Summer Festival of Music 2024
The annual Summer Festival of Music is a highlight of the academic year for musicians at the University of Birmingham.
This year, University Music and the University of Birmingham Music Society is delighted to announce a two-week period of events at the end of the semester for students, staff, and members of the wider community.
Running from 9 – 21 June 2024, the Summer Festival of Music will include a variety of events on-campus and across the city. Performances will include contributions from the University Folk Band and String Orchestra, as well as electro-acoustic student compositions as part of miniBEAST. There will also be opportunities to hear from University Music scholarship holders, as well as talented members of the Music Society. The central weekend of the festival will focus on a concert presented by the Summer Festival Orchestra, celebrating a year of outstanding student music-making with a performance of Shostakovich’s fifth symphony, along with new music by student, Oliver Beck, and a performance from the winner of the annual Society Soloist Competition, Jessie Lewis.
We also look forward to taking residence in The Spotted Dog, Digbeth, as the University’s flagship Jazz Orchestra perform with Jonathan Silk performing music by the Brecker Brothers and Donald Fagen, before transitioning to an evening of music by student bands from Jazz Collective.
The festival opens with a reunion event for the University’s popular Brass Band, featuring music by our own Stephen Roberts and led by Stuart Birnie, celebrating his ten years of inspirational leadership of the ensemble.