The annual University Summer Festival of Music presents twelve days of concerts and performances from Monday 6 to Friday 17 June.
This student-led festival celebrates the year round activity of the University of Birmingham Music Society, and Department of Music.
This year the Summer Festival includes three performances of Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera, plus a variety of vocal, jazz and chamber music concerts in The Bramall, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts and venues across the city.
Programme
6Jun
- Dates
- Monday 6 June 2016 (13:00)
- Location
- The Dome, Bramall Music Building
- Description
- In this concert, a selection of chamber music groups perform repertoire they have been working on over the summer term.
7Jun
- Dates
- Tuesday 7 June 2016 (20:00)
- Location
- The Lounge, Bristol Road, Selly Oak
- Description
- An eclectic mix of student jazz groups take over Selly Oak's student hotspot, The Lounge, for an evening of Trad, Cool, Swing and American Songbook classics.
8Jun
- Dates
- Wednesday 8 June 2016 (19:30)
- Location
- Elgar Concer Hall, Bramall Music Building
- Description
- Students from across the University shake off all memories of the exam period with an evening of popular works and arrangements for brass band and for saxophone choir.
10Jun
- Dates
- Friday 10 June 2016 (13:10)
- Location
- The Dome, Bramall Music Building
- Description
- Student composers present their most recent works for the BEASTdome sound system in this informal lunchtime concert.
11Jun
- Dates
- Saturday 11 June 2016 (19:30)
- Location
- Chancellor's Court
- Description
- The University of Birmingham hosts the first Birmingham Proms - a free outdoor evening concert for the whole community which will culminate in a spectacular firework display.
12Jun
- Dates
- Sunday 12 June 2016 (19:30)
- Location
- The Great Hall - Trent Building - Notthingham University
- Description
- The Music Society Wind Band and the Nottingham University Wind Orchestra present an evening of original works and popular arrangements in the Nottingham University Great Hall.
12Jun
- Dates
- Sunday 12 June (15:00) - Wednesday 15 June 2016 (22:00)
- Location
- Barber Concert Hall - Barber Institute of Fine Arts
- Description
- A talented student cast from the University of Birmingham present an innovative original interpretation of Britten's work, combining opera, musical theatre and cabaret.
16Jun
- Dates
- Thursday 16 June 2016 (20:00)
- Location
- The Bristol Pear - Selly Oak
- Description
- Join the Summer Festival Big Band and their conductor, Jonathan Silk, at the Bristol Pear for an evening of classic big band music with a variety of other jazz styles.
17Jun
- Dates
- Friday 17 June 2016 (13:10)
- Location
- Barber Concert Hall - Barber Institute of Fine Arts
- Description
- Summer Festival Voices present a concert performance of Henry Purcell's The Tempest, in this, the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare's death.
17Jun
- Dates
- Friday 17 June 2016 (14:20)
- Location
- Barber Institute of Fine Arts Foyer
- Description
- Celebrate the end of term and the Summer Festival of Music by joining us for the Summer Festival Buffet in the Barber Foyer and on the terrace.
23Jun
- Dates
- Thursday 23 June 2016 (19:30)
- Location
- St George’s Church - Edgbaston
- Description
- The Music Society's Symphony Orchestra present an evening concert in St George's Church prior to undertaking a concert tour of Amsterdam from 27 June to 1 July.