Our events range from our weekly listening sessions to weekend long festivals with the full-scale BEAST system. We promise to satisfy the most intrepid sonic adventurer. Explore our upcoming events below.
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January 22
BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building
Programme TBC
Diffusion Milad Khosravi Mardekheh
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! Full itineraryProgramme TBC
Diffusion Milad Khosravi Mardekheh
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! |
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January 29
BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building
Programme TBC
Diffusion Scott Wilson
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! Full itineraryProgramme TBC
Diffusion Scott Wilson
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! |
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February 5
BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building
Programme TBC
Diffusion Emma Margetson
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! Full itineraryProgramme TBC
Diffusion Emma Margetson
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! |
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February 12
BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building
Programme TBC
Diffusion Gary Charles
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! Full itineraryProgramme TBC
Diffusion Gary Charles
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! |
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February 26
BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building
Programme TBC
Diffusion Dirk Johan Stromberg
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! Full itineraryProgramme TBC
Diffusion Dirk Johan Stromberg
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! |
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February 27 - February 29
BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building
BEAST presents a mini-festival of events with virtuoso bass singer Nicholas Isherwood (U.S./France) – well known for his performance as Lucifer in Stockhausen’s Licht series, and composer/instrument builder Dirk Johan Stromberg (Singapore/U.S.) whose work blurs the lines between electroacoustic instruments and art installations.
Thu 27 February6.30–9pm: BOMble BEAST (Free) As part of our BOMble BEAST series with Birmingham Open Media, Stromberg will speak informally about his work at the BOM cafe. Venue: BOM Cafe
Fri 28 February1–1.50pm: The Electric Voice / Part 1 (Free) Nicholas Isherwood performs works from his specially commissioned Electric Voice project, including a world premiere by the Department of Music’s composition professor, Michael Zev Gordon. Venue: Barber Concert Hall
7.30-9.30pm: The Electric Voice / Part 2 (Free) Further performances from the Electric Voice, and other vocally inspired electronic music. Venue: The Dome, The Bramall
Sat 29 February6–7pm: Beneath the Dome A concert of immersive electronic music and sound featuring works by BEAST composers Emma Margetson and Nikki Sheth. Venue: The Dome, The Bramall
7.30-9.30pm: In-between Language Types Dirk Stromberg explores shared artistic languages through collaborations with composers Do Kien Cuong and BEAST’s Scott Wilson, alongside filmmaker Clare Chong. He and Wilson draw upon soundscapes from Vietnam, feedback, psychedelic video and a set of musical building blocks from Anthony Braxton’s work on musical language types in creating spontaneous compositions and improvisations. Venue: The Dome, The Bramall BEAST presents a mini-festival of events with virtuoso bass singer Nicholas Isherwood (U.S./France) – well known for his performance as Lucifer in Stockhausen’s Licht series, and composer/instrument builder Dirk Johan Stromberg (Singapore/U.S.) whose work blurs the lines between electroacoustic instruments and art installations.
Thu 27 February6.30–9pm: BOMble BEAST (Free) As part of our BOMble BEAST series with Birmingham Open Media, Stromberg will speak informally about his work at the BOM cafe. Venue: BOM Cafe
Fri 28 February1–1.50pm: The Electric Voice / Part 1 (Free) Nicholas Isherwood performs works from his specially commissioned Electric Voice project, including a world premiere by the Department of Music’s composition professor, Michael Zev Gordon. Venue: Barber Concert Hall
7.30-9.30pm: The Electric Voice / Part 2 (Free) Further performances from the Electric Voice, and other vocally inspired electronic music. Venue: The Dome, The Bramall
Sat 29 February6–7pm: Beneath the Dome A concert of immersive electronic music and sound featuring works by BEAST composers Emma Margetson and Nikki Sheth. Venue: The Dome, The Bramall
7.30-9.30pm: In-between Language Types Dirk Stromberg explores shared artistic languages through collaborations with composers Do Kien Cuong and BEAST’s Scott Wilson, alongside filmmaker Clare Chong. He and Wilson draw upon soundscapes from Vietnam, feedback, psychedelic video and a set of musical building blocks from Anthony Braxton’s work on musical language types in creating spontaneous compositions and improvisations. Venue: The Dome, The Bramall |
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March 4
BEASTdome, Bramall Music Building
Programme TBC
Diffusion Zach Bergman
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! Full itineraryProgramme TBC
Diffusion Zach Bergman
MiniBEAST is a series of free weekly listening sessions curated by staff, postgraduate students and visiting guests. All welcome! |
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April 30 - May 2
The Bramall Music Building
In 2020, four years after the election of Trump and the Brexit vote, it has become a cliché to say that we live in an increasingly divided culture. BEAST FEaST 2020 aspires to joyously defy the idea of a disunited world, to explore ideas of optimism, reconciliation and restoration, and celebrate the ways that electronic music can bring us together. Join us for three days of music, meeting, and ideas, with featured guest artists Beatriz Ferreyra, Hans Tutschku, Heather Roche, Eva Zöllner, Simon Emmerson and Christopher Fox. Further information to follow soon. In 2020, four years after the election of Trump and the Brexit vote, it has become a cliché to say that we live in an increasingly divided culture. BEAST FEaST 2020 aspires to joyously defy the idea of a disunited world, to explore ideas of optimism, reconciliation and restoration, and celebrate the ways that electronic music can bring us together. Join us for three days of music, meeting, and ideas, with featured guest artists Beatriz Ferreyra, Hans Tutschku, Heather Roche, Eva Zöllner, Simon Emmerson and Christopher Fox. Further information to follow soon. |
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