College of Arts and Law events Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins: Writing, Performance, Image DatesMonday 1 July 2024 (09:00) - Sunday 12 January 2025 (18:00)LocationMain Library Atrium Controlling the Capital City: State Power and Urban Land in Africa DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationTBC Songs of Love and Dance of Death - Lecture Recital DatesFriday 1 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building Search for:Search All eventsPerformanceResearch seminarsLectures, Talks and Workshops 1Jul Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins: Writing, Performance, Image DatesMonday 1 July 2024 (09:00) - Sunday 12 January 2025 (18:00)LocationMain Library AtriumDescriptionExhibition in Main Library atrium curated by Dr Caroline Radcliffe about the authors Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, showcasing original manuscripts and rare books from the Cadbury Research Library. All welcome. 30Oct Controlling the Capital City: State Power and Urban Land in Africa DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationTBCDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield. 30Oct Romeo N Juliet 4EVA DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (18:00-20:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building (Next to Aston Webb Building)DescriptionRomeo n Juliet 4eva film screening 31Oct Emilia DatesThursday 31 October (00:00) - Saturday 2 November 2024 (23:59)LocationGeorge Cadbury HallDescriptionPerformed and produced by undergraduate students in Drama. 1Nov Songs of Love and Dance of Death - Lecture Recital DatesFriday 1 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPianist, author, lecturer, and all-round virtuoso, Kenneth Hamilton offers another of his perennially popular lecture-recitals, featuring thrilling highlights from the Romantic virtuoso repertoire. 2Nov Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha - soprano | Joseph Middleton - piano DatesSaturday 2 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescription2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha launches our 24/25 Barber Evening Concert season with pianist and University of Birmingham alumnus Joseph Middleton. 3Nov Birmingham University Liturgical Choir - Evensong DatesSunday 3 November 2024 (16:00-17:00)LocationCoventry CathedralDescriptionBirmingham University Liturgical Choir make a return to Coventry Cathedral for Evensong under the direction of Dr Paul Rodmell. 7Nov Paul Dunmall Quartet DatesThursday 7 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTDE/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. 7Nov Translating Shakespeare between the East and West DatesThursday 7 November (00:00) - Saturday 9 November 2024 (00:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionTranslating Shakespeare between the East and West conference 7-9 November 2024 8Nov Newe Vialles - Ex Tempore DatesFriday 8 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA 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. 9Nov Being Human Festival: Islam, Art, Testimony DatesSaturday 9 November 2024 (11:00-14:30)LocationB3 3DH, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Gas HallDescriptionJoin researchers from the University of Birmingham for a unique event exploring the importance of art, personal experience, and storytelling. 9Nov Being Human Festival: Breaking Borders DatesSaturday 9 November 2024 (14:00-17:00)Location158 Fazeley St Birmingham, B5 5RT, Centrala Unit 4, Minerva WorksDescriptionThis creative practice and celebration event marks two landmark anniversaries: the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the eastern expansion of the European Union in 2004. 11Nov Being Human Festival: Signing Shakespeare DatesMonday 11 November 2024 (13:15-14:00)LocationB12 9QH, Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Midlands Arts CentreDescriptionShowcasing the 'Signing Shakespeare' project (originally devised in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company); a project designed to make Shakespeare's work accessible to Deaf young people across the country. 13Nov Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman DatesWednesday 13 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Alice Wilson, University of Sussex. 15Nov Lumas Winds DatesFriday 15 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWinners 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 DatesFriday 15 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionSeptura 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. 16Nov Being Human Festival: Shakespeare Family Day DatesSaturday 16 November 2024 (11:00-15:00)LocationB1 2ND, Birmingham, Centenary Square, Children’s Library at the Library of BirminghamDescriptionA day of family fun that celebrates the largest and most diverse Shakespeare collection held in any public library in the world. 16Nov Being Human Festival: Finding Your Feet DatesSaturday 16 November 2024 (13:00-18:00)Location3 Centenary Square, B1 2DR, Birmingham, The ExchangeDescription'Finding Your Feet' is a performance-discussion-reflection experience, zooming in on the notion of "settling in". The experience offers the performance-audio piece 'BOSA' by Notnow Collective 18Nov Proving, pleasing and persuading: why ancient rhetoric still matters DatesMonday 18 November 2024 (17:15-18:45)LocationArts Lecture Room 6 (222)DescriptionProving pleasing and persuading why ancient rhetoric still matters - Henriette van der Blom Inaugural lecture 19Nov Culture and Climate Change And Breathe and Cultivate DatesTuesday 19 November 2024 (18:00-19:30)LocationBirmingham B9 4AA, Mockingbird CinemaDescriptionJoin us for a screening of two highly acclaimed short films by award-winning dance film director, Sima Gonsai. 20Nov The Winds That Brought Us Here: Hurricane, Caribbean History, Capitalist World Ecology DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Adom Philogene Heron, University of Bristol. 20Nov Rebecca Wing presents: HERITAGE DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (17:00-19:00)LocationThe Foyer, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe 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 Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites DatesFriday 22 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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 Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices DatesSaturday 23 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBirmingham 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 and Saxophone Choir DatesSunday 24 November 2024 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionFrom 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. 27Nov The Everyday Politics of Food Co-ops: Care, Aid, and Community in Austerity Britain DatesWednesday 27 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Celia Plender, University of Exeter. 29Nov Elisabeth Brauß - piano DatesFriday 29 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBBC New Generation Artist & Pianist Elisabeth Brauß joins us for a Barber Lunchtime Concert. 29Nov Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir DatesFriday 29 November 2024 (19:30-21:15)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir present a variety of music, conducted by students Gemma Fletcher and William Ashley. 30Nov CHURCH IN THE WILD - Odd Priest and University Jazz Orchestra DatesSaturday 30 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionReisz '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's Requiem - University Chorus and The Elgar Scholars DatesSunday 1 December 2024 (15:00-16:45)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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 Speaking of Trust: Religion and Mutual Aid in Southwest Kenya DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationArts Building room 315, Hybrid event in person and on ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Teodor Zidaru, London School of Economics. 4Dec University Carol Service - University Upper Voices DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (18:15-19:30)LocationThe Great Hall - Aston WebbDescriptionThe 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. 5Dec Gaining Parity? DatesThursday 5 December 2024 (17:30-18:30)LocationArts Lecture Room 1DescriptionGaining Parity? French and Francophone women's filmmaking in the twenty-first century - Kate Ince Inaugural Lecture 6Dec Clipper Erickson - piano DatesFriday 6 December 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionClipper Erickson presents music by Coleridge-Taylor, Price, and Gershwin in this Barber Lunchtime Concert. 6Dec University Brass Band and Chamber Choirs DatesFriday 6 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe 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 Orchestra and String Orchestra DatesSaturday 7 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJoin 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 Orchestra DatesSunday 8 December 2024 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAll 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 University Camerata DatesWednesday 11 December 2024 (19:30-20:45)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWith 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 University Vocal Consort DatesThursday 12 December 2024 (18:30-19:00)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTalented 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 'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project DatesFriday 13 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionGospel 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 'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project DatesSaturday 14 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionGospel 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 Birmingham University Singers at Tenbury Wells DatesSaturday 14 December (18:30) - Sunday 15 December 2024 (17:00)LocationSt Michael's Church - Tenbury WellsDescriptionBirmingham University Singers make their annual visit to St Michael's Church with Dr Paul Rodmell. 8Jan Electoral communication in 2024: Responding to a year of turbulence in media and politics DatesWednesday 8 January (00:00) - Thursday 9 January 2025 (00:00)LocationAlan Walters Building, Arts Building, University of BirminghamDescriptionPolitical Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference 2024-25 12Feb James Ehnes Piano Quartet DatesWednesday 12 February 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA 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 feat. Birmingham University Singers DatesSaturday 15 March 2025 (18:30-20:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe welcome the BBC Singers for an eclectic Barber Evening Concert of choral music, with guest appearance from Birmingham University Singers. 26Mar Britten Sinfonia DatesWednesday 26 March 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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. 7May Brautigam/Hoppe/Poltéra Trio DatesWednesday 7 May 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThis internationally acclaimed, all-star trio give the final Barber Evening concert of the 24/25 season. 30Oct Romeo N Juliet 4EVA DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (18:00-20:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building (Next to Aston Webb Building)DescriptionRomeo n Juliet 4eva film screening 31Oct Emilia DatesThursday 31 October (00:00) - Saturday 2 November 2024 (23:59)LocationGeorge Cadbury HallDescriptionPerformed and produced by undergraduate students in Drama. 1Nov Songs of Love and Dance of Death - Lecture Recital DatesFriday 1 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPianist, author, lecturer, and all-round virtuoso, Kenneth Hamilton offers another of his perennially popular lecture-recitals, featuring thrilling highlights from the Romantic virtuoso repertoire. 2Nov Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha - soprano | Joseph Middleton - piano DatesSaturday 2 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescription2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha launches our 24/25 Barber Evening Concert season with pianist and University of Birmingham alumnus Joseph Middleton. 3Nov Birmingham University Liturgical Choir - Evensong DatesSunday 3 November 2024 (16:00-17:00)LocationCoventry CathedralDescriptionBirmingham University Liturgical Choir make a return to Coventry Cathedral for Evensong under the direction of Dr Paul Rodmell. 7Nov Paul Dunmall Quartet DatesThursday 7 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTDE/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 - Ex Tempore DatesFriday 8 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA 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. 9Nov Being Human Festival: Islam, Art, Testimony DatesSaturday 9 November 2024 (11:00-14:30)LocationB3 3DH, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Gas HallDescriptionJoin researchers from the University of Birmingham for a unique event exploring the importance of art, personal experience, and storytelling. 9Nov Being Human Festival: Breaking Borders DatesSaturday 9 November 2024 (14:00-17:00)Location158 Fazeley St Birmingham, B5 5RT, Centrala Unit 4, Minerva WorksDescriptionThis creative practice and celebration event marks two landmark anniversaries: the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the eastern expansion of the European Union in 2004. 11Nov Being Human Festival: Signing Shakespeare DatesMonday 11 November 2024 (13:15-14:00)LocationB12 9QH, Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Midlands Arts CentreDescriptionShowcasing the 'Signing Shakespeare' project (originally devised in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company); a project designed to make Shakespeare's work accessible to Deaf young people across the country. 15Nov Lumas Winds DatesFriday 15 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWinners 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 DatesFriday 15 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionSeptura 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. 16Nov Being Human Festival: Shakespeare Family Day DatesSaturday 16 November 2024 (11:00-15:00)LocationB1 2ND, Birmingham, Centenary Square, Children’s Library at the Library of BirminghamDescriptionA day of family fun that celebrates the largest and most diverse Shakespeare collection held in any public library in the world. 16Nov Being Human Festival: Finding Your Feet DatesSaturday 16 November 2024 (13:00-18:00)Location3 Centenary Square, B1 2DR, Birmingham, The ExchangeDescription'Finding Your Feet' is a performance-discussion-reflection experience, zooming in on the notion of "settling in". The experience offers the performance-audio piece 'BOSA' by Notnow Collective 20Nov Rebecca Wing presents: HERITAGE DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (17:00-19:00)LocationThe Foyer, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe 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 Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites DatesFriday 22 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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 Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices DatesSaturday 23 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBirmingham 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 and Saxophone Choir DatesSunday 24 November 2024 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionFrom 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 - piano DatesFriday 29 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBBC New Generation Artist & Pianist Elisabeth Brauß joins us for a Barber Lunchtime Concert. 29Nov Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir DatesFriday 29 November 2024 (19:30-21:15)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir present a variety of music, conducted by students Gemma Fletcher and William Ashley. 30Nov CHURCH IN THE WILD - Odd Priest and University Jazz Orchestra DatesSaturday 30 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionReisz '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's Requiem - University Chorus and The Elgar Scholars DatesSunday 1 December 2024 (15:00-16:45)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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 University Carol Service - University Upper Voices DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (18:15-19:30)LocationThe Great Hall - Aston WebbDescriptionThe 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 - piano DatesFriday 6 December 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionClipper Erickson presents music by Coleridge-Taylor, Price, and Gershwin in this Barber Lunchtime Concert. 6Dec University Brass Band and Chamber Choirs DatesFriday 6 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe 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 Orchestra and String Orchestra DatesSaturday 7 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJoin 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 Orchestra DatesSunday 8 December 2024 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAll 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 University Camerata DatesWednesday 11 December 2024 (19:30-20:45)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWith 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 University Vocal Consort DatesThursday 12 December 2024 (18:30-19:00)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTalented 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 'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project DatesFriday 13 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionGospel 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 'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project DatesSaturday 14 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionGospel 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 Birmingham University Singers at Tenbury Wells DatesSaturday 14 December (18:30) - Sunday 15 December 2024 (17:00)LocationSt Michael's Church - Tenbury WellsDescriptionBirmingham University Singers make their annual visit to St Michael's Church with Dr Paul Rodmell. 12Feb James Ehnes Piano Quartet DatesWednesday 12 February 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA 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 feat. Birmingham University Singers DatesSaturday 15 March 2025 (18:30-20:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe welcome the BBC Singers for an eclectic Barber Evening Concert of choral music, with guest appearance from Birmingham University Singers. 26Mar Britten Sinfonia DatesWednesday 26 March 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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. 7May Brautigam/Hoppe/Poltéra Trio DatesWednesday 7 May 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThis internationally acclaimed, all-star trio give the final Barber Evening concert of the 24/25 season. 30Oct Controlling the Capital City: State Power and Urban Land in Africa DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationTBCDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield. 13Nov Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman DatesWednesday 13 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Alice Wilson, University of Sussex. 20Nov The Winds That Brought Us Here: Hurricane, Caribbean History, Capitalist World Ecology DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Adom Philogene Heron, University of Bristol. 27Nov The Everyday Politics of Food Co-ops: Care, Aid, and Community in Austerity Britain DatesWednesday 27 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Celia Plender, University of Exeter. 4Dec Speaking of Trust: Religion and Mutual Aid in Southwest Kenya DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationArts Building room 315, Hybrid event in person and on ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Teodor Zidaru, London School of Economics. 30Oct Controlling the Capital City: State Power and Urban Land in Africa DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationTBCDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield. 7Nov Translating Shakespeare between the East and West DatesThursday 7 November (00:00) - Saturday 9 November 2024 (00:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionTranslating Shakespeare between the East and West conference 7-9 November 2024 13Nov Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman DatesWednesday 13 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Alice Wilson, University of Sussex. 18Nov Proving, pleasing and persuading: why ancient rhetoric still matters DatesMonday 18 November 2024 (17:15-18:45)LocationArts Lecture Room 6 (222)DescriptionProving pleasing and persuading why ancient rhetoric still matters - Henriette van der Blom Inaugural lecture 20Nov The Winds That Brought Us Here: Hurricane, Caribbean History, Capitalist World Ecology DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Adom Philogene Heron, University of Bristol. 27Nov The Everyday Politics of Food Co-ops: Care, Aid, and Community in Austerity Britain DatesWednesday 27 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Celia Plender, University of Exeter. 4Dec Speaking of Trust: Religion and Mutual Aid in Southwest Kenya DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationArts Building room 315, Hybrid event in person and on ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Teodor Zidaru, London School of Economics. 5Dec Gaining Parity? DatesThursday 5 December 2024 (17:30-18:30)LocationArts Lecture Room 1DescriptionGaining Parity? French and Francophone women's filmmaking in the twenty-first century - Kate Ince Inaugural Lecture 8Jan Electoral communication in 2024: Responding to a year of turbulence in media and politics DatesWednesday 8 January (00:00) - Thursday 9 January 2025 (00:00)LocationAlan Walters Building, Arts Building, University of BirminghamDescriptionPolitical Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference 2024-25
Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins: Writing, Performance, Image DatesMonday 1 July 2024 (09:00) - Sunday 12 January 2025 (18:00)LocationMain Library Atrium
Controlling the Capital City: State Power and Urban Land in Africa DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationTBC
Songs of Love and Dance of Death - Lecture Recital DatesFriday 1 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
1Jul Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins: Writing, Performance, Image DatesMonday 1 July 2024 (09:00) - Sunday 12 January 2025 (18:00)LocationMain Library AtriumDescriptionExhibition in Main Library atrium curated by Dr Caroline Radcliffe about the authors Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, showcasing original manuscripts and rare books from the Cadbury Research Library. All welcome.
30Oct Controlling the Capital City: State Power and Urban Land in Africa DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationTBCDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield.
30Oct Romeo N Juliet 4EVA DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (18:00-20:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building (Next to Aston Webb Building)DescriptionRomeo n Juliet 4eva film screening
31Oct Emilia DatesThursday 31 October (00:00) - Saturday 2 November 2024 (23:59)LocationGeorge Cadbury HallDescriptionPerformed and produced by undergraduate students in Drama.
1Nov Songs of Love and Dance of Death - Lecture Recital DatesFriday 1 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPianist, author, lecturer, and all-round virtuoso, Kenneth Hamilton offers another of his perennially popular lecture-recitals, featuring thrilling highlights from the Romantic virtuoso repertoire.
2Nov Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha - soprano | Joseph Middleton - piano DatesSaturday 2 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescription2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha launches our 24/25 Barber Evening Concert season with pianist and University of Birmingham alumnus Joseph Middleton.
3Nov Birmingham University Liturgical Choir - Evensong DatesSunday 3 November 2024 (16:00-17:00)LocationCoventry CathedralDescriptionBirmingham University Liturgical Choir make a return to Coventry Cathedral for Evensong under the direction of Dr Paul Rodmell.
7Nov Paul Dunmall Quartet DatesThursday 7 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTDE/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.
7Nov Translating Shakespeare between the East and West DatesThursday 7 November (00:00) - Saturday 9 November 2024 (00:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionTranslating Shakespeare between the East and West conference 7-9 November 2024
8Nov Newe Vialles - Ex Tempore DatesFriday 8 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA 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.
9Nov Being Human Festival: Islam, Art, Testimony DatesSaturday 9 November 2024 (11:00-14:30)LocationB3 3DH, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Gas HallDescriptionJoin researchers from the University of Birmingham for a unique event exploring the importance of art, personal experience, and storytelling.
9Nov Being Human Festival: Breaking Borders DatesSaturday 9 November 2024 (14:00-17:00)Location158 Fazeley St Birmingham, B5 5RT, Centrala Unit 4, Minerva WorksDescriptionThis creative practice and celebration event marks two landmark anniversaries: the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the eastern expansion of the European Union in 2004.
11Nov Being Human Festival: Signing Shakespeare DatesMonday 11 November 2024 (13:15-14:00)LocationB12 9QH, Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Midlands Arts CentreDescriptionShowcasing the 'Signing Shakespeare' project (originally devised in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company); a project designed to make Shakespeare's work accessible to Deaf young people across the country.
13Nov Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman DatesWednesday 13 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Alice Wilson, University of Sussex.
15Nov Lumas Winds DatesFriday 15 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWinners 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 DatesFriday 15 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionSeptura 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.
16Nov Being Human Festival: Shakespeare Family Day DatesSaturday 16 November 2024 (11:00-15:00)LocationB1 2ND, Birmingham, Centenary Square, Children’s Library at the Library of BirminghamDescriptionA day of family fun that celebrates the largest and most diverse Shakespeare collection held in any public library in the world.
16Nov Being Human Festival: Finding Your Feet DatesSaturday 16 November 2024 (13:00-18:00)Location3 Centenary Square, B1 2DR, Birmingham, The ExchangeDescription'Finding Your Feet' is a performance-discussion-reflection experience, zooming in on the notion of "settling in". The experience offers the performance-audio piece 'BOSA' by Notnow Collective
18Nov Proving, pleasing and persuading: why ancient rhetoric still matters DatesMonday 18 November 2024 (17:15-18:45)LocationArts Lecture Room 6 (222)DescriptionProving pleasing and persuading why ancient rhetoric still matters - Henriette van der Blom Inaugural lecture
19Nov Culture and Climate Change And Breathe and Cultivate DatesTuesday 19 November 2024 (18:00-19:30)LocationBirmingham B9 4AA, Mockingbird CinemaDescriptionJoin us for a screening of two highly acclaimed short films by award-winning dance film director, Sima Gonsai.
20Nov The Winds That Brought Us Here: Hurricane, Caribbean History, Capitalist World Ecology DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Adom Philogene Heron, University of Bristol.
20Nov Rebecca Wing presents: HERITAGE DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (17:00-19:00)LocationThe Foyer, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe 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 Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites DatesFriday 22 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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 Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices DatesSaturday 23 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBirmingham 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 and Saxophone Choir DatesSunday 24 November 2024 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionFrom 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.
27Nov The Everyday Politics of Food Co-ops: Care, Aid, and Community in Austerity Britain DatesWednesday 27 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Celia Plender, University of Exeter.
29Nov Elisabeth Brauß - piano DatesFriday 29 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBBC New Generation Artist & Pianist Elisabeth Brauß joins us for a Barber Lunchtime Concert.
29Nov Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir DatesFriday 29 November 2024 (19:30-21:15)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir present a variety of music, conducted by students Gemma Fletcher and William Ashley.
30Nov CHURCH IN THE WILD - Odd Priest and University Jazz Orchestra DatesSaturday 30 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionReisz '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's Requiem - University Chorus and The Elgar Scholars DatesSunday 1 December 2024 (15:00-16:45)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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 Speaking of Trust: Religion and Mutual Aid in Southwest Kenya DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationArts Building room 315, Hybrid event in person and on ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Teodor Zidaru, London School of Economics.
4Dec University Carol Service - University Upper Voices DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (18:15-19:30)LocationThe Great Hall - Aston WebbDescriptionThe 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.
5Dec Gaining Parity? DatesThursday 5 December 2024 (17:30-18:30)LocationArts Lecture Room 1DescriptionGaining Parity? French and Francophone women's filmmaking in the twenty-first century - Kate Ince Inaugural Lecture
6Dec Clipper Erickson - piano DatesFriday 6 December 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionClipper Erickson presents music by Coleridge-Taylor, Price, and Gershwin in this Barber Lunchtime Concert.
6Dec University Brass Band and Chamber Choirs DatesFriday 6 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe 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 Orchestra and String Orchestra DatesSaturday 7 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJoin 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 Orchestra DatesSunday 8 December 2024 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAll 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 University Camerata DatesWednesday 11 December 2024 (19:30-20:45)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWith 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 University Vocal Consort DatesThursday 12 December 2024 (18:30-19:00)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTalented 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 'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project DatesFriday 13 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionGospel 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 'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project DatesSaturday 14 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionGospel 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 Birmingham University Singers at Tenbury Wells DatesSaturday 14 December (18:30) - Sunday 15 December 2024 (17:00)LocationSt Michael's Church - Tenbury WellsDescriptionBirmingham University Singers make their annual visit to St Michael's Church with Dr Paul Rodmell.
8Jan Electoral communication in 2024: Responding to a year of turbulence in media and politics DatesWednesday 8 January (00:00) - Thursday 9 January 2025 (00:00)LocationAlan Walters Building, Arts Building, University of BirminghamDescriptionPolitical Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference 2024-25
12Feb James Ehnes Piano Quartet DatesWednesday 12 February 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA 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 feat. Birmingham University Singers DatesSaturday 15 March 2025 (18:30-20:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe welcome the BBC Singers for an eclectic Barber Evening Concert of choral music, with guest appearance from Birmingham University Singers.
26Mar Britten Sinfonia DatesWednesday 26 March 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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.
7May Brautigam/Hoppe/Poltéra Trio DatesWednesday 7 May 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThis internationally acclaimed, all-star trio give the final Barber Evening concert of the 24/25 season.
30Oct Romeo N Juliet 4EVA DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (18:00-20:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building (Next to Aston Webb Building)DescriptionRomeo n Juliet 4eva film screening
31Oct Emilia DatesThursday 31 October (00:00) - Saturday 2 November 2024 (23:59)LocationGeorge Cadbury HallDescriptionPerformed and produced by undergraduate students in Drama.
1Nov Songs of Love and Dance of Death - Lecture Recital DatesFriday 1 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionPianist, author, lecturer, and all-round virtuoso, Kenneth Hamilton offers another of his perennially popular lecture-recitals, featuring thrilling highlights from the Romantic virtuoso repertoire.
2Nov Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha - soprano | Joseph Middleton - piano DatesSaturday 2 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescription2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha launches our 24/25 Barber Evening Concert season with pianist and University of Birmingham alumnus Joseph Middleton.
3Nov Birmingham University Liturgical Choir - Evensong DatesSunday 3 November 2024 (16:00-17:00)LocationCoventry CathedralDescriptionBirmingham University Liturgical Choir make a return to Coventry Cathedral for Evensong under the direction of Dr Paul Rodmell.
7Nov Paul Dunmall Quartet DatesThursday 7 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTDE/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 - Ex Tempore DatesFriday 8 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA 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.
9Nov Being Human Festival: Islam, Art, Testimony DatesSaturday 9 November 2024 (11:00-14:30)LocationB3 3DH, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Gas HallDescriptionJoin researchers from the University of Birmingham for a unique event exploring the importance of art, personal experience, and storytelling.
9Nov Being Human Festival: Breaking Borders DatesSaturday 9 November 2024 (14:00-17:00)Location158 Fazeley St Birmingham, B5 5RT, Centrala Unit 4, Minerva WorksDescriptionThis creative practice and celebration event marks two landmark anniversaries: the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the eastern expansion of the European Union in 2004.
11Nov Being Human Festival: Signing Shakespeare DatesMonday 11 November 2024 (13:15-14:00)LocationB12 9QH, Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Midlands Arts CentreDescriptionShowcasing the 'Signing Shakespeare' project (originally devised in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company); a project designed to make Shakespeare's work accessible to Deaf young people across the country.
15Nov Lumas Winds DatesFriday 15 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWinners 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 DatesFriday 15 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionSeptura 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.
16Nov Being Human Festival: Shakespeare Family Day DatesSaturday 16 November 2024 (11:00-15:00)LocationB1 2ND, Birmingham, Centenary Square, Children’s Library at the Library of BirminghamDescriptionA day of family fun that celebrates the largest and most diverse Shakespeare collection held in any public library in the world.
16Nov Being Human Festival: Finding Your Feet DatesSaturday 16 November 2024 (13:00-18:00)Location3 Centenary Square, B1 2DR, Birmingham, The ExchangeDescription'Finding Your Feet' is a performance-discussion-reflection experience, zooming in on the notion of "settling in". The experience offers the performance-audio piece 'BOSA' by Notnow Collective
20Nov Rebecca Wing presents: HERITAGE DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (17:00-19:00)LocationThe Foyer, Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe 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 Scent and the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites DatesFriday 22 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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 Birmingham University Singers and University Upper Voices DatesSaturday 23 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBirmingham 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 and Saxophone Choir DatesSunday 24 November 2024 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionFrom 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 - piano DatesFriday 29 November 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionBBC New Generation Artist & Pianist Elisabeth Brauß joins us for a Barber Lunchtime Concert.
29Nov Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir DatesFriday 29 November 2024 (19:30-21:15)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe University Flute Choir and Clarinet Choir present a variety of music, conducted by students Gemma Fletcher and William Ashley.
30Nov CHURCH IN THE WILD - Odd Priest and University Jazz Orchestra DatesSaturday 30 November 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionReisz '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's Requiem - University Chorus and The Elgar Scholars DatesSunday 1 December 2024 (15:00-16:45)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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 University Carol Service - University Upper Voices DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (18:15-19:30)LocationThe Great Hall - Aston WebbDescriptionThe 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 - piano DatesFriday 6 December 2024 (13:00-13:50)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionClipper Erickson presents music by Coleridge-Taylor, Price, and Gershwin in this Barber Lunchtime Concert.
6Dec University Brass Band and Chamber Choirs DatesFriday 6 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThe 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 Orchestra and String Orchestra DatesSaturday 7 December 2024 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionJoin 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 Orchestra DatesSunday 8 December 2024 (15:00-17:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionAll 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 University Camerata DatesWednesday 11 December 2024 (19:30-20:45)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWith 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 University Vocal Consort DatesThursday 12 December 2024 (18:30-19:00)LocationThe Dome - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionTalented 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 'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project DatesFriday 13 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionGospel 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 'Sing For Your Soul' Gospel Choir - Gospel Revisited Project DatesSaturday 14 December 2024 (19:30-22:00)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionGospel 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 Birmingham University Singers at Tenbury Wells DatesSaturday 14 December (18:30) - Sunday 15 December 2024 (17:00)LocationSt Michael's Church - Tenbury WellsDescriptionBirmingham University Singers make their annual visit to St Michael's Church with Dr Paul Rodmell.
12Feb James Ehnes Piano Quartet DatesWednesday 12 February 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionA 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 feat. Birmingham University Singers DatesSaturday 15 March 2025 (18:30-20:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe welcome the BBC Singers for an eclectic Barber Evening Concert of choral music, with guest appearance from Birmingham University Singers.
26Mar Britten Sinfonia DatesWednesday 26 March 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionWe 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.
7May Brautigam/Hoppe/Poltéra Trio DatesWednesday 7 May 2025 (19:30-21:30)LocationElgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music BuildingDescriptionThis internationally acclaimed, all-star trio give the final Barber Evening concert of the 24/25 season.
30Oct Controlling the Capital City: State Power and Urban Land in Africa DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationTBCDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield.
13Nov Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman DatesWednesday 13 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Alice Wilson, University of Sussex.
20Nov The Winds That Brought Us Here: Hurricane, Caribbean History, Capitalist World Ecology DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Adom Philogene Heron, University of Bristol.
27Nov The Everyday Politics of Food Co-ops: Care, Aid, and Community in Austerity Britain DatesWednesday 27 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Celia Plender, University of Exeter.
4Dec Speaking of Trust: Religion and Mutual Aid in Southwest Kenya DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationArts Building room 315, Hybrid event in person and on ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Teodor Zidaru, London School of Economics.
30Oct Controlling the Capital City: State Power and Urban Land in Africa DatesWednesday 30 October 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationTBCDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield.
7Nov Translating Shakespeare between the East and West DatesThursday 7 November (00:00) - Saturday 9 November 2024 (00:00)LocationUniversity of BirminghamDescriptionTranslating Shakespeare between the East and West conference 7-9 November 2024
13Nov Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman DatesWednesday 13 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Alice Wilson, University of Sussex.
18Nov Proving, pleasing and persuading: why ancient rhetoric still matters DatesMonday 18 November 2024 (17:15-18:45)LocationArts Lecture Room 6 (222)DescriptionProving pleasing and persuading why ancient rhetoric still matters - Henriette van der Blom Inaugural lecture
20Nov The Winds That Brought Us Here: Hurricane, Caribbean History, Capitalist World Ecology DatesWednesday 20 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Adom Philogene Heron, University of Bristol.
27Nov The Everyday Politics of Food Co-ops: Care, Aid, and Community in Austerity Britain DatesWednesday 27 November 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationHybrid event - Arts 104 and ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Celia Plender, University of Exeter.
4Dec Speaking of Trust: Religion and Mutual Aid in Southwest Kenya DatesWednesday 4 December 2024 (13:00-14:30)LocationArts Building room 315, Hybrid event in person and on ZoomDescriptionAnthro Talks seminar given by Teodor Zidaru, London School of Economics.
5Dec Gaining Parity? DatesThursday 5 December 2024 (17:30-18:30)LocationArts Lecture Room 1DescriptionGaining Parity? French and Francophone women's filmmaking in the twenty-first century - Kate Ince Inaugural Lecture
8Jan Electoral communication in 2024: Responding to a year of turbulence in media and politics DatesWednesday 8 January (00:00) - Thursday 9 January 2025 (00:00)LocationAlan Walters Building, Arts Building, University of BirminghamDescriptionPolitical Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference 2024-25