Concerts

Upcoming concerts

The 2022–23 concert series.

Past concerts

(links to artists and to the concert video/audio included where possible)

2021-22 season

• • Brian Archinal - percussion (17/3/22)
    • programme - Alvin Lucier – A Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra (1988); Ed Cooper – … in the corner moaning, “Can’t you write… (2022); Matthew Davey – Soothing (2022); Dave Riedstra – Ripples (2022); Augusta Read Thomas – Silhouettes: Like Toru Takemitsu crossed with Bill Evans (2006); Mia Windsor – Folding (2022); Michael Maierhof – Splitting 24.1 (2013)
  • Kathryn Williams - flute (11/2/22)
    • programme - Brian Ferneyhough – Unity Capsule for solo flute; Pieces from the Coming Up for Air collection (pieces limited to a single breath) including: Chaya Czernowin, Larry Goves, Sarah Hennies, Newton Armstrong, CHAINES, Laurie Tompkins, Scott McLaughlin, Angela Elizabeth Slater, Patrick Ellis, Joanna Ward
  •  Carlos Cordeiro concert - clarinet (6/11/21)
    • Scott McLaughlin, Martin Iddon, Mic Spencer, Ed Cooper, Mia Windsor, Niki Zohdi, Jue Wang, and Hannah Firmin.
  • Seth Josel - guitar (5/11/21)
    • Mauricio Kagel – Faites votre jeu I; Catherine Lamb – point/wave; Clarence Barlow – …until…

2020-21 season

• • LSTwo Ensemble concert (8/7/21)
    • Mic Spencer.

2019-20 season

• • Ian Pace concert - Piano (6/12/19)
    • Ian Pace – Clothcomposers; Marc Yeats – cold kitchen hill; Alexander Scriabin – Sonata No. 7 for piano , op 64, “White Mass”; Michael Spencer – per me si va nella città dolente; Franz Liszt – Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi una Sonata
  • Severine Ballon concert - cello
    • Rebecca Saunders – Solitude; Liza Lim – an ocean beyond earth, for solo Cello, set in an installation, prepared with violin and thread; Evan Johnson – dozens of canons: Anaïs Faivre Haumonté; Iannis Xenakis – Kottos; Martin Iddon – Λεύκη (Leuke)

2018-19 season

• • Explore Ensemble concert (20/6/19)
    • Joanna Bailie; Lisa Illean; Patricia Alessandrini; Oliver Leith; Scott McLaughlin 
  • Anarchiving Resonance concert (26/04/19) 
    • Scott McLaughlin & Jess Aszodi 
  • Zubin Kanga piano and video concert (22/02/19)
    • Alexander Schubert; Scott McLaughlin; Kate Neal; Christopher Fox 
  • Christopher Williams solo bass and washtub-bass concert (11/02/19) 
    • Philip Corner; Scott McLaughlin; Christopher Williams; Werner Dafeldecker 
  • LUUMS Composers Ensemble concert (6/2/19) 
    • Rob Steel & Rebekah Weatherby; Catrina Chappell & Kieran Blyth; Mia Windsor & Alexandra Prellberg; Ed Cooper & Hoda Marwan ElSayed; Jake Randell, Isha Kewlani & Kieran Blyth; Hannah Firmin; Ed Cooper - grows but never; Kitty Richardson, Al Feek, Joe Burgess & James Milson 
  • close-up ensemble & Richard Barrett concert (9/3/18) 
  • LSTwo Ensemble concert (8/12/18) 
    • Ailís Ní Ríain; Alannah Halay; Michelle Abondano, Hannah Firmin, Kieran Blyth, Mic Spencer, Ann Cleare, Liliana Z. del Rio, Zeynep Gedizlioğlu 

2017-18 season

• • LSTwo Ensemble concert (4/5/18) 
    • Jake Randell, Hannah Firmin, Mic Spencer, Marc Yeats, Alannah Halay, Scott McLaughlin 
  • Pixels Ensemble concerts (10-11/11/17) 
    • John Dowland, transcribed by Ian Buckle; Robert Schumann, transcribed by Ian Buckle; Mic Spencer; Mario Davidovsky; Ben Hackbarth; Benjamin Britten 
  • Heather Roche & Eva Zöllner clarinet and accordion concert (08/12/17) 
    • Antti Saario; Farzia Fallah; Thierry Tidrow; Joao Pedro Oliveira; Luis Artunes Pena; Michelle Lou; Pierre Alexandre Tremblay 
  • Loadbang Ensemble concert (04/11/17) 
    • Scott Wollschleger; Heather Stebbins; Aaron Einbond; Taylor Brook; Angelica Negron; Reiko Futing; Martin Iddon; Paula Matthusen 

2016-17 season

• • Performing Indeterminacy conference and concert (30/7/17)
    • John Cage and Christian Wolff
  • LUUMS Composers Ensemble concert (24/11/17)
    • Benjamin Jackson, Kieran Blyth, Wilfred Amis, Jack Cradock, Jake Randell, Sam Longbottom, Jack Cradock, Wilfred Amis
  • Trio Atem concert (03/11/17)
    • Pia Palme, Mic Spencer, Matthew Sergeant, Fabrice Fitch, Nina Whiteman
  • Synth Ensemble concert (4/5/17)
  • LSTwo Strings concert (29/4/17)
    • Taylor Brook, Scott McLaughlin
  • LSTwo concert (28/4/17)
    • Volker Heyn, Jake Randell, Mic Spencer
  • LUUMS Composer Showcase concert (25/11/16)

2015-16 season

• • LUUMS Composer Showcase concert (13/5/16)
  • 3x3 Sheffield Electroacoustic (27/01/16)
    • Adrian Moore; Dimitris Savva; Chris Bevan; Alejandro Albornoz; Adam Stansbie
  • LSTwo (4/12/15)
    • Hans-Joachim Hespos
  • Ensemble Interface (18/11/15)
    • Patricia Alessandrini; Pedro Alvarez; Martin Iddon; Mauricio Pauly
  • Ingolfur Vilhjalmsson (13/11/15)
    • Hans-Joachim Hespos; Arne Sanders; Sebastian Elikowski-Winkler; Mic Spencer; Helmut Lachenmann
  • Beresford/Minton/Kolkowski/Grey Area (17-18/10/15)
  • Grey Area (23/05/15)
    • Hugh Davies; Stockhausen; Wolff, Owen Green

2014-15 season

• • LSTwo Ensemble concert (1/5/15)
    • Scott McLaughlin; Wieland Hoban; Michael Finnissy
  • Workers Union Ensemble (18/02/15)
    • Ryan Latimer; Kate Whitley; Jay Capperauld; Benjamin Oliver; Mic Spencer
  • ELISION ensemble (24/10/14)
    • Liza Lim; Richard Barrett; Mic Spencer; Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf

2013-14 season

• • LSTwo (02/05/14)
    • Harrison Birtwistle; Emmanuel Nunes; James Dillon
  • Heather Roche (09/05/14)
    • Martin Iddon; Evan Johnson; Pedro Alvarez; Charlie Sdraulig; Michael Baldwin
  • Distractfold (10/05/14)
    • Ben Isaacs; Abel Paul; Martin Iddon; Sam Salem; Mauricio Pauly; David Berezan 
  • Percussion ensembles of the Musikhochschule Freibury and the University of Leeds (11/05/14)
    • Cage; Stockhausen; Xenakis
  • British Electronic Music in the 1960s (14/05/14)
    • Wishart; Gerhard; Derbyshire; Oram; Davies
  • Discord (24/03/14)
    • Alexander Sigman; Stefan Beyer; Hikari Kiyama; Michael Baldwin.