Category Archives: Performances

Mikrokonzert @ York Spring Festival of New Music

Sunday, 16 May 2010

My mini cello con­certo Mikrokonzert: I Swear I Saw the Sun Falling re­ceived its premiere at York Spring Festival of New Music on Sunday 16 May. Scored for solo cello, en­semble and elec­tronics, this is a piece I wrote last year for friend and fant­astic cel­list Alice Purton and it was great to have her […]

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The Golden Lion Hotel @ Raise Your Voice

Friday, 14 May 2010

My per­cus­sion and elec­tronics piece, The Golden Lion Hotel, premiered at the end of April is being re­prised by Steve Pycroft and my­self at the Raise Your Voice Collective’s FutureEverything Showcase ap­pear­ance on Friday 14 May 2010. The pro­gramme also in­cludes a whole host of other Manchester-based com­posers. Listings: Facebook / Last.fm / Official page […]

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Wege & Waldstille Performed by Psappha

Friday, 30 April 2010

Wege & Waldstille, for cla­rinet, per­cus­sion, piano, cello and elec­tronics, will be premièred by the fant­astic Psappha at 17:00 on Friday 30 April in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama. These guys really know how to play and it’s been an ab­so­lute pleasure hearing them re­hearse, so […]

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Raise Your Voice Collective

Sunday, 28 February 2010

Over the last few months, along with friends Rob Guy and Steve Pycroft, I’ve been in­volved in set­ting up new music en­semble and com­posers’ col­lective Raise Your Voice. I’m really pleased to be able to an­nounce our launch night will be on 28 February 2010 in Centro Bar, doors opening around 19:30. The night will feature […]

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Trio Atem Concert

Friday, 26 February 2010

A new work, …going back to the skies, for flute, voice and cello en­semble Trio Atem was premiered in a ‘beat the rush hour’ con­cert fea­turing com­mis­sions from Manchester-based com­posers at 17:30 on 26th February. Venue page / Poster (PDF, 166kb)

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    Chris Swithinbank is a British-Dutch com­poser who works with both acoustic in­stru­ments and elec­tronic sounds. He is cur­rently a stu­dent at Harvard University with Chaya Czernowin.
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