MANTIS FESTIVAL - Manchester Theatre in Sound

  FULL PROGRAMME NOTES AS PDF HERE Short Programme Notes 26 February 2026 13:10 h Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert with Miquel Bernat Biography Miquel Bernat is a Spanish percussionist, educator, and ensemble director widely regarded as one of the leading figures in contemporary percussion. Trained at conservatories in Valencia, Madrid, Brussels, and Rotterdam, he has premiered major percussion concertos by composers including David del Puerto, César Camarero, Luis de Pablo, Mauricio Sotelo, and Joan Guinjoan, performing with orchestras and ensembles across Europe and beyond. A founding member of the Ictus Ensemble in Brussels and a longtime collaborator with choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's company ROSAS, Bernat has performed at prestigious venues including IRCAM/Centre Pompidou, the Barbican Centre, and the Opéra de Paris. He founded DRUMMING: Grupo de Percussão in Porto, which became a Resident Group during Porto's year as European Capital of Culture in 2001. He ...

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  Mantis Festival is a biannual celebration of electroacoustic music from Manchester and beyond. This edition of the festival features special guest Kelly Jayne Jones. Link to online programme SATURDAY 1 st 18:00 | Concert 1 | John Thaw Theatre 19:30 | Concert 2 | John Thaw Theatre   SUNDAY 2 nd   14:00 | Concert 3 | John Thaw Theatre   All events are un-ticketed, meaning seats are offered on a first come first serve basis. Installation (both days) An interactive Video game  Location:   John Thaw Theatre, and G16 Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The University of Manchester HOW TO GET HERE   CONCERT POSTER:

  The 20 th Anniversary of MANTIS FESTIVAL 26 th – 27 th OCTOBER 2024 An extended series of concerts and talks in celebration of 20 years of Mantis. Featuring works by NOVARS staff, students, and alumni. DOWNLOAD MANTIS PROGRAMME [PDF] Events: SATURDAY 26 th 14:00 | Concert 1 | G16 15:30 | Concert 2 | G16 16:30-21:00 | Listening Room | G16 17:00 | Drinks Reception & Manuella Blackburn Album Launch | Martin Harris Centre Foyer 18:00 | Concert 3 | John Thaw Theatre 19:30 | Concert 4 | John Thaw Theatre SUNDAY 27 th   9:30 – 13:00 | Talks | G16 14:00 | Concert 5 | G16 All events are un-ticketed, meaning seats are offered on a first come first serve basis. Location: John Thaw Theatre, and G16 Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The University of Manchester HOW TO GET HERE CONCERT POSTER:

Explore the music of electroacoustic legend Francis Dhomont, the Sound and Image Research Centre (University of Greenwich), and works by NOVARS postgraduate composers. DOWNLOAD CONCERT PROGRAMME - [PDF] Concerts: ➡️ 2nd March   🕕   5:00PM Pre-concert talk by Brona Martin|Emma Margetson   🕕  6:00pm Sound | Image tour + Francis Dhomont     🕢   7:30pm Novars composers + Francis Dhomont ➡️  3rd March   🕑   2:00pm Novars composers + Francis Dhomont Tickets: 6pm: https://tickettailor.com/.../universityofmanchester5/1158920 7:30pm: https://tickettailor.com/.../universityofmanchester5/1159304 2pm: https://tickettailor.com/.../universityofmanchester5/1159305

MANTIS FESTIVAL  28th-29th OCTOBER 2023 Featuring Guest Artist  Prof Simon Emmerson In collaboration with the Twelfth International Conference Music and Sonic Art: MuSA 2023. PLACE : Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The University of Manchester HOW TO GET HERE Including works by: Tasos Asonitis, Mattia Benedetti, David Berezan, Daniel Blinkhorn, Rossella Calella, Hayley Suviste and Lilly Holland-Fricke, Ella Kay, Sarah Keirle, Irving Kinnersley, Eddie Lansley, Cameron Naylor, João Pedro Oliveira, Robin Parmar, Jake Parry, Jorge Ramos, Jules Rawlinson, Richard Scott and Sanja Star, Cecilia Suhr, Jorge Martinez Valderama, S Whiteley, Ryan Woods. Plus audiovisual works by guest artists exhibited as part of installation at the Martin Harris Centre Foyer MANTIS CONCERT PROGRAMME DOWNLOAD (PDF) MuSA CONFERENCE PROGRAMME DOWNLOAD (PDF) MANTIS CONCERT TICKETS:  Here is the link for buying tickets https://www.quaytickets.com/en-GB/shows/mantis%...