Past events

Performances include Sibelius's grand hymn 'Finlandia', Berlioz's fizzing Roman Carnival Overture and 'Autumn' from Glazunov's ballet for The Seasons. We'll also explore the quirky story of Lieutenant Kijé (the soldier that bureaucrats had to invent to satisfy the Tzar's curiosity) through Prokofiev's sparkling music. Together with some magical pieces for chorus, including the ever-popular 'Shepherd's Pipe Carol', we hope this will be a winning evening for all tastes. How could you stay away?

A wide variety of student ensembles perform a mixed programme including the Brass Ensemble, String Orchestra and more

Every Wednesday afternoon our 2nd & 3rd year students perform in a Lunchtime Recital as part of their performance module.

Every Wednesday afternoon our 2nd & 3rd year students perform in a Lunchtime Recital as part of their performance module.

The new interactive performance installation Silvano was created by Augustine Leudar in the Lagunas community in Loreto in the Amazon of Peru, an area he has lived on and off since 2001. As well as exploring the ultrasonic soundscape of the rainforest, the work contains interactive sonic and visual elements including the use of real time Stable Diffusion. This performance event allows the audience able to interact with Silvano for as little or as long as they desire.

Every Wednesday afternoon our 2nd & 3rd year students perform in a Lunchtime Recital as part of their performance module. 

OPEnMusic stands for ‘One Page Ensemble Music’ and consists of students studying composition and performance who perform new pieces by final year composers. The pieces on the programme respond to the topic being taught on the module. This year’s topic is ‘indeterminacy' - all the pieces will hand performers responsibility to decide any aspect of the piece from its structure, to its notes, to its sounds, often on the spur of the moment. Expect the unexpected.

Every Wednesday afternoon our 2nd & 3rd year students perform in a Lunchtime Recital as part of their performance module. 

Join us for a celebration of the work of internationally acclaimed Cuban-American composer and conductor Odaline de la Martinez on the evening of her 75th birthday. This free concert will celebrate Martinez's leading contribution to the championship of women composers, Latin-American music and contemporary composers in a programme of her music and that of Reginald Smith Brindle, Stephen Goss and others, performed by professional musicians with whom she has worked over the years as well as Surrey graduates and students. Performers include Samantha Ege (piano), Caroline Balding (violin), Clare O'Connell (cello), Maureen Galea (piano), Margaret Roberts (piano), Elizabeth Ward (flute), Christopher Wiley (oboe), Vincent Godfrey (clarinet), Milan Brinker (cello), Petar Jovanovic (guitar), Jim Goss (cello) and 2024 Joyce Dixey Competition winner Noah Scott (voice), as well as the University of Surrey Chamber Choir, directed by Philip Singleton.