The Dunlop British Junior Open returns to Birmingham in 2020 with a record number of nations competing.

The prestigious junior event spans over four venues in five days including an all glass showcourt at the University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness running from 2nd to 6th January 2020.

Tickets are available for the All Glass Show Court on the following days:
4th January - Quarter-Finals
5th January - Semi-Finals
6th January - Finals

Kimichi Symphony Orchestra presents another evening of excellence with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Stravinsky’s Firebird. Following their 5* production of Rite of Spring “In nearly fifty years of reviewing I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed an experience quite like this event....truly remarkable....precision, colour and visceral excitement” Christopher Morley,  and their 5* performance of Verdi’s Requiem, KSO are back with an exciting programme to whet all appetites.

Scheherazade is to be followed by Stravinsky’s Firebird, semi-staged with dancers providing yet more colour and excitement. With Keith Slade conducting and Charlotte Moseley leading, you can be guaranteed an evening of superb music making and wonderful story telling through dance.

VIP tickets available with Prosecco reception and Conductor’s talk.

The Birmingham Lions compete in the Premier Squash League, which is the the top professional league organised by England Squash. The team is made up of top ranked male and female players as well as up and coming students from University of Birmingham.

All of Birmingham Lions home matches will take place on the glass back courts at Sport & Fitness, which has in-built spectator seating. A courtside bar serving drinks and snacks will be available.

Mein Freund ist Mein: Cantatas by the Bach family

Mark Chambers director

Rachel Podger violin

Join the dynamic Belfast based choral ensemble alongside some of the finest early music instrumentalists from Ireland and the UK in works by Johann Sebastian Bach and his relatives. Expect sonorous tones of guest violinist Rachel Podger, and unique concert staging by Thomas Guthrie, in an evocative journey that explores themes of life and death in a performance of breath-taking power and humanity. J S Bach’s Easter cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden (Christ lay in death’s bonds) features alongside uncle Johann Christoph’s large scale wedding cantata Meine Freundin du bist schön, and a rarely heard setting of the iconic Sarabande and Chaconne in D Minor.

The University's New Music Ensemble give the world premiere of works by two of the University's postgraduate composition students alongside a performance of Gill Evans' arrangement of Porgy and Bess.

James Gilchrist is one of the UK's leading tenors and has performed in major concert halls throughout the world. He makes his Barber Evening Concert debut with his duo partner Anna Tilbrook.

A concert of immersive electronic music and sound featuring works by BEAST composers Emma Margetson and Nikki Sheth.

Dirk Stromberg explores shared artistic languages through collaborations with composers Do Kien Cuong and BEAST's Scott Wilson, alongside filmmaker Clare Chong.

The University's Jazz Orchestra collaborates with one of the UK's finest MCs as part of an exciting and unique project culminating in brand new arrangements of Juice's critically acclaimed music.

The University's highly acclaimed Birmingham University Singers and University Women's Choir perform under their directors Bob Chilcott and Jack Apperley.

This joint concert with two of the Music Society's orchestras features second-year Music student Emma Brown, winner of the 2019 Music Society Soloists Prize, for a performance of Mozart's second flute concerto.

The culmination of a two year partnership between the Department of Music's composition pathways, Barber Concerts and Quatuor Bozzini, this performance features the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Michael Zev Gordon.

Winner of the 2019 Composition Competition, third-year music student Christopher Allen sees his work The Sirens, performed by the Music Society Brass Band in this concert, alongside the work that inspired his composition, Cloudcatcher Fells.

A training ground for many talented student conductors, the Wind Band and Chamber Choirs perform in concert together for the first time.