PureGold 2010
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Thursday 13 May, Students' Union
Evening Gig: Simon Says. Open mic night featuring students from the Popular Music programme, plus special guests.
Monday 17 May, Ben Pimlott Lecture Room
Graduate Forum: ICCE presents guest speaker Darren Henderson, former Senior Vice President of Sony BMG, who will discuss his experiences in senior management, business modelling and the forging of new market divisions.
Monday 17 May, Students' Union
Performance New Contexts: 2 sets of performances from 2nd year Popular Music students.
Monday 24 May, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Final Performance Recitals (Guitar): Ben Bradley & Luke Adam.
Tuesday 25 May, RHB 167
Graduate Forum: Ethnomusicology pathway presents guest speaker Professor Tina Raminarine from Royal Holloway, plus student presentations.
Tuesday 25 May, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Final Performance Recitals (Wind & Brass): Claire English (saxophone), Jenny Sutton (flute), Beata Terlecka (trumpet), Joshua Jarvis (tuba), Kevin White (bass trombone) & Sam Ricketts (trombone).
Wednesday 26 May, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Final Performance Recitals (Piano): Beatriz Dilao & Hannah Cott.
Wednesday 26 May, The Albany Theatre, Deptford
Popular Music Final Shows: featuring Sam Monk-Wilson & Josh Drewe.
There will be a 10-minute warm-up set every night featuring 2nd year students.
Thursday 27 May, RHB 137a
Graduate Forum: Ethnographic Film Symposium. Screening of student projects arising from the MA course in Ethnographic Film and Music Research.
Thursday 27 May, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Final Performance Recitals (Vocal): Caroline Duffy, Emily Eason, Juan Marcos Vila & Sukhbir Kaur.
Thursday 27 May, The Albany Theatre, Deptford
Popular Music Final Shows: Featuring Nino Amoroso, Courtney Simpson, Lloyd Musto
& Katanya Pierre-Louis.
There will be a 10-minute warm-up set every night featuring 2nd year students.
Friday 28 May 5.45pm Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Final Performance Recitals (Strings): Tanya Cobb, Rebecca Gardiner & Michael Reed (violin),
Clare Larkman (double bass)
Friday 28 May 7.30pm The Albany Theatre, Deptford
Popular Music Final Shows: Featuring Jack James, Dimitar Ralev, Mercy Adjepong & Nathan Harmer.
There will be a 10-minute warm-up set every night featuring 2nd year students.
Saturday 29 May 7.30pm The Albany Theatre, Deptford
Popular Music Final Shows: Featuring Clarissa Mitchell, Devid Dell'aiera, Si Cliff & Cathy Humphries.
There will be a 10-minute warm-up set every night featuring 2nd year students.
JUNE
Tuesday 1 June, The Great Hall
Lunchtime Concert: Wind Band, directed by Tim Hooper, perform works by Sparke & Hess, plus a tributebto Glen Miller and a Disney Festival.
Tuesday 1 June, EMS
Evening Concert: Laptops, Improv and Coding - featuring works by students from the Music Computing Programme.
Tuesday 1 June, The Albany Theatre, SE8 4AG
Popular Music Final Shows: Featuring Sam Gilderdale, John Atterbury & Kevin Andrews.
There will be a 10-minute warm-up set every night featuring 2nd year students.
Tuesday 1 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Evening Concert: Nicky Enderby (violin) & Richard Black (piano) perform sonatas by Grieg and Elgar, plus Tartini Didone Abbandonata.
Wednesday 2 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Lunchtime Concert: Clarinet and saxophone students showcase.
Wednesday 2 June, The Albany Theatre, Deptford
Popular Music Final Shows: Featuring Henriette Robinson, Fabi Palladino, Simon Wheeler & Jasmine Neale.
There will be a 10-minute warm-up set every night featuring 2nd year students.
Thursday 3 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Centre for Russian Music presents: Elena Firsova at 60. The world premiere of Elena Firsova’s latest work will be followed by an interview with the composer. With Karine Georgian (cello soloist), Goldsmiths Strings, Charlotte King (alto voice), Jenny Sutton (flute) & Alex Eichenberger (cello), conducted by Alexander Ivashkin.
Thursday 3 June, The Albany Theatre, Deptford
Popular Music Final Shows: Featuring Anthony Evans, Ifan Owen, Donna Thompson & James Litherland.
There will be a 10-minute warm-up set every night featuring 2nd year students.
Friday 4 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Lunchtime Concert: GoldBones. Deptford Town Hall sees the return of the mind-blowing fivesome: GoldBones! Don’t stop believing...GoldBones are Sam Ricketts & Chris Augustine (trombones), Kevin White (bass trombone), Josh Jarvis & Omer Plotniarz (tubas)
Monday 7 June, RHB 137a
Graduate Forum: Centre for Contemporary Music Cultures presents Ed Mckeon, Partner at 3rd Ear and acting Festival Producer at Spitalfields Music. Ed has been Joint Executive Director & Producer at spnm, Development Manager at London Sinfonietta & Director at Oxford Contemporary Music.
Wednesday 9 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Lunchtime Concert: Samek/Brannick Duo. Victoria Soames Samek (clarinets/saxophone) & Chris Brannick (percussion) make a welcome return to Deptford Town Hall, with an exciting and varied programme, which will include two world premieres.
Thursday 10 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Centre for Russian Music and Graduate Forum Presents: Lecture-Recital on Schillinger's influence on Gershwin. An exploration through music and words of the Russian diaspora in America, focusing on the link between Schillinger and Gershwin.
Performed by Becky Wiles (piano), Alex Eichenberger (cello) & Jenny Sutton (flute)
Thursday 10 June, RHB 167
Evening Concert: Gamelan Degung. Students from the Performing South-East Asian Music class perform on the Sundanese Gamelan Degung.
Thursday 10 June, Students' Union
Evening Gig: The Music Collective. An eight-piece improvisational outfit, featuring musicians from both under-graduate Music degrees.
Friday 11 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Lunchtime Concert: Alexander Ivashkin (cello) performs numbers 2 & 6 of the Unaccompanied Suites for Cello, by J.S.Bach.
Friday 11 & Saturday 12 June, The Great Hall
OperaGold: Verdi's Rigoletto. Directed by Nan Christie and conducted by Tim Hooper.
Friday 11 June, The Shunt Vaults, Joiner Street, London SE1
EMS @ The Shunt: Following successful excursions in 2007 & 2008, Goldsmiths Electronic Music Studios return for a third year to The Shunt venue beneath London Bridge Station to host an evening of interactive performance, sound art, installations and improvised music. Curated and directed by John Drever, Ian Stonehouse & Michael Young.
Monday 14 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Evening Concert: Composers’ Forum, featuring new works devised and performed by Goldsmiths students.
Tuesday 15 & Wednesday 16 June, The Great Hall
PhD Performance Showcase: Sound Installation by Tom Slater. An automated sonic sculpture inspired by Rube Goldberg's indirect, convoluted machines. Visitors are invited to experience the large reverberant space of the great hall that will be filled with an amalgamation of copper structure and amplified electronic sound.
PhD Performance Showcase: Elena Artamonova (viola) & Nicholas Walker (piano) perform works by Sergey Vasilenko, including his Sonata for Viola and Piano.
Tuesday 15 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
PhD Performance Showcase: Magdalina Nikolaidu (piano) performs works by Rachmaninov, Ravel
& Prokofiev.
Wednesday 16 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
PhD Performance Showcase: Anastasios Mavroudis (violin) performs works by Yorgos Sicilianos (1920-2005), including his Sonata for Violin & Quartet No 2. Performed by Anastasios Mavroudis (violin), Nikos Stavlas (piano) & the Tettix Quartet.
Thursday 17 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
Lunchtime Concert: Chris Augustine (trombone) and Richard Black (piano) play works by Lanny Gröndahl & J.S. Bach, plus Malcolm Arnold's Fantasy for Trombone & Frank Martin's Ballade.
Thursday 17 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
PhD Performance Showcase: Rebecca Turner (cello) & Carolyn Johnson-Wu (piano) perform works by Christopher William Pierce, Giya Kantcheli, Gionvanni Sollima, Benjamin Britten & Arvo Part.
Friday 18 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
PhD Performance Showcase: Alejandro Toledo (saxophones) and his band perform music based on his research into Romanian Roma (Gypsy) performance practices. Vodka will be provided!
Thursday 24 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
MMus Final Performance Recitals (Wind): Donia Moore (clarinet) & Heather Leighton (flute)
Thursday 24 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
MMus Final Performance Recitals (Piano): Carla Pires, Wan-Ting Hsieh, Ayon To & Panagiotis Markos
Thursday 24 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
MMus Final Performance Recitals (Violin): Nicky Enderby
Friday 25 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
MMus Final Performance Recitals (Trumpet): Thomas Courtney & Anna Bainbridge.
Friday 25 June, Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall
MMus Final Performance Recitals (Vocal): Jo Bryant, Chien-Chun Lin & Anja Middleton (soprano), Matthew Haas (tenor) & Charlotte King (alto).
Tuesday 29 June, The Great Hall
PhD Performance Showcase: Andriana Minou (piano) together with musicians & performers from London, Amsterdam & Berlin performs: Epicycle by Jani Christou, realised by Andriana Minou
Anaparastasis III: The Pianist by Jani Christou, with Andriana Minou (piano) & Thanasis Deligiannis
Lefkippi by Thanasis Deligiannis for piano and small ensemble (first U.K. performance)