Library Live

Future Currents
2017-08-01 15:30 - 16:30 UTC | Performance Space
Electrifying guitarists Alex Roth, Chris Montague and Chris Sharkey exploit the instrument’s full potential to create music of extremes, using extended techniques and expansive soundscapes.
Advance: £8.50 (inc 50p bkg fee) / OTD: £10
A Manchester Jazz Festival event

Double bill - Andrew Woodhead: Pocket Piano + Run Logan Run
2017-08-02 15:30 - 16:40
Andrew explores the capabilities of the pocket piano – a tiny, hand-built synthesiser. He improvises sweeping soundscapes using both intricate textures and simple melodies.
Bristol sax and drums duo, Run Logan Run strive for intensity within the moment – from quiet, bird-like noises to huge, monolithic sounds.
Advance: £8.50 (inc 50p bkg fee) / OTD: £10
A Manchester Jazz Festival event

Clouds Harp Quartet
2017-08-03 15:30 - 16:30
Clouds both celebrate and challenge the preconceived charm of this beloved instrument with new music embracing minimalism, folk and classical – interspersed with improvisation.
Advance: £8.50 (inc 50p bkg fee) / OTD: £10
A Manchester Jazz Festival event

Polygon Quartet
2017-08-04 15:30 - 16:30
Tom Thorp’s new ensemble of nimble-fingered, northern talents subverts the roles within the saxophone quartet with experimental composition techniques: energetic and always musical.
Advance: £8.50 (inc 50p bkg fee) / OTD: £10
A Manchester Jazz Festival event

Build a Noise Machine Workshop
2017-08-31 10:30 - 15:30
Learn to build your own noise machine and explore graphical sound and performance.
Our Noise Machines are electronic musical instruments based on analogue synthesizer circuitry that respond to changes in light via a light sensor interface. Our DIY Kits are simple oscillator circuits with a light sensor that will introduce you to electronics and circuit building and the principle of working with light to create sound.
Morning session: BUILD A NOISE MACHINE 10:30 – 12:30
Using our new ‘DIY Noise Machine Kits’, build your own mini synthesizer with light sensor. Learn about electronic components, and how to make a fully working circuit. The kits respond to changes in light, once the circuits are built, you can play your new instruments.
Afternoon session: GRAPHICAL SOUND AND PERFORMANCE 13:30 – 15:30
Explore the principles of graphical sound, creating paper scores inspired by drawings thinking about pattern, visual rhythms and the sonic output of visual shapes. Using turntables and light Theremin circuits play, collaborate and listen to your paper scores in a live demo.
This workshop is open to everyone and is suitable for children aged 12+
This workshop is delivered on behalf of the Big Ideas Generators project by Noise Orchestra
Come and join in the fun with Noise Orchestra and make some noise!
