Festival of Libraries to take over Manchester in June
The Festival of Libraries is set to hit Greater Manchester’s 133 libraries in June and the countdown has started!
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200 young musicians to feature in Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra Concert
200 of the UK’s best young musicians will feature in an epic one-off Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra concert at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.
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Chetham’s School of Music to celebrate 50th anniversary performing Mahler Symphony No. 8
Chetham’s School of Music will become the first school orchestra to perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand. The performance will be the central event in a season marking 50 years since its formation as the country’s largest specialist music school. Not only will the performance mark the end of term, and half a century…
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David Threlfall to star in live musical The Wind in the Willows at Stoller Hall
Stoller Hall, Manchester, will host the live musical premiere of The Wind in the Willows starring David Threlfall alongside young musicians from across Greater Manchester. The unique adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic tales of the riverbank began as a BBC radio drama, adapted by Neil Brand – a composer and presenter of The Sound of…
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Chetham’s students record new version of Don’t Look back in Anger
Six months after the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena, which claimed the lives of twenty-two people, students at Chetham’s School of Music have arranged and recorded a new version of Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger. The song has been released to encourage people to remember and support victims of terror. Directly across the road…
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Chetham’s and The Stoller Hall mark the centenary of the Russian Revoluation
Manchester’s Chetham’s and The Stoller Hall are set to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution with a festival of music and arts. The Revolution gave rise to a period of social and cultural transformation, defining a new role for the arts as a mouthpiece for social critique and political engagement. Out of the cultural…
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Previewed: Saint Etienne at the RNCM
Saint Etienne come to Manchester’s RNCM next week in support of their new album Home Counties which is released today. Home Counties comprises sixteen new songs Saint Etienne have written about a day in the life of a Home Counties resident. Moving from the life of a teenage girl, through to what would have happened…
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Manchester After Hours to take over the city’s art and music scene
Manchester After Hours returns on Thursday 18 May as the city’s arts and music scene comes alive in the evening. The annual event, part of the UK wide Museums at Night, will witness 15 original, largely free events. The line up is set to include gigs on wheels, video installations projected onto landmark aircraft and…
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The Earl of Wessex to open The Stoller Hall
Patron of Chetham’s School of Music to open Manchester’s newest performance space The Earl of Wessex, Patron of Chetham’s School of Music, is to open The Stoller Hall: Manchester’s newest performance space, as part of the opening weekend Friday 21-Sunday 23 April 2017. His Royal Highness, who has been Patron of the School since 2003,…
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The Stoller Hall – what’s on in 2017?
After the huge opening weekend lined up for Manchester’s newest concert hall, The Stoller Hall, the rest of 2017 looks set to continue to thrill audiences. Highlights for the coming months are set to include: Composer and silent film accompanist Neil Brand visits in May, starting with a public masterclass for young composers, and continuing…
