MUSIC EVENTS AT QUEEN’S SPRING 2018
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Note: All concert events are free except where stated. However, ALL SARC event tickets must 3 be booked in advance via Eventbrite: tickets are available at the MovingOnMusic website. www.movingonmusic.com Please note: All events are free unless a price is given Spring 2018 Upcoming Events ‘Interactive systems for the Wed 10 Jan 13:00 Thurs 11 Jan 13:10 Wed 17 Jan 13:00 embodied navigation of complex Seminar Old McMordie Hall Concert Harty Room Seminar Sonic Lab piano notation’ ‘From Amhráin Árann – Aran Alex Petcu (percussion) Songs to the Rev. Daniel Pavlos Antoniadis A rare chance to hear this virtuoso instrumentalist in J. Murphy Archive: history, a one-man percussion programme, including Volans’ repatriation, empowerment popular ‘Asanga’ and pieces for a huge array of and the digital frontier’ percussion by Irish and European composers.
Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile (NUI Galway) Thurs 18 Jan 13:10 Wed 31 Jan 13:00 Concert Sonic Lab Seminar Sonic Lab
Pavlos Antoniadis (piano) ‘Performance Without Barriers: Complexity and embodiment: Pavlos Antoniadis Designing for Inclusion in Music’ (piano) in works by Ustvolskaya, Erber, Nono, Takahashi, and Hoban. The performance by Pavlos Alex Lucas Antoniadis explores the relation between complexity and embodiment in contemporary piano music. Antoniadis is a Berlin-based pianist and PhD researcher at IRCAM and LabEx GREAM, Université de Strasbourg, where he also teaches computer music and contemporary performance.
Free, but tickets must be booked in advance via Eventbrite.
A recital of late-romantic lieder by the celebrated Wed 24 Jan 13:00 Northern Ireland soprano Aoife Miskelly, partnered Seminar Old McMordie Hall Thurs 25 Jan 13:10 Concert Harty Room by Libby Burgess (piano). Aoife, who starred this season in NI Opera’s ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’, will feature ‘Opera Studies after Humanism’ the much-loved Schumann cycle ‘Frauen Liebe und Frauenliebe und Leben Leben’, and Strauss’s rarely heard ‘Ophelia Lieder’ Professor Christopher Morris op.67. (Maynooth University) Thurs 1 Feb 13:10 Wed 7 Feb 13:00 Thurs 8 Feb 13:10 Concert Harty Room Seminar Old McMordie Hall Concert Harty Room
Darragh Morgan (violin), ‘Performing Songs of the Queen’s University Guitar Quartet Jonathan Nangle (electronics) Jewish Underworld: Arguing for Engagement beyond Academia’ Following the success of the QUB Guitar Ensemble’s Belfast-born violinist Darragh Morgan, praised inaugural recital last year, we are delighted to welcome back the ensemble for another afternoon by San Francisco Classical Voice for his “virtuosic Izabella Goldstein playing”, returns with an eclectic programme of two of contemporary music. The programme features a of the purest compositions encompassing violin range of works familiar and unfamiliar, to include the and electronics or tape - Pierre Boulez ‘Anthèmes Beatles, Glass and Durate. 2’ and Steve Reich’s ‘Violin Phase’. Darragh often performed with conductor Pierre Boulez, and also collaborated closely with Steve Reich in his classic work for string quartet ‘Different Trains’. Wed 14 Feb 13:00 Thurs 15 Feb 13:10 Wed 21 Feb 13:00 Seminar Sonic Lab Concert Sonic Lab Seminar Old McMordie Hall
Q&A with Peter Dickson, the UK’s Scott Lygate (Clarinets) ‘All Fingers and no Thumbs: most prolific voiceover artist. Debussy’s Etude pour les huit Scottish clarinettist and composer Scott Lygate presents a virtuosic concert of contemporary doigts’ (Dr Llewelyn-Jones) and Peter Dickson solo repertoire; the concert showcases ‘Discovering Marius-François the contrabass clarinet, an instrument for Gaillard’s Debussy Recordings’ which Lygate has a particular passion. (Dr Rae) FREE, but tickets must be booked Wed 14 Feb 19:00 in advance via Eventbrite. Dr Iwan Llewelyn-Jones, Lecturer in Seminar Old McMordie Hall Performance, Bangor University and Dr Free – All are Welcome Caroline Rae, Reader in Music, Cardiff University Meet The Music
Cooking Music In this semester’s first ‘Meet The Music’ talk, Miguel Ortiz debunks the myth that contemporary music needs to be understood to be enjoyed.
Dr Miguel Ortiz Thurs 22 Feb 13:10 Wed 28 Feb 13:00 Thurs 1 Mar 13:10 Concert Harty Room Seminar Sonic Lab Concert Sonic Lab
Caroline Rae and Iwan ‘Augmenting Musical Instruments: Lucy Railton visits the Sonic Lab Llewelyn-Jones (pianos) A Player-Centred Approach’ Lucy Railton (cello) and Miguel Ortiz A duo recital by distinguished French music scholars Andrew McPherson (electronics) and pianists Iwan Llewelyn-Jones and Caroline Rae. Featuring En blanc et noir and Six épigraphes antiques Andrew McPherson is a Reader in the Centre for Acclaimed cellist and contemporary music champion to mark this year’s Debussy centenary, their recital Lucy Railton visits the Sonic Lab for the first time sets these works in a broader French context with Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London. With a background in electrical engineering and for an exciting concert that explores a range of rarely heard performances of Dutilleux’s Figures de possibilities for the cello afforded by the unique résonances and Jolivet’s riotous Hopi Snake Dance. music, his research focuses on augmented acoustic instruments, new performance interfaces and study space. She will present works by Xenakis, the world of performer-instrument interaction. premiere of a piece by composer Miguel Ortiz and a new work by Lucy created for cello and a large array of loudspeakers.
Free, but tickets must be booked in advance via Eventbrite. BMS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER Fri 2 Mar 13:10 Fri 2 Mar 19:30 Sat 3 Mar 13:30 Concert Harty Room Concert Great Hall, QUB Concert Great Hall, QUB MUSIC 2018 FREE Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Llŷr Williams (piano) Student Showcase Recital Iain Burnside (piano) A piano recital by the virtuoso Welsh pianist, A concert featuring final-year and postgraduate A recital of song in which these celebrated artists to include Scriabin’s Sonata no.5, Preludes student performers, given in association with Music present collections by Brahms, Debussy, Grieg and by Rachmaninov and music by Schumann and in the School of Arts, English and Languages at Fauré. Tchaikovsky. Queen’s. WAYS TO BOOK: £20, £17 concession, £10 students/unemployed £15, £13 concession, £10 students/unemployed www. belfastmusicsociety.org or Belfast Welcome Centre, 9 Donegall Square North, Belfast 028 9024 6609 [email protected] (general enquiries)
*Free tickets for QUB students on music pathways (subject to availability) *Festival subscription ticket: £65 Sat 3 Mar 19:30 Sun 4 Mar 11:00 Sun 4 Mar 15:00 Concert Great Hall, QUB Workshop Harty Room Concert Great Hall, QUB
London Mozart Players Chamber London Mozart Players Chamber Armida Quartet Ensemble Ensemble The concluding concert in this year’s festival The LMP Chamber Ensemble offers a chance to hear Members of the LMP Chamber Ensemble present a features the Armida Quartet, playing quartets by the two popular quintets for piano and winds by chamber masterclass with two student ensembles Beethoven, Prokofiev and Smetana, his popular Mozart and Beethoven in a single programme, along from the Royal Irish Academy of Music. autobiographical work entitled From My Life. with French music by Ibert and Poulenc. £10 £20, £17 concession, £10 students/unemployed £20, £17 concession, £10 students/unemployed Wed 7 Mar 13:00 Wed 7 Mar 19:00 Thurs 8 Mar 13:10 Seminar Old McMordie Hall Seminar Old McMordie Hall Concert Sonic Lab
‘Forming Ideas, and Ideas about Meet The Music Kaja Draksler (piano) Form’ Prof Pedro Rebelo Kaja Draksler is a Slovenian pianist and composer – currently based in Amsterdam – whose formidable Dr Tom Coult AHRC Project - A Mozambique Case Study: In technique, expressive powers and exploratory use tonight’s ‘Meet The Music’ talk, Professor Pedro of the entire instrument produce breathtaking Rebelo will discuss the role of artistic intervention performances. This free lunchtime concert is in the unfolding of performance practice and the part of Brilliant Corners festival of jazz in Belfast, understanding of music in conflict situations. and supported by Going Dutch: jazz from the Netherlands.
Free, but tickets must be booked in advance via Eventbrite. This concert is co-promoted by Moving On Music as part of Brilliant Corners festival. Tickets are available via their website at www. movingonmusic.com Wed 14 Mar 13:00 Thurs 15 Mar 13:10 Thurs 15 Mar 19:30 Wed 21 Mar 13:00 Workshop Sonic Lab Concert Sonic Lab Concert Black Box, Hill Street Seminar Old McMordie Hall
Improvisation Workshop led by Pultz-Melbye Rose Stapleton Trio Big Band Spring Concert ‘Music & Disability: Inclusive Pultz-Melbye Rose Stapleton Trio Perspectives’ This trio features the experimental musical QUB Big Band directed by Stephen Barnett inventions of Paul Stapleton (Californian born, This workshop is open to performers of any Belfast-based) placed in dialogue with the circular Alan Courtis background (not only music) who have an interest Our traditional concert of spring favourites from the breathed multiphonics and harmonic textures of in exploring group improvisation. If you would like jazz and big band repertoire comes earlier than usual saxophonist Simon Rose (English born, Berlin-based) to attend, please contact [email protected]. this year! Please join us at the popular Black Box and the resonant gestural and spectrally focused Spaces are limited so please book early to avoid venue in the Cathedral Quarter to enjoy a night of playing of double bassist Adam Pultz-Melbye (Danish Thurs 22 Mar 13:10 disappointment. traditional and modern classics for Big Band. born, Berlin-based). The group explores emergent Concert Harty Room timbral, dynamic and social musical structures £7 (£5) through improvisation. Alan Courtis
While Alan Courtis’ first concert ever in Ireland will be based on guitar improvisation, he employs a wide variety of methods to create music including field recordings, electronics and found objects. Be prepared for the unexpected! 18 - 22 April Various Times & Venues Sat 21 Apr Time TBC Sonorities Symposium Sonorities Festival Belfast Graduate School (T6) and Great Hall SONORITIES FESTIVAL BELFAST: You might not like it. Techno–Human Encounters
Once every 2 years, artists from more than 40 Keynote presenter: Brian Kane countries across the world gather in Belfast for a week of musical adventure. For over 30 years This symposium aims to provoke a conversation Sonorities has led the way for musicians, composers, between artists, scholars and scientists on the sound artists to make and present work for conference theme: Techno–Human Encounters. curious listeners. From 18 to 22 April locations What do we mean by techno–human encounters across Belfast, including Ireland’s most advanced today? How do changing conceptions of technology, music venue, The Sonic Lab, play host to all things body, life and environment feed into the experience weird and wonderful. There’ll be concerts, club and mediation of sound? And what can be the role nights, installations, visuals, workshops and more. of sound in techno–human encounters, especially at Occasionally you might leave unimpressed, but more times of crisis and uncertainty? Taking its cue from often than not you’ll stumble upon something that these questions, and drawing on music, sound, media will change your outlook on music forever. Come and mobile technologies, the symposium will explore along and experience the experimental world of errant and co-emergent aspects of human and Sonorities. nonhuman interactions. Most events are absolutely FREE, but tickets must be booked in advance via Eventbrite. Full information on the website: www.sonorities.org.uk Thurs 26 Apr 19:30 Wed 23 May 19:30 Mon 28 May 19:00 Sat 9 Jun 14:00 Concert Harty Room Concert Whitla Hall Seminar Old McMordie Hall Concert Whitla Hall
A Night At The Opera QUSO Spring Concert Meet the Music Junior Academy of Music Summer Concert Final-year BMUS students will perform their own Queen’s University Symphony Orchestra, Dr Sarah McCleave arrangement of The Poor Soldier, a comic opera with conducted by Niall Catney and Cormac Junior Academy of Music in the School of Arts, text by John O’Keeffe and music by William Shields. McCool “Thomas Moore in the digital age: music, English and Languages presents its end-of-the- Directed by Ciara Conway and Judith Wiemers. illustrations, and stories” year concert. Around 200 children age 4-17 will be A concert of popular orchestral showpieces and showcasing their musicianship through choirs singing, In our final Meet The Music talk of this year, Sarah classics performed by QUB’s young musicians. brass bands playing, flute and guitar ensembles. McCleave will talk about Irish poet and £7 (£5) £5 song-writer Thomas Moore, on the day of his birth in 1779. Sarah will introduce resources (image banks and exhibitions, recordings, a catalogue) created for the Horizon 2020-funded project, ERIN: ‘Thomas Moore in
Europe’. Image permission of Special Collections & Archives, Queen’s University Belfast www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ael/events
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