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.

Date

01 - 02 March

Time

All Day

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Location

Durham University Music School
Durham University Music School
Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL

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