Take a mid-day break, relax or be invigorated by these short recitals.

Following their sell-out performance at the Guildford International Music Festival, we are delighted that Bassekou Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba will be returning to the University this autumn on their UK tour to promote the release of their new album, I Speak Fula.

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 performances.  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 by j.harber@surrey.ac.uk

Avoid the rush hour traffic, relax and be invigorated after a hard week at work by these short recitals given by undergraduate and postgraduate students specialising in performance.

This recital is part of a Palatine Study Day, Collaborative Processes in Music Making: Pedagogy and Practice, bringing together people working in higher education, practitioners and academics interested in collaborative processes in music making.

Describing himself as ‘the bastard child of acoustic finger style’, the Austrian born guitarist Thomas Leeb owes as much to percussive techniques as traditional finger style guitar, with tunes punctuated by slaps, pops and beats. The resulting blur of busy hands and fingers really has to be seen to be believed.

TANAKA
New Work for pianist and sensors (2009) 2nd Performance

TREMBLAY
Un clou, son marteau, et le béton (2009)

VAN DER AA
Transit (2009) 2nd Performance

The University of Surrey’s successful and talented Big Band returns to Studio One with another lively and fun-filled programme of Big Band standards through Latin jazz to modern funk.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the unveiling of, and first performances on, the first ever Fluid Piano™.

Student conductors direct an entertaining and diverse programme of classical works for ensembles and small orchestras. A chance to hear an interesting range of works played with enthusiasm and verve. Please contact j.harber@surrey.ac.uk if you wish to receive programme details.

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 & Sound Recording.

A chance to sing some favourite carols and to hear first performances of new carols written by students from the Department of Music and Sound Recording.

Steven Thachuk is known as one of Canada’s most outstanding and versatile guitarists. Performing works from J.S. Bach and Toru Takemitsu to John Lennon and Radiohead, he consistently challenges the nature of the instrument’s repertoire and boundaries.

Following the success of the last two Symphony Orchestra concerts at the Cathedral, the University Symphony Orchestra and Choir return this autumn to perform works by two great 20th Century composers, Shostakovich and Bernstein.

Take a mid-day break, relax or be invigorated by these short recitals.

Take a mid-day break, relax or be invigorated by these short recitals.

Annual competition for the performance of chamber music with keyboard.

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 & Sound Recording.

We are delighted to welcome cellist Steven Isserlis to Studio One with a programme celebrating the special anniversaries of Dohnanyi, Schumann, Barber and Chopin.

The University Symphony Orchestra and Choir perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the beautiful setting of Guildford Cathedral.

Take a mid-day break, relax or be invigorated by these short recitals.

“Haydn and the Doric are a perfect match... Unequivocally, these were performances of terrific panache and perception, seeming to get right under the skin of Haydn’s creative genius.” 

The Sunday Telegraph, Wigmore Hall

Take a mid-day break, relax or be invigorated by these short recitals.

Student conductors direct an entertaining and diverse programme of classical works for ensembles and small orchestras. A chance to hear an interesting range of works played with enthusiasm and verve. Please contact Jamie Harber if you wish to receive programme details.

Choral music, from Baroque to modern day, from one of the foremost choirs in the south of England, with chamber music interludes.

Joyce Dixey Composition Award Preliminary Concert

Following their recent success at the National Big Band Championships where they received a coveted Gold award, the University of Surrey’s successful and talented Big Band returns to Studio One with another lively and fun-filled programme of Big Band standards through Latin jazz to modern funk.

The USSU Wind Band returns for another end of term extravaganza, performing a variety of favourites from show songs to specially composed wind band pieces. The concert will feature student conductors and soloists. Anticipate a fun evening!

Joyce Dixey Composition Award Preliminary Concert

Joyce Dixey Composition Award - Electric Preliminary Concert in Wates House.

This special rush hour concert will feature Lionel Handy (cello) and Thelma Handy (violin), with a programme including major works by Kodaly and a new work by Stephen Goss.

“His musicianship is described as prodigious, his career meteoric and, even at a young age, his reputation formidable.” The Press, Christchurch, New Zealand

This concert commemorates a much-loved University of Surrey student who graduated two
decades ago, but who sadly died in summer 2002. David Lovatt was a keen and gifted composer, and this award in his memory complements the University’s other prizes in composition with a world première and CD recording of the winning work by Gemini, the University’s Artists in Residence.

An evening of improvised and electronic music featuring the University of Surrey's Improvisation Ensemble.

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).

“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