Blog: Staff post: Facilities - Universe of Sound
At first glance it sounds like an ideal plan for a daytime TV reality show: “Find the most unlikely venue for a public digital installation and then trans... More...
Blog: Guest review - We're Going On A Bear Hunt
If you go down to Town Hall today you’re sure of a big surprise… A group of intrepid adventurers are currently in the building, wading their wa... More...
Blog: Staff post: Jazzlines - a special birthday
As well as Jazzlines, our dynamic strand of jazz concert programming, turning one year old this month, we had another big jazz-related birthday to celebrate... More...
Blog: Staff post: Learn & Join In - Katie Banks
Eleven years ago almost to the day, I was joining the long queue of students at a Leicester stationers waiting to get my dissertation bound. The discussion ... More...
Blog: Staff post: Development - meet the team
Last year we programmed over 600 national and international classical, popular, and contemporary concerts and events, reaching over 600,000 people, and enga... More...
Blog: The Jazzlines Month - April 2013
The highlights of March for Jazzlines were the two commissions set up to mark the visit of Steve Reich to Birmingham. The first gave Chris Mapp the opportun... More...
Blog: Looking back on Reich: Influences
On Wednesday 6 March Steve Reich – hailed by The New York Times as ‘our greatest living composer’ – came to Town Hall for the second public performa... More...
Blog: Reich gets a Rewrite in George Dixon Academy
An article published yesterday in the Independent is titled ‘Steve Reich: ‘Rock was pretty much off my radar – then along came Radiohead’... More...
Blog: The Jazzlines Month - March 2013
At the beginning of March we are very pleased to be part of the celebrations of Steve Reich’s visit to Birmingham, and the Reich Influences mini-serie... More...
Blog: Metronomes beat their way to Symphony Hall
We’ve been searching for metronomes and their owners to take part in a special performance of Ligeti’s Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes – a rarel... More...
Blog: The Jazzlines Month - February 2013
Jazzlines’ activity this month is divided between the twin cities of Chicago and Birmingham. Read Postcard from The Windy City by Steve Tromans and T... More...