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  • Bloom - Bloomsbury Festival
    Bloom - Bloomsbury Festival
    Fri, 20 Oct
    London
    20 Oct, 19:00 – 20:00 BST
    London, William Goodenough House, 35-42 Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AN, UK
    A multidisciplinary concert incorporating art song, visual art and live inspired painting. The evening is centred around the imagery of flowers, and aims to create a luscious evening for audiences. https://bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/events/bloom/?fbclid=IwAR3Q7FJXPuuBSxt9tTTohKswwJBlprK4NIugFiCZrK4w
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  • Desert Rose - Red Dawn
    Desert Rose - Red Dawn
    Fri, 22 Sept
    St. James, Picadilly, London
    22 Sept, 13:10 BST
    St. James, Picadilly, London, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL, UK
    Red Dawn, for solo cello will be performed by cellist Joseph Dawson for a lunchtime concert at St. James Picadilly, London. https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/joseph-myer-dawson-cello/
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  • L   U   M   A
    L   U   M   A
    Fri, 01 Sept
    new music
    01 Sept, 19:00
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2023

 

 

July:

Intertwined,  for singing solo viola.

Katherine Clarke.

Lunchtime Concert - Katherine Clarke (Viola & Voice)

St. John's Church,​ Peterborough, UK

https://stjohnscic.wordpress.com/2023/06/15/25th-july-lunchtime-concert-katherine-clarke-viola-voice/

Thursday, May 25, 4:20pm

 

Desert Rose - Red Dawn, Vermillion Wind (world premiere), Dusk Flame (world premiere),

Joseph Dawson, Caroline Bordignon.

Summer Concert - Music, poetry and Song.

St. Catherine of Sienna, Didsbury, Manchester UK

Friday, July 14, 7pm

 

Desert Rose - Vermillion Wind 

(World premiere) Caroline Bordignon.

Island Garden City of Samal,

Samal Island, Philippines.

Friday, July 7, 4pm

May:

Renaissance 

Mirjam Bartol

End of Year Recital

Recital Hall,​ Royal College of Music, London, UK

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2447511075399002&set=a.165627323587400

Thursday, May 25, 4:20pm

 

Distant Winds

(World premiere) UnHeard Ensemble

UNHEARD: INSTILL

The Edge Theatre, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester UK

https://www.manchestertheatres.com/event/unheard:-instill-featuring-loose-time-and-bonjour-claude

Wednesday, May 24, 7pm

 

March:

Renaissance, Efflorescence 

(World premieres) Mirjam Bartol, Samuel Ow, Mart Henry Bongabong.

'Mamlakah,' Singapore Collaboration

Sky22 Courtyard, by Marriott, Singapore

Friday, March 3, 3pm

2022

October:

Iridescent Light 1-4

oils on stretched canvas, 20 x 20cm

'Synergies,' International Art Exhibition opening

Galleria De Marchi, Via Porta Nova 1/D, Bologna, Italy

Saturday, November 5, 5:30pm

August:

(cancelled) Intertwined for singing solo viola

Katherine Clarke.

Lunchtime Concert:  Katherine Clarke (Viola & Voice)

St. John's Church, Cathedral Square, Peterborough, UK

https://fb.me/e/2Dq2Rl8U0

Tuesday, August 9, 1pm

March:

Incandescence, movement I

Ligeti Quartet

Workout Sessions

online stream, London, UK

https://ligetiquartet.com/workout/sessions/caroline-bordignon-incandescence

Saturday, June 18

2021

July:

Crystal Flame 

Heather Wallington, Psappha

'Composing For' Viola

online stream, Manchester, UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnOaXH2O3PU

Monday, July 5

June:

Community Concert

Live painting to classical music, Chamber Music Box

Fermata Festival

St. Cuthbert's Church, Earl's Court, London, UK

https://chambermusicbox.com/fermata-festival/

Saturday, June 26, 3pm

 

First Light 

Diane Chaplin, Portland Cello Project.

Cello Tuesday

online stream, Portland, Oregon, USA

https://www.facebook.com/portlandcelloproject

Tuesday, June 1

 

March:

Incandescence, for string quartet

Vórtice Ensamble

String Quartet Smackdown, Golden Hornet

Saturday, March 27, online stream

Austin, Texas, USA

https://www.goldenhornet.org/smackdown

World Premiere of IRIDESCENT FLARES III , for symphony orchestra and live painting

London Symphony Orchestra

LSO Panufnik Composer's Scheme

Monday, March 8, LSO St. Lukes, London, UK

https://lso.shorthandstories.com/lso-panufnik--composers-scheme/index.html

2020

October:

World Premiere of First Light, for solo cello

Performed by Ovidiu Marinescu

Saturday, October 24, 7pm

First and Central Presbyterian Church,

Deleware, USA.

www.facebook.com/firstndacentralpres/

March:
Female Empowerment; AN ILLUSTRATED CONCERT
RNCM composers performed by RNCM musicians which

will be combined with an exhibition of new artwork. 

Friday, March 13, 8pm, International Anthony Burgess Foundation,

3 Cambridge St, Manchester M1 5BY, UK

https://www.facebook.com/event

February:

The Christie Festive Showcase

Live painting with pianist Fangbin Xia

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/pg/FangbinXiaPiano/posts/

 

Lunchtime Concert: Fangbin Xia (piano) 

Live painting with pianist Fangbin Xia

Friday, February 21, 12pm, Forsyth Music Shop, Manchester, UK

https://www.forsyths.co.uk/content/50-past-events

 

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Close Up Concert

Incandescence for String Quartet and live painting (Equilibrium Ensemble)

Monday, February 10, 8pm, The Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic,  Liverpool, UK

https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/classical-music/equilibrium/3411

2019

December:

ONMC Christmas Concert

World premiere of Phosphorescent Wind, for for Mezzo Soprano (Rosie Middleton), Flute (Yi-Hsuan Chen).

Tuesday, December 6, 7pm, October Gallery, London, UK

https://www.matthewolyver.com/onmc-concert-4-christmas-concert.html

RNCM Spotlight Concert: Style Transfer

Crystal Eclipse, for Soprano Saxophone (Poppy Philigreen), Piano (Celia Denore Lopez) and live painting.

Tuesday, December 3, 7pm, RNCM, Manchester, UK

https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/spotlight-style-transfer/

November:

The Illusion of Reality

'Iridescent Light, 1-4 The Illusion of Reality, TIA Little Treasures Exhibition,

Saturday, November 30 - Thursday, December 12, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy

http://www.trevisan-international-art.com/treasures.html

Illuminate Cambridge

Ultraviolet, for Soprano (Patricia Auchterlonie) and String Quartet (Illuminate String Quartet)

Friday, November 9, 7:30pm, Queens Lecture Theatre Emmanuel College, Cambridge

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Illuminate Oxford

Ultraviolet, for Soprano (Patricia Auchterlonie) and String Quartet (Illuminate String Quartet)

Friday, November 8, 7:30pm, University College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Illuminate Huddersfield

Ultraviolet, for Soprano (Patricia Auchterlonie) and String Quartet (Illuminate String Quartet)

Wednesday, November 7, 1pm, University of Huddersfield Music Department, Huddersfield, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Illuminate Oxford

Ultraviolet, for Soprano (Patricia Auchterlonie) and String Quartet (Illuminate String Quartet)

Wednesday, November 4, 1pm, St. Michael's Church Near Northgate, Oxford, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

October:

Illuminate Birmingham

Ultraviolet, for Soprano (Patricia Auchterlonie) and String Quartet (Illuminate String Quartet)

Saturday, October 12, 1pm, Birmingham Centrala, Birmingham,, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

September:

Illuminate Bangor

Ultraviolet, for Soprano (Patricia Auchterlonie) and String Quartet (Illuminate String Quartet)

Thursday, September 5, 6:45pm, Bangor University, Bangor, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Music Says Data Saves Lives

Silver, for Wind Quintet (Festivo Winds)

Thursday, September 19, 7pm, Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/events/manchester-museum/music-says-data-saves-lives/2375845479158830/

August:

Open Session at Snape Maltings, Illuminate Women's Music 2019 Season II

Ultraviolet, for Soprano (Patricial Auchterlonie) and String Quartet (Illuminate String Quartet)

Thursday, August 22, 5:30pm, Snape Maltings, Snape, UK

https://snapemaltings.co.uk/whats-on/open-session-illuminate-women/

July:

ONMC Concert and Social Event, Music for Bass Oboe and Accordion

Ultraviolet Exposure for Solo Accordion (Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade)

Wednesday, July 3rd, 7pm, Brunel Museum, London, UK

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Olyver-New-Music-Collective-2207147069504067/posts/​

 

June:

Multiplex, Soundscapes of Heaven and Earth, RNCM Wind Brass and Percussion Festival

MIRAGES I, for bass clarinet ensemble, contrabass clarinet (Jason Alder), carnyx (John Kenny), electronics, visual projection, and live painting

Sunday, June 16, 4:30pm, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK

https://www.rncm.ac.uk/festivals/soundscapes-of-heaven-and-earth/

 

May:

Afternoon Concert of Live Painting and Music

Featuring pianist Fangbin Xia and live painting by Caroline Bordignon

Wednesday, May 29, 2pm, New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, Volusia County, Florida, USA

https://www.volusia.org/about-us/county-calendar.stml?portalProcess_dd_0_1_1=showPublicEvent&calendar_entry_id=22179

MOTUS III: THE EUPHONY OF SPRING

Collaborative Arts Performances featuring poetry/prose 

by writer/fine artist Laurie-Lynn McGlynn, live painting and music by 

composer/fine artist Caroline Bordignon and musicians Shannon Lai (cello)

Richard Wang (piano), Clara May Hoover (soprano).

Saturday, May 18, 7pm Cambridge Arts Centre, Cambridge, Ontario

Sunday, May 19, 1:30pm, Christie Theater, Waterloo Region Museum, Kitchener, Ontario

Monday, May 20, 1:30pm, Christie Theater, Waterloo Region Museum, Kitchener, Ontario

https://www.therecord.com/events/9284383-841388-motus-iii-the-euphony-of-spring/

AD Festival Days:  Paris Non-Stop

Vexations, Erik Satie

Pianists Alexey Pudinov, Dennis Tjiok and students from the RNCM

Friday, May 4, 5:15 - 10:15pm

Cross St. Chapel, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/adfestivaldays/

April:

Charity Concert in Support of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe

Featuring Cellist  Yukyung Na, and students from the RNCM

Tuesday, April 2nd, 12:45pm

Nazarene Theological College, Didsbury, Manchester, UK

 

Soundbites: Lunchtime Concert

World Premiere of New Work for Solo Piano, Flora Xia, piano

Wednesday, April 3rd, 1 - 1:30pm

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon

https://www.musictoyourears.org.uk/index.php/music-to-your-ears-diary

March:

Solo Viola Recital

INTERTWINED, for Singing Solo Viola

Katherine Clarke, viola

Monday, March 4th, 1:10pm - 1:50pm

All Saints Parish Church, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK

https://www.facebook.com/events/395600907889805/

The Musical Wonders of Theresiensdat

Live painting with cellist Abigail Davies 

Tuesday, March 12th, 7:30pm

Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, UK

https://www.anthonyburgess.org/event/concert-the-musical-wonders-of-theresiensdat/

Charity Concert

Live painting with pianist Flora Xia and students from the RNCM.

Friday, March 22nd, 6:30pm

St. Chrysostom's Church, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/cbordignonfineart/

February:

Charity Lunchtime Concert: Mozart, Chopin, Faure,

Rachmaninoff

Live painting with music by pianist Flora Xia and RNCM students

https://www.facebook.com/events/244992189753449/

Friday, February 15th, 12:30 - 1:30pm

Forsyth Music Shop, Manchester, UK

XHI: Live Artwork and Musical Exploration 

Lunchtime concert, live painting with music by Dennis Tjiok

https://www.facebook.com/events/369951920404467/

Friday, February 22nd, 1pm

Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, UK

January:

XHI: Live Painting and Musical Improvisation 

with pianist/composer Dennis Tjiok,

Dance

Friday/Saturday, January 4/5

Gallus Theater, Frankfurt, Germany

https://www.facebook.com/events/418642568676426/

World Premiere of Arrangements for Norwegian Folk Song

Saturday, January 26

Rekstensamlingene, Bergen, Norway

Sovnen, Over de Hoje Fjelde

Commissioned by Susanna Solsrud, Soprano

https://www.facebook.com/Susannayttrisolsrud/

2018

December:

TEDx Formby Point Women

Limitless Boundaries

Friday, December 7th, 10am - 4:30pm

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Live Painting with music and poetry and ImprovIndigo: Meera Maharaj, flute,

Sarah Gait, cello, Katie Hale, poet

https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/30312

Morning Recital

8th December 2018, 11am

INTERTWINED, for Singing  Solo Viola

Katherine Clarke, viola

St Michael's Parish Church, Sittingbourne

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concerts

November:

Young Artists’ Platform: Saxophone Heroines

Thursday, November 8, 1pm

The Foundling Museum, London, UK

World Premiere of Crystal Eclipse for saxophone and piano

David Zucchi, saxophone, Fionnuala Ward, piano

https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/events/yap-saxophone-heroines/

Lunchtime Recital

24th November 2018, 1:05pm​

INTERTWINED for Singing Solo Viola

24th November 2018, 1:05pm

St Alfege, Greenwich

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concert

 

September:

5 New Operas, Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera

Friday, September 7, 1:30pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm

International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester

The Hidden Veil, for chamber opera

https://www.facebook.com/events/470042943515014/

 

June:

RNCM Composers Concert

Tuesday, June 26, 7:30pm, Carol Nash Recital Room, RNCM, Manchester

Intertwined, for solo singing viola

Katherine Clarke, viola

Lunchtime Recital

Tuesday, June 12, 3:15pm, 

Intertwined, for solo singing viola, Southwark Cathedral, London

Katherine Clarke, viola

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concerts

May:

RNCM Masters Graduation Recital, Lucy Temby

May 23, 4:30pm, Carol Nash Recital Room, RNCM, Manchester

Orfeo, for mezzo-soprano and cello

Lunchtime Recital

Wednesday, May 23, 1:05pm, 

Intertwined, for solo singing viola, St Olave's, Hart Street, London

Katherine Clarke, viola

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concerts

Lunchtime Recital

Tuesday, May 22, 1pm, St Stephen Walbrook, London

Intertwined, for solo singing viola

Katherine Clarke, viola

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concerts

Perception: an experimental cross-arts weekend

Saturday, May 5, 5:45pm, APT Gallery, Deptford, London

Colour Timbre, by Isabel Benito Gutierrez, Live Painting

https://www.2021concerts.co.uk

 

April:

Brand New Days Orchestra Concert

Thursday, April 26, 7:30pm, Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Iridescent Flares, for orchestra and painting/projection

February:

Un Chien Andalou - 1920's Silent Film Screen with Live New Music

Wednesday, February 14, 7:30pm, Opera Theatre, Royal Norther College of Music, Manchester

Entr'acte, mixed ensemble and electronics 

January:

Brand New Days Orchestra Concert

Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7:30pm, Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Breath

2017:

October:

Women and Words - Poetry and Music, Equator Festival: Women of the World

Saturday, October 21, 7pm, Hall 2, Kings Place, London

August:

Classical Evolution: Genre Fluid, Fingers Piano Bar, Edinburgh Fringe

Live painting and music

Meera Maharaj, flute

July:

RNCM Studentfest

Saturday, July 8th, 4:15pm, RNCM Reflectory, Manchester

Live Painting with Music

Meera Maharah, flute

RNCM Studentfest

Friday, July 7th, 11:30am, RNCM Carol Nash Recital Room, Manchester

Live Painting with Music

Meera Maharaj, flute

In Motion, RNCM Studentfest

Friday, July 5th, 2pm, RNCM Carole Nash Recital Room, Manchester

Incandescence

Lux Quartet

Helena Logah, first violin

Philipos Rousiamanis, second violin

Peter Hartley, viola

Alice Luddington, cello

Painting

June:

Alla Petrichei, Violin Recital

Saturday, June 30th, 1pm, Cross Street Chapel, Manchester

Live Painting with Music

RNCM Piano Day

Saturday, June 24th, 2pm, RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester

When Light Dances Upon the Hungarian Sea

Zijun Xu, solo piano

RNCM Composer Concert: 

Wednesday, June 7th, 7:30pm, RNCM Carole Nash Recital Room, Manchester

Transference

Rita Wood, soprano

Rebecca Howell, violin

Joseph Dawson, cello

Electronics

May:

Composer/Choreographer Dance Collaboration

RNCM composers in collaboration with choreographers from the Northern Ballet School, Manchester

May 20th

Shaken

Isobel Mortimer, clarinet

Isabella Dembinska-Kenner, cello

RNCM Masters Graduation Concert with Live Painting, Allah Petrichei

May 1st, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

April:

RNCM Rosamond Prize

Friday, April 28th

Castle Hill

String Quartet and Soprano

March:

BBC Singers Workshop

Thursday, March 30th

Maida Vale Studios,

London

Flood, for choir

Monday Recital Series

Dawendine

Hayley Swanton, soprano

Chelsea Burns, mezzo soprano

Katie Highland, flute

Gabriel Solano, cello

Dominic Degavino, piano

Budafest: RNCM Chamber Music Festival

Saturday, March 11

V - Based off of Musica Ricercata no. V by Ligeti,

RNCM Wind Band

February:

Synaesthesia - RNCM Spotlight Concert

New Music for solo cello, piano and visual art

Sunday, February 12, 1pm

Carol Nash Recital Room

Light and Shade

Ellen Porter, cello

Caroline Bordignon, piano

2016:

December:

Kinetic

December 7, 7pm

The Wonder Inn, Manchester, UK

The Shore at Dawn

Callum Coomber, and Mark Reid, classical guitar

Hayley Swanton, soprano

June:

MOTUS II - A Collaboration of Visual, Literary,

Performing Arts and Digital Technologies 

June 23, 6:30pm and 7:30pm

Kitchener Public Library, Theater

Kitchener, Ontario

April:

The Pursuit Conference

April 28

London, Ontario, Canada

 

Zenith, the 42nd Annual

Senior Undergrad Exhibition

March 18 - April 9

UWAG, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2015:

December:

MOTUS I - 

A Collaboration of Visual, Literary,

Performing Arts and Digital Technologies 

December 19, 2pm

The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

November:

Stasis

November, 2015,

The Artery,

University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

September:

Association of Canadian Women's Composers

Earth Music

Friday, September 18, 6pm

Conrad Grebel University College, The Chapel,

Waterloo Ontario, Canada

Ruins, chamber ensemble

 

August:

Studies in Portraiture No. 1 - To Be 

Thurs. Aug. 13 - Sat. Aug. 15, 12 - 6pm

Newbridge Project, Ph Space

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

 

Figure and Spirit

Mon. Aug. 17, 2 - 4pm

Edinburgh Fringe

Eric Liddell Center, Liddell Chapel

Edinburgh, UK

 

Studies in Air No.1: Perception and Colour

June, 2015

The Loft, Hope City Church

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

 

May:

Northern Chords Festival

May 28, Mining Institute, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Fluxes, Manon Quartet

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