday 4, 5:00pm Masterclass with Jennifer Johnston & Joseph Middleton

Friday 7, 1:05pm Student Showcase Tuesday 11, 7:00pm Masterclass with Ruby Hughes & Joseph Middleton

Saturday 5, 7:30pm Mahler Song Series II - Jennifer Johnston & Joseph Middleton

Wednesday 12, 7:30pm Mahler Song Series I - Ruby Hughes (soprano) Joseph Middleton (piano)

Sunday 6, 3:00pm Leeds University Union Music Society Symphonic Wind Orchestra and Chamber Choir

Friday 14, 1:05pm Verge: Jazz Piano Concert with David Braid

Friday 11, 1:05pm Student Showcase

Saturday 15, 7:30pm Portrait Concert: Richard Barrett - L'Imaginaire

Sunday 13, 3:00pm Leeds University Union Music Society Chamber Orchestra

Friday 21, 1:05pm Espirit Français - Lovemusic Saturday 22, 7:30pm Guitar, The Heart of Spain Friday 28, 1:05pm Ferdinand David Quartet Sunday 30, 4:00pm Orchestra of Opera North

Friday 18, 1:05pm Peter Martens Saturday 19, 3:00pm Leeds University Union Music Society Concert Band and Brass Band Sunday 20, 3:00pm Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra Friday 25, 1:05pm School of Music Choir Sunday 27, 3:00pm School of Music Orchestra

December Friday 2, 1:05pm The Golden Thread Gamelan Ensemble Friday 9, 1:05pm Student Showcase concerts.leeds.ac.uk 3

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Anna Huntley, Photography by Kaupo Kikkas

Frauenliebe und -leben

Friday 30 September, 1:05pm Anna Huntley (mezzo-soprano) Jonathan Ware (piano) Johannes Brahms - Lieder: Ständchen, op 106 no 1 Spanisches Lied, op 6 no 1 O kühler Wald, op 72 no 3 Von ewige Liebe, op 43 no 1 Robert Schumann - Frauenliebe und -leben, op 42 Kurt Weil - The Saga of Jenny Flanders & Swann - The Warthog Jerome Kern - Bill Murray Grand - What’s a Lady like me? Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Anna Huntley studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music International Opera School. An outstanding lieder singer, recent highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Palais Eschenbach, Klavierfest Herten, Bath and St. Magnus Festivals. She made her debut with the Wiener Symphoniker at the Konzerthaus,

performed Beethoven’s Symphony no 9 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (broadcast by Radio 3) and Haydn’s Harmoniemesse with the Oxford Philharmonic conducted by Andras Schiff. Anna is joined by pianist Jonathan Ware who studied at the Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School and at the Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns Eisler’ Berlin, where he now teaches. He won the Pianist’s Prize at Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song and Das Lied Competitions, and in 2014 1st Prize in the International Hugo Wolf Competition. Recent engagements include recitals at Wigmore Hall with Benjamin Appl, Ann Murray DBE, Michael Collins, Robin Tritschler and Ailish Tynan. He has recorded for BBC Radio 3 with Peter Moore, was resident at the Verbier Festival Academy, and a mentor at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival Academy. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

SHE WAS RIGHT UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CHARACTER IN SCHUMANN'S EVERGREEN FRAUENLIEBE UND -LEBEN, USING HER ENDLESSLY PLIABLE VOICE TO MAXIMUM EFFECT The Scotsman, July 2015

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Student Showcase

Mahler Song Series I

An opportunity to hear work by students on performance courses in the School of Music. Programme to be announced.

Ruby Hughes (soprano) Joseph Middleton (piano)

Friday 7 October, 1:05pm

Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Masterclass with Ruby Hughes and Joseph Middleton

Tuesday 11 October, 7:00pm

Ruby Hughes and Joseph Middleton share their expertise and knowledge with young singers studying in the School of Music in a masterclass that is open to all to attend. Whether you are studying singing or just an interested audience member, this is your chance to gain an insight into the work that goes on behind the scenes of any recital. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Wednesday 12 October, 7:30pm Programme to include Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Songs of Youth, and late songs by Schumann. Ruby Hughes, a laureate of the BBC New Generation Artist’s Scheme and past winner of the BorlettiBuitoni Award opens our season with what will be a fascinating glimpse into the early writing style of Mahler. Ruby’s debut CD, recorded with Joseph Middleton, showcases her affinity for Mahler’s writing and it has been met with universal acclaim. Selected as ‘Record of the Month’ by BBC Music Magazine, Ruby’s voice is described as ‘exceptional…a perfect instrument of its kind.’ This concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for deferred broadcast. 6:30pm: Pre-concert talk Tickets: £20 Free - students and under 16s Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Hughes' voice is ravishing, her interpretations wonderfully fresh. Gramophone Magazine

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Ruby Hughes, photography by Barry Hale

Verge: Jazz Piano Concert with David Braid Friday 14 October, 1:05pm

Hailed in the Canadian press as ‘a jazz genius’ (Maclean’s Magazine), multi-Juno-Award-winning pianist David Braid has performed concerts of his original music and improvisations across Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, Australia, Brazil, The United States, and Canada. Combining principals fundamental to European classical music and the spontaneity of American jazz, Braid’s fusion of art music engages audiences with a style described as ‘refreshingly uncategorizable’ (Paris Transatlantic), and ‘hauntingly beautiful’ (The Globe & Mail). Recently, Braid’s arrangements and compositions were an integral part of the Chet Baker-inspired film, Born to Be Blue (IFC Films) starring Ethan Hawke; his jazz score received praise for its “contemporary patina without sacrificing period authenticity" (The Times, UK) Braid has released ten recordings, garnering six Juno nominations and two Juno awards; he is also a multi-National Jazz Award Winner and a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts' "JazzID Award". David Braid is a Steinway Artist, Artist-in-Residence at the University of Toronto, and a Special Associate Artist of Sinfonia UK Collective. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

BRAID’S TONE, TOUCH, CHORD VOICINGS AND IMAGINATION MAKE HIM ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING NEW PIANISTS I’VE ENCOUNTERED IN A LONG TIME. Doug Ramsey

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Portrait Concert: Richard Barrett

Esprit Français

Ensemble L'imaginaire: Keiko Murakami (flute) Adam Starkie (clarinet) Philippe Koerper (saxophone) Maxime Springer (piano)

Lovemusic: Emiliano Gavito (flute) Adam Starkie (clarinet) Daniel Gordon (piano)

Saturday 15 October, 7:30pm

Ensemble L'Imaginaire is committed to presenting audiences with strong musical experiences through their personal collaborations with living composers, through breaking down the boundaries of the “classical” concert experience, and by their outstanding performances. This project focusses on the powerful music of British composer Richard Barrett - from the apocalyptic interference for contrabass clarinet, to the subtle flute solo Dying Words II, this programme is sure to intrigue any music lover with an interested ear. Tickets: £10 Free - students and under 16s Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Friday 21 October, 1:05pm

Jacques Ibert - Aria Claude Debussy - Première Rhapsodie Betsy Jolas - Lovemusic Charles Koechlin - Flute Sonata, op 52 Florent Schmitt - Sonatine en trio, op 85 “… a beautiful love story told in music, one among many others… yours perhaps!”… This is how Betsy Jolas describes her piece for flute and bass clarinet. Lovemusic is part of our story and is one among many others. We promote and expand the repertoire for this unusual duo by playing lesserknown works and commissioning new pieces. This programme presents a selection of French works moving through the various shades of the impressionists and beyond demonstrating the massive aesthetic influence Debussy and his contemporaries have had on musical history. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

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Guitar, the Heart of Spain Saturday 22 October

Samuel Moore (flamenco guitar) Michael Christian Durrant (classical guitar) Flamenco Guitar Workshop with Samuel Moore 2:00pm - 3:30pm A unique opportunity to broaden your understanding of one of Spain’s greatest cultural phenomena with one of the UK’s top flamenco practitioners. This workshop guides active participants and observers through the many rhythmic forms that shape the flamenco tradition.

Classical Guitar Workshop with Michael Durrant 4:00pm - 5:30pm Michael Christian Durrant is one the UK’s top classical guitar concert recitalists, leading workshops and performing across Europe. During this workshop Michael explores the classical guitar tradition with active participants and observers, with a particular emphasis on Spanish repertoire.

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together the worlds of Flamenco and Spanish Classical Guitar, The Guitar; The Heart of Spain is an inspirational trip into the story of this magical instrument and its extraordinary relationship with the unique culture of Spain. Tickets (workshops and concert): £15 £13 (advance saver - available until 7 October) Free - students and under 16s Tickets (concert only): £10 £8 (advance saver - available until 7 October) Free - students and under 16s Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Guitar, the Heart of Spain 7:30pm This concert explores the magical story of the guitar in Spain, through a series of solo and duet performances by flamenco guitarist, Samuel Moore and classical guitarist, Michael Christian Durrant. Let two of the UK’s finest instrumentalists take you on an unforgettable journey through the colourful, passionate musical landscape of Spain. Bringing

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From Haydn to Brahms: a lost tradition of string playing Friday 28 October, 1:05pm

Ferdinand David Quartet: Clive Brown (violin) Ilias Devetzoglou (violin) David Milsom (viola) Kate Bennett Wadsworth (cello) Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D, op 64 no 5 "The Lark" Johannes Brahms - String Quartet in B flat, op 67 In this recital, we hear the music of the late 18th and 19th centuries very differently from that of the composers’ contemporary audience. Many features of performance hinted at in treatises and other documentary sources are difficult for us to interpret today because of the 20th-century ‘modernist’ rejection of older performing traditions that survived until the very early days of recording. Even among period-instrument performers, the implications of verbal and tone documents have scarcely been explored. The members of the Ferdinand David Quartet have focused intensively on rediscovering the sound and style of this period and in this concert they will use the bowed and fingered edition of Haydn’s quartet made by David, who was born a few months after the composer’s death. The performance of Brahms’ quartet, from the 1st edition, reflects the performing practices described in the new Bärenreiter edition of Brahms’ complete duo sonatas edited by Clive Brown, Neal Peres Da Costa and Kate Bennett Wadsworth. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

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Classical Works @ the Clothworkers with the Orchestra of Opera North Sunday 30 October, 4:00pm

Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Jac van Steen Soraya Mafi (soprano) Haydn - Symphony no 22 in E flat "The Philosopher" Mozart - Ah, lo previdi Mozart - Symphony no 29 in A, K201 Following last year's popular matinee concert at the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall the Orchestra of Opera North are delighted to return to the University of Leeds International Concert Series with music by two of the greatest and most prolific composers of all time Haydn and Mozart. Building on his relationship with the Orchestra of Opera North, Jac van Steen conducts a programme of classical masterpieces perfectly designed to showcase the talents of both Opera North's Associate Artist, Soraya Mafi and its orchestra. Tickets: £15 £13 (advance saver - available until 15 October) Free - students and under 16s Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

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Debussy Preludes, book 1

Mahler Song Series II

Ian Buckle (piano)

Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Middleton (piano)

Friday 4 November, 1:05pm

Frederic Chopin - Prelude in C sharp minor, op 45 Claude Debussy - Preludes, book 1 Debussy’s first book of Preludes is a cornerstone of piano literature, a pinnacle of sophistication in sonority and structure. Ian Buckle presents the set in its entirety, preceded by Chopin’s late Prelude in C sharp minor. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Masterclass with Jennifer Johnston and Joseph Middleton Friday 4 November, 5:00pm

Jennifer Johnston and Joseph Middleton share their expertise and knowledge with young singers studying in the School of Music in a masterclass that is open to all to attend. Whether you are studying singing or just an interested audience member, this is your chance to gain an insight into the work that goes on behind the scenes of any recital. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

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Saturday 5 November, 7:30pm

Programme to include Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder and Rückert Lieder and songs by Wagner and Liszt. Since graduating from the BBC New Generation Artist’s Scheme, Jennifer Johnston has forged an international career that places her at the forefront of British singers. Appearances this season include at the Salzburg Festival and La Scala Milan and with the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony and Cleveland Orchestras. Increasingly known as a superb Mahlerian, her rich-toned voice is perfectly suited to this repertoire. Her recent Wigmore Hall recital with Joseph Middleton drew enthusiastic reviews. This concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for deferred broadcast. 6:30pm: Pre-concert talk Tickets: £20 £18 (advance saver - available until 21 October) Free - students and under 16s Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Jennifer Johnston, photography by Gisela Schenker

THE RICHNESS OF JENNIFER JOHNSTON WAS, AS ALWAYS, A JOY TO LISTEN TO Bachtrack

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Leeds University Union Music Society

Sunday 6 November, 3:00pm Symphonic Wind Orchestra conducted by Jacob Smith Nigel Hess - Thames Journey John Williams - The Cowboys Frank Ticheli - Amazing Grace Chamber Choir conducted by Daniel Barnett Josef Rheinberger - Abendlied Charles Villiers Stanford - Beati Quorum Vir Rajaton - Butterfly Anton Bruckner - Christus Factus Est Thomas Tallis - Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter Moses Hogan - The Battle of Jericho Tickets: £7 (adults) £4 (students) £3 (LUUMS members) Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

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Student Showcase

Friday 11 November, 1:05pm Another opportunity to hear work by students on performance courses in the School of Music. Programme to be announced. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Leeds University Union Music Society

Sunday 13 November, 3:00pm Chamber Orchestra conducted by Tim Gillies Arvo Pärt - Siouan’s Song Maurice Ravel - Tombeau de Couperin Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony no 5 Tickets: £7 (adults) £4 (students) £3 (LUUMS members)

LUUMS Symphonic Wind Orchestra, photography by Rhian Hughes

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Peter Martens

Friday 18 November, 1:05pm

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Peter Klatzow - Sonata for Cello and Piano Shostakovich - Cello Sonata, op 40

Saturday 19 November, 3:00pm Concert Band conducted by Connor Martson

Cellist Peter Martens holds a PhD from Stellenbosch University where he studied in his formative years with Dalena Roux before studying with Heidi Litschauer at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He currently holds the position of Director of the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival. He is a member of the Amici String Quartet, enjoys chamber music with amongst others, Leon Bosch (double bass), David Juritz (violin), Benjamin Schmid (violin) and Leslie Howard (piano). Concerto engagements have resulted in collaborations with a number of fine conductors including Victor Yampolsky, Bernard Gueller, Douglas Boyd, Wolfram Christ, Nicholas Cleobury and Jonas Alber. He has participated in festivals in Russia, Holland, Salzburg, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Portugal as well has having performed in the UK and USA.

Karl Jenkins - Palladio David Rose and His Orchestra - The Stripper Eric Coates - Dambusters’ Concert March John Lennon - Imagine Nigel Hess - Christmas Overture

This programme include Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata and Peter Klatzow’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, a work with a strong sense of tonality (although extended very considerably) and a clear use of melodic shapes. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

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Brass Band conducted by Lewis Hammond John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever Malcolm Arnold - Little Suite for Brass Band no 1 Jim Swearington - Valero Ennio Morricone, arr. Sandy Smith - Wild West! Tickets: £7 (adults) £4 (students) £3 (LUUMS members) Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

A Portrait of Heinrich Biber Sunday 20 November, 3:00pm

Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra directed by Peter Holman Heinrich Biber (1644-1704) was the greatest Austrian composer of the seventeenth century, to be ranked with his contemporaries Marc-Antoine Charpentier in France and Henry Purcell in England. The centrepiece of this concert is Biber’s Missa Sancti Henrici, a mature masterpiece written in 1696 to mark his daughter becoming a nun; performed complete with motets and sonatas interspersed as in a church performance at the time. After the interval Leeds Baroque perform a selection of Biber’s secular instrumental music, including a virtuosic suite for two scordatura violins and continuo, the remarkable Battalia, vividly portraying seventeenth-century armies in action, and the popular Nightwatchman’s Serenade, in which the watchman can be heard calling out the hours in a chorale. Biber has long been one of Peter Holman’s favourite composers, and this concert is an appropriate way of celebrating his 70th birthday. Tickets: £18 £16 (advance saver - available until 5 November) Free - students and under 16s Howard Assembly Room

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Journeys in Jewish Choral Music Friday 25 November, 1:05pm

School of Music Choir directed by Stephen Muir Germany to Australia; Russia to South Africa and Finland; Austria to Britain. These are just some of the journeys taken by Jewish composers in the years immediately preceding the Second World War. Journeys of hope for a new start in a foreign land; journeys of fear for the future and the consequences of staying at home. Drawing on the work of researchers from the international project Performing the Jewish Archive, this concert charts the fate of four musicians (and their music) who fled the impending horrors of the Nazi regime. With perhaps one exception, their names are largely unfamiliar - Werner Baer, Froim Spektor, Simon Parmet, Hans Gál - but their considerable achievements belie their near posthumous anonymity. From synagogue music to secular part-songs; concert anthems to Yiddish folksongs. These composers’ music was suppressed or assumed lost after the Holocaust for a variety of complex reasons, many of them (prejudice, discrimination, anti-Semitism) uncomfortably familiar to us today. In many cases the music will receive its modern-day premiere, furthering our understanding of the journeys undertaken by émigré composers and the personalities behind the music. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

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School of Music Orchestra Sunday 27 November, 3:00pm George Kennaway (conductor) The University of Leeds School of Music Orchestra performs a tantalising programme including Nielsen's Helios and Schumann's Symphony no 3 in E flat major, op 97 “Rhenish”, a piece that balances the playful elements of the composer's work with more solemn, brass-led moments. The orchestra will be conducted by School of Music alumnus Dr George Kennaway who is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the University. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

The Golden Thread Music for Gamelan

Friday 2 December, 1:05pm The University of Leeds Gamelan Ensemble will perform a collection of traditional music, contemporary repertoire, and new pieces on the School of Music’s Javanese Gamelan. This set of bronze gongs and metallophones, named The Golden Thread in reference to Leeds’ strong connections with the textile industry, was hand-crafted in the court city of Surakarta in Central Java thirteen years ago. The ensemble is directed by Ángel Cataño Flores (MSc York), a former student of Dr Neil Sorrell and a performer, composer and educator with various gamelans, including York’s Gamelan Sekar Petak, and Hull’s Gamelan Kyai Sri Jaladri Naga. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

Student Showcase

Friday 9 December, 1:05pm Another opportunity to hear work by students on performance courses in the School of Music. Programme to be announced. Admission Free Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall

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Student Showcase, Finalist Platform and Ensemble Performance Student Showcase

After their first year of study, students from the School of Music majoring in solo performance are invited to perform alongside their peers, in Concert Series Showcase events, accompanied by the School Répétiteur, Daniel Gordon*. Participation in the Concert Series gives these students valuable experience in interpretation, stagecraft, performance preparation and mindset. With many of them progressing on to postgraduate conservatoire study or performance related jobs, performing in such a prestigious Series is seen as a key part of these students' development.

Finalist Platform

Weekly performance classes in the Concert Hall allow for the sharing of detailed performance critique between students and their peers, and between students and tutors. As well as regularly taking to the stage as soloists, through performance classes students broaden and deepen their musicianship, of both instrumental / vocal repertoires and genres. In turn, this experience helps students analyse each other’s performance, e.g. classical and jazz students critiquing one another. Finalist Platform concerts celebrate solo performance, with a single student taking centre stage for the entire performance. *The School of Music has its own Répétiteur, Daniel Gordon: as well as organising and tutoring performance classes, Daniel accompanies student performers in classes, exams, concerts, masterclasses and auditions. 22

Ensemble Performance

The School of Music’s Ensemble Performance modules provide opportunities for students to participate in a range of instrumental and vocal groups led by staff and external practitioners. The ensemble line-up varies from year to year, and can include orchestra, choir and ‘The Band Project’, as well as opportunities to perform contemporary music through LSTwo, and to explore new playing styles and approaches in groups such as Gamelan or Percussion Ensemble. Students are exposed to a broad range of approaches to interpreting music, rehearsal and ensemble performance, and also benefit from the knowledge and insight of staff, many of whom have worked and often continue to work professionally or semiprofessionally as conductors and musical directors.

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Photograph by Ryan Blackwell

How to book Tickets can be purchased online, by post or telephone.

Advance Purchase

Tickets purchased up to 14 days prior to the performance attract a £2 per ticket discount.

Online

Ticketed concerts can be booked and paid for online via the concerts web page at: concerts.leeds.ac.uk

Post

Send a note of your ticket requirements, your contact details (phone number/email address) and a cheque made payable to University of Leeds with a self addressed envelope to: The Concert Series Box Office, School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT.

Telephone

Tickets can be bought over the phone using a debit/credit card by calling 0113 3432584 during box office hours.

On the Door

Remaining tickets are available on the door from 30 minutes before the concert is due to start.

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General information Contact Us

Accessibility

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The Concert Hall is fully accessible, with reserved spaces for wheelchair users and their carers. Assistance dogs are welcome.

Ticket Reservations

Programme Details



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To reserve tickets for any concert email details of your requirements to [email protected] or telephone 0113 3432584. To attract advance purchase discount, payment must be received 14 days prior to the performance. Late reservations (at full price) will be held until 20 minutes before the performance.

Published details are correct at the time of going to press. The Concert Series reserves the right to vary the programme in the case of unforeseen circumstances and will provide due notice whenever possible.

Seating

Seating for all performances is unreserved unless otherwise stated.

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Students and Young People

Public Transport

All concerts are free to students and young people in full-time education; proof of status (student ID card) may be required.

Concert Series Pass

Make the most of the diverse range of concerts on offer with a Concert Series Pass. A single payment of £60 provides admission to the 2016-17 Series.

Clothworkers Bar

The newly appointed, fully licensed Clothworkers Bar will be open for every concert. Serving wines, spirits, mixers, soft drinks, tea and coffee, and a range of snacks, this new facility promises to make the Concert Series experience a more sociable one. Take full advantage and pre-order your interval drinks, avoid queues for the bar, relax and enjoy the break.

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