Concerts

Kingston University has an incredibly busy performance programme, in our last 30 week season we presented 76 concerts, nearly all of them featuring student musicians.

The 2009-2010 season will continue this pattern. Music students will perform in the Royal Festival Hall as well as a range of venues in the Greater Kingston area, including The Rose Theatre, and there are plans to take Chamber Choir on tour to the Netherlands.

Not only will we be staging large chorus and orchestral concerts (this year to include two huge multi-media concerts) but other ensembles will be featured in Jazz Futures and our regular lunchtime series, taking place on the Kingston Hill campus.

Following the success of last year's band nights we will be promoting more gigs by students' bands in venues such as The Cricketers, The Fighting Cocks and The Peel. The regular free lunchtime concert series will continue with a host of visiting artists such as the Delta Saxophone Quartet, Jane Manning, Jane Beament, and Stephen Coombs, to name just a few.

We are also proud to announce a new series of First Tuesday jazz lunchtimes at the Rose Theatre, presenting a range of outstandingly good musicians. On the first Tuesday of every month at 1.15-2.00pm (except 1st December, when the time will be 12.00-12.45pm) some of the top names in contemporary jazz will perform. This year's line-up includes: Kate Dimbleby and Malcolm Edmonstone; Meredith White; Julie Dunn; John Horler and Tony Coe; Tina May, and Ted Beament.

Upcoming concerts

• Music Student Performances
  23 March 2010
  Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill campus
• Recital by Li You, Concerto Competition Winner
  24 March 2010
  Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill Campus
• Ted Beament at 'First Tuesday'
  6 April 2010
  Culture Cafe, The Rose Theatre, 24-26 High Street, Kingston KT1 1HL
• Music Student Performances
  20 April 2010
  Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill campus
• Improvisation Ensemble concert
  21 April 2010
  Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill Campus
• Jazz Futures
  25 April 2010
  The Rose Theatre Cafe, 24-26 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1HL
• Music Student Performances
  27 April 2010
  Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill campus
• John Horler and Tony Coe @ 'First Tuesday'
  4 May 2010
  Culture Cafe, The Rose Theatre, 24-26 High Street, Kingston KT1 1HL
• The Kingston University Brass Ensemble
  5 May 2010
  Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill Campus
• Twin Cities: The Hero's Journey
  7 May 2010
  Coombehurst Studio, Kingston Hill campus