Events
Musica Ensembles Concert
This concert showcases women and gender-diverse composers in a large ensemble setting, celebrating their brilliant music. We will hear exciting diverse performances from a wide range of MUMS ensembles: Wind Orchestra, String Orchestra, Brass Band and Big Band in this new MUSICA event. MUSO Florence Price - Adoration Ruth Gipps - Cringlemire..
After the Burning Age: Green utopianism, climate catastrophe, and retooling the apocalypse
Radical Formations seminar, University of Manchester About the seminar This talk addresses the relationship between apocalyptic visions of catastrophe and utopian accounts of liberation, putting particular emphasis on the climate crisis. The clouding of the horizon with predictions of climate disaster is a threat to utopia, making it appear..
Magic for Wellbeing Workshops
We are pleased to be able to offer a brand-new series of workshops with magician MO Shaoxian. Over the course of four sessions, you will learn tricks, while also develop your confidence. Practicing magic can also improve your concentration and reduce stress. All materials will be provided. Mr MO Shaoxian is a renowned magician and educator w..
Professor Abigail Gilmore's Inaugural Lecture – 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place'
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: England’s Cultural Policy Landscape under Austerity and Devolution What makes a town or city culturally vibrant, and who gets to decide? Which arts venues, cultural amenities and heritage spaces should communities be able to access—not only for their own quality of life, but for the liveability and identit..
Voices for a Better Japan: Insights from Anthropology, Religion, Sociology, and History
Dr. Chika Watanabe Prof. Erica Baffelli Dr. Yuki Asahina Dr. Aya Homei With a special introduction to Japanese Studies at the University of Manchester by Dr. Peter Cave. Talk Description On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan, triggering a devastating tsunami and a nuclear meltdo..
CLACS/Music Department WCLC event: Music concert Ñandereko (Our Way of Life) by Ramon Gorigoitia (World Première) and associated events
This concert is organised by the Music Department and also forms part of the events series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a wide-ranging programme to suit all tastes and ar..
WCLC: Ñandereko (Our Way of Life) by Ramon Gorigoitia (World Première)
This project of the ensemble 'El Parnaso Hyspano' is generously supported by the 'Esperanza Trust for Anthropological Research'. A new dramatic cantata for voice, piano and keyboards, strings, flute, aerophones, and percussion, with prerecorded sonic materials and visual projections. Ñandereko mixes extracts from these songs with accounts f..
Student Composer Showcase Concert
A collaboration between the Department of Music, the University of Manchester Music Society and the Contemporary and Experimental Arts Society brings you a concert of outstanding recent student compositions.
University of Manchester Chamber Choirs | Springtime Concert
University of Manchester Chamber Choirs present a Springtime Concert featuring music by Howells, Esenvalds, Holst and more…
Liberalism, Democracy and Public Opinion: Intellectual Histories
Speakers: Arthur Ghins (Political Science, Université libre de Bruxelles), author of The People's Two Powers: Public Opinion and Popular Sovereignty from Rousseau to Liberal Democracy (Cambridge UP, 2025) Stuart Jones (History, University of Manchester), author of Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect (Princeton UP, 2025)..