Archive for the 'General news' Category
Leeds College of Music is pleased to announce Leeds Brewery as one of its new corporate sponsors.
At this week's British Composer Awards the award for Contemporary Jazz Composition went to Leeds College of Music alumnus Tommy Evans for his composition The Green Seagull, the second year in a row this award has been won by a Leeds College of Music alumnus.
Leeds College of Music's Community Choral Society will perform Mozart's Requiem on Thursday 10 November, 7pm - 9pm. The concert will take place in The Venue and is free to members of the public.
Newly appointed Visiting Professor at Leeds College of Music, Deborah York, is due to perform Handel's love duets and arias from Cesare and Rinaldo, with Daniel Taylor and Theatre of Early Music, at Carnegie Hall, New York on 15 November. The date is part of a short US recital tour that takes in Milwaukee, Penn State and Pittsburgh.
Leeds International Concert Season's lumchtime concert on Wednesday 2 November will showcase four recent graduates of Leeds College of Music.
Leeds College of Music has joined forces with a ground-breaking educational project to bring South African Township music to the City of Leeds.
Two newly appointed members of jazz staff at Leeds College of Music are behind a conservatoire-wide Jazz Audition Preparation Day, aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate applicants, to be held in Leeds on Saturday 12 November.
Russell van Den Berg (Senior Lecturer in Jazz) and Jamil Sheriff (Principal Lecturer in Jazz) have organised the day as a practical learning event for music students who have applied for jazz specific Higher Education courses around the UK.
Music Production alumnus Rusko has produced the new single from Brit-nominated pop star Pixie Lott. The single, What Do You Tale Me For?, features the Kanye West-signed rapper Pusha T and is released on Monday 31 October.
Friday 18 November will see internationally acclaimed Wolfgang Manz hold an exclusive masterclass at Leeds College of Music.
Representatives from LCoM visited Hamburg on Wednesday 31st August 2011 to handpick a fleet of pianos at Steinway & Sons. The Digital Media Working Academy at The University of Bradford produced this video of the trip to Hamburg.