University of Surrey Music Listings Summer 2010

Wednesday 28 April 2010

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Improvised and Electronic Music Event

Be prepared for something provocative, stimulating and a little different.

After a two-hour performance from Matthew Sansom using recordings of the PATS Building and from further afield (drop-in and-out as you like), the evening will progress at 8pm with a site-specific piece that explores the University’s famous PATS building. Accompanied by the music and installation work of final year music student Davy Berryman, the audience will be led through the building’s spaces and corridors. The final destination will be Studio One and further performances will continue here, including improvised music by graduates of the Free Improvisation course taught at the University, multimedia works, and a set of electronic live beats from final year music student Sandy Dobson.

Wednesday 28 April, 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
PATS Building, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Rush Hour Concert

Avoid the rush hour traffic, relax and be invigorated after a hard day at work by these short recitals given by undergraduate and postgraduate students specialising in performance. Three short teatime concerts lasting approximately one hour.

Friday 30 April at 5.30pm (finishing at approximately 6.30pm)
Friday 21 May at 5.30pm (finishing at approximately 6.30pm)
Friday 28 May at 5.30pm (finishing at approximately 6.30pm)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Free For All - III

An informal and fun evening that showcases the enormous range of musical styles and the huge talents of the various bands and performers within the Department of Music and Sound Recording. One of the most popular student concerts in the calendar, in its short history it has outgrown PATS and Wates House, so for the second time this year, the students will stage a large scale concert in the University Hall. We can’t describe an evening which might include Morris dancing and folk music, cover versions or new works, experimental jazz, electronic improvisation, solo singer/songwriters… All that is certain is that it will be a spectacular, eclectic show. Following the extremely popular event in February, please arrive early to avoid disappointment. Roots Bar will be open from 7pm.

Sunday 2 May, 7;30 p.m.
University Hall, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £3
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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Lunchtime Recital

Take a mid-day break, relax or be invigorated by these short recitals. Feel free to pop down during your lunch break, if only for 20 minutes, as you may come and go between performers. Normally given by undergraduate and postgraduate students specialising in performance, the repertoire at these concerts is extremely varied. It’s a great opportunity to hear some familiar and not so well known works. Programmes for these events are not usually available in advance but can be emailed to you a few days before the recital. Please email us to receive
the programme: E-mail: j.harber@surrey.ac.uk

Wednesday 05 May at 1:0 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 12 May at 1:0 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 26 May at 1:0 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 02 June at 1:0 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
Wednesday 16 June at 1:0 p.m. (finishing at approximately 2:00 p.m.)
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free
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Joyce Dixey Composition Award Final

This annual concert of compositions by students of the Department of Music and Sound Recording is competitively performed for an award presented by the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS). This year’s competition attracted an unprecedented 50 entries from composition students at the University of Surrey. After several preliminary round concerts, a small number of pieces have been chosen for tonight’s final. Expect the unexpected, with works in every imaginable style using forces from small chamber ensembles
and rock bands to full-scale symphony orchestra and choir. The difficult decision of choosing an overall winner is given to our guest adjudicator, composer Stephen Montague.

Wednesday 05 May, 7:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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Ensembles Concert 3

The University Symphony Orchestra
Student conductors direct an entertaining and diverse programme of classical works for ensembles and small orchestras. The third and final Ensembles Concert of this academic
year, it offers a great opportunity to hear an interesting range of works played with enthusiasm and verve. Please email nearer the date for a full programme:
E-mail: j.harber@surrey.ac.uk

Wednesday 12 May, 7:30 p.m.
Guildford Cathedral, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Admission Free

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University of Surrey Symphony Orchestra Concert

Rimsky- Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
Falla - Three Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat
Dvorák - Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95
‘From the New World’

Conductors:
Nat Brawn
Michael Eldridge
Russell Keable

A rollercoaster ride of exciting pieces to bring the University of Surrey Symphony Orchestra’s season to a close. The glittering orchestration of Rimsky-Korsakov and Spanish flare of Manuel de Falla are accompanied by Dvorák’s hugely popular New World Symphony. Composed in 1893 during his visit to the United States, the New World Symphony was an immediate success and has maintained its popular appeal by virtue of its seemingly inexhaustible flow of melody and sparkling orchestration. A wonderful piece for a first time listener, it also maintains enough interest and complexity for the seasoned concert goer.
Come and support the Orchestra and see if you can spot Dvorák’s impressive imitation of a steam train!

Saturday 22 May, 7:30 p.m.
St. Saviour’s Church, Guildford
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £10, £5 students
University Box Office: 01483 686 876

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Nikolai Demidenko piano

Chopin 24 Preludes Op 28
Schumann - Faschingschwank aus Wien Op 26
Schumann - Carnaval Op 9

“His extraordinary intimacy with the piano, which withholds no secrets of keyboard brilliance or expressive colouring from him, maximises the potential in the scoring, however modest or extravagant, of whatever he chooses to play.” - The Times

Nikolai Demidenko’s passionate pianism is in demand worldwide and we are pleased to welcome him back to Studio One with an exciting programme. Schumann's prolific outpouring of piano works in the 1830s is extraordinary. There are sonatas, but more importantly groups of short pieces that are full of amazing fantasy; whimsical, autobiographical pictorial. This places a new emphasis on the miniature; the smallest piece now has the potential to be of supreme importance. Yet, strangely, in a letter to an admirer he once referred to Faschingschwank aus Wien as 'a great, romantic sonata'.
Chopin drew a clearer distinction between sonata and the miniature. The only structural force in his 24 Preludes is their journey through all 24 major and minor keys, in a strict sequence. Chopin and Schumann were two of the most enterprising composers for the piano in the 1830s and their amazing originality has lost none of its freshness today. What an exciting recital awaits us!

Sunday 06 June at 3:30 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
Tickets: £15 full, £12 senior citizens, £5 concessions

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Final Degree Recitals

Students from the Department of Music and Sound Recording specialising in performance present their final recitals. Previews of the recitals will take place at the Music on Monday series at Christ Church, Woking on Monday 7 June at 12.40pm; and at Elmbridge Village, Cranleigh, on Sunday 6 June at 3pm. Please see the website for further details of performance times: www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music

Wednesday 09 June at 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Thursday 10 June at 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
PATS Studio One, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music

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