CODA 2023: Day 3
Film Showcase
Eastside Jazz Club
13:00-16:00
Many of the composers across the Conservatoire produce work that does not exclusively belong in the concert hall. To celebrate this, we will be showing a range of film works created by members of the Composition Department.
Music For Stairs
Foyer Staircase (Ground floor to 1st floor)
15:00-15:45
Public Artwork
Alexander Kaniewski
James Knowles
James McIlwrath
Kinna Whitehead
Zahrah Hutton
Music for Stairs is a short music and dance piece created by composer James Knowles and theatre-maker Alexander Kaniewski. Set to original music by James Knowles, the piece is centred around the staircase in the Conservatoire’s café foyer, with movers interacting with the physical space and passers-by.
Wednesday Club
The Lab
17:30-18:30
Gig
Alexander Kaniewski
Chan Chak Hang
James Knowles
Lukas Ohlemacher
Peter Bell
Vato Klemera
This performance is designed to be interactive and engage the audience. As each member takes their seat, a corresponding sound is played, creating a unique and dynamic experience. The level of complexity increases with greater audience participation. Some tracks may be considered exceptional, while others may be perceived as subpar, encouraging the audience to explore and form their own opinions.
Don’t Mind Control
Eastside Jazz Club
19:00-20:00
Gig
Holly Gowland
Rebecca Wing
Simon Paton
Don’t Mind Control is a concert series that emerged from the ashes of Thinking/Not Thinking Fest as a way to support Birmingham-based creative improvisers (and maybe a couple from elsewhere). For this event, three performers will do unique solo sets. Expect loud skronks, mountains of chaos and all the unpredictability you can handle.
Tradin’ Fives
The Lab
20:00
Gig
Conal Hughes
Harry Brown
Peter Batchelar
Sam Freshwater
Vratislav Klemera
Tradin’ Fives return with a whole new set of music written by Vato Klemera. From musings on a 1986 Soviet sci-fi movie, to a tune about some shoes he bought from a good friend, to some other ideas about hyperobjects and space and non-anthropocentric thinking or whatever, come bop to nasty new sounds and strange old bangers in the LAB!
