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Fiona Fraser, Press & PR Manager
fiona.fraser@thsh.co.uk
0121 644 5008

Lyle Bignon, Assistant Press & PR Manager
lyle.bignon@thsh.co.uk
0121 644 6028

Town Hall & Symphony Hall Press Releases

• ENGLISH ORIGINALS 2010

  GRACE AND DANGER: THE SONGS OF JOHN MARTYN CURATED BY DANNY THOMPSON, FEATURING BEVERLEY MARTYN, SCOTT MATTHEWS, EDDI READER, AND MORE SPECIAL GUESTS TO BE ANNOUNCED - T... more

• WORLD CLASS MUSICAL MASTERS TO PERFORM AT MOTHER INDIA

  ARUN GHOSH SEXTET - PANDIT SHIVKUMAR SHARMA - PANDIT ANINDO CHATTERJEE - AMAAN AND AYAAN ALI KHAN - MATTHEW BARLEY - SANCHITA PAL - DJ TIGERSTYLE - MID-DAY MANTRA more

• EX CATHEDRA IN GOOD FRIDAY PERFORMANCE OF BACH'S ST JOHN PASSION

  Symphony Hall Birmingham has established a long-standing tradition of presenting a Bach Passion on Good Friday. This year, on 2 April, Birmingham’s internationally reno... more

• KOSMISCHE MUZIK

  KRAUTROCK LEGENDS TO PERFORM ONE OFF LIVE AUDIO VISUAL SHOW AT 175 YEAR OLD BIRMINGHAM CONCERT HALL more

• JAZZ, FOLK AND WORLD MUSIC PROGRAMME: WINTER/SPRING 2010

  BBC BIG BAND - BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN - COURTNEY PINE - FAIRPORT CONVENTION - FEAST OF FIDDLES - JAN GARBAREK GROUP - JUDY COLLINS - MELODY GARDOT - MIDLAKE - MOTHER INDIA... more

• THE GHOST OF DICKENS PAST!

  A CHRISTMAS CAROL: CLIVE FRANCIS RECALLS CHARLES DICKENS'S HISTORIC FIRST PUBLIC READING AT TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM more

• VOCAL JAZZ CHRISTMAS AT TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALL

  SIR WILLARD WHITE: ROBESON RE-EXPLORED, Wed 9 December, Town Hall THE NEW YORK VOICES WITH THE BBC BIG BAND, Fri 18 December, Town Hall BLACK VOICES CHRISTMAS CONCERT... more

• CAPSULE 10: AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENING CELEBRATING EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC AND ART

  TUNNG, SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, LIGHTNING DUST, BELA EMERSON CAPSULE 10TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2009 more

• 'THE GRUFFALO' LIVE AT TOWN HALL

  21 PERFORMANCES PLUS THE GREAT GRUFFALO GRRRR DAYGRUFFALO IN BIRMINGHAM'S CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON23 DECEMBER 2009 - 3 JANUARY 2010TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• A CRACKER OF A CHRISTMAS SEASON AT TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALL

  TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM2 DECEMBER 2009 - 3 JANUARY 2010 more

• MALE VOICES TO RING OUT FOR CHARITY AT TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM

  THE LONDON WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR Charity Gala Concert In aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and the Town Hall and Symphony Hall Education & Community Programme... more

• ALLIED TO THE CAUSE

  TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM AND WORLD WAR IITOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM2.30PM AND 6.30PM, MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2009£10 more

• CBSO & MARIINSKY COMPANY IN MAJOR ANGLO-RUSSIAN MUSICAL VENTURE, 14 & 15 Oct

  One of the biggest musical collaborations set to take the Birmingham stage by storm Issued jointly by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Town Hall Symphony Hal... more

• FRIGHT NIGHT AT TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM

  MYSTERY, HORROR, ROMANCE... AND IMPROVISED ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT HALLOWEEN SILENT MOVIE SPECIAL: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [1925]TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM7.30PM, SATURDAY 31 OCT... more

• GREAT VOCALISTS JOIN BBC BIG BAND FOR THIRD TOWN HALL SEASON

  SEASON OPENER - JAKI GRAHAM - GERSHWIN AND SOUL, Fri 23 October (7.30pm)JOHNNY MERCER - A CENTENARY CELEBRATION, Fri 20 November (7.30pm) THE NEW YORK VOICES WITH BBC BI... more

• 175 TODAY! TOWN HALL CELEBRATES MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY WITH FREE BIRTHDAY CARNIVAL OPEN DAY

  SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2009, 11AM-4PMTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM ADMISSION FREE more

• BOLLYWOOD STEPS MEDIA PACK

  CAST OF HUNDREDS COUNT DOWN TO nutkhut's BOLLYWOOD STEPS IN BIRMINGHAM more

• HANDEL'S MESSIAH HERALDS TOWN HALL'S 175TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS AND OPENS BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SEASON

  TOWN HALL 175TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT: HANDEL'S MESSIAHSATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2009, 7pmTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• TUNE IN TO THE SOUND OF BIRMINGHAM WEEK ON CLASSIC FM

  CLASSIC FM CELEBRATES PARTNERSHIP WITH TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALLMONDAY 17 AUGUST - FRIDAY 21 AUGUSTwww.classicfm.com/birmingham more

• A CONCERT OF CHAMPIONS

  BRASS GALA CONCERTSUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2009SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• LATIN FEVER WITH STRICTLY STARS DARREN BENNETT AND LILIA KOPYLOVA

  THURSDAY 6 - SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 2009SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAMBy arrangement with Raymond Gubbay and Sadler’s Wells more

• DISTINCTIVE US GUITARIST TO VISIT TOWN HALL

  SMASH HIT YOUTUBE VIDEOS VIEWED OVER 50 MILLION TIMESANDY MCKEETOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAMFRIDAY 24 JULY£14 more

• YOUNG PIANISTS PLAY OUT FOR TOP PRIZE

  FINALS - ROBERT WILLIAM & FLORENCE AMY BRANT INTERNATIONAL PIANOFORTE COMPETITION 2009 SATURDAY 27 JUNE 2009, 7PMTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• TOWN HALL CELEBRATES 175TH ANNIVERSARY

  SPECIAL SERIES OF EVENTS CELEBRATES UNIQUE HERITAGE TICKETS ON SALE FROM 10AM ON THURSDAY 18 JUNE more

• ALL STAR IRISH QUINTET RETURN TO TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM

  LÚNASATOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM8PM, FRIDAY 19 JUNE£16 more

• HANDEL ANNIVERSARY RARE OPERA 'ARIANNA' RECEIVES FOURTH UK PERFORMANCE IN 270 YEARS

  ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC, CONDUCTED BY CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD WEDNESDAY 13 MAY, 6.30PMTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALL UNVEIL 09/10 FLAGSHIP CLASSICAL SEASON

  Issued: 27 April 2009 Series of concerts celebrates Town Hall’s 175TH anniversary Three unique collaborations with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra M... more

• TRIBUTE TO NICK DRAKE LEADS ENGLISH ORIGINALS WEEKEND

  TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALL BIRMINGHAMFRIDAY 15 MAY - SATURDAY 17 MAY 2009 more

• LATIN FEVER WITH STRICTLY STARS DARREN BENNETT & LILIA KOPYLOVA

  THURSDAY 6 – SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 2009SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAMEARLY BIRD OFFER - BOOK BEFORE 10 MAYBy arrangement with Raymond Gubbay and Sadler’s Wells more

• TOWN HALL RAISES THE ROOF FOR BBC SONGS OF PRAISE

  BROADCAST ON BBC ONE, EASTER SUNDAY 12 APRIL & SUNDAY 19 APRIL more

• EX CATHEDRA TAKES ON SYMPHONY HALL'S GOOD FRIDAY TRADITION

  BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION, Good Friday 10 April (2pm) SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• ENGLISH ORIGINALS FOLK FESTIVAL 2009 LINE UP ANNOUNCED

  - AN EVENING WITH RACHEL UNTHANK & THE WINTERSET AND SPECIAL GUESTS- WAY TO BLUE: THE SONGS OF NICK DRAKE, PRODUCED BY JOE BOYD FT. MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, GRAHAM COXON, ... more

• FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL: A DOUBLE DOSE OF COOL JAZZ!

  SKA, FUNK, REGGAE AND PUNK TINGED JAZZ AT BIRMINGHAM VENUES more

• ROYAL OPERA VISITS BIRMINGHAM FOR FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS

  VERDI REQUIEM, Fri 20 Mar (7.30pm) BRITTEN WAR REQUIEM, Sat 21 Mar (7pm)SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE BRODSKY QUARTET

  SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAMFRIDAY 24 APRIL 2009, 7.30PM£25 / £29.50 more

• JAZZ CAMERA - AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN WATSON

  3-13 March, 10am-6pm and during evening performances SYMPHONY HALL, LEVEL 4 FOYER. ADMISSION FREE. more

• CHILDREN'S EVENTS AT TOWN HALL

  FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 11AMTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• WHO'S AFRAID OF ARNOLD SCHOENBERG?

  SYMPHONY HALL GUARANTEES A GREAT CONCERT OR YOUR MONEY BACK!SCHOENBERG'S GURRELIEDER, Fri 27 FebSYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• AFTERNOON OF BACH WITH ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN

  BACH’S BRANDENBURGSWEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY, 2.30PM TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• UK JAZZ, SKA AND FUNK STARS TO PERFORM AT TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM

  COURTNEY PINE & JAZZ WARRIORS: AFROPEANSTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAMTHURSDAY 26 MARCH, 7.30PM£16.50 / £18.50JAZZ JAMAICA: MOTORCITY ROOTSTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAMFR... more

• GREAT JAZZ RE-LIVED AT TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALL

  TWO EVENINGS OF NOSTALGIA WITH THE BBC BIG BAND - Fri 20 February & Fri 3 April, Town Hall TWO TRAD JAZZ LEGENDS - ACKER BILK & CHRIS BARBER - Thu 26 March, Sym... more

• MENDELSSOHN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED

  * Thomas Trotter, Organ Concert, Mon 9 February (1pm)* Nash Ensemble, Tues 10 February (7.30pm)* BBC 2 and BBC Radio 3 programming TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• A NEW YEAR TREAT FOR BALLET FANS

  ST PETERSBURG BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS SLEEPING BEAUTY AND SWAN LAKE SUNDAY 4 & MONDAY 5 JANUARY 2009SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• MIDLANDS MUSICIANS JOIN BRITAIN'S TOP YOUTH ORCHESTRA

  YOUNG PEOPLE'S TICKET OFFER - BEST SEATS FOR A FIVERTUESDAY 6 JANUARY, 7.30PMSYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• FILM SCREENING FOR ASPIRING YOUNG FILMMAKERS AT DEAFFEST

  Five budding young filmmakers from Coventry are set to celebrate with a screening of their short film “The Naughty Robber” at Young Deaffest, part of the UK’s only Deaf-... more

• HALLELUJAH: GOSPEL STARS IN BIRMINGHAM CHRISTMAS CONCERT

  BLACK VOICES CHRISTMAS CONCERT: HALLELUJAH!FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER 2008, 7.30PMTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM£15 more

• SAROD SUPREMO TO PERFORM AT TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM

  Town Hall, Birmingham7.30pm, Sunday 23 November £10 / £15 / £20 / £25 more

• MOZART V SALIERI - A MUSICAL RIVALRY

  SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2008, 2.30PMTOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM more

• A SPARKLING CHRISTMAS SEASON

  SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS CHRISTMAS Town Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham1 December 2008 - 5 January 2009 more

• MUSIC TO THE EARS

  Town Hall and Symphony Hall Appoints Director of Marketing and Business Development more

• TOWN HALL THROWS DOORS OPEN FOR ARTSFEST

  12 - 14 September 2008. TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM.ADMISSION FREE TO ALL EVENTS more

• NITIN SAWHNEY: LONDON UNDERSOUND

  Town Hall, BirminghamTuesday 28 October7.30pm£17.50 more

• NEW SEASON OF CLASSICAL DELIGHTS BEGINS IN OCTOBER

  At Town Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham more

• BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA OPENS BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SEASON

  FIRST NIGHT, TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER, SYMPHONY HALL more

• RESONANCE EVENTS PRESENT THE HERITAGE ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF AMON TOBIN

  Lizzy Parks Album Launch (Tru Thoughts) Plus DJ Cro & Special Guests3 October 2008, 7.30pm - 2am (Last Entry Midnight).Town Hall, Birmingham.£15 STANDINGArtist... more

• PERMANENT EXHIBITION CHARTS TOWN HALL'S HISTORY

  10am - 6pm, Mondays - Saturdays from 20 August.Town Hall, Birmingham.Admission Free more

• CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES RELAUNCH AT TOWN HALL

  September - December 2008.Town Hall, Birmingham more

• GOLD FIRST FOR VEOLIA

  Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Announced as First Gold Corporate Friend more

• GREAT VOCALISTS JOIN BBC BIG BAND FOR SECOND TOWN HALL SEASON

  Season Opener - Ian Shaw, Fri 17 October (7.30pm)Jack Bruce- Only UK Performance, Fri 14 November (8pm) A Swinging Christmas with Matthew Ford, Fri 12 December (7.30pm)... more

• RISING STAR EMBARKS ON MAJOR EUROPEAN RECITAL TOUR

  Sunday 26 October 2008, 11am.Town Hall, Birmingham more

• DUKE OF GLOUCESTER TO VISIT TOWN HALL TO UNVEIL PRESTIGIOUS BIRMINGHAM CIVIC SOCIETY AWARD

  Friday 11 July 2008 more

• YOUNG PIANO STARS BATTLE FOR TOP PRIZE

  Finals - Robert William and Florence Amy Brant International Pianoforte Competition 2008 Saturday 12 July 2008, 7pm.Town Hall, Birmingham more

• PERCUSSION LEGEND ZAKIR HUSSAIN VISITS TOWN HALL

  2 July 2008, 7.30pm. Town Hall, Birmingham more

• BLACK VOICES & THE LONDON ADVENTIST CHORALE

  Friday 6 June 2008, 7.30pm.Town Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

• A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS WITH THE DESTROYERS

  Thursday 12 June 7.30pm.Town Hall, Birmingham more

• THE ANOUSHKA SHANKAR PROJECT

  Friday 30 May, 7.30pmTown Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

• TOWN HALL & SYMPHONY HALL UNVEIL FLAGSHIP CLASSICAL SEASON

  Town Hall and Symphony Hall Birmingham have unveiled the 2008/09 Birmingham International Concert Season, the largest international classical music series in the UK, out... more

• SAX STAR ANDY HAMILTON CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY IN STYLE

  Concert: Wednesday 26 March 2008.Town Hall, BIRMINGHAM.Exhibition: 3 - 31 March 2008.Level 4, Symphony Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

• TALKING CITIES EVENT AT ICONIC BIRMINGHAM

  Monday 18 February, 2008 7.30pm.Town Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

• BSL INTERPRETED TOURS

  First Tour, Thursday 21 February, Symphony Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

• TAVENER'S THE BEAUTIFUL NAMES OF ALLAH

  John Taveners The Beautiful Names of Allah, Saturday 15 March, 7.30pm. Town Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

• ENGLISH ORIGINALS WEEKEND FOLK FESTIVAL

  25th - 27th April 2008, Town Hall & Symphony Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

• HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA

  Monday 17 March 2008, 7.30pm, Town Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

• NICOLA BENEDETTI

  Friday 15 February 2008, 7.30pm, Symphony Hall, BIRMINGHAM more

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