Music events

On the eve of the prestigious Brass in Concert Championship in Gateshead, Shepherd Brass Band teams up with the internationally renowned Cory Band for a tantalising mix of music, including Cory Band’s Brass-in-Concert programme.

We celebrate Quatuor Diotima’s thirtieth anniversary with a special concert that highlights their longstanding association with the University, featuring the premieres of two new commissions by composers with a close connection to York.

Bristol-based artist Surgeons Girl has built a strong reputation for hardware-led live performance, appearing at venues including Berghain, Tresor, Akademie der Künste, ICA, Southbank Centre (QEH), La Trabendo Paris and Doka Amsterdam.

This box of choral delights (named after one of the sweetmeats of a Monty Python choccy box sketch) is served up in The 24’s characteristic style, combining well-known classics and truly niche gems.

To mark the bicentenary of Beethoven’s death in 2027, Duo Pleyel performs two of the composer's symphonies, including his monumental ‘Eroica’ Symphony, in extraordinary four-hand arrangements by his undervalued student Carl Czerny.

Following a string of sold-out concerts, University Symphony Orchestra returns with a programme featuring works by Poulenc, Britten, Vítězslava Kaprálová and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood.