frontiers festival 2016

www.frontiersmusic.org/frontiersplus @frontiersplus

DEMOLISHING PRECONCEPTIONS THROUGH EARTH-SHAKING NEW MUSIC

NEW DATES ADDED

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Welcome to Frontiers Festival, a two week frenzy of ground-breaking, window-shattering and earth-shaking new music.

This year we’ve expanded the festival to give you even more events, including the prolifically brilliant Gavin Bryars, Ivor Novello award-winning composer Errollyn Wallen and the dynamic Hans Koller Quartet with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in an exclusive collaboration.

Look out for our Progressions series which features four emerging artists producing new work focusing on the past, present and future from Christine Cornwell, Kirsty Devaney, Anna Palmer and Emily Wright.

To ensure you get the most music for your money, take advantage of our Frontiers Festival Pass for just £60 (£40 concession), saving you over 50% on individual tickets. Festival Passes are available from www.eventbrite.com.

Prepare to have your preconceptions obliterated as Birmingham Conservatoire embarks on a transformative voyage of regeneration.

We look forward to welcoming you on our adventure!

Rosie Clements Artistic Director

FRI 4 & SAT 5 MAR

OUT AT SEA

7.30pm (Fri) 2.30pm & 7.30pm (Sat) The Crescent Theatre

£9.50 (£5.50)

Tickets available from www.crescent-theatre.co.ukComposer/Director/Producer Blanka Barbara Stachelek Director James Oldham, Musical Director Daniel Galbreath Producer Ignatius Sokol Vocalists Alison Gormley, Lucy Morton, James Gribble, Andrew Wilson, Grzegorz Hardej

Three men starving on a life raft employ a hilariously logical application of democratic and bureaucratic procedures to determine which one of them is to become dinner for the other two.

The music and libretto based on Sławomir Mrożek’s absurdist play, Out at Sea is written by, composer Blanka Barbara Stachelek.

Out at Sea gathers some of Birmingham’s most creative artists to highlight burning issues in our society, in a modern opera context.

Please note that entry to this show is not included in the Frontiers Festival pass and is not free to BCU staff and students.

© Hugo Glendinning

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SAT 5 MAR

ERROLLYN WALLEN: FRAMES AND RUNWAYS

7pm Recital Hall

£11 (£9) advance £12 (£10) on the door

Errollyn Wallen and Ensemble X

“We don’t break down barriers in music... we don’t see any”

Ivor Novello Award-winning composer-pianist Errollyn Wallen and her string quintet present a concert of her critically acclaimed works, plus pieces by special guests including Joe Cutler and Jeremy Peyton Jones.

This performance precedes the release of PHOTOGRAPHY, a new album of Errollyn’s orchestral works, available on NMC.

HELLO

In Birmingham this weekend? Why not check out Contemporary Music For All Festival: Birmingham, Sat 5 & Sun 6 Mar. Visit www.coma.org for more details.

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SUN 6 MAR

TEASERS

BRASS FRONTIERS 2pm

£4 on the door

Conservatoire Brass directed by Chris Houlding

Tom Harrold Icebreaker Chris Houlding Masque Mark Anthony Turnage Set To

Experience the resonant sounds of brass instruments with a Frontiers twist. Hear three very exciting and contrasting works for brass dectet and percussion.

Opener Icebreaker, by young Scottish composer Tom Harrold, will raise the roof of the Adrian Boult Hall followed by Masque, composed by Head of Brass Chris Houlding, loosely based on themes from Purcell’s Dioclesian. To conclude, experience Mark Anthony Turnage’s iconic Set To, a Bacchanal written for London Brass in 1992.

FLATPACK PRESENTS 2.30pm

£4 on the door

Enjoy a short taster screening for Flatpack 2016, featuring a handpicked selection of short films from their Optical Sound programme.

See early kaleidoscopic visual music films, a short documentary on David Bowie’s Let’s Dance video, and some of the most weird and wonderful music promos from the last twelve months.

For the full Flatpack programme visit www.flatpackfestival.org.uk.

PAS DE DEUX 3pm

£4 on the door

This piano duet is influenced by Béla Bartók’s piano works. There are four continuously performed movements drawing upon elements taken from Chinese folk music. Considering the two pianos as two ballet dancers, composer Fang Fang explores music derived from rural regions of China.

SUN 6 MAR

TEASERS

2pm-5pm Birmingham Conservatoire £10 (£8) advance day ticket £15 (£12) on the door

This is your chance to hear bite-size chunks of adventurous music to whet your appetite for what lies ahead in this year’s festival.With exclusive performances and surprises along the way, this is the perfect introduction to Frontiers.

SOUNDING STONES PROJECT 4.10pm

£4 on the door

Andrea Granitzio Octaedron

The daily practice routine of a string and a woodwind quartet, respectively exploring possible combinations of C and G Lydian scale notes, is abruptly interrupted by the unexpected appearance of an uncommon instrument, destabilising the previous established balance.

Sound of the stone is like a magnetic field and the quartets’ compass needle suddenly goes mad. A new ‘North’ prevails and both quartets are slowly and irreversibly attracted by the stones’ ancestral recall.

ADRIAN BOULT HALL IST KAPUTT; BY BRASS 4.40pm

£4 on the door

Composer Paul Norman Featuring four brass choirs from the Conservatoire Trumpet choir Trombone choir French horn choir Tuba/Euphonium choir

The Adrian Boult Hall is scheduled for demolition in Summer 2016. Here we give it a worthy send off and shake it down ahead of time using the resonant frequencies of the hall, played by the four brass choirs of Birmingham Conservatoire.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US: A CHAMBER OPERA 3.40pm

£4 on the door

Edmund Hunt The Difference Between Us

Three people, from three different communities, speaking three different languages, find themselves caught up in a war in which their lives become inextricably linked.

When the conflict is over, they must find a way to cope with the trauma of war. As they contemplate their situation, they are each moved to speak to one another in their mother tongue; words that cannot be understood by the person to whom they are addressed.

This opera uses text in modern English, with poetry in Old Irish, early Welsh and Old English, relating to events between 500 - 700 AD.

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MON 7 MAR

BETWEEN PLACES

9pm Quarter Horse

Free entry

Rupture Eileen Smith viola Lucy Fox saxophone Max Gibson accordion

Ethel Composer James Alexandropoulos-McEwan Arjun Jethwa flute Tamara Haynes clarinet Rob Jones saxophone Christos Stylianides flugelhorn/trumpet Beetung Goo horn Martynas Baltutis electric guitar James Alexandropoulos–McEwan electric guitar Aisling Ní Raghallaigh double bass Ben Muirhead double bass Nathan England-Jones drum kit

Rupture explore the relationship between visual and sonic art forms. Exploring shapes, images, lines, textures and structure, they bring the visual into sonic life.

Following this, Ethel, a 10-piece ensemble of classical and jazz players, perform a work that draws from contemporary classical composition, as well as aspects of jazz and rock. It is a piece, written by a composer yet shaped by the players who hail from diverse musical backgrounds.

MON 7 MAR

IDEA(L)

A new electroacoustic opera by Tolis Alysandratos

7pm Recital Hall

£4 (£2) advance £5 (£3) door

Music/Libretto/Director Tolis Alysandratos Director James Oldham Aimee Fisk soprano Christina Jones soprano Charles St John tenor Robert Tilson tenor Harvey Seale baritone David John Phillips baritone

In this world première the notion of an ‘ideal music’ is explored as it enters the daily routine of a music group, radically transforming the way they view themselves and others.

TUE 8 MAR

ALMA GUITAR QUARTET PRESENT: FEAST

7.30pm Recital Hall

£7 (£5) £4 students

Tickets available from www.almagqfeast.eventbrite.co.uk

Programme includes premières of works by Blanka Barbara Stachelek, Ignatius Sokol, Daniel Blanco Albert, Sabino de-Bari and Ryan Probert.

Alma Guitar Quartet warmly invite you to witness an evening of musical delicacies. They will be performing a veritable feast of new compositions that take inspiration from the diverse world of food.

There is a limited capacity for this event, book early to avoid disappointment.


TUE 8 MAR

SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS

8.30pm Spotted Dog

Free entry

A double bill of saxophone giants. Saxophone supremos Iain Ballamy and John O’Gallagher meet for an informal jam with the Spotted Dog’s resident rhythm section, led by star Conservatoire alumnus Jonathan Silk. Join us for a great social event as well as an inspiring musical experience.

WED 9 MAR

GAMELAN CONCERT

9.30am Arena Foyer

Pay what you like. Limited capacity, advance booking advised.

Start your day with the sounds of the Jasmine Isle interpreted by the composers of today. Hear brand new works for Birmingham Conservatoire’s Gamelan Mardi Rahayu by students and postgraduate composers written especially for Frontiers.

Featuring: Samuel Leith Taylor, Robert Crehan, Patrick Ellis, Wilson Leywantono, Cam Athanasiades, Chris Cresswell and Seán Clancy.

Promotional artwork by Alex Andropoulos

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WED 9 MAR

PROJECT INSTRUMENTAL

7pm Eastside Projects


Lauded for its skill, boldness and innovation, Project Instrumental have received awards from the Britten-Pears Foundation, Hinrichsen Foundation and the Arts Council, and have collaborated across the fields of art, electronica, light, cymatics, projection mapping and sound analysis technology. Tonight, hear them perform eight specially written works by emerging composers in this inspiring gallery.

Featuring work by: Patrick Giguère, Yfat Soul Zisso, Chloe Knibbs, Anthony Leung, Murray Ashdown, Emily Abdy, Emily Levy, Chris Cresswell, Andrew Toovey.

THU 10 MAR

GUITAR, ELECTRONICS, FILM

5pm Six Eight Kafé

Pay what you like

Solo Shannon-Latoyah Simon classical guitar

Ensemble Shannon-Latoyah Simon classical guitar Arjun Jethwa flute Deirdre McCabe soprano Samuel Leith Taylor percussion

Ryan Probert Travel Journal Samuel Leith Taylor Shannon Maya Verlaak Birds and Thirds Rob Jones Autumn Wind Patrick Ellis Olly Wilson Leywantono Shannon and her trains

An evening of newly commissioned pieces for classical guitar featuring electronics and film, written by the exceptionally talented composers from Birmingham Conservatoire.

THU 10 MAR

CRIES, BELLS, CHANTS AND WHISPERS

7.30pm Recital Hall

£6 (£4) advance £6.50 (£4.50) on the door

Directors Naomi Sullivan and Andy Tweed Birmingham Conservatoire Saxophone Ensemble

Enjoy music for large and small saxophone ensembles with a varied programme of new music that explores this expressive instrument and its ability to offer such an extreme range of sounds, colours and voices. Featuring a new work by Rob Jones.

WED 9 MAR

CROSSING BORDERS

8.30pm The Crossing, South & City College Birmingham

£4 (£3) advance £5 (£4) on the door Free to South & City College students

Welcome to a special edition of our established Composers’ Platform with special guests from the Popular Music course at South and City College, Birmingham. In this state-of-the-art venue, you will hear fresh new music from a wide range of styles in this unique collaboration.

THU 10 MAR

JAZZ IN BIRMINGHAM PROMOTERS LAUNCH

6.30pm Birmingham Conservatoire

Free entry

Jazz fans are very welcome to join us for the launch of a new publicity initiative for the jazz scene in Birmingham and the immediate regions. As a pre-concert party before the Stan Sulzmann Jazz Orchestra concert, have a drink, meet fellow jazz lovers and celebrate the fantastic jazz scene here in this city.

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FRI 11 MAR

TORD GUSTAVSEN: HYMNS AND VISIONS with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad

8pm CBSO Centre

£15 plus transaction fee+

Norwegian jazz pioneer Tord Gustavsen presents an exciting new project featuring Tord (piano, electronics), Simin Tander (vocals), Jarle Vespestad (drums) and Daniel Wold (sound design).

Hear new compositions by Tord based on English translations of Sufi poetry as well as instrumental music. For the first time on stage, Tord will use subtle live electronics to add depth and new layers to the sensual minimalism of his work alongside Simin’s warm and vibrant vocal art.

+£3 transaction fee, plus £1 (optional) postage, will be charged on all bookings except purchases made in person at the Town Hall or Symphony Hall Box Office


THU 10 MAR

STAN SULZMANN WITH BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA

8pm Adrian Boult Hall


Stan Sulzmann is one of Britain’s most important jazz musicians, having a wide impact on the scene for over 40 years as a composer and saxophonist. We are delighted and honoured that Stan is to direct the Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Orchestra formed from a selection of the very best young players.

FRI 11 MAR

PROGRESSIONS: TREADING WATER with Anna Palmer

7pm Old Print Works


Treading Water is an interdisciplinary collaboration in music, movement and visual art curated by local composer Anna Palmer. Using Moseley Baths as its subject; the piece will not only aim to provide a celebratory performance of the building’s Gothic wonder, but will set out to raise questions about the concept of future and how the present can be used to alter or disrupt it.

The beautiful but endangered historic baths will become an instrument, a score and a vehicle to explore the uncertainty of what is to come.

Progressions is kindly funded by Arts Council England.

SAT 12 MAR

SONGS AND STORIES

6pm Six Eight Kafé

Free entry

Chloe Knibbs Emily Levy Chris Cresswell Emily Abdy Rosie Tee

Join five singer-songwriters for a relaxed early evening concert where they will share songs and the stories or influences behind them.

SAT 12 MAR

HANS KOLLER WITH BCMG

8pm CBSO Centre

£15, £5 for 16-25 year-olds via THSH Soundbite scheme+

Tickets available from 0121 780 3333 or www.thsh.co.uk

John O’Gallagher* alto saxophone Hans Koller* piano Jeff Williams drums Percy Pursglove double bass Melinda Maxwell oboe / cor anglais BCMG Players

Hans Koller Twelve Re-inventions for George Russell (World première/commissioned by Town Hall & Symphony Hall as part of the Jazzlines programme)* Hans Koller Quartet set

There will be a free pre-concert talk from 7-7.30pm with Hans Koller and John O’Gallagher. Open to all ticket holders.

Please stay after the concert for a post-event Album release party until 11pm in the CBSO Centre foyer.

+£3 transaction fee, plus £1 (optional) postage, will be charged on all bookings except purchases made in person at the Town Hall or Symphony Hall Box Office


Pianist and composer Hans Koller draws together the worlds of contemporary classical and jazz for the première of his new Jazzlines commission written for an ensemble combining his stunning jazz quartet with six virtuosic players from Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.

Twelve Re-inventions for George Russell combines two theories from two different traditions, realising Koller’s developments in the use of George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Theory supported by an approach developed by saxophonist John O’Gallagher, for the use of Twelve-tone theory and the music of Webern in improvisational music.

‘I couldn’t believe how his music could be so intensely chromatic, and at the same time so groovy... Russell has a great way of making a whole bunch of wrong notes sound wonderful… only when I viewed Russell’s concept through the lens of a non-jazz theory [Webern]… that things fell into place. Nothing really ever happens in isolation.’ Hans Koller

SUN 13 MAR

PROGRESSIONS: OUT WITH A BANG

5pm Birmingham Conservatoire

Free

A special video tribute to the iconic brutalist building that was Birmingham Central Library.

“The old central library was such a big part of the landscape when I was at the Conservatoire. Seeing it knocked down seems so wrong. This video is my own small-scale demolition to commemorate the loss of the beautiful building.” Emily Wright

Following the launch, the installation will be open from 14 to 18 March between the hours of 10am and 10pm.


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MON 14 MAR

RICHARD LEIGH HARRIS AT 60

1pm Recital Hall

Free entry

Richard Leigh Harris My Shade Will Comfort You for Trumpet & Piano Richard Leigh Harris Brahmsblatt for Piano Richard Leigh Harris Blue Bumble for Grainger for Piano

Join us as we celebrate the 60th birthday of composer and conservatoire tutor, Richard Leigh Harris. Richard and colleagues including Howard Skempton play several of his small-scale chamber pieces, some of which will be receiving their first performance.

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SUN 13 MAR

PROGRESSIONS: A SELECTIVE MEMORY

8pm Birmingham Conservatoire


Producer Christine Cornwell

An immersive evening unearthing a collection of musical rarities in a compelling audio-visual experience.

Featuring works and performers, past and present, A Selective Memory resurrects beautiful works once forgotten.


SUN 13 MAR

PROGRESSIONS: EVOLUTION

5.30pm Recital Hall

Free entry

Hear new pieces by educationalist and inventive composer Kirsty Devaney written alongside promising young music makers. This is the product of workshops exploring destruction and rebuilding as inspiration for new music.


SUN 13 MAR

YOUNG COMPOSERS’ PROJECT

6pm Recital Hall

£6 (£4) advance £6.50 (£4.50) on the door Free entry for under 16s

The Young Composers’ Project breaks down barriers to creative music making by encouraging young people to experiment in a safe and supportive environment.

This concert showcases the huge range of music produced over a six month period and reflects the diversity of styles and openness of the group.

Also, hear a world première written especially for the group by the multi-talented Jack McNeill, kindly funded by the PRS for Music Foundation.

MON 14 MAR

LA OBISPARRA a Winter Pagan Masquerade in Two Acts

5.30pm The Old Library, Custard Factory

Pay what you like

Sandra Horne conductor La Obisparra Chamber Orchestra

Daniel Blanco Albert A Winter Pagan Masquerade in two acts

The beginning of the New Year awakes the old shepherd satyr-like demigods of the forest. Every year they visit the people who pray for them. However, the arrival of foreigners to the village will change their fate.

Pagan rites and ancient traditions merge in this play involving theatre and live music, inspired by the folk masquerade Los Carochos de Riofrío.

Please note this performance will involve interaction with the audience.

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TUE 15 MAR

DECIBEL

7.30pm Recital Hall


Including pieces by Dan Cippico, Sayyid Shafiee, Patrick Ellis, Max Gibson, Blanka Barbara Stachelek, Ignatius Sokol, Cam Athanasiades and Sabino de-Bari

The virtuosic and energetic Decibel present brand new compositions for large amplified ensemble by the inventive and expressive students of Birmingham Conservatoire Composition Department.

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TUE 15 MAR

FUMIKO MIYACHI & KATE HALSALL

1.05pm Adrian Boult Hall

£6 (£3) advance £6.50 (£4.50) on the door

Fumiko Miyachi piano Kate Halsall piano

Kerry Andrew Birdsong for Two Voices Leo Chadburn Vapour descriptors Duncan MacLeod Cut, Strike, Throw, Grip Anton Lukoszevieze Sutra (World Premiere) Gavin Bryars My First Homage Laurence Crane Piano Duets No.s 1-4

Fumiko Miyachi Cobalt (World Premiere)

Since their debut at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2014, Fumiko Miyachi and Kate Halsall have been recording specially commissioned works. Today’s programme includes pieces from their latest album, as well as the world première of Fumiko’s latest work from her Transitional Metal Series Cobalt.

MON 14 MAR

GAVIN BRYARS

7.30pm St Martin’s in the Bullring

Free entry

Featuring Ronald Woodley, Jack McNeill and students from Birmingham Conservatoire

Programme includes:

Alaric 1 or 2 A Family Likeness Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets A Time and a Place The Black River A selection of Laude Cortonese

Explore the depths of one of modern music’s enigmas. Gavin Bryars, famed for The Sinking of The Titanic and Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet, joins us for a journey through some of his rarer works in the stunning Gothic surroundings of St Martin’s.

TUE 15 MAR

CREATIVE ENSEMBLE

6.30pm Arena Foyer

Pay what you like

Peter Bell Fanfares/PhasesRob Roberts Lines 3 Samuel Leith Taylor Isn’t this Paper Nice Patrick Ellis Riaan’s Rant Emily Abdy Clockwork Cam Athanasiades I am... Alvin Curran Open City 6.1

Hear this lively ensemble headed by composer and bassist Riaan Vosloo, whose work fuses elements of jazz and classical.

Creative Ensemble works along the broadest possible musical outlines, and encompass everything from the completely notated to the wholly improvised and everything in between.

WED 16 MAR

BCMG WORKSHOP

9.30am -12.30pm & 1.30pm -4.30pm CBSO Centre

Free entry

Birmingham Conservatoire in association with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s Learning Department present the latest ensemble works from promising young composers workshopped by the world renowned BCMG, conducted by Richard Baker.

See how the music of today comes together in a professional context.

Please note that this is an open rehearsal/workshop, rather than a performance.

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WED 16 MAR

JEFF BALLARD SOLO DRUM CONCERT

1.05pm Recital Hall

£5 (£3) on the door

Extraordinary musician and drummer, Jeff Ballard performs this very special solo concert.

Jeff works regularly with Larry Grenadier and Mark Turner in the famous Fly Trio and is also first call for jazz heavy weights Pat Metheney and Brad Meldau. He is also leader of his own projects including recent album Times Tales. Come and hear percussion, incantation, sonority, time, feel, narrative, freedom and control all held in blissful balance.

Please note this performance takes place instead of the Live Jazz Broadcast as previously advertised.

MON 14 MAR

BRYARS, BAIN, KOLLER, PURSGLOVE

10pm Arena Foyer


Gavin Bryars double bass Percy Pursglove trumpet Hans Koller piano Andrew Bain drums

Free improv meets minimal as Gavin Bryars, returning to his roots as an improvising bass player, is joined by three heavyweights of the jazz/improvised scene.

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WED 16 MAR

MIXD SYMPOSIUM

10am - 5pm Birmingham Conservatoire

£15 Please register at www.eventbrite.com.

MIXD is the first national symposium on the emerging field of Music Interaction Design.

The event features a range of presentations from industry and academia across a range of topics including music and audio software interfaces, hardware systems, game audio and sound, all through the lens of interaction design (IxD). Demo stations will run throughout the day giving delegates the opportunity to try out interactive technologies first hand. For full programme information, go to www.integra.io/mixd2016.

Please note that entry to this event is not included in the Frontiers Festival pass and BCU staff and students will need to register.

WED 16 MAR

MIXD CONCERT

7pm Recital Hall

£5 (£3) on the door

MiXD Symposium’s interactive, multi-media finale event will showcase a plethora of experimental, genre-demolishing works, exploring a variety of approaches to performing with technology.

You will be immersed in a kaleidoscopic soundscape of sonic performance including improvised music, spatialised sound, live video manipulation and 3D interactivity. This will be interspersed with atmospheric DJ sets from the Conservatoire’s Richard Cornock. A ground-breaking event not to be missed!

WED 16 MAR

RECORDER FUTURES

7.30pm Arena Foyer

£6.50 (£4.50) on the door

Gavin Bryars A Family Likeness for Recorder Sextet Arvo Pärt Pari Intervallo Works by Berio, Buck, Tedde, plus new works for recorders by Conservatoire student composers

Take this opportunity to hear brand new works alongside modern classics for recorder solo and ensemble.

THU 17 MAR

VIA NOVA: NEW CHORAL SCORES USING IMPROVISATION

10am - 7pm Eastside Projects

Free entry

Conductor Daniel Galbreath and composer Percy Pursglove lead a day of workshops introducing choral composition and ideas of choral improvisation. Students will work directly with Daniel and Percy, as well as singers from Via Nova.

8pm Eastside Projects

Free entry

Following the day’s workshop, brand new pieces will be performed alongside a new work by Percy Pursglove and Chloe Knibb’s haiku settings, Basho’s Journey which inspired the short-text format of the programme.

THU 17 MAR

JEFF BALLARD PRESENTS

6.45pm Recital Hall


Following on from his beautiful solo display, Jeff Ballard, guest artist in residence presents three up and coming bands that he has worked with intimately this week. As well as coaching the players, Jeff will be performing with each band.

FRI 18 MAR

PARADISE LOST 1


Pay what you like

Edwin Roxburgh Prelude Toccata Richard Leigh Harris Nocturnette on the letters of Haydn’s name with Esterhazy Disco Andy Hamilton O.A.I.R Andrew Toovey a selection of his piano music Errollyn Wallen Louis Loops

Your chance to hear a wide range of piano music from the eclectic mix of esteemed composers working at the Conservatoire.

This concert is one of two inspired by a public reading of Milton’s Paradise Lost in Paradise Forum by Samuel Leith Taylor and Paul Zaba in 2015.

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FRI 18 MAR

PARADISE LOST 2



Conductor Richard Baker Thallein Ensemble

Joe Cutler Without Fear of Vertigo Seán Clancy Five Lines of Music Slow Down and Eventually Stop Ed Bennett new piece Howard Skempton Gemini Dances Michael Wolters Emmaus Pages Samuel Leith Taylor new piece Fumiko Miyachi Cl2 Yannis Kyriakides Words and Song Without Words

A rare opportunity to hear works by these accomplished composers in one concert including three world premières. A fitting finale for the last Frontiers Festival to ever take place in the Adrian Boult Hall!

This is the second of two concerts inspired by a public reading of Milton’s Paradise Lost in Paradise Forum by Samuel Leith Taylor and Paul Zaba in 2015.

FRI 18 MAR

NEW WORKS FOR SAXOPHONE AND TOY PIANO

1.30pm Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Free entry

Dan Milverton saxophone Vicky Bonham toy piano

Exploring new works for saxophone and toy piano; an unusual ensemble.

FRI 18 MAR

CROSSCURRENTS - FOLKSONGS FOR TODAY

5pm Recital Hall

Pay what you like

Students perform a new set of specially commissioned songs by eleven composers, including compositional staff at University of Birmingham and Birmingham Conservatoire.

Along with Charlotte Bray, Judith Weir, Richard Baker and post-graduates from each institution, these composers have been invited to write their own ‘folk songs’ inspired by Berio’s 1964 original of the same name.

Commissioned by CrossCurrents Festival, University of Bimingham, including funds kindly provided by the Hinrichsen Foundation.

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ON THE DOOR

Tickets are available to purchase at the venue up to 30 minutes prior to the event start time.

BY PHONE

You can guarantee your ticket by telephoning the Conservatoire’s Venues, Concerts and Events Office on 0121 331 5909 to reserve your ticket in advance. Telephone lines are open Monday to Friday 10am-4pm. Your ticket will then be available for you to purchase or collect at the box office of the venue in question from up to 30 minutes prior to the event start time.

FESTIVAL PASS AVAILABLE

£60 (£40 concessions)* – saving more than 50% on tickets if purchased individually to all events.* Excludes Hans Koller and BCMG, Out at Sea, FEAST and Tord Gustaven Hymns and Visions. Please note that entry to all events is subject to availability. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Entry to all Frontiers events is free to Birmingham City University staff and students except where indicated.

CONCESSIONS

Unless otherwise stated, concessionary prices apply to children (16 and under), students, 60 plus, registered disabled and the unemployed.

Identification may be requested for those carrying concessionary tickets.

PLEASE NOTE: Frontiers Festival cannot guarantee refunds or exchange tickets after purchase. All details in the printed programme were correct at the time of going to print, however the festival reserve the right to change the programme or replace artists due to unforeseen circumstances.

VENUES

Adrian Boult Hall, Recital Hall, Arena Foyer Birmingham Conservatoire Paradise Place, B3 3HGBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery Chamberlain Square B3 3DHCBSO Centre Berkley Street B1 2LFThe Cresent Theatre 20 Sheepcote Street B16 8AEThe Crossing South & City College High Street Deritend B5 5SUEastside Projects 86 Heath Mill Lane B9 4AR The Old Library The Custard Factory Gibb Street B9 4AAThe Old Print Works 506 Moseley Rd B12 9AH

Quarter Horse 88-90 Bristol Street B5 7AHSix Eight Kafé 6/8 Temple Row B2 5HGThe Spotted Dog 104 Warwick St B12 0NHSt Martin’s in the Bullring Edgbaston Street B5 5BB

PARADISE CIRCUS REDEVELOPMENT

Open for business as usual We are pleased to confirm that during the Paradise Circus Redevelopment, Birmingham Conservatoire is open for business as usual.

For more information on how surrounding areas may be affected, or for advice on your journey to the city centre, please visit www.birmingham.gov.uk/connected or contact the Conservatoire on 0121 331 5909 where a member of staff will be pleased to help you.

HOW TO BOOK VENUES

Please note that an event photographer and film crew will be at the festival and photographs and footage taken may be used for future publicity.

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Birmingham Conservatoire would sincerely like to thank the following for their generous support, without which Frontiers Festival would not be able to take place:

Funders Arts Council England Hinrichsen Foundation PRS for Music Foundation RVW Trust

Partners BCMG Creative Triangle Flatpack Festival South and City College, Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall’s Jazzlines programme University of Birmingham

Frontiers Festival would like to thank the many musicians, composers and artists that feature in the programme and the volunteers that have given their time so generously.

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