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Displaying events between 01 April 2024 and 30 April 2024

An English Day-Book Choral works for upper voices by Academy alumna Elizabeth Poston, including An English Day-Book. Dates: Mon 15 Booking and More Information
Freddie De Tommaso: Masterclass A vocal masterclass with Royal Academy Opera graduate Freddie De Tommaso, who shot to fame in 2021 after jumping in as Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Dates: Tue 16 Booking and More Information
Dvořák Piano Quintet The Isla String Quartet performs Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No 2. Dates: Tue 16 Booking and More Information
Sonnen Quartet Academy students perform 20th- and 21st-century string quartets by Carl Vine, Caroline Shaw, Grażyna Bacewicz and Jessie Montgomery. Dates: Tue 16 Booking and More Information
Academy Composers’ Jazz Orchestra An event marking the culmination of the jazz composition course, directed by Pete Churchill. Dates: Tue 16 Booking and More Information
Academy Piano Series at Wigmore Hall: Xiaowen Shang A gorgeous tapestry of Spanish music from the 16th, 18th and 20th centuries. Dates: Wed 17 Booking and More Information
Russian Music in the 20th Century Leah Nicholson curates a programme exploring Russian music and the influences on composers before and after the 1917 Revolution.
Featuring works by Scriabin, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. Dates: Wed 17 Booking and More Information
Salzburg and London A celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Anglo-Austrian Society, bringing together student quartets from the Academy and the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. Dates: Wed 17 Booking and More Information
Schumann Lieder Academy vocal students perform a concert of Lieder by Robert andClara Schumann. Dates: Thu 18 Booking and More Information
Jazz Ensembles Students perform a set of music on which they have been working with a variety of distinguished visiting musicians. Dates: Thu 18, Tue 23, Thu 25 Booking and More Information
New Works For Choir A concert showcasing six brand-new works for mixed choir by Academy composition students, alongside John Cage’s Four2. Dates: Thu 18 Booking and More Information
Multiple Voices Premiere performances of two new works by Gareth Moorcraft, which combine piano and synthesiser in solo and ensemble contexts. Dates: Fri 19 Booking and More Information
Juan-Miguel Hernandez: Masterclass A masterclass with Juan-Miguel Hernandez, international soloist and Visiting Professor of Viola. Dates: Mon 22 Booking and More Information
Organ Recital The centrepiece of this recital will be a performance of Max Reger’s mighty Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, Op 135b, one of his last works. Dates: Mon 22 Booking and More Information
Barbican Quartet Works by Haydn, Britten, Joy Lisney and Ravel performed by the Barbican Quartet, recipient of the Nina Drucker Quartet Fellowship 2023/24. Dates: Mon 22 Booking and More Information
Music and the Persistence of Memory: Departed Acts John Woolrich’s A Presence of Departed Acts alongside other pieces written for composers ‘in memoriam’. Dates: Tue 23 Booking and More Information
Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Masterclass Classical BRIT Award-winner and Menuhin Visiting Professor of Performance Mentoring, Sheku
Kanneh-Mason, returns for another masterclass with cello students.
 Dates: Tue 23 Booking and More Information
Music and the Persistence of Memory: Electroacoustic New works from Academy composers exploring the world of musical memory. Dates: Tue 23 Booking and More Information
Emily Beynon: Masterclass Emily Beynon, Visiting Professor of Flute and Principal Flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, gives one of her regular masterclasses. Dates: Wed 24 Booking and More Information
Tasmin Little: Masterclass Visiting Professor of Violin Tasmin Little gives her annual masterclass, offering practical advice and valuable inspiration to our violin students. Dates: Wed 24 Booking and More Information
Music and the Persistence of Memory: Roberts Institute of Art Academy composers respond to contemporary pieces in the collection of The Roberts Institute of Art in a concert of music for mixed ensemble. Dates: Wed 24 Booking and More Information
Music and the Persistence of Memory: Storytelling Student composers present new works exploring storytelling and narrative in a set of duets for voice and instrument, accompanied by video. Dates: Thu 25 Booking and More Information
Music and the Persistence of Memory: Chroma Side-By-Side Academy instrumentalists play SIDE-BY-SIDE with members of the
award-winning ensemble CHROMA in a concert of new pieces by student composers. Dates: Thu 25 Booking and More Information
Fanny, Felix & Ludwig Dorothy Khadem-Missagh conducts Fanny Mendelssohn's Overture in C, Felix Mendelssohn's Violin concerto in e minor, featuring Muriel Oberhofer, and the C Major symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven. Dates: Thu 25 Booking and More Information
Music and the Persistence of Memory: Carte Blanche Under the guidance of Academy professor Edmund Finnis, student composers curate a varied programme of new works. Dates: Thu 25 Booking and More Information
Steven Isserlis: Masterclass Acclaimed soloist, chamber musician and educator Steven Isserlis returns to the Academy for a masterclass with cello students.

 Dates: Fri 26 Booking and More Information
Rediscovering Naxos An exploration of Peter Maxwell Davies’ Naxos Quartets. Dates: Fri 26 Booking and More Information
Academy Brass Mike Lovatt makes a welcome return to the Academy to perform the hit songs of Frank Sinatra in orchestrations by Colin Skinner. Dates: Fri 26 Booking and More Information
Timothy Ridout: Masterclass A viola masterclass with alumnus Timothy Ridout, international soloist and winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s 2023 Young Artist Award. Dates: Mon 29 Booking and More Information
Intesa New music for voice and viols by postgraduate Academy composers, written in collaboration with Chamber Music Fellows, Intesa. Dates: Tue 30 Booking and More Information

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