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SUMMARY:Paper Piano Presents: Gideon Conn
DESCRIPTION:Another “Paper Piano Presents”\, this time with Gideon Conn\, the first artist to appear on the label. Known for effortlessly blending acoustic soul\, jazz and hip hop\, Gideon has a unique performance style that makes people very happy. Thought provoking lyrics glide over catchy melodic hooks with guitar playing different from any you’ve heard before. \n\n\n‘The people of Britain may not know it yet but Gideon Conn is one of their national treasures.’ Scroobius Pip \n\nFree – just drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/paper-piano-presents-gideon-conn/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Silence is Golden
DESCRIPTION:Join us for live music from local artists on Saturday afternoon. \nThis summer the Henry Watson Music Library plays host to a special guest – Yamaha’s SILENT Piano™. \nAs part of a new collaboration between Yamaha and selected libraries across the UK\, the Henry Watson Music Library hosts a SILENT Piano™ across the summer months. An acoustic piano enhanced with Yamaha’s most advanced silencing technology\, we invite you to escape to your own musical universe with the SILENT Piano™ when you visit the library. Enjoy the expressivity\, response and feel of an acoustic piano but without disturbing others and without distraction. You might be new to the piano\, or perhaps it’s been a while since you played\, or maybe you’re an artist looking to unleash your creativity at any opportunity. Whatever your motivations we invite you to visit the Henry Watson Music Library and transport yourself to another sound world with the SILENT Piano™ \nuk.yamaha.com #YamahaSilenceisGolden \nFree – drop in \nPlease make a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes or online
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/silence-is-golden/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230713T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231013T090000
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SUMMARY:Paper Piano Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Paper Piano – A Retrospective \nFor the last 10 years\, Paper Piano have been creating music related artwork and packaging. More recently they have focused on hand-made books; this combination of music and books makes them the ideal label to exhibit at The Henry Watson Music Library. \nPaper Piano have worked with many illustrious musicians and bands. Included in the exhibition will be releases that have featured local talent including Mark Hoyle\, SPIRIT:level\, and Gideon Conn. Near neighbours The Declining Winter also make an appearance as do Motohiro Nakashima and Birds Humming the Beat\, both from Japan. \nThe exhibition will be split into two halves. The first half will focus on Paper Piano music and books\, but will also reference one-off works such as “The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” collage\, currently displayed at the Working Class Movement Library\, Salford. Highlights include SPIRIT:level’s concrete plinth and The Oreoh!s Pompom EP\, two CD’s wrapped up in wool that can’t be played until a pompom is made. The second half is dedicated to the multidisciplinary artist\, DJ Goalpost. His work is even more varied and playful and almost impossible to categorize. Things to look out for here include a CD hand sewn into the shorts from a Stockport County football kit and “Don’t Give Up On Us” by David Soulpost\, DJ Goalpost’s alter-ego. \nThroughout the time the exhibition is taking place there will be a series of events featuring Paper Piano artists and also the opportunity to buy some limited edition artworks. \nFree – drop in \nPlease make a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes or online
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/paper-piano-exhibition/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230713T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230713T170000
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SUMMARY:Paper Piano Presents: Opening Night
DESCRIPTION:This is the first “Paper Piano Presents” event to mark the exhibition in the Henry Watson Music Library. As part of the opening night visitors will have the opportunity to listen to Paper Piano’s back catalogue including rare tracks from The Oreoh!s\, The Declining Winter and SPIRIT:level. There will be the chance to purchase limited art works by DJ Goalpost as well as picking up one of his free badges. Mark Hoyle (Dub Sex\, Dumb\, SPIRIT:level) will also be making an appearance to read some of his poems published by Paper Piano Press.  \nFree – please drop in \nPlease support our Library Live Programme\, if you can\, by donatng via the cash or contactless donation points in the venue or online \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/paper-piano-presents-mark-hoyle/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230621T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230621T193000
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SUMMARY:Make Music Day
DESCRIPTION:The Henry Watson Music Library will again host a small festival as part of this international annual celebration of music. A variety of artists of many different styles will perform short sets (around 20 minutes) throughout the day\, leading to a final full performance and presentation by Manchester International Roots Orchestra. It’s always a really good day of enjoying the joys of music! \nFree – just drop in – please consider making a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme if you can\, either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/make-music-day/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230611T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230611T153000
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SUMMARY:MIRO - Performance
DESCRIPTION:Manchester International Roots Orchestra return\, to perform on our Sunday Funday as part of the Festival of Libraries\, bringing together musicians\, instruments and musical traditions from all parts of the globe\, to perform both original and traditional pieces\, MIRO is always brilliant and offers a chance to experience something unique. \nThere will also be a brief talk on the Global Folk Instruments Heritage Project\, a collaboration between MIRO\, the Henry Watson Music Library and the Royal Northern College Of Music. This project explores and examines musical cultures and instruments from different times and locations and will yield documentaries\, performances\, educational sessions\, written pieces and more over the coming years. \nFree – just drop in – please consider making a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme if you can\, either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/miro-performance/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230607T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230607T200000
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SUMMARY:New Drum Kit!
DESCRIPTION:We have a new electronic drum kit\, which will be available from this day! Our old kits have been popular features of the department and we’ve had lots of enquiries about when to expect a new one. It’s finally here\, and bookings can be made at the Henry Watson Music Library desk or over the phone by calling 0161 234 1976\, from 7 June. Please note that there are designated hour-long timeslots for this and events might affect availability.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/new-drum-kit/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230603T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230603T130000
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SUMMARY:Michael Burns
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this live performance by an experienced folk musician who draws inspiration from local and family history. Michael Burns’ repertoire incorporates music from a wide timespan and he is interested in music pertaining to social commentary and how it relates to the present day. \nClick on the links to hear some of Michael’s music: \n‘Mulespinners Cottrells We‘\, tells the story of the Stalybridge Town Band and its involvement in Peterloo. \n‘Tameside Lads’ tells of a sea rescue back in the 1800s. \n‘James Keogh’ is about the role of people from Manchester in the Spanish Civil War. \n‘Oh Marie’ is an impressionistic account of an Irish Traveller funeral in Gorton. \n‘The Little Count’ is a waltz celebrating the music of a diminutive Polish musician who toured Europe in Georgian times before settling in Durham. \nFree – just drop in – please consider making a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme if you can\, either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/michael-burns/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230427T174500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230427T193000
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SUMMARY:Big Fat Music Library Quiz; Eurovision Special!
DESCRIPTION:Geopolitical alliances at the ready!  \nThis year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held just a stone’s throw from Manchester in lovely Liverpool. To celebrate this once is a lifetime (well 25 years anyway) event\, we’re hosting a special edition of our Big Fat Music Library quiz on Thursday 27th April.  \nSo if you think you know your Bucks Fizz from your Bardo or your Loreen from your Lorde\, then please join us in the Henry Watson Music Library from 5.45pm for the Big Fat Eurovision Quiz \n\n\nTeams of up to four people – Great prizes to be won! \n\n\nFree entry. Just email alan.lynch@manchester.gov.uk to book a table.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/big-fat-music-library-quiz-eurovision-special/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music,Party
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230225T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230225T153000
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SUMMARY:Children’s Music Activities
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of children’s music activities! \n11:30 – Rhyme Time \n\nStories and songs.\n\n12:20 – HWML instruments \n\nA brief showing of some of the music library’s instruments\, originating in different time periods and places around the world. Feel free to ask questions!\n\n12:40 – Children’s instruments \n\nXylophones\, maracas\, triangles\, ukuleles and much more to make some noise and have fun!\n\n13:10 – Drum United \n\nPositive\, meditative drumming. Very relaxing.\n\n14:00 – French Storytime \n\nMore stories and songs\, this time in French!\n\nSuitable for children aged 3 to 7. Families welcome. \nAll activities take place in the Henry Watson Music Library (1st Floor)\, apart from French Storytime\, which will be in the Children’s Library (Lower Ground Floor). \nFree – drop in – please make a donation to support our Library Live cultural programme\, either online at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/childrens-music-activities/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220711T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220711T140000
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SUMMARY:'Musick' in Manchester 1744/45
DESCRIPTION:Musick in Manchester 1744/45 recreates the first ever public concert series known to have been given in Manchester\, prefiguring the remarkable musical tradition that accompanied Manchester’s development into one of Europe’s leading industrial cities. Remarkable\, and until now underrepresented\, the series includes sixteen concert programmes\, which survive in a literary transcript by John Harland written a century later in 1844. Through research by Dr Pauline Nobes\, many works can be identified directly\, but we also utilise Manchester’s archives\, most notably the extraordinary collection of Cardinal Ottoboni\, housed at Manchester’s Henry Watson Library\, bringing to light a significant amount of neglected music. Join us for the third concert in our series\, which recreates the original concert first performed on 9th July 1745. \nPauline Nobes\, is recognised as one of Europe’s foremost Baroque vioiniists and specialists in historical performance practice. For many years she worked with period instrument ensembles such as The English Baroque Soloists\, The English Concert and Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique playing in the most prestigious concert halls and festivals throughout Europe\, the USA and Japan participating in over 100 CD productions.  For many years Pauline was concertmaster for The Academy of Ancient Music\, Das Neue Orchester and Musica Antiqua Köln.  Now guest leading in European Opera theaters\, she also continues her commitment to teaching\, at home and abroad and is Artistic Director and leader for Manchester Baroque. \nFree – drop in – please consider making a donation if you can either online or at one of our cash or contactless donation boxes in Central Library
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/musick-in-manchester-1744-45/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220428T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220428T160000
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SUMMARY:MIRO Chamber Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an intimate performance by a Manchester International Roots Orchestra chamber ensemble in the Hentry Watson Music Library on the First Floor of Central Library. \nThe Manchester International Roots Orchestra (MIRO) is a unique ensemble of musicians with roots from across the world including students from the RNCM. Our repertoire skilfully combines diverse musical influences from haunting Eastern European melodies\, to the delicate textures of Middle Eastern percussion and vocals; through to soulful Sufi chants of South Asia\, joyful African gospel – embracing rap\, hip-hop\, classical music and jazz along the way. \nFree – please drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/miro-chamber-ensemble/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211231T170000
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SUMMARY:#Like Chopin – Mysterious Story in Manchester
DESCRIPTION:#LikeChopin – The Mysterious Story of Chopin in Manchester   \nIn August 1848 Fryderyk Chopin travelled to Britain.  \nDuring the visit he also gave a performance in Manchester.  \nThe concert took place at the Manchester’s Gentleman Concert Hall on Peter Street. The Hall was demolished in 1887 and The Midland Hotel was built on the site. it is reported that his concert in Manchester was attended by the largest audience Chopin ever performed for! \nWant to find out more? A brand new exhibition curated by the Polish Consulate is now on display at the Henry Watson Music Library in Manchester Central Library.  \nThere is also an online exhibition celebrating Chopin’s visit to Manchester for you to view here.  \n“#LikeChopin concept has been devised to bring a closer look into the Fryderyk Chopin journey to The United Kingdom. By combining a plethora of interesting details associated with Chopin’s Manchester concert we have created an attractive visual identity which was applied both in online exhibition and to that which may be seen at Manchester Central Library. We are glad that so many people appreciated the concept and by the same token valued our creative approach. This means that creativity with a modicum of mystery is what binds us together around positive symbols..” Said. Patryk Gowin Vice Consul and Head of Public and Cultural Diplomacy Section at Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Manchester.  
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/likechopin-mysterious-story-in-manchester/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200319T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200319T183000
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SUMMARY:Club Ceoil: Manchester’s Irish Traditional Music Archive
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED \nA celebration of Manchester’s traditional Irish music with young musicians\, plus a presentation exploring the collaboration of the Club Ceoil Archive in partnership with the British Library’s ‘Unlocking Our Sound Heritage’ \nFree – please drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/club-ceoil-manchesters-irish-traditional-music-archive/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200127T170000
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SUMMARY:Songs of Arrival
DESCRIPTION:As part of Holocaust Memorial Day\, Manchester Jewish Museum’s song-writing group will present an initial performance of songs inspired by the moving stories of Jewish Refugees arriving in Cheetham in the 1930s and 1940s. We have been working with baritone singer Peter Brathwaite (originally from Cheetham) Israeli opera composer Na’ama Zisser and community composer and saxophonist Joe Steele for the past 6 months to bring to life the real life stories within our oral history collection\, highlighting the experience of those arriving in Cheetham having fled their home countries. \nFree – please drop in
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/songs-of-arrival/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181203T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181203T140000
DTSTAMP:20260502T113103
CREATED:20181123T144504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181123T144611Z
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SUMMARY:Manchester Disability Rocks Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Billy and Andy run fun and accessible music activities for people of all ages who have special needs and disabilities. They build their own unique musical instruments that break down the barrier to music making and by using music based activities they can help anyone\, regardless of ability\, take part in creating music they can be proud of. Come along on to the Henry Watson Music Library on the First Floor of Central Library. \nFree\, drop in music workshop as part of UK Disability History Month
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-disability-rocks-workshop/
LOCATION:Henry Watson Music Library
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