The listings for Manchester’s newest concert hall, the 482-seat £8.7 million Stoller Hall within Chetham’s, have been announced. The opening weekend looks sensational, with events taking place at the Stoller Hall as well as throughout the Chetham’s buildings, ranging from jazz fusion to dance to classical, with prices from free up to £30. Events are…
Manchester’s new £8.7 million concert hall, The Stoller Hall, opening at Chetham’s in April has announced its opening season. Built within Chetham’s School of Music, the new concert hall comes to life with its first public concert on Friday 21 April as it hosts an opening weekend of concerts featuring Chetham’s alumni, students and friends…
Tuesday 28 June – Cristobal and the Sea – The Castle The London based foursome Cristobal And The Sea (Alejandro ‘Ale’ Romero [bass, vocals, Spain], João Seixas [guitar, vocals, Portgual], Leïla Seguin [flute, vocals, Corsica/France] and Joshua Oldershaw [drums, UK] bring together influences from across the continent (and wider) with rhythm and melody inspired by genres as varied as bossa-nova,…
New Music North West (NMNW), the UK’s largest festival of new British music, returns to Manchester for eight days of music by 100 living composers. Presented by the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) between Friday 22 and Friday 29 January, NMNW offers over 30 free and ticketed events (including afternoon and late night performances)…
The Cribs, who earlier this year, celebrated their sixth album For All My Sisters with a top ten chart placing, have announced a series of UK tour dates which will see them performing at Manchester’s Albert Hall on 21 October. The run of dates follows a series of festival shows at Glastonbury, T-in-the-Park and an…
Chetham’s School of Music is to hold its final Showcase of the School year, with the student performers giving one of their last concerts as Chetham’s students before moving on to study at Universities or Conservatoires. The latest Chetham’s Showcase features four outstanding student soloists from across the school of music, who are set to…
Wednesday 13 May: Royal Northern College of Music – RNCM Jazz Collective: Jazz at the Movies. The RNCM Jazz Collective presents an evening of popular and instantly recognisable film tunes from the 1930s onwards, featuring the likes of James Bond, The Pink Panther, Rocky and more. Tickets £10. 7.30pm. Thursday 14 May: Manchester Cathedral – Chethams. Join Chetham’s School of Music…
Tuesday 5 May: Royal Northern College of Music – Rarescale. Contemporary chamber music ensemble Rarescale brings its international reputation, particularly for alto and bass flute work, to the RNCM with a concert featuring world premieres of Paul Goodey’s At the Speed of Days and Nights and Adam Gorb’s new work Tickets £6. 7.30pm. Thursday 7 May:…
Monday 20 April: The Bridgewater Hall – London Philharmonic Orchestra and Alison Balsom: Songs of the Paradise Saloon. Marios Papadopoulos conducts as Classic FM Award Winner Alison Balsom is featured on the trumpet during an evening of American-influenced music including Bramwell Tovey’s Songs of the Paradise Saloon, which was adapted from Tovey’s opera The Inventor about…
Monday 13 April: Royal Northern College of Music – David Sanborn Band. David Sanborn performs one of his first shows outside London in many years, with electric fusion jazz and his soulful saxophone skills in support of his latest album Time And The River. Tickets £20. 7.30pm. Tuesday 14 April: Bridgewater Hall – A…
