* Wednesday 19th February at 6 - 7pm Clephan 2.13, £5 (£3.50 Conc)
A talk by Dame Evelyn Glennie 'Striking Ahead' (note this is not a concert).
* Wednesday 19th February 7.30-9pm, PACE Studio 1, admission £4 (£2.50 Conc)
Playing Dirty: Live Electronic Music
DMU's
Dirty Electronics Ensemble is joined by the Live Electronics Ensemble
from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, for a concert exploring
large ensemble performance pieces for electronic music. The program
will include original pieces and instruments specially created for the
collaboration. Expect a thirty-strong 'tour de force' of buzzes and
bleeps!
* Thursday 20th February 1 - 2pm, PACE Studio 1, admission free
A Life in Music: Richard Orton in Memoriam
Richard
Orton was one of the great pioneers of British electronic and
experimental music; he was founder and long time director of the York
University studios and taught many of Britain's leading composers. This
concert includes his classic music theatre work Mug Grunt - with guest
appearances by Archer Endrich and Andrew Bentley who knew him well.
DMU's John Richards studied with Orton and has created For Gentle Fire
for this concert, based on Orton's work Kiss which is also performed.
* Thursday 20th February 7.30 - 8.45pm, Imaginary Soundscapes
PACE Studio 1, admission free
Programme:
Leigh Landy's China/Music Old/New
John Young Forms of Space
Panos Amelides Golden Walnuts
Louise Rossiter's Sacred Voices.