New Music Weekend
A packed weekend of concerts and workshops exploring new music with some of the UK’s most exciting contemporary music ensembles. Events include:
- An opportunity for local singers to explore and perform new experimental choral repertoire in an all-comers Choral workshop, led by James Weeks
- New music for instrumental ensemble from Cassandra Miller, Michael Finnissy, Zhouer Zhou and Laurence Crane, performed by Plus-Minus Ensemble
- A lunchtime recital of works for voice and violin from Riot Ensemble’s Sarah Dacey and Marie Schreer
- Public composition workshops on specially-written pieces by local schoolchildren and university students
- Pop-up performances by local artists and musicians throughout the weekend
The full programme will be announced in January, including ways to get involved as a performer or composer.
Kindly supported by funding from Vaughan Williams Foundation and Hinrichsen Foundation.