ConcertsProgramme2010/11www.hud.ac.uk/music-concerts

IntroductionPlease take time to look through the wonderful wealth of music-making offered by the University of Huddersfield's 2010-11concert season.

As well as giving plenty of opportunity for our own students to perform, either as soloists or in our many varied ensembles, we have invited a huge variety of visiting performers to inspire,challenge and entertain us with their music.

We are particularly pleased to welcome Sheffield-based Ensemble360 as our 'ensemble-in-residence': they give three lunchtimeconcerts and will be coaching our chamber music students. Their programmes always include some unusual and often unfairlyneglected pieces, and their communicative performances havebrought them many keen fans in the region.

This year's programme also features a number of leadingpractitioners in the field of popular music, which is becoming an increasingly important part of the Department's curriculum:their expertise as recording artists, singer-songwriters or DJscomplements the masterclass programme in classical music,which this year includes a return visit from that wizard of theflute, Wissam Boustany.

Whether your interests are in early or contemporary music,classical, electronic or pop, there's hopefully something that will intrigue you and entice you to one or both of our splendidvenues: the intimate Phipps Hall in the Creative Arts Building, or the more formal splendour of St Paul's, whose majestic organfeatures in a regular series of Wednesday recitals.

Please join us, and enjoy the feast we have laid on. I look forwardto welcoming you to a number of these events during the year.

Professor John BryanHead of Music and DramaUniversity of Huddersfield

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Thursday 30 September1.15pm – St Paul’s Hall (SP)Ferdinand David QuartetThe Ferdinand David Ensemble, which includes David Milsom as anexternal member, will perform Mendelssohn's op 13 and Brahms' op 51 no 1 quartets on period instruments using research-basedhistorical performing techniques.

Thursday 7 October1.15pm - SPPeter Martin – lutePeter transports us back to the 16th Century with an attractiveand varied solo programme of music for lute. Sober pavans,virtuosic variations, exuberant jigs and dumps.

Thursday 7 October (CeReNeM)8.00pm – Phipps Hall (PH)Philip Thomas - piano Late Feldman 1The first of three concerts this year featuring the late, extendedpiano works of Morton Feldman. Tonight’s concert features thelongest work, Triadic Memories.

Monday 11 October6.15pm - PHCharlie Russell and Brad SpenceProducers Charlie Russell (George Michael/Kylie/ Madonna/WillYoung) and Brad Spence (Coldplay/Radiohead/Stereophonics),will discuss how they went from popular music students tosuccessful producers, playing recordings, and discussing howthey were made.Admission free

Wedesday 13 October1.15pm – PHUn viaggio musicaleDuncan Druce – violin, Graham Cummings – University OrganistA ‘musical journey’ through the Baroque courts and cities of Italy, Austria, South and North Germany.

Thursday 14 October1.15pm – SPEnsemble 360

The first of three concerts this year given by our acclaimedensemble in residence, Music in the Round’s Ensemble 360.Programme to include Howell’s Fantasy Quartet,Schumann Piano Trio in D minor Op. 63.

Thursday 14 October7.30pm – PHBass Masterclass by Pierre Alexandre Tremblay

Thursday 21 October (CeReNeM)1.15pm - SP

Heather Roche – clarinet Kate Ledger - pianoHeather and Kate present new works written for their duo,including pieces by Alec Hall, Joseph Lake and Huddersfield-based Nick Williams.

Monday 25 October (HMS)7.30pm - SPBarbirolli Quartet Haydn - String Quartet no. 44 in E major, op. 54, no. 3, Hob.III:59Szymanowski - Quartet no. 2, op. 56Nathan Williamson - String Quartet 2010Mendelssohn - Quartet no. 6 in F minor, op. 80

Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October12.15pm – SPUniversity Open Day ConcertsA range of performances and compositions from Music andMusic Technology studentsAdmission free

Thursday 28th October (CeReNeM)8.00pm - PHPhilip Thomas - pianoLate Feldman (2)The second of three concerts this year featuring the late,extended piano works of Morton Feldman. Tonight’s concertfeatures the last work, Palais de mari alongside Piano ’77 andPiano Piece 1964

Thursday 4 November1.15pm – SPSally Doherty Concert and MasterclassSinger songwriter Sally Doherty mixes latin, folk and jazz, havingwritten for the BBC, and performed with Richard Hawley, Italianband Planet Funk and Scanner. After performing herself, she willgive a masterclass on popular music singing.

Thursday 4 November3.30pm – PH

Mike Heaton and Steve FirthMasterclassMike and Steve of the band Embrace will give a masterclass onbass guitar and drums. Embrace were formed in Brighouse, WestYorkshire, and have had three UK no.1 albums.Admission free

Monday 8 November (HMS)7.30pm - SPDante Quartet Haydn - Quartet No. 42 in C major, op. 54, no. 2Barber - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11Franck - String Quartet in D major

Tuesday 9 November (CeReNeM)7.30pm - PHCatatumbo Catatumbo is an improvising trio, consisting of Ingrid Laubrock(tenor saxophone), Olie Brice (double bass) and Javier Carmona(drums). Their music merges free improvisation withexperimental rock, contemporary jazz, and punk.

Wednesday 10 November1.15pm – SPOrgan RecitalProgramme to be announced – see website for details

Thursday 11 November1.15pm - SPSelected postgraduate and undergraduate performers from theUniversity of Huddersfield Music Department.

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Thursday 11 November3.30pm - PHSnake DavisWidely known for his work with M-People, Take That, PaulMcCartney, Amy Winehouse and others, Snake will beperforming on saxophone and also working with students andanswering questions.Admission free

Thursday 18 November1.15pm - SPPeter Hill – piano Peter Hill, known for his recordings of 20th Century music(Messiaen, Schoenberg and Stravinsky), is also a notableexponent of Bach. His programme, featuring Preludes andFugues from the Well Tempered Clavier, Book 2, will be followedby a masterclass for student pianists.

Friday 19 – Sunday 28 Novemberhcmf//10 day international programme of concerts, installations,exhibitions, workshops, talks and films. Composer in Residence isRebecca Saunders. Visit www.hcmf.co.uk for information andonline ticket booking at discounted prices (other staff/studentdiscounts also available).“hcmf// is a shining example of global ambition ...”Royal Philharmonic Society Award winner 2009

Monday 29 November (CeReNeM)7.30pm - SPJoby Burgess – percussionOne of Britain’s most diverse percussionists, Joby Burgess'performance includes recent music incorporating electronicsfrom Kenneth Hesketh, Graham Fitkin and Gabriel Prokofiev;exploring global junk instruments, the pre-pianola experimentsof Conlon Nancarrow and the Amen Break - six seconds ofdrumming that changed the face of electronic music.

Thursday 2 December1.15pm - SP

Clare Wilkinson- mezzo soprano, accompanied by members of the Rose Consorton viols, lute, harpsichord and organ ‘Flow my teares’ - songsboth merry and melancholy from the Renaissance and earlyBaroque periods.

Thursday 2 December

The Rose Consort, Clare Wilkinson,the University Chamber Choirdirected by John Bryan7.30pm - SPPeace on earth: good will toward men Music for the Christmas season from Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

Monday 6 December (HMS)7.30pm - SPCarducci Quartet Haydn - Quartet No. 30 in E flat major (The Joke), op. 33, no. 2Moeran - String Quartet no 1 in A MinorPhillip Glass - String Quartet no. 2 CompanyBeethoven- String Quartet no.11 in F minor, op.95 (Serioso)

Wednesday 8 December1.15pm - SP

Thomas Leech – Leeds CathedralMessiaen - La Nativité du Seigneur (1935)A complete performance of this extended work, consisting ofnine organ meditations on aspects of the Christian Christmasstory, expressed through Messiaen’s very individual andcolouristic musical language.

Thursday 9 December1.15pm - PHDJ Rasp Concert and MasterclassDJ Rasp is DMC Battle for Supremacy UK champion and IDA UKChampion 2009, one of the top scratch DJs in the country. He willgive a performance and masterclass featuring of scratch DJtechniques. Admission free

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Thursday 9 December7.30pm - SPThe University Symphonic WindOrchestra and New MusicEnsembleIn conjunction with the exhibition Every Day Is A Good Day atHuddersfield Art Gallery, the NME presents a programme ofmusic by John Cage.

Thursday 16 December1.15pm - SPThe University Brass BandProgramme to be announced – see website for details

Thursday 16 December 7.30pm - SPThe University Orchestra, String Orchestra and ChoirWinter WarmersThe University Choir (director: Lisa Colton) perform songs toremind us of warmer times, including Josquin’s lively El grillo,English medieval classic Sumer is icumen in, a selection of carols and Toch’s Geographical Fugue (for spoken chorus). The University String Orchestra (director: David Milsom) perform Holst’s St Paul’s Suite, Parry’s Lady Radnor’s Suite,and Puccini’s Crisantemi.

Wednesday 12 January7.15pm - PHPopular Music RecitalFinal year performance students who specialise in popular musicwill give a series of recitals, providing a high quality mix ofinstrumental music and songs.Admission free

Thursday 13 January7.30pm - PHPop Directed EnsemblesA selection of rock & pop student ensembles performing a rangeof well known and original songs. Part of a two-part event,continued on Friday.Admission free

Friday 14 January7.30pm - PHPop Directed EnsemblesPerformance NightContinued from Thursday. More performances from music &music technology student pop groups.Admission free

Monday 17 January (HMS)7.30pm - SPAlexei Grynyuk - piano Chopin - Polonaise in C# minor op 26 No.1 and A flat Heroicop.53, Nocturne in F op.15 no.1 and C# minor op.27 no.1,Variations On a German Air, Three Mazurkas op.59Beethoven - Appassionata Sonata No 23 in F minor op. 57Liszt - Petrarch Sonnet no.104, Mephisto Waltz

Thursday 20 January (CeReNeM)1.15pm - SP

Iain HarrisonExploring the saxophone as collaborator with other instruments,instrumentalists and sounds. The saxophone is here presented indifferent guises from the traditional saxophone and piano duo, toprogressive computer manipulation.

Thursday 20 January7.30pm – PHRoland MasterclassCraig Blundell (V-Drums) and Alex Hutchings (Guitar) are officialdemonstrators from Roland UK, one of the largest manufacturersof electronic instruments in the world. They will be performingtogether to demonstrate the performance capabilities of some of Roland’s latest technology.

Tuesday 25 January (CeReNeM )1.15pm – SP

OkeanosNew music for koto, viola, clarinet, shakuhachi, oboe & sho,featuring Okeanas Ensemble, with new music from studentcomposers. A unique, intriguing and often entrancinglybeautiful sound world.

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Thursday 27 January1.15pm – SP

Here Comes the Sun: Fiery Fluting to Melt the January ChillThe transatlantic Duo Sonita is Jessica Quiñones, a native fromthe New Mexican desert and Catherine Shackell, a Northernerfrom the green rolling hills of Durham. Fusing their contrastingmusical backgrounds, they present repertoire inspired by deserts,sunshine and heat.

Monday 31 January7.30pm - SPThe University of HuddersfieldSaxophone Ensemble and Flute ChoirThe Saxophone Ensemble features all current first study saxophonists,other music students and former students of the University performsin a wide range of musical styles, encouraging new compositions, and having fun. They are joined by the flute choir playing music by J. S. Bach , Fauré , Gabrielli and Trevor Wye.

Thursday 3 February7.30pm - PHPop choir, South Asian ArtsEnsemble, Folk EnsembleA range of student group performances from Indian classicalmusic, Gospel and English and American folk songs. Part ofMusic's Pop directed ensembles module.Admission free

Monday 7 February (HMS)7.30pm - SPMaggini Quartet Beethoven - String Quartet op.18 no.3Frank Bridge - String Quartet no.2Mendelssohn - String Quartet op.44 no.3

Wednesday 9 February1.15pm - SPOrganists PlusCurrent student organists, plus other instruments

Thursday 10 February1.15pm – SPFerdinand David Piano QuintetIn the second of their concerts, the Quintet will performSchumann’s seminal piano quintet on period instruments, usingexperimental research-based historical performance techniques.

Thursday 17 February1.15pm – SPDYAD Percussion DuoToby Kearney and Dan Jones, fourth year undergraduates at theRoyal Northern College of Music, perform music ranging acrossthree centuries from Japanese composers Minoru Miki and KeikoAbe to Steve Reich and Chick Corea.

Thursday 17 February (CeReNeM)8.00pm – PHPhilip Thomas – pianoLate Feldman (3) – For Bunita Marcus (1985)The final concert featuring the late, extended piano works ofMorton Feldman.

Wednesday 23 February1.15pm – SPResounding Brass and OrganSimon Lindley – Leeds Parish Church, Leeds Town HallA winning combination of a flamboyant organist and one of thisUniversity’s premier performing ensembles, in music that is bothfamiliar (by Saint-Saëns, Boëllman, and Walton) and perhaps lessso ( Arthur Wills, Fenland Suite).

Wednesday 23 February – Sunday 27 February (CeReNeM)GEMdays 2011The annual festival of electronic music showcasing homegrownand international talent this year features acousmatic musicfrom Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (CAN/UK), live-electronics fromAlexander Schubert (DE) and Sten-Olof Hellstrom (SWE), laptopperformances by Sam Pluta (USA) and new works for voice andelectronics by Peyee Chen (USA).

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Thursday 24th February2.15pm - SPMasterclass - Steve Waterman – jazz trumpetJazz and Improvisation - methods and techniques to improve the skills of beginners or developing musicians.

Friday 25th February7.30pm – Lawrence Batley TheatreUniversity Big Band with Steve WatermanThe Big Band is joined by British trumpet star, Steve Waterman.Original compositions and arrangements by Steve and aselection big band classics. LBT Box office: £12 (£10 cons) £5 student standby. 01484 430528

Thursday 3 March1.15pm - SPGuest MasterclassDetails to be announced – see website

Thursday 3 March(CeReNeM)7.30pm – SPSeth Josel - guitar

Berlin-based guitarist Seth Josel presents a programme of newworks for guitar and electric guitar, including the UK premieres ofworks by Peter Ablinger, Ming Tsao and Josh Levine alongsidenewly written works by Huddersfield postgraduate composers.

Monday 7 March(CeReNeM)7.30pm - SP

Rhodri Davies - harp A solo harp recital of contemporary music performed by RhodriDavies. Featuring new works specially written for Davies byMichael Pisaro, Sarah Hughes and Ben Patterson.

Wednesday 9 March1.15pm - PHJohn Scott Whiteley – YorkMinster, Organist EmeritusBach comes to Town!A recital of music by J.S.Bach, performed by a charismaticmusician, who through his outstanding atmospheric recordingsfor BBC 2 on historic instruments in Holland and Germany, hasconverted many both to the composer and to the instrument.

Thursday 10 March1.15pm - SPWissam Boustany – flute with Jonathan Fisher – pianoWissam Boustany has established an international career as aconcert artist and teacher touring South and North America,Europe and the Middle and Far East. His recital is followed by aworkshop with flute students.

Thursday 10 March (CeReNeM)7.30pm – SPEnsemble Plus MinusPlus Minus presents Dikhthas and Evryali by Xenakis, works by the Danish composer Simon Steen-Andersen and two pieces writtenespecially for the group by Huddersfield postgraduate composers.

Monday 14 March (CeReNeM)7.30pm – SPSebastian Berweck - piano A wide selection of contemporary keyboard music, from piano to distorted piano and pure electronics. German, Italian,Hungarian and US-American avant-garde music, including threeBritish premieres and Ligeti's Etudes Book 1 for their 25thanniversary in 2011.

Thursday 17 March1.15pm – SPEnsemble 360

In their second visit to the University, Ensemble 360 performMartinu’s Oboe Quartet and the Piano Quartet in E flat Op. 87 by Dvorak.

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Thursday 17March7.30pm – SP

The University New MusicEnsemble and Chamber ChoirProgramme to be announced – see website for details

Monday 21 March (HMS)Maria Milstein - violin and Miriam Leskis - pianoSchubert - Sonatine in A minor E flat major D385; op 137 no 2Janacek - SonataBeethoven - Sonata op.12 no 3 in E flat Major;Stravinsky - Divertimento (after the Fairy's Kiss).

Thursday 24 March (CeReNeM)1.15pm - SPEleri Ann Evans - saxophoneunjust judgmentsAn eclectic programme of progressive saxophone music, inspiredby the words of Charles Bukowski.

Thursday 24 March7.30pm – SPThe University Chamber Orchestra,String Orchestra and ChoirThe University String Orchestra (director: David Milsom) willperform early 20th Century British compositions, includingElgar’s Elegy and Serenade for Strings, utilising period-sensitiveperformance styles. John Bryan will also conduct twomasterpieces from Classical Vienna -Mozart - Symphony No. 35 in D major K.385 HaffnerHaydn - Schöpfungsmesse Mass in B flat major (1801)

Monday 28 March7.30pm – SPThe University Brass Band and Percussion EnsembleA rare treat to hear the University’s Percussion Ensemble aftertheir appearance at the 2009 HCMF and more recently in theBarbarolli Room at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. For furtherprogramme details see website.

Wednesday 30 March1.15pm - SPGraham Cummings – University OrganistThe Gallic MuseFrench organ music from the late 17th Century to the late 20thCentury in a programme of music by Marchand, Guilmant,Franck, Langlais and Messiaen.

Thursday 31 March1.15pm – SPThe University Early Music EnsembleProgramme to be announced – see website for details

Thursday 31 March 7.30pm – SPThe University Symphonic WindOrchestra and student soloistsFor further programme details, see website

Tuesday 5 April1.15pm - SPThe University Folk GroupThe final performance of this year from the acclaimed UniversityFolk Group, including a variety of historic and modern songs froma range of counties. Directed by Pete Coe.

Thursday 7 April 1.15pm – SPEnsemble 360

In their final visit this year, Ensemble 360 perform Bartok’sContrasts and Brahms’ Horn Trio Op. 40

Thursday 7 April 7.30pm – SPThe University Orchestra and student soloistsFor further details, see website

Monday 11 April (HMS)Wiener Mozart Trio Mozart - Piano Trio no.2 in G major, KV 496Beethoven - Piano Trio op.70/1 in D major (Ghost)Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor 14 15

The University of HuddersfieldQueensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DHTel: 01484 472003E-mail: livemusic@hud.ac.ukwww.hud.ac.uk/mhm/music-concerts/

In addition to those events listed, there will be a series of informalstudent concerts most Tuesday lunchtimes at 1.15pm in St Paul’sHall (admission free). There will also be occasional Wednesdaylunchtime events in the Creative Arts Building atrium.

Ticket InformationEvents take place in St Paul’s Hall (SP) or Phipps Concert Hall (PH)

Lunchtime ConcertsFull: £3.00Concession: £2.00All students Free

Evening ConcertsFull: £7.50Concession: £5.00Non-music student £3.00Music student Free

Tel: 01484 472003E-mail: livemusic@hud.ac.uk

hcmf//Visit www.hcmf.co.uk for ticket information. Box Office: 01484 430528

Huddersfield Music SocietyConcerts (HMS)Student season ticket £15Student single ticket £3

Tel: 01484 223200

The University reserves the right to change or cancelprogrammes or artists without notice.

For full programme detail, see the Concerts website at:www/hud.ac.uk/mhm/mmt/

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Tuesday 3 May7.30pm – SPPop Directed EnsemblesFinal performances from this year’s a cappella pop choir and ourSouth Asian Arts group. See our website for full details of thisweek’s band performances.

Monday 27 – Thursday 30 JuneSummer Showcase ConcertsWatch website for further details.