Both University of Liverpool staff and postgraduate student work is on display at the University’s annual Open Circuit Festival of new music and audio-visual performance, headlined by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s contemporary music group Ensemble 10/10 and a featuring variety of distinguished guest performers and composers from around the world.
Open Circuit 2019
Tickets now availble! Please see the concert lineup here.
Open Circuit 2018
Tickets now availble! Please see the concert lineup here.
Open Circuit 2017
Featuring Philippe Manoury, Ensemble 10/10, Christian Lindberg, Richard Craig, House of Bedlam Ensemble, Pixels Ensemble and more.
Open Circuit 2016
Featuring Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Ensemble 10/10, Joanna MacGregor, Andy Sheppard, the Gildas String Quartet, John Kenny and more.
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The Gildas quartet performing Hackbarth's Liquid Study 1 in the VG&M Cafe.
John Kenny performs Fairclough's piece Lifeline for trombone, video processing and computer sound.
The Pixels Ensemble performs Hackbarth’s piece Dot Matrix Dialect written for Ian Buckle (piano and director of Pixels), Jonathan Aasgaard (cello) and Julian Warburton (percussion).
The Gildas quartet performing Hackbarth's Liquid Study 1 in the VG&M Cafe.
The Gildas Quartet performing George Crumb's Black Angles
Andy Shepard performing an original score to a silent film with pianist Joanna MacGregor
Andy Shepard performing an original score to a silent film with pianist Joanna MacGregor
Birtwistle works the the RLPO's pianist Ian Buckle when rehearsing Secret Theatre.
The RLPO's ensemble 10/10, led by Clark Rundell, performs music by Birtwistle in Open Circuit 2016.
The RLPO's ensemble 10/10, led by Clark Rundell, performs music by Birtwistle in Open Circuit 2016.
The RLPO performs students' work at Theatre 2 in FACT.
The Pixels Ensemble performing Carter’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in Open Circuit 2016.
The Pixels Ensemble performs Hackbarth’s piece Dot Matrix Dialect written for Ian Buckle (piano and director of Pixels), Jonathan Aasgaard (cello) and Julian Warburton (percussion).
John Kenny's Carnyx, modeled after Scotland's 2,000-year-old Celtic Boar-headed horn
John Kenny performs Fairclough's piece Lifeline for trombone, video processing and computer sound.
Open Circuit 2014
Featuring the Elysian String Quartet, Ensemble 10/10, Oliver Coates, Joby Burgess, Markus Popp, Vessel and more.
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The Aleph perform in conjunction with Liverpool Music Week.
The student laptop ensemble, led by Oli Carman, perform music alongside Simon Jones on violin and Ben Hackbarth on spatialised computer sound.
The Elysian String Quartet perform a work by Pauline Oliveros
Jody Burgess' setup for a lunchtime concert including Xenakis' piece Psappha.
The RLPO's ensemble 10/10 performing a work by Matthew Fairclough
Oliver Coates' setup for a performance of new works in the VG&M cafe