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Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht. Premiered on The Strad Magazine.

Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht. Premiered on The Strad Magazine.

This week our intimately recorded performance of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, premiered over on The Strad Magazine’s website.

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Hidden Histories

Hidden Histories

Working with RPS composer James B Wilson, students from The Whitby High School & St Nicholas Catholic High School have been writing music inspired by composers who have previously been overlooked due to skin colour, ethnicity or gender. Find out more about the project in this post!

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Manchester Camerata teams up with OperaUpClose

Manchester Camerata teams up with OperaUpClose

Manchester Camerata team up with OperaUpClose to re-imagine Richard Wagner’s famous ‘The Flying Dutchman’

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‘The universe is singing if you listen.’ A brief Q&A with ‘Renew’ collaborator Ahrkh

‘The universe is singing if you listen.’ A brief Q&A with ‘Renew’ collaborator Ahrkh

Read about Camerata collaborator Alex Macarte, his sound therapy practice, and his involvement in our recent ‘Renew’ project in this blog post.

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Schools Project: ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’

Schools Project: ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’

Yesterday saw the launch of our community team’s ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ project. These projects are a great way to help build pupils’ confidence, encourage creative thinking and explore educational topics in new and exciting ways.

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Review: ‘Resonance’ by BBC Music Magazine

Review: ‘Resonance’ by BBC Music Magazine

Last week the first of our 3 sell out shows at The Monastery, Manchester ‘Resonance’ was featured in BBC Music Magazine.

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Community team takeover at Homeground! – A day in the sun

Community team takeover at Homeground! – A day in the sun

Last weekend, our Community Team were at Homeground where we were showcasing some of the best talent from our local Gorton Community.

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Creative Masterclass in collaboration with the University of Sheffield

Creative Masterclass in collaboration with the University of Sheffield

We are hosting 2 creative masterclasses in collaboration with the University of Sheffield.

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Camerata commission gets US premiere by San Francisco Symphony.

Camerata commission gets US premiere by San Francisco Symphony.

We are delighted to share the news that Daniel Kidane’s piece ‘Be Still’ which was commissioned by ourselves will receive its U.S. premiere by the San Francisco Symphony next month.

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New PhD partnership. Introducing: Katherine Blumer

New PhD partnership. Introducing: Katherine Blumer

Over the past 8 years, we’ve developed a fantastic relationship with our good neighbours The University Of Manchester. Cementing this partnership is an exciting new ESRC CASE Studentship, which will see Katherine Blumer complete a Master’s in Research and PhD on the impact of music-making on people living with dementia. To find out more about Katherine and the exciting work on her horizon, we sent her some questions.

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