Quaytickets

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert Martin Harris Centre Fri 19 Feb 10 £12 Another delightful stroll in the company of early Schubert Quartet

MANTIS Festival Spring 2010 Martin Harris Centre Sat 20 Feb 10 - Sun 21 Feb 10 £4 A weekend of electroacoustic music concerts featuring new works by MANTIS composers, live and interactive performances and audio-visual work

DBC Pierre Martin Harris Centre Mon 22 Feb 10 £5 DBC Pierre’s debut novel, Vernon God Little was the winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize. His new novel Lights Out in Wonderland is out in January 2010

The University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra Martin Harris Centre Sat 27 Feb 10 £9 Three masters of the 19th century dominate Symphony Orchestra’s second concert of year

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert Martin Harris Centre Fri 12 Mar 10 £12 Schubert Quartettsatz, Brahms String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2, Taneyev Piano Quintet in G

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO) Martin Harris Centre Sat 13 Mar 10 £9 The Easter concert from the University's award-winning wind orchestra features pieces with a distinctly minimalist feel, including a landmark performance of Terry Riley's iconic In C

VAGANZA: Italians Dead or Alive Martin Harris Centre Fri 19 Mar 10 £4 We all know Morricone's brilliant film scores, but how many of us know his concert music? And don’t you want to become one of the select few who actually does?

University of Manchester String & Chamber Orchestras Martin Harris Centre Sat 20 Mar 10 £9 Soloist Thomas Thorp combines saxophone with tape recording alongside the cunning genius that Haydn finds in his 60th Symphony

Jenn Ashworth and Jen Hadfield Martin Harris Centre Mon 22 Mar 10 £5 Jenn Ashworth’s first novel A Kind of Intimacy was published by Arcadia in 2009. Jen Hadfield’s second poetry collection Nigh-No-Place was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and won the prestigious TS Eliot prize.

Ad Solem - University of Manchester Chamber Choir Martin Harris Centre Fri 26 Mar 10 £9 An elite group of Manchester student singers perform a selection of Bruckner motets and Mozart’s passionate Requiem

Hallé Youth and Children's Choir: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo Martin Harris Centre Sun 28 Mar 10 £8.50 The Hallé Children's Choir was formed in September 2008, and is now celebrating its second season with 87 young singers aged 8-13 years from across Greater Manchester and beyond.

VAGANZA SOLOISTS: A Feast for the Senses Martin Harris Centre Fri 23 Apr 10 £8 An evening of diversely and irresistably sensuous music given by Vaganza Soloists. Premieres of works by Nina Whiteman, James Stephenson & Gavin Osborn plus Richard Whalley’s Intoxicating Orchids.

Giles Foden and Leontia Flynn Martin Harris Centre Mon 26 Apr 10 £5 Giles Foden is the award-winning author of The Last King of Scotland. Leontia Flynn’s first collection of poetry These Days won the Forward Prize in 2004

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert Martin Harris Centre Fri 7 May 10 £12 Schubert (piece tbc), Henri Fourès String Quartet (world première), Dvořák Piano Quintet

John Hegley Martin Harris Centre Fri 18 Jun 10 £8 "Bringing you the best in humour, music and poetry"

Literature and Violence Martin Harris Centre Thu 1 Jul 10 £7 Martin Amis will be discussing the ways in which literature depicts and responds to violence.