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Autumn 2016
September – December
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Welcome Welcome to our Autumn Concert Diary. As we count down towards our arrival at the new Conservatoire in less than a year’s time, things are undoubtedly different this year. But, although we have lost our beloved Adrian Boult Hall, we have taken this as an opportunity to get ‘out and about’ in the city and we will be performing at Symphony Hall, Town Hall, the cathedrals of St Philip’s and St Chad’s, the CBSO Centre and St Paul’s Church in the Jewellery Quarter to name but a few. At the Conservatoire itself we continue to offer world renowned artists at less than half the price you can hear them anywhere else! Singers are particularly well represented this autumn with concerts and masterclasses from charismatic soprano Danielle de Niese and distinguished tenor Christoph Prégardien (will you EVER get the chance to hear such artists at such close quarters again?) And our exciting Max Reger Festival includes recitals by organist Thomas Trotter and cellist Johannes Goritzki, who will be partnered by our own Head of Keyboard Studies, John Thwaites.
CONCERTS RECITALS REHEARSALS WORKSHOPS
So, as always, much to discover, learn and enjoy this autumn at the Conservatoire and once again. I urge you to ‘comb through’ this diary’s pages very carefully so that you don’t miss out! Julian Lloyd Webber Principal, Birmingham Conservatoire
MEETINGS CONFERENCES EXHIBITIONS PRODUCT LAUNCHES DRINKS RECEPTIONS
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Autumn season highlights P12
P9
P17
P22
P27
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FRI 14 – TUE 18 OCT
TUE 18 OCT
TUE 8 NOV
THU 1 DEC
FRI 2 DEC
FRI 16 DEC
REGER FESTIVAL
CELEBRITY RECITAL: CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN & CHRISTOPH SCHNACKERTZ
THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE
UP FROM THE SKIES BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA PLAYS JIM MCNEELY
BRASS CLASSICS AT ADVENT
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA
P21
P18
P27
MON 26 SEP MONDAY SHOWCASE
DEBUSSY, FAURÉ, BRAHMS 1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
MON 14 NOV
FRI 18 NOV
TUE 29 NOV
REMEMBER ME – MUSIC BY HENRY PURCELL
FRONTIERS + MICHAEL OESTERLE
CHILINGIRIAN QUARTET
Elise Fairley soprano Jonathan French piano Poulenc Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin Duparc L’invitation au voyage Debussy Le jet d’eau Fauré Hymne Andrew Randall baritone Bernard Tan piano
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Caplet Cinq ballades Françaises de Paul Fort Samantha Oxborough mezzo-soprano Jonathan French piano Brahms Zwei Gesänge Dowland Flow my Tears Rodrigo Adela Quilter Love’s Philosophy
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TUE 27 SEP
Dr David Baltuch
PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
PEI-CHUN LIAO & BENJAMIN FRITH (DUO PIANO RECITAL) 1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Messiaen Visions de l’Amen Taiwanese pianist Pei-Chun Liao performs internationally as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician and has made appearances at prestigious venues around the world including her UK debut at Symphony Hall where her recital received a special mention.
Suzie Purkis
She is joined for this platform by Benjamin Frith, winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition and the UK Dudley National Piano Competition.
TUE 4 OCT PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
SUZIE PURKIS (MEZZO SOPRANO)
Ben is also a member of the Gould Piano Trio and Professor at the RNCM.
1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door
TUE 4 OCT PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR
Suzie Purkis mezzo soprano James Keefe piano
DR DAVID BALTUCH: CAN WE VIEW ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING AS A METAPHOR FOR MUSICAL MEANING?
Programme to include songs by Purcell, Ives and Eisler
MON 3 OCT MONDAY SHOWCASE
WARLOCK, MAHLER, SCHUMANN
Tommy Hill oboe Joanne Sealey piano
Elouise Waterhouse soprano Jonathan French piano
Poulenc Sonata for Oboe and Piano Handel Oboe Sonata in F, HWV 363a Marcello Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor, S.Z799 Saint-Saëns Oboe Sonata in D, Op.166
Warlock In an arbour green Warlock Robin Goodfellow Warlock The love maze Mahler Ich bin die Welt abhanden gekommen (Rückert Lieder) Gurney Snow Gurney A Cradle Song Gounod Stefano’s Aria (Romeo and Juliet)
Clara Schumann Variations de concert, Op.8
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Music is often referred to as a universal language. How much of a language and how universal it is remains subject to investigation. In this paper David Baltuch (Director, Académie de Farciennes, Belgium, and recent PhD graduate of the Conservatoire) will deal with music as performed.
Since graduating she has been employed by Diva Opera, Buxton Festival Opera, Kentish Opera and Graham Vick’s Birmingham Opera Company.
1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
Jing Yi Zhu piano
3.30pm New Lecture Theatre £4
Suzie Purkis began her vocal training at Birmingham Conservatoire where she won a scholarship and many prizes. After completing her studies there she was awarded a Silver Medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians for Excellence in Performance.
Operatic roles and scenes performed include Juno (Semele), Ottavia (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Carmen (Carmen), Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors). Her performance of Michael Wolters’s short opera, The Voyage, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. 'Purkis’ poised delivery conveying a wonderfully lyrical sense of line through wide-spanning intervals.' Christopher Morley, Birmingham Post
In the first part, Dr Baltuch will summarise his doctoral dissertation, analysing practitioners’ testimonies about orchestral conducting. In the second part, he will address the issue of musical meaning as it appears, notably, through the history of musical performance. Finally, he will play and discuss part of Mahler’s Second Symphony, conducted respectively by Bernstein and Boulez, in the quest of possible variations of meaning induced by each interpretation. How universally understood these variations are could be the subject of the final discussion with the audience.
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WED 5 OCT LIVE JAZZ BROADCAST
BROADCAST I 1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) Join us for a live recording of some of our best senior jazz students.
Elsabé Raath
TUE 11 OCT
MON 10 OCT
PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
MONDAY SHOWCASE
MOZART, BARTÓK, MESSIAEN
ELSABÉ RAATH (VIOLA)
1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door
Georgiana Hughes flute Joanne Sealey piano
Elsabé Raath viola Robert Markham piano
Gieseking Sonatine for flute and piano Messiaen Le merle noir
Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor Op.120, No.1 Hindemith Sonata for solo viola Op.25, No.1 Enescu Concert Piece for viola and piano
Jeffrey Armstrong violin Charles Matthews piano Mozart (arr. Kreisler) Rondo from Haffner Serenade Hindemith Violin Sonata, Op.11 No.1 Simone Damiani piano Mozart Adagio in B minor, K.540 Bartók Piano Sonata, Sz.80
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This concert opens with George Enescu's Concert Piece. Although a violinist, he shows a sincere understanding of the viola, taking the listener through a variety of emotions and sound colours. Followed by Brahms's romantic F minor Sonata and concluded by the wonderfully diverse and robust Solo Sonata by Paul Hindemith, this programme promises an exciting mixture of core repertoire for the viola, performed by Elsabé Raath, who is studying Conservatoire's flagship Professional Performance programme.
Rex Richardson
FRI 14 OCT TRUMPET & CORNET FOCUS DAY
TRUMPET MASTERCLASS, CELEBRITY RECITAL & ALFRED CORFIELD TRUMPET COMPETITION Recital Hall 4.30pm-6pm Public Masterclass 7pm Celebrity Recital and Alfred Corfield Trumpet Competition £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door £5 under 18s Rex Richardson international trumpet soloist and clinician supported by Yamaha Joanne Sealey piano A chance to hear one of the most versatile performers in the trumpet world today. Rex Richardson gives a masterclass, celebrity recital and adjudicates The Alfred Corfield Trumpet Prize featuring some of the Conservatoire’s top trumpet students. Venues, Concerts & Events Office: 0121 331 5909
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Reger Centenary Festival FRI 14 – TUE 18 OCT
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FRI 14 OCT
SUN 16 OCT
REGER CENTENARY FESTIVAL
REGER CENTENARY FESTIVAL
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT
ORGAN MASTERCLASS WITH ULRICH WALTHER
7.30pm St Chad’s Cathedral £5 (£3) Members of Birmingham Conservatoire Organ Department perform works by JS Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Reger.
1.30pm St Chad’s Cathedral £5 (£3)
Aleksey Vylegzhanin
Ulrich Walther
Anna Barsegjana
SUN 16 OCT REGER CENTENARY FESTIVAL
SOLO SUITES AND CHAMBER MUSIC
"Sir: I am seated in the smallest room in the house. Your review is before me. Shortly it will be behind me." Max Reger, in response to a critic.
Bavarian-born composer, pianist and organist, Max Reger died one hundred years ago at the age of only 43 in Leipzig, the city at the centre of his professional life. His Leipzig Conservatoire class included Jaroslav Kvapil, George Szell and Rudolf Serkin. Reger's output of choral, keyboard and chamber music is enormous and the exuberant chromaticism of his mature style, complemented with polyphonic complexity but framed in the classical models of the central Austro-German tradition make his music amongst the finest of the late flowerings of romanticism whilst also forming a bridge to the Second Viennese School.
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This festival offers a wonderful opportunity to hear his often neglected music, and to meet some of the most illustrious proponents of it. Events are individually priced or a festival ticket is available which gets you into all events (excluding Town Hall) for £25 (£15) advance or £30 (£20) on the door.
SAT 15 OCT REGER CENTENARY FESTIVAL
ORGAN RECITAL BY ULRICH WALTHER 3pm St Chad’s Cathedral £5 (£3) Winner of the St Albans International Organ Competition and Professor of Organ in Graz, Ulrich Walther plays music by Max Reger and Reger’s arrangements of music by JS Bach.
SAT 15 OCT REGER CENTENARY FESTIVAL
SOLO PIANO WORKS OF REGER 6.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Hear solo piano works of Reger played by the talented junior and senior piano students of the Conservatoire.
3pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Yue Yu viola Solo Viola Suite No.1 in G minor, Op.131d Arthur Bocaneanu piano Jeffrey Armstrong violin Yue Yu viola Piano Trio No.1 in B minor, Op.2 Anna Barsegjana viola Solo Viola Suite No.2 in D, Op.131d Luke English clarinet Joanne Sealey piano Clarinet Sonata No.3, Op.107 Matthew Johnstone viola Solo Viola Suite No.3 in E minor, Op.131d Ken Lim piano Alicja Humeniuk violin Maja Pluta violin Mabon Llyr viola Griffith Wadkin cello Piano Quintet No.2 in C minor, Op.64 Venues, Concerts & Events Office: 0121 331 5909
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MON 17 OCT REGER CENTENARY FESTIVAL
THOMAS TROTTER: REMEMBERING REGER 1pm Town Hall £6 (£5) Tickets can be booked through the Town Hall Symphony Hall box office, either online at www.thsh.co.uk, by ringing 0121 780 3333, or in person at the Town Hall and Symphony Hall box offices. Reger Toccata & Fugue, Op.59 Reger Consolation, Op.65 Reger Chorale-Fantasia: Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, Op.40, No.2 Reger Benedictus, Op.59 Reger Chorale-Fantasia: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Op.52, No.2 Max Reger was the last of the great German organ masters, and his music brings the tradition of Buxtehude and Bach into the world of Mahler and Strauss. In other words, it’s simply magnificent, and 100 years after Reger’s death Thomas Trotter pays homage with a stirring lunchtime programme.
Johannes Goritzki
TUE 18 OCT REGER CENTENARY FESTIVAL
JOHANNES GORITZKI (CELLO) CELEBRITY RECITAL 7.30pm Lyttleton Theatre, BMI £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door Johannes Goritzki cello John Thwaites piano Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello in C, Op.102, No.1 Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello in D, Op.102, No.2 Reger Sonata for Cello and Piano No.4 in A minor, Op.116 Johannes Goritzki is one of the legendary cellists of our time. He studied with Casals, Cassado and Navarra, and in his early career worked with Menuhin, Serkin and Végh. His students in this country alone include Paul Watkins, Jane Salmon, Melissa Phelps, Kirsten Jenson, Amanda Truelove and Richard Lester.
Henry Fairs
MON 17 OCT REGER CENTENARY FESTIVAL
POST CONCERT TALK: REGER AND THE STRAUBE TRADITION THOMAS DAHL (HAMBURG) AND HENRY FAIRS (BIRMINGHAM) 2.30pm Birmingham Conservatoire Free admission – please register with Katie.Bostridge@bcu.ac.uk 12
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Johannes has a special love for, and understanding of, the works of Reger. He has championed Reger's monumental late Cello Sonata all his life. This is a very rare opportunity to hear a virtuoso work of staggering power.
Christoph Prégardien
Christoph Schnackertz
TUE 18 OCT PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN (TENOR) & CHRISTOPH SCHNACKERTZ (PIANO) 1.05pm Recital Hall £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door
MASTERCLASS:
5pm £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Joint ticket for masterclass and recital £14 (£12) advance £16 (£14) on the door Christoph Prégardien tenor Christoph Schnackertz piano
His extensive repertoire includes the great baroque, classical and romantic oratorios and passions.
Programme includes works by Britten, Bruch and Schubert.
He is joined on piano by Christoph Schnackertz, a recipient of a scholarship from the Yehudi Menuhin LiveMusicNow Köln e.V., and is the prizeholder of the Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Competition in Berlin.
Christoph Prégardien, one of the most distinguished lyric tenors of our time, has worked with conductors such as Barenboim, Chailly, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, and Nagano.
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WED 19 OCT
MON 17 OCT
LIVE JAZZ BROADCAST
MONDAY SHOWCASE
ROSSINI, GLAZUNOV
BROADCAST II
1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4)
Catherine Thomas horn Joanne Sealey piano
Join us for a live recording of some of our best senior jazz students.
Glazunov Reverie Op.24 Rossini Prelude, Theme and Variations for Horn and Piano
FRI 21 OCT GUEST ARTIST
FRONTIERS TRIO
TUE 18 OCT
6.30pm Recital Hall £10 (free for Conservatoire Students)
SPECIAL EVENT
MELLOW MARIMBAS AND VIBRANT VIBES 7pm Studio, Royal Spa Centre, Leamington £10 (£1) Tickets available from www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre Winners of the 2016 Leamington Music Prize, Yu-Cheng Chen and Shih-Han Lee, play marimbas and vibraphone in a programme of music from America, Argentina, France, Poland and Israel, including works by Chopin, Piazzolla and Ravel. Concert sponsored by Wright Hassall Solicitors.
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David le Page violin Mark Ashford guitar Nick Stringfellow cello Vivaldi Summer from the Four Seasons Paganini Terzetto Monti Czadas Piazzola Histoire du Tango This exciting new trio includes three of the top chamber musicians in their field. Their performances to date have been described as ‘riveting’, ‘dynamic’ and ‘full of passion’. Venues, Concerts & Events Office: 0121 331 5909
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MON 24 OCT
THU 27 OCT
MONDAY SHOWCASE
Incus Ensemble
THURSDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE
BACH, BRAHMS, BEETHOVEN
GEORGE COLLIGAN PRESENTS SMALL BANDS
1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
7.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4)
Rósa Bene harpsichord
George Colligan piano
Couperin Prélude a l'imitation de Mr. Froberger Bull In Nomine (Musica Britannica, XI.) JS Bach Capriccio in B flat, BWV.992
We welcome a return visit from the amazingly gifted New York pianist George Colligan.
Wai Sin Lam violin Jonathan French piano
This concert is a culmination of a week’s work with students in ensembles and masterclasses.
Brahms Violin Sonata No.1, Op.78 Professor Daniel Grimley
Arthur Bocaneanu piano Beethoven Piano Sonata in D, Op.10, No.3
TUE 25 OCT PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR
Jamie Savan
TUE 25 OCT PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
EARLY MUSIC TUTORS, PLATFORM 1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Robin Bigwood harpsichord and organ Kate Fawcett baroque violin and viola Annabel Knight recorder and baroque flute Martin Perkins harpsichord and organ Jamie Savan cornett Andrew Watts dulcian and baroque bassoon Castello Sonata XV Vivaldi Concerto in G minor RV106 Merula Ciaconna, Op.12 Telemann Trio for Flute, Harpsichord and Continuo TWV 42:B4 Conservatoire Early Music tutors join together to present a varied programme of music from the 17th and 18th centuries. 16
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FRI 28 OCT LUNCHTIMES AT BMAG
STRING QUARTETS
PROFESSOR DANIEL GRIMLEY: DELIUS DEEP SOUTH
12.30pm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Free admission
3.30pm New Lecture Theatre £4
Marketa Nadvornikova violin Luisina Rabago violin Jack Measham cello Laetitia van Wyk cello
The importance of America in the life and music of Frederick Delius (1862–1934) has been widely recognised. Delius spent a formative year in Florida as young man in 1884–5, managing a citrus plantation leased by his father. Many scholars have since pointed to the impact of African-American music upon his later compositional development. In this talk Professor Grimley (Fellow and Tutor in Music at Merton College, Oxford) will reassess the quality and significance of such influence in the context of the deeply racialised landscapes of the American south, and ask what it might mean for a more critically engaged response to Delius’s work.
Haydn String Quartet in G, Op.77, No.1 Jeffrey Armstrong violin Olga Eckert violin Yue Yu viola Victoria Groves cello Britten String Quartet No.1 Enjoy beautiful music in the grand surroundings of the Round Room at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
MON 31 OCT MONDAY SHOWCASE
JAZZ 1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission Enjoy a lunchtime performance from some of our finest jazz students.
TUE 1 NOV PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
INCUS ENSEMBLE 1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Jack McNeill clarinet David Quigley piano Rose Redgrave viola Mozart Kegelstatt Trio K.498 Howard Skempton Pavilion Piazolla (arr. Probert) Buenos Aires Winter from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires The Incus Ensemble is a flexible chamber music group that brings a fresh perspective and energy to established repertoire as well as being strong advocates of new music.
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TUE 1 NOV PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
THE PHILIP BATES COMPOSITION PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £4 Join us for our annual celebration of new compositions for small instrumental ensemble and voice. Young composers between the ages of 16 and 25 are invited to submit works in any style as long as they are for one or two singers/vocalists and between two and five players.
Ronald Woodley
TUE 1 NOV PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR
PROFESSOR RONALD WOODLEY (PIANO) AND JAMES GEER (TENOR) LECTURE-RECITAL: EXPLORING SCHUMANN’S DICHTERLIEBE ON THE WIECK PIANO 3.30pm New Lecture Theatre £4 Earlier this year the Conservatoire was privileged to acquire on loan a remarkable piano, dating from the mid-19th century and made by Clara Schumann’s cousin, Wilhelm Wieck, in Dresden. The instrument, still in a good state of preservation, provides a wonderful opportunity to investigate how the performance of lieder from this period might be influenced by the characteristics of sound, articulation and colour of this kind of piano, along with other documentary evidence of historical keyboard and vocal performance practice. Ronald Woodley, Professor in the Conservatoire’s Research Department, with his long-standing duo partner, the tenor James Geer, explore these issues through extracts from Robert Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe, in the company of this unique instrument, which may have belonged to Clara Schumann herself.
WED 2 NOV THE LIVE JAZZ BROADCAST
Domonkos Csabay
THU 3 NOV THURSDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE
THE PIANO SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE SHOWCASE 7.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) A mixed evening drawing upon the extraordinary talents of student pianists and their colleagues in other departments. The concert will include both solo piano and chamber music works.
MON 7 NOV
BROADCAST III
MONDAY SHOWCASE
MAHLER, BUSONI, RUBBRA
1.05pm Recital Hall £5 (£3)
1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
Enjoy a lunchtime live recording of some of our best senior jazz students.
Isaac Collier cello Stephan Elvin piano Rubbra Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.60
WED 2 NOV
Richard James baritone Jonathan French piano
PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
THE CECIL DREW ORATORIO PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £4 Performing two contrasting arias, the Cecil Drew Oratorio Prize sees vocal students who have completed their first year of study compete for this highly-esteemed prize. Demonstrating vocal prowess and impressive talent, our students are sure to provide you with an evening full of emotion and passion.
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
FRI 4 NOV
Chun-Chieh Yen cello Yuting Guo piano
FRONTIERS AT DIGBETH FIRST FRIDAYS
Busoni Variations on a Finnish Folk Song
6.30pm Eastside Projects Free admission For the first time Frontiers is presenting a programme as part of Digbeth First Fridays, which has become a key event in Birmingham’s arts calendar over the last three years. In collaboration with Eastside Projects, tonight’s concert has been curated by Andy Ingamells, Paul Norman and Maya Verlaak, three of our PhD students.
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TUE 8 NOV
Schubert Ensemble
PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE 1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Simon Blendis violin Alexandra Wood violin Douglas Paterson viola Jane Salmon cello William Howard piano Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Currently enjoying its eighth year as Ensemblein-Residence at Birmingham Conservatoire, the acclaimed Schubert Ensemble presents Franck’s powerful Piano Quintet, which was originally dedicated to Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns.
TUE 8 NOV
WED 9 NOV
PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
SPECIAL EVENT
THE BERYL CHEMPIN BEETHOVEN PRIZE FOR PIANISTS
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH & HIS WARTIME CONTEMPORARIES: FRIENDS, COMRADES & FOES
7pm Recital Hall £4 Prepare to be astounded by the skill and virtuosity our students display, as they perform a programme consisting entirely of works by the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven. This is a highlight in our School of Keyboard Studies calendar and an important competition for our students as the winner of this prize will go forward to compete in the prestigious Inter Collegiate Beethoven Competition promoted by the Beethoven Society of London, which will be hosted for the first time at Birmingham Conservatoire in 2016.
WED 9 NOV SPECIAL EVENT
TUE 8 NOV
Professor David Clarke
PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR
PROFESSOR DAVID CLARKE: CROSSING OVER INTO KHYĀL: A WESTERN MUSICIAN’S JOURNEY INTO NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC 3.30pm New Lecture Theatre £4 What does it mean for a Western musician and musicologist to learn the musical practice of another culture? For some years now David Clarke (Professor of Music, Newcastle University) has been learning the North Indian classical vocal style known as khyāl in the traditional guru–disciple tradition with his Newcastle-based teacher Dr Vijay Rajput.
CBSO PRE-CONCERT SHOWCASE: BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 6.15pm Symphony Hall Free admission Conductor Michael Seal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra R Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite Audiences have been captivated by Der Rosenkavalier ever since its première in 1911. It is little wonder with its luxurious orchestrations, bewitching lyricism and seductive harmonic language. The Suite captures the very essence of the opera so allow yourself to be immersed in this warm and mellifluous sound-world.
7pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) Butterworth Come my own one (Folk song from Sussex) Butterworth On the Idle Hill of Summer Gurney Sleep Reger Bitte um einen seligen Tod (Geistliche Lieder, Op.137 No.1) Schoenberg Waldsonne Op.2, No.4 Schmitt Neige (piano piece from Crepuscules Op.56) Ravel D'Anne qui me jecta de la neige (Epigrammes of Clement Marot No.1) Vaughan Williams From far, from eve and morning (from On Wenlock Edge cycle with piano quintet) Butterworth Love Blows as the Wind Blows (cycle for baritone and string quartet) Gurney In Flanders Gurney The Far Country (from The Western Playland cycle with piano quintet) Hindemith Nebelweben (from Melancholie cycle for soprano and string quartet) Schoenberg Der Mai tritt ein mit Freuden (Volkslieder No.1) Caplet Les prières No.1 Ravel Il est doux (Chansons madécasses No.3, with flute, cello and piano) Bliss Autumn (Li-Po settings No.3) Holst The Fields of Sorrow (canon for 3 voices) Holst The Floral Bandit (from Humbert Wolfe set of songs) Vaughan Williams Rondo (from Suite of 6 pieces for piano) Butterworth 6 songs from A Shropshire lad Enjoy an evening of song in our regular Liederabend series.
In this talk Professor Clarke will explore the significance of this experience from several perspectives: its musical demands, its cultural implications, and its research dimensions – including autoethnography as a possible model for making sense of it all.
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Michael Seal
THU 10 NOV URBAN CANTICLE: MONTRÉAL EN MUSIQUE
THU 10 NOV ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC
Director Jeffrey Stonehouse Ensemble Paramirabo Jeffrey Stonehouse flute François Gagné clarinet Geneviève Liboiron violin Viviana Gosselin cello Daniel Áñez piano Zachary Hale percussion
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 7.30pm St Philip’s Cathedral £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door Conductor Michael Seal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble Paramirabo is a new music group from Montreal interested in expanding the repertoire by commissioning emerging composers. Now in their 6th season, the ensemble has toured extensively across North America and premièred over 50 works. They are pleased to present 'Urban Canticle: Montreal en Musique', a concert programme featuring works by some of the most innovative compositional voices from Canada's new music capital. Works by established composers Ana Sokolović and Michael Oesterle will be presented alongside new works written for Paramirabo by Patrick Giguère, James O'Callaghan and Carmen Vanderveken.
Programme to include: Nielsen Symphony No.1 Join the Conservatoire’s Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Michael Seal for a rare appearance in the elegant surroundings of St Philip’s Cathedral. An evening full of raw energy, sumptuous melodies, spectacular virtuosity and glittering colour. Not to be missed!
FRI 11 NOV PRIZES AND COMPETITIONS
THE ANDREW DOWNES PERFORMANCE PRIZE 7pm Recital Hall £4 Well-respected as a composer around the world, the prize requires entrants to perform a programme of Andrew Downes’s music along with that of other British composers born after 1949, as they compete to win an impressive cash prize and recital opportunity.
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7.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4)
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WED 16 NOV MON 14 NOV SPECIAL EVENT
REMEMBER ME – MUSIC BY HENRY PURCELL 7.30pm St Alban The Martyr, Highgate Retiring collection Conductor Jeffrey Skidmore Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Orchestra Purcell My heart is inditing Purcell Hear my prayer Purcell Jehova quam multi sunt hostes Purcell Remember not Lord our offences Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Purcell Thou knowest Lord Purcell When I am laid in earth Purcell Orchestral suite Purcell Te Deum One of the country’s foremost choral conductors, Jeffrey Skidmore OBE leads our renowned Chamber Choir and Orchestra through a selection of some of Henry Purcell’s most beautiful vocal works.
SPECIAL EVENT
CBSO PRE-CONCERT SHOWCASE: SOLO PIANO 6.15pm Symphony Hall Free admission Natalie Gabrielli piano Bach arr. Busoni Chaconne Luigi Carroccia piano Chopin Polonaise Fantasy Witness two exceptional pianists on Birmingham’s world famous Symphony Hall stage. Natalie Gabrielli is a former student of both Conservatoires of S. Cecilia in Rome and C. Monteverdi in Bozen-Bolzano and has performed across Europe as well as winning prizes in several competitions. Joining her on the bill is Luigi Carroccia, another multi-prize-winning young pianist on the international scene, acclaimed for his playing of deep sensitivity.
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MON 21 NOV EARLY MUSIC
Michael Oesterle
FRI 18 NOV FRONTIERS+ MICHAEL OESTERLE 7.30pm CBSO Centre £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door
THU 24 NOV
MUSIC FOR LUNCH: VIVALDI, TUNDER & TORELLI
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE STRINGS ORCHESTRA
1.10pm St Philip’s Cathedral Retiring collection. Suggested donation of £4 (£3 concessions)
7.15pm St Philip’s Cathedral £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door
Director Martin Perkins
Join us for a concert given by Birmingham Conservatoire’s String Orchestra in the beautiful surroundings of Birmingham Cathedral. This ensemble provides a showcase for the excellent string students at the Conservatoire, who as in previous years will explore the finest music for strings in the repertoire.
Jason Stanbridge-Howard counter-tenor Matthew Frost natural trumpet Mark Wilson baroque bassoon Vivaldi Bassoon concerto in A minor RV.499 Tunder Salve mi Jesu Torelli Trumpet concerto in D
FRI 25 NOV
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ASCENSION BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE WIND ORCHESTRA & THE CENTRAL BAND OF THE RAF 7.30pm Millennium Point £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door Conductor Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs Principal Director of Music RAF Birmingham Conservatoire Wind Orchestra & Members of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force Frank Ticheli Blue Shades Paul Mealor Hymn to Eternal Light Guy Woolfenden Serenade for Sofia Gordon Langford Rhapsody for Trombone Thomas Earl new work (world première) Percy Grainger Country Gardens Tom Davoren Ascension Edward Gregson The Sword and The Crown
Students from Birmingham Conservatoire’s Early Music Department present a programme of Baroque works performed on period instruments.
Conductor Richard Baker Thallein Ensemble Peter Bell new work (première) Patrick Ellis new work (première) Seán Clancy Five to Forty Seconds Michael Oesterle California Michael Oesterle Babbitt
'Unpredictable and unclassifiable’ Michael Oesterle is one of Canada’s most prominent and prolific composers. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades over the last 20 years, Oesterle’s music speaks with a unique clarity and vibrancy. Thallein are delighted to present the music of Michael Oesterle, who will be resident in Birmingham Conservatoire for the week, alongside new works by Seán Clancy, Patrick Ellis and Peter Bell.
MON 21 NOV GUEST ARTIST
6pm Recital Hall £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door Bin Huang violin Robert Markham piano
FRI 25 NOV
Mozart Sonata in G, K.301 Franck Sonata in A Sarasate Carmen Fantasy
TUNING IN…
Bin Huang has been described as 'a talent that leaves a listener flabbergasted' (The Sun, Baltimore). One of the most outstanding violinists from China, she endeared herself to the musical world when at the age of fourteen she won the Junior Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Lublin, Poland, sharing First Prize with Maxim Vengerov.
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The Conservatoire Wind Orchestra joins forces with members of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force under the baton of Principal Director of Music RAF, Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs.
CELEBRITY RECITAL WITH BIN HUANG
Bin Huang began her violin studies at four in China, and entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing at the age of nine. After graduating from the high school division of the Central Conservatory, she went to the United States to study at the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Hear exciting recent RAF commissions with familiar wind ensemble favourites close to the Conservatoire's new home at Millennium Point.
LUNCHTIMES AT BMAG
12.30pm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Free admission Director Naomi Sullivan Birmingham Conservatoire Saxophone Department Programme to include: Jonathan Dove Tuning In Dimitri Terzakis Panta Rei Jan Mortensen Chorale Warren Benson Invocation and Dance David Bedford Fridiof Kenning Today’s concert explores music from many cultures and heritages. Greece, Scandinavia, USA, Russia and more. In recognition and celebration of the unity of musicians and music across boundaries.
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SAT 26 NOV SPECIAL EVENT
SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL 10.30am, 1pm and 3.30pm mac Birmingham Free admission The extraordinary and ground-breaking Birmingham Conservatoire Percussion Department takes you on an interactive festive fun percussion show for all the family!
MON 28 NOV MONDAY SHOWCASE
JAZZ: JOSH TAGG QUINTET 1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission Enjoy a lunchtime performance from some of our finest jazz students.
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TUE 29 NOV PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
WED 30 NOV LIVE JAZZ BROADCAST
CHILINGIRIAN QUARTET
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1.05pm Recital Hall £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door
1.05pm Recital Hall £5 (£3)
Mozart String Quartet K.421 in D minor Mendelssohn String Quintet No.1, Op.18 in A (with Louise Lansdown viola)
Join us for a live recording of some of our best senior jazz students.
Join one of the world’s most celebrated ensembles, renowned for its thrilling interpretations of the great quartets and commanding performances of contemporary chamber repertoire. Venues, Concerts & Events Office: 0121 331 5909
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SAT 3 DEC ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC
JUNIOR DEPARTMENT CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT 7pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) Soloists, chamber musicians, choirs and orchestras from the Junior Conservatoire join together in a fitting finale to the end of term.
THU 1 DEC JAZZ
UP FROM THE SKIES BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA PLAYS JIM MCNEELY
7pm St Paul’s Church, Jewellery Quarter £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door
Director Jeremy Price The music of Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Jim McNeely is performed here by the excellent players from our Jazz Orchestra.
THU 1 DEC THURSDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE
THE SUN KING AND LA FLÛTE DOUCE 7.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door Director Annabel Knight Members of the Recorder Department An exploration into the use of the recorder at the court of Louis XIV in Versailles, with beautiful and decadent music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marin Marais, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre le Romain and Anne-Danican Philidor. /BirmCons
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BRASS CLASSICS AT ADVENT
7pm CBSO Centre £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door
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Directors Chris Houlding & Ian Porthouse Birmingham Conservatoire Symphonic Brass Ensemble Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band Ray Farr Intrada: Ein Feste Burg Gustav Mahler arr. Houlding Symphony No.6 (1st mvt) Martin/Blane arr. Houlding Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas C Achenbach Christmas Medley Saint-Saëns arr. Houlding Finale from the Organ Symphony Berlioz arr. Brand Overture: Le Corsair Rodney Newton Gaudete Philip Harper The Irish Carol Dvořák arr. Tarling Finale from the New World Symphony Trad arr. Houlding Veni, Veni Emmanuel Start your Christmas season with this concert of traditional brass classics and festive favourites in the beautiful surroundings of St. Paul’s Church.
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MONDAY SHOWCASE
PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
MOZART, SCHUBERT, BRAHMS
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE TRIO
1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door
Yue Yu viola Reger Viola Suite No.1 Vieuxtemps Capriccio in C minor for solo viola, Op.55 György Hodoszó piano Liszt Invocation and Pensée des morts (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses) Michael Lam baritone Jonathan French piano Mozart Hai gia vinta la causa (Le nozze di Figaro) Schubert Kriegers Ahnung Brahms Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh (Vier ernste Gesänge)
Jiafeng Chen violin Jiaxin Lloyd Webber cello Di Xiao piano Philip Glass Tissue No.2 for Cello and Piano Rachmaninov Slow Movement from Sonata in G minor Op.19 for Piano and Cello Ravel Jeux d’eau for solo piano Roxanna Panufnik Hora Bessarabia for solo violin Mendelssohn Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49 After their excellent debut performance at the City of Sounds festival, the Birmingham Conservatoire Trio returns with an enticing lunchtime programme.
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TUE 6 DEC
William Lyons
PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINAR
SARAH PRICE: MUSIC, PEOPLE AND PLACE: UNDERSTANDING ATTITUDES TOWARDS ART AND EDUCATION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC AUDIENCES TODAY 3.30pm New Lecture Theatre £4 Why do people attend classical music concerts? This question has puzzled academic and commercial researchers for many years. With classical music organisations across the country struggling to attract the next generation of audiences, understanding how attenders decide to go to a concert is of urgent concern. In this paper, Sarah Price (AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award Student at the University of Sheffield and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) presents findings from her doctoral research with audiences at the CBSO. This study was concerned with how ideas of ‘light’ and ‘serious’ classical music influence concert attendance, and how arts organisations negotiate entertaining and educating their audiences. Sarah Price
THU 8 DEC EARLY MUSIC
RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE FEAST 8pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) Directors William Lyons and Martin Perkins Birmingham Conservatoire Renaissance Band Hear music from the Renaissance and early Baroque eras, featuring the Conservatoire’s extensive collection of early instruments.
SAT 10 DEC ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC
JUNIOR DEPARTMENT END OF TERM CONCERT
THU 8 – SAT 10 DEC
7pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) advance £7 (£5) on the door
OPERA SCENES
Junior Conservatoire Choirs and Orchestras Soloists, chamber musicians, choirs and orchestras from the Junior Conservatoire join together in a fitting finale to the end of term.
OPERA
7pm The Studio, Birmingham Repertory Theatre £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door Director Jamie Hayes Musical Director Paul Wingfield An annual highlight in our Christmas programme, our eagerly awaited Opera Scenes returns once more. Let us take you on a journey where you will be delighted by performances from our vocal students as they present scenes from a variety of well-loved operas. We welcome back Paul Wingfield and Jamie Hayes who have created such successful and memorable scenes over the last two years.
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MON 12 DEC COMPOSERS' PLATFORM 7pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) A chance to witness the creative talent of our composers here at the Conservatoire. Expect a concert full of surprises and brand new pieces, a wide range of styles, wild experimentation and music that you will not find anywhere else. Tonight’s programme has been curated by our 3rd year undergraduate composers.
TUE 13 DEC
WED 14 DEC
PERFORMANCE PLATFORM
LIVE JAZZ BROADCAST
CAROL CONCERT
BROADCAST V
1.05pm Recital Hall Free admission
1.05pm Recital Hall £6 (£4)
To celebrate the festive season we welcome you to join us for our popular annual carol concert. With carols and festive favourites led by the Conservatoire’s Chorus, audience participation is encouraged.
Join us for a live recording of some of our best senior jazz students.
PLEASE NOTE that due to the smaller capacity of this year's concert, we advise that you arrive early.
MON 12 DEC CELEBRITY RECITAL
DANIELLE DE NIESE 1.05pm Recital Hall £20 (£18) advance £22 (£20) on the door Danielle de Niese has been hailed as 'opera’s coolest soprano' by New York Times Magazine and 'not just a superb performer, but a phenomenal one' by Opera News. A multi-faceted artist, de Niese has gained wide recognition for her superb stagecraft, assured singing and her ability to communicate on every level. Witness de Niese's impeccable talent in our intimate Recital Hall. 32
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WED 14 DEC ORGAN
MESSIAEN: LA NATIVITÉ DU SEIGNEUR 7.30pm St Chads Cathedral £5 (£3) Enjoy this testament to Olivier Messiaen's faith, inspired by the birth of Jesus, performed by members of the Conservatoire organ department.
THU 15 DEC THURSDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE
THE GUITAR PLUS 7.30pm Recital Hall £6 (£4) Directors Mark Ashford & Mark Eden Hear an exciting programme that will include original music and arrangements for guitar ensembles. Nafis Umerkulova
FRI 16 DEC THE EBONY QUARTET 12.30pm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Free admission Joseph Wallace Emma Mackinder Luke Newby Luke English
ORCHESTRAS, ENSEMBLES AND CHAMBER MUSIC
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA 7.30pm Elgar Concert Hall, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham £10 (£8) advance £12 (£10) on the door Conductor Daniele Rosina Nafis Umerkulova piano
Programme includes: Alfred Uhl Divertimento Astor Piazzolla Tangos Gordon Jacob Quartet The Ebony clarinet quartet is the latest stirring to come out of the Birmingham Conservatoires' formidable Woodwind department. It’s players Luke Newby, Emma Mackinder, Joe Wallace and Luke English are currently studying in Birmingham and are relishing the chance to take the world by storm. The group has cultural polarity in its very core, with its members having ties with South Africa, Switzerland and even Nottinghamshire. Expect a varied, entertaining programme which celebrates the versatility of the clarinet.
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Enjoy a wide range of music from classically-trained musicians at the very start of their careers in the warm and friendly surroundings of The Spotted Dog. Sunday Classics aims to make classical music more accessible to all and to give musicians a public platform on which to perform.
FRI 16 DEC
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Liadov Kikimora Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 Hear one of Rachmaninov’s most enduring pieces, famed for its glorious swells and flowing dialogue between soloist and orchestra. Performed by Birmingham Conservatoire pianist Nafis Umerkulova (who is on Conservatoire's flagship Professional Performance programme) and its vibrant Repertoire Orchestra, this sublime romantic masterpiece bursts with melody and is followed by Tchaikovsky’s much-loved Symphony No.5. The concert opens with an evocative “fantastic scherzo” by fellow Russian composer Liadov.
Tara Minton
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SAT 21 JAN HARP DAY
10am Bramall Building, University of Birmingham Participants: £30 day pass, £35 including evening concert Observers: £15 day pass Evening performance only: £15 (£10) £5 for accompanied 8-18 year olds Tickets available via www.eventbrite.com Join us for a packed day of masterclasses and workshops for all harps, all ages and all levels by top international artists: Sylvain Blassel, Karen Marshalsay, Tara Minton, Lucy Wakeford and Hugh Webb plus our own Harp Department Eleanor Turner, Katherine Thomas and Junior Conservatoire's Vera Khait. Followed by a public evening concert in the Elgar Hall at 7pm by acclaimed French harpist Sylvain Blassel and Australian jazz harpist and singer Tara Minton. Visit our Facebook page 'Harp at Birmingham' and follow us on Twitter @birmharp for more details. Venues, Concerts & Events Office: 0121 331 5909
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Get Involved! LEARNING AND PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME
It is the vision of Birmingham Conservatoire to lead and inspire musicians of all ages and abilities on their musical journeys. We are an institution ready to collaborate, innovate and create exciting new opportunities for all musicians. If you have an idea for a possible collaboration, please contact Richard Shrewsbury, Learning and Participation Manager.
INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE
Birmingham Conservatoire has ensembles that are experienced in performing in educational settings. These ensembles range from a chamber orchestra, through woodwind, brass, percussion and string ensembles to world music ensembles, including a samba band and the Conservatoire Folk Ensemble led by Joe Broughton. If you are interested in a Conservatoire group coming and working alongside your musicians get in touch. The Conservatoire can support these activities and will actively look to find ways to make joint activities financially achievable.
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TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS
We offer a wide range of in-school workshop opportunities with our students and staff to enhance your curriculum. Our workshops range from composition and creative ensemble workshops to specific instrumental workshops or interactive performances in school. There is also the opportunity for school groups to visit the Conservatoire to enjoy our programme of over 300 concerts each academic year.
YOUNG PEOPLE – ASPIRE PROGRAMME
The new Birmingham Conservatoire Aspire programme is for young musicians who show a desire to pursue a musical career. If you are, or know of, a young person who would benefit from an enhanced experience of musical learning activities, including one-to-one instrumental lessons, side-by-side rehearsals and mentoring, then please get in touch.
JUNIOR CONSERVATOIRE
If you have a particular talent for music, whether it is composing or performing, and the desire to take it further, then the Junior Conservatoire may well be the right place for you. We offer specialist training in jazz and classical music to young musicians between the ages of eight and eighteen with exceptional potential, and the ability to achieve that potential. Even absolute beginners as young as three or four years old can study with us through our Young Strings Project, which offers tuition on string instruments.
GOT AN IDEA FOR A PROJECT? GET IN TOUCH. Birmingham Conservatoire Learning and Participation
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SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE INITIATIVES Birmingham Conservatoire has strong links with In Harmony Telford & Stoke, the largest ‘El Sistema’ inspired initiative in the UK for young people and their families. Our students and staff are committed to providing opportunities for all people regardless of age, ethnicity and social and economic circumstances to access high quality music education. If you work for a charity or social organisation and have an idea of how we might collaborate please contact us.
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Booking Information Tickets for Conservatoire events are individually priced (as shown in the event listings) and available to purchase in a variety of ways:
ADVANCED BOOKING
Where stated in the event listings, tickets can be booked in advance online at www.bcu.ac.uk/ conservatoire.
ON THE DOOR
Where indicated in the event listings, tickets for Conservatoire events are available to purchase from Birmingham Conservatoire Box Office from up to 45 minutes prior to the event start time.
ADVANCE RESERVATION
Where tickets are available on the door, you can guarantee your ticket by telephoning the Venues, Concerts and Events Office on 0121 331 5909 to reserve your ticket in advance. Telephone lines are open Monday to Friday 10am-4pm. Your ticket will then be available for you to pay for at the Conservatoire Box Office from up to 45 minutes prior to the event start time. Visa, Delta, Connect, Mastercard and Switch cards can be used. Cheques should be made payable to Birmingham City University. When purchasing tickets in advance, credit and debit card bookings incur a £1 fee per transaction and all cash payments are fee free.
CONCESSIONS
Unless otherwise stated, concession prices apply to children (16 and under or in full-time education), students, over 60s, disabled and unemployed customers. Please note that we may ask to see identification when admitting people carrying concession tickets.
EXCHANGES AND REFUNDS
Birmingham Conservatoire does not offer refunds on tickets after purchase. Where purchased in advance, and subject to availability, tickets can be exchanged for an alternative performance within the current concert season, provided tickets are returned to the Venues, Concerts and Events Office no less than 48 hours before the event start time.
SPECIAL EVENT
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE’S THALLEIN ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AT BOZAR, BRUSSELS Conductor Daniele Rosina Thallein Ensemble Elsabé Raath viola Programme to include Emily Levy Zoetroping (première) Chris Cresswell the inner workings of a throat exposed (première) Peter Kerkelov Attempt at Screaming Birmingham Conservatoire’s Thallein Ensemble travels to Brussels to perform at Henry Le Boeuf Hall at Bozar, one of the finest concert halls in the world, presenting a Rostrum+ concert.
Conducted by Daniele Rosina, this concert has been curated by Chris Cresswell responding to Peter Kerkelov’s International Rostrum of Composers selected piece, Attempt at Screaming. Thallein will première Cresswell’s new viola concerto, the inner workings of a throat exposed, alongside Zoetroping by Emily Levy and other works recommended at the International Rostrum of Composers over the past number of years.
Tickets for events presented by external artists and organisations within Birmingham Conservatoire are subject to the refund and exchange policy of the organisation.
ADVERTISED PROGRAMME
Every effort is made to ensure that all information included within the Concerts and Events Diary is correct at the time of going to print. However the Conservatoire reserves the right to change the programme or replace artists due to unforeseen circumstances.
USE OF MOBILE PHONES
To avoid disruption to performers and other audience members, Birmingham Conservatoire requests that you do not use mobile phones or other electronic devices during concerts and events.
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For evening and weekend events the coffee and licensed bar is usually open from one hour before and during the interval of events selling teas and coffees, soft drinks, a range of alcoholic beverages and a range of snacks. Ice cream is on sale during the interval of most events. Interval drinks can be ordered in advance from the coffee and licensed bar from up to one hour before the event start time.
Alternatively please email bhamcons.concerts@bcu.ac.uk or telephone 0121 331 5909.
You can write to Emily Bartlett, Head of Concerts, Venues and Events, Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place Birmingham B3 3HG.
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Birmingham Conservatoire is located in the centre of Birmingham in Fletcher's Walk. We can be easily reached by all transport routes.
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Disabled parking spaces are available on Hill Street, a short distance from the Conservatoire, and display of the relevant badge is essential. Lift access is available into the building. There is no parking available at the Conservatoire but there are several pay and display car parks located close by.
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• Sponsor a concert or series of concerts. • Sponsor a student and follow them through their course of study. • Support the Conservatoire Endowment Fund – a fund set up to benefit students in need. • Make a donation. The Conservatoire values donations small or large. • Donations can be gift-aided, increasing their value to the Conservatoire. For further details, or if you have an idea you would like to discuss with us, please contact: Andrea Cox Principal’s Office Birmingham Conservatoire Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG Tel: 0121 331 5910 Email: andrea.cox@bcu.ac.uk
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