Southbank Centre featured free events, 27th -2nd June 2019
These are some of the selected free events taking place at The Southbank Centre from Monday 20th to Sunday 26th May 2019. Click on the event title for further information.
Violet Nights: Cancel Culture
Tuesday 28 May 2019| 7pm | Royal Festival Hall, Blue Room, Level 1 | Free but ticketed
Add your voice to the debate on the worthiness and effectiveness of cancel culture and whether you can ever separate the art from the artist.
In an age of problematic faves, insensitive branding and allegations of abuse, what does it mean to cancel your favourite artist, celebrity or brand and how effective is it?
Examine who decides which artists are cancelled, and how, and what the response can be towards fans who chose to continue watching or listening to the artist’s works.
Have your chance to discuss how we live out and navigate our identities online, and how public backlash plays out through social media.
Speakers include
Ayishat Akanbi is a fashion stylist, writer, cultural commentator and artist
Luciana
Musello has worked as a content creator, graphic designer and social
media strategist for several music and arts projects in her home
country, Ecuador. Her research interests include gender, politics and
cultural work, and their intersections with digital media.
Tobi Oredein, chairing the event, is a journalist and founder of Black Ballad
Violet Nights is a social space for young people to express their views and explore topical issues through music, performance and discussion.
Debate #Talks #YoungPeople
Melodic Objects: Music and Juggling
Thursday 29 May| 7pm | The Clore Ballroom, Level 2 | Free
Music takes shape in gravity-defying movement, and juggling seems to become sound, in an adventurous performance.
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto and Jay Gilligan, leader of the Juggling and Music course at Stockholm’s University of the Arts take the stage together, joined Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor of Rouvali conducts Stravinsky, the Philharmonia Orchestra’s earlier evening concert.
#Classical #Music
Friday Lunch: Fergus Ireland Trio
Friday 31 May 2019 | 1pm | Royal Festival Hall, Central Bar, Level 2
Do you like your jazz inventive and compelling? Hear a free lunchtime concert from a founding member of Kansas Smitty’s House Band with his trio.
Bassist Fergus Ireland, alto saxophonist Nathaniel Facey and drummer James Maddren have been playing together since 2013. Drawing on acoustic sounds from the classic tradition of saxophone, bass and drum outfits, the group incorporates modern-day rhythms, techniques and concepts.
They have honed their sound through informal sessions and gigs at grass-roots London venues, as well as concerts at acclaimed venues such as Ronnie Scott’s. In 2018 they released their first record with a limited run on Mondegreen Records. The album, titled Ferg Ireland Trio – Volume I, swiftly sold out.
Ireland has played with leading jazz musicians in the UK, including Soweto Kinch, Ruby Rushton and Nathaniel Facey, as well as for visiting US luminaries such as Johnny O’Neal (Art Blakey) and Leroy Jones
Jazz #Blues #Music
Composers’ Mixer
Saturday 1 June 2019| 5 pm |Royal Festival Hall, White Room, Level 1
Step into an informal space where composers, performers and industry professionals can meet and mingle, and find out more about Composers’ Collective.
Composing can be a solitary experience, so why not come along to network, chat, and share experiences with like-minded individuals with an interest in new music and creativity?
Who knows what collaborations are waiting just around the corner?
#Classical #Music #Contemporary
Composers’ Collective: Stockhausen Inspires
Sunday 2 June 2019| 1.30 pm |Royal Festival Hall, Blue Room, Level 1 | Free, but ticketed
Take a lesson from the master of innovation at a composition and notation workshop inspired by his groundbreaking methods, led by Naomi Wright.
Bring an instrument (or your own voice) for an afternoon exploring graphic scores, aleatoric music and non-tonal improvisation.
Learn from Stockhausen’s techniques while developing your own leadership and non-verbal communication skills and the self-confidence to express your own musicality.
Naomi Wright is a professional violinist and composer, and Founder and Artistic Director of Collective31 – UK Contemporary Music and Arts.
#Classical #Music #Contemporary
Music of Today: Composers’ Academy
Sunday 2 June 2019| 6 pm |Royal Festival Hall | Free
Hear world premieres by three emerging composers in the culminating concert of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Composers’ Academy.
Over the course of the year, they have worked closely with Philharmonia musicians, visiting composers and Unsuk Chin, Artistic Director of Music of Today.
This is an exciting opportunity to hear the work of the newest generation of composers in the UK today.
Performers
- Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra
- Geoffrey Paterson conductor
Repertoire
- Chia-Ying Lin: Intermezzo to the Minotaur (World premiere)
- Alex Woolf: Octet for mixed ensemble (World premiere)
- Benjamin Ashby: I’ve been planning for an impromptu (World premiere)
#Classical #Music #Contemporary
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