Events and concerts

7nov-paul-dunmall
7Nov

Paul Dunmall Quartet

Dates
Thursday 7 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
TDE/Fizzle are in collaboration with BEAST to present a world-class quartet led by saxophonist Paul Dunmall featuring Percy Pursglove on trumpet, Oli Brice on double bass, and Mark Sanders on drums.
8nov-newe-vialles
8Nov

Newe Vialles - Ex Tempore

Dates
Friday 8 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
A Barber Lunchtime Concert featuring fantasias, dances, and divisions by Christopher Simpson, John Jenkins, William Young, Benjamin Hely, and others, played on two spectacular and historically-important instruments.
15nov-lumas-winds
15Nov

Lumas Winds

Dates
Friday 15 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize in 2023, Lumas Winds have been hailed as 'effervescent' and 'illuminating'. Join them for a programme of wind quintet music from the twentieth century.
15nov-septura-cropped-300x300
15Nov

Septura

Dates
Friday 15 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Septura brings together the very best brass players in the UK. This evening, hear their prowess in an eclectic programme ranging from ragtime to the renaissance.
20nov-rebecca-wing
20Nov

Rebecca Wing presents: HERITAGE

Dates
Wednesday 20 November 2024 (17:00-19:00)
Location
The Foyer, Bramall Music Building
Description
The first Foyer Jazz Gig of this year welcomes Rebecca Wing, whose suite of original music will take you through a journey of memory and understanding of what makes us whole.
22nov-oxford-international-song-festival
22Nov

Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites

Dates
Friday 22 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
We celebrate the latest exhibition at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites, with a musical feast from Oxford International Song Festival.
23nov-bus-uuv
23Nov

Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices

Dates
Saturday 23 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices infuse the Elgar Concert Hall with a toasty programme of seasonal music all under the direction of Bob Chilcott and Mariana Rosas.
24nov-wind-band
24Nov

Wind Band and Saxophone Choir

Dates
Sunday 24 November 2024 (15:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
From show tunes to movie themes, Broadway showstoppers to disco hits, this Sunday afternoon concert brings together musicians from across the University in our Wind Band and Saxophone Choir.
29nov-elisabeth-brauss
29Nov

Elisabeth Brauß - piano

Dates
Friday 29 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
BBC New Generation Artist & Pianist Elisabeth Brauß joins us for a Barber Lunchtime Concert.
29nov-flute-choir
29Nov

Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir

Dates
Friday 29 November 2024 (19:30-21:15)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
The University Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir present a variety of music, conducted by students Gemma Fletcher and William Ashley.
30nov-odd-priest
30Nov

CHURCH IN THE WILD - Odd Priest and University Jazz Orchestra

Dates
Saturday 30 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Reisz 'Odd Priest' Amos is a multi-disciplined artist from Birmingham, collaborating with the University Jazz Orchestra featuring newly commissioned arrangements of Odd Priest's original music.
1dec-verdi-requiem
1Dec

Verdi's Requiem - University Chorus and The Elgar Scholars

Dates
Sunday 1 December 2024 (15:00-16:45)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
We welcome University of Birmingham alumni soloists, along with The Elgar Scholars, to perform Verdi's epic requiem mass with the University Chorus, presented in an arrangement for two pianos, organ, and percussion.
4dec-carol-service
4Dec

University Carol Service - University Upper Voices

Dates
Wednesday 4 December 2024 (18:15-19:30)
Location
The Great Hall - Aston Webb
Description
The University invites you to attend the annual University Carol Service in The Great Hall, with music from the University Upper Voices choir, conducted by Mariana Rosas.
6dec-clipper-erickson
6Dec

Clipper Erickson - piano

Dates
Friday 6 December 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Clipper Erickson presents music by Coleridge-Taylor, Price, and Gershwin in this Barber Lunchtime Concert.
6dec-brass-band
6Dec

University Brass Band and Chamber Choirs

Dates
Friday 6 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
The University Brass Band give their first performance under the baton of their new musical director, Stephen Kane, in this joint concert with our student-led, unauditioned chamber choirs.
7dec-symphony-string-orch
7Dec

Symphony Orchestra and String Orchestra

Dates
Saturday 7 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Join the University's Symphony Orchestra for all the bombast and romance of Verdi, Puccini, and Mascagni, alongside intimate gems by our student-conducted String Orchestra.
8dec-philharmonic
8Dec

Philharmonic Orchestra

Dates
Sunday 8 December 2024 (15:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
All roads lead to Rome, they say - so join us on the Appian Way this afternoon as we delve into Respighi's masterpiece, alongside familiar favourites from blockbusters The Godfather and Cinema Paradiso.
11dec-camerata
11Dec

University Camerata

Dates
Wednesday 11 December 2024 (19:30-20:45)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
With music from Purcell to Laura Mvula, renaissance to contemporary, join us in celebrating the hard work of the students on the choral conducting programme as they conduct the University Camerata.
12dec-vocal-consort
12Dec

University Vocal Consort

Dates
Thursday 12 December 2024 (18:30-19:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
Talented final-year choral conducting student, Jessica Duckworth takes to the podium with the University Vocal Consort to present a short recital as part of the final-year assessment for her music degree.
13dec-gospel-revisited
13Dec

'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project

Dates
Friday 13 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Gospel Revisited Project presents 'Sing for Your Soul' Gospel Choir, a 70-strong choir developed to celebrate the music of legendary gospel choirs with classics and standards reworked by Ray Prince and Jonathan Silk.
13dec-gospel-revisited
14Dec

'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project

Dates
Saturday 14 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Gospel Revisited Project presents 'Sing for Your Soul' Gospel Choir, a 70-strong choir developed to celebrate the music of legendary gospel choirs with classics and standards reworked by Ray Prince and Jonathan Silk.
14dec-bus-tenbury
14Dec

Birmingham University Singers at Tenbury Wells

Dates
Saturday 14 December (18:30) - Sunday 15 December 2024 (17:00)
Location
St Michael's Church - Tenbury Wells
Description
Birmingham University Singers make their annual visit to St Michael's Church with Dr Paul Rodmell.
12feb-james-ehnes
12Feb

James Ehnes Piano Quartet

Dates
Wednesday 12 February 2025 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
A Barber Evening Concert featuring world-class chamber music from Canadian violinist James Ehnes, alongside Inon Barnatan (piano), Raphael Bell (cello), and Jonathan Vinocour (viola).
15mar-bbc-singers
15Mar

BBC Singers feat. Birmingham University Singers

Dates
Saturday 15 March 2025 (18:30-20:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
We welcome the BBC Singers for an eclectic Barber Evening Concert of choral music, with guest appearance from Birmingham University Singers.
26mar-britten-sinfonia
26Mar

Britten Sinfonia

Dates
Wednesday 26 March 2025 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
We welcome Britten Sinfonia to the Elgar Concert Hall for the world premiere performance of Michael Zev Gordon's 'A Kind of Haunting' for baritone, two narrators, and string orchestra, along with other orchestral works.
9may-brautigam-hoppe-polt
7May

Brautigam/Hoppe/Poltéra Trio

Dates
Wednesday 7 May 2025 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
This internationally acclaimed, all-star trio give the final Barber Evening concert of the 24/25 season.
7nov-paul-dunmall
7Nov

Paul Dunmall Quartet

Dates
Thursday 7 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
TDE/Fizzle are in collaboration with BEAST to present a world-class quartet led by saxophonist Paul Dunmall featuring Percy Pursglove on trumpet, Oli Brice on double bass, and Mark Sanders on drums.
8nov-newe-vialles
8Nov

Newe Vialles - Ex Tempore

Dates
Friday 8 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
A Barber Lunchtime Concert featuring fantasias, dances, and divisions by Christopher Simpson, John Jenkins, William Young, Benjamin Hely, and others, played on two spectacular and historically-important instruments.
15nov-lumas-winds
15Nov

Lumas Winds

Dates
Friday 15 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize in 2023, Lumas Winds have been hailed as 'effervescent' and 'illuminating'. Join them for a programme of wind quintet music from the twentieth century.
15nov-septura-cropped-300x300
15Nov

Septura

Dates
Friday 15 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Septura brings together the very best brass players in the UK. This evening, hear their prowess in an eclectic programme ranging from ragtime to the renaissance.
20nov-rebecca-wing
20Nov

Rebecca Wing presents: HERITAGE

Dates
Wednesday 20 November 2024 (17:00-19:00)
Location
The Foyer, Bramall Music Building
Description
The first Foyer Jazz Gig of this year welcomes Rebecca Wing, whose suite of original music will take you through a journey of memory and understanding of what makes us whole.
22nov-oxford-international-song-festival
22Nov

Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites

Dates
Friday 22 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
We celebrate the latest exhibition at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites, with a musical feast from Oxford International Song Festival.
23nov-bus-uuv
23Nov

Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices

Dates
Saturday 23 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices infuse the Elgar Concert Hall with a toasty programme of seasonal music all under the direction of Bob Chilcott and Mariana Rosas.
24nov-wind-band
24Nov

Wind Band and Saxophone Choir

Dates
Sunday 24 November 2024 (15:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
From show tunes to movie themes, Broadway showstoppers to disco hits, this Sunday afternoon concert brings together musicians from across the University in our Wind Band and Saxophone Choir.
29nov-elisabeth-brauss
29Nov

Elisabeth Brauß - piano

Dates
Friday 29 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
BBC New Generation Artist & Pianist Elisabeth Brauß joins us for a Barber Lunchtime Concert.
29nov-flute-choir
29Nov

Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir

Dates
Friday 29 November 2024 (19:30-21:15)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
The University Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir present a variety of music, conducted by students Gemma Fletcher and William Ashley.
30nov-odd-priest
30Nov

CHURCH IN THE WILD - Odd Priest and University Jazz Orchestra

Dates
Saturday 30 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Reisz 'Odd Priest' Amos is a multi-disciplined artist from Birmingham, collaborating with the University Jazz Orchestra featuring newly commissioned arrangements of Odd Priest's original music.
1dec-verdi-requiem
1Dec

Verdi's Requiem - University Chorus and The Elgar Scholars

Dates
Sunday 1 December 2024 (15:00-16:45)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
We welcome University of Birmingham alumni soloists, along with The Elgar Scholars, to perform Verdi's epic requiem mass with the University Chorus, presented in an arrangement for two pianos, organ, and percussion.
4dec-carol-service
4Dec

University Carol Service - University Upper Voices

Dates
Wednesday 4 December 2024 (18:15-19:30)
Location
The Great Hall - Aston Webb
Description
The University invites you to attend the annual University Carol Service in The Great Hall, with music from the University Upper Voices choir, conducted by Mariana Rosas.
6dec-clipper-erickson
6Dec

Clipper Erickson - piano

Dates
Friday 6 December 2024 (13:00-13:50)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Clipper Erickson presents music by Coleridge-Taylor, Price, and Gershwin in this Barber Lunchtime Concert.
6dec-brass-band
6Dec

University Brass Band and Chamber Choirs

Dates
Friday 6 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
The University Brass Band give their first performance under the baton of their new musical director, Stephen Kane, in this joint concert with our student-led, unauditioned chamber choirs.
7dec-symphony-string-orch
7Dec

Symphony Orchestra and String Orchestra

Dates
Saturday 7 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Join the University's Symphony Orchestra for all the bombast and romance of Verdi, Puccini, and Mascagni, alongside intimate gems by our student-conducted String Orchestra.
8dec-philharmonic
8Dec

Philharmonic Orchestra

Dates
Sunday 8 December 2024 (15:00-17:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
All roads lead to Rome, they say - so join us on the Appian Way this afternoon as we delve into Respighi's masterpiece, alongside familiar favourites from blockbusters The Godfather and Cinema Paradiso.
11dec-camerata
11Dec

University Camerata

Dates
Wednesday 11 December 2024 (19:30-20:45)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
With music from Purcell to Laura Mvula, renaissance to contemporary, join us in celebrating the hard work of the students on the choral conducting programme as they conduct the University Camerata.
12dec-vocal-consort
12Dec

University Vocal Consort

Dates
Thursday 12 December 2024 (18:30-19:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
Talented final-year choral conducting student, Jessica Duckworth takes to the podium with the University Vocal Consort to present a short recital as part of the final-year assessment for her music degree.
13dec-gospel-revisited
13Dec

'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project

Dates
Friday 13 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Gospel Revisited Project presents 'Sing for Your Soul' Gospel Choir, a 70-strong choir developed to celebrate the music of legendary gospel choirs with classics and standards reworked by Ray Prince and Jonathan Silk.
13dec-gospel-revisited
14Dec

'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project

Dates
Saturday 14 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Gospel Revisited Project presents 'Sing for Your Soul' Gospel Choir, a 70-strong choir developed to celebrate the music of legendary gospel choirs with classics and standards reworked by Ray Prince and Jonathan Silk.
14dec-bus-tenbury
14Dec

Birmingham University Singers at Tenbury Wells

Dates
Saturday 14 December (18:30) - Sunday 15 December 2024 (17:00)
Location
St Michael's Church - Tenbury Wells
Description
Birmingham University Singers make their annual visit to St Michael's Church with Dr Paul Rodmell.
12feb-james-ehnes
12Feb

James Ehnes Piano Quartet

Dates
Wednesday 12 February 2025 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
A Barber Evening Concert featuring world-class chamber music from Canadian violinist James Ehnes, alongside Inon Barnatan (piano), Raphael Bell (cello), and Jonathan Vinocour (viola).
15mar-bbc-singers
15Mar

BBC Singers feat. Birmingham University Singers

Dates
Saturday 15 March 2025 (18:30-20:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
We welcome the BBC Singers for an eclectic Barber Evening Concert of choral music, with guest appearance from Birmingham University Singers.
26mar-britten-sinfonia
26Mar

Britten Sinfonia

Dates
Wednesday 26 March 2025 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
We welcome Britten Sinfonia to the Elgar Concert Hall for the world premiere performance of Michael Zev Gordon's 'A Kind of Haunting' for baritone, two narrators, and string orchestra, along with other orchestral works.
9may-brautigam-hoppe-polt
7May

Brautigam/Hoppe/Poltéra Trio

Dates
Wednesday 7 May 2025 (19:30-21:30)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
This internationally acclaimed, all-star trio give the final Barber Evening concert of the 24/25 season.

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