The Chimera Ensemble

The largest student-run contemporary music ensemble in the UK. Founded by Bernard Rands in 1970.

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Call for Scores for our Autumn Term Concert is now open!

This Call for Scores is for all Undergraduate and Postgraduate students currently studying at the University of York.

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Please email your anonymised submissions to [email protected] by 4pm on Thursday, September 29 to be considered.

You can find our full guide to submission over on our Facebook page!

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Call for Scores for our Autumn Term Concert is now open!

This Call for Scores is for all Undergraduate and Postgraduate students currently studying at the University of York.

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This year will certainly be quite busy! 🎷

🌟 With the new concert series there are a great number of artists to look forward to such as @GouldPianoTrio, @ChimeraEnsemble and @RGCWbaritone

🌟 Tickets are out and selling, with #student discounts and #pre-booking as an option!

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You can listen to our performance of Catherine Lamb’s Parallaxis Forma from Friday here!
We had a blast - a huge thank you to everyone who came and supported 🥳❤️

[Martin Suckling @mcs42]

Reasons why I ♥️ @Music_at_York students, no. 512: @ChimeraEnsemble and their general fearlessness
https://t.co/Dkwl9vY6x6
(Catherine Lamb, Parallaxis Forma, from Chimera's performance last Friday, which also included an blistering rendition of Xenakis' Rebonds...)

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Here’s the link for our lunchtime concert!

https://t.co/raeZi127QD

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It's concert day! Our lunchtime concert is at 1:10pm in the Jack Lyons Concert Hall, and our evening concert is at 7:30pm, also in the concert hall.

To purchase tickets for the evening concert, visit this link: https://t.co/SWQn33H1by.

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Tickets for the lunchtime concert are available on the door - £3, or free entry for members of Music Society.

Here are some of our musicians in rehearsal for Catherine Lamb's piece "Parallaxis Forma" which will be performed in the evening concert.

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Tickets for the lunchtime concert are available on the door for £3 - Music Society members get free entry.

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1 day to go! Here are ensemble members Lydia and Laura working on James Banner's piece "Duo" which will be performed tomorrow evening.

To purchase tickets for the evening concert, follow this link: https://t.co/SWQn33H1by.

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Tickets for the lunchtime concert will be available on the door.

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3 days to go until our summer term concerts! Here are some of our ensemble members in rehearsal for Chaz Underriner's piece "nocturne series: 8" which will be performed on Friday.

To book tickets for the evening concert, you can visit this link: https://t.co/SWQn33H1by.

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5 days to go until our summer term concerts! Here are some of our wonderful singers rehearsing Kaija Saariaho's piece "Nuits, Adieux" which will feature in the evening concert.

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To book tickets for our evening concert, go to this link: https://t.co/gcjKdaFhPH. Tickets for our lunchtime concert are available on the door.

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1 week to go until our summer term concerts! Here is one of our pianists Jack working on Chris Pearce's piece "Help, I'm a megalomaniac..." which will feature in the lunchtime concert.

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Iannis Xenakis - Rebonds; Kaija Saariaho - Nuits Adieux; Kenneth Wilkinson - Three Angels". In the bottom-right corner reads "COMMISSIONS: Tom Sissons - JIG; Laura Mitchell - Evolving Selves". End ID]

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Here is the poster for our evening concert this term on Friday 10th June! There will be an additional lunchtime concert at 1pm, in the Jack Lyons Concert Hall also.
Poster design - Helen Southernwood

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Underneath in large text reads "Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall; fold/unfolds; Friday 10th June; 19:30. Underneath this, in smaller text, reads "Catherine Lamb - Parallaxis Forma; Hannah Lash - C; Chaz Underriner - nocturne series: 8;