Our end-of-year showcase brings together some of the University's outstanding student-led ensembles. This performance gives a real insight into the talent and versatility of our student body, providing a celebratory conclusion to our 2022/23 season!

Following their sold-out concert in 2022, University Jazz Orchestra returns for its popular summer mix of standards and new compositions. The perfect way to spend a summer's evening!

University of York Choir and Symphony Orchestra join together for Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius – a favourite of soloists, choirs, orchestras and audiences alike – in the breathtaking setting of York Minster.

The Chimera Ensemble presents a scintillating programme exploring the theme of music inspired by art and colour, featuring works by Thea Musgrave, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and York-based composer James Williamson.

Gamelan Sekar Petak returns with their trademark blend of old and new, exploring the intersections between diverse musical traditions in the spectacular setting of York’s Guildhall.

The Ligeti Quartet returns to York to present a ground-breaking new project with University of York alumna Anna Meredith, comprising entirely of compositions from Meredith’s glittering career.

A final flourish for The 24 in a programme partly chosen by the singers. With esteemed guests, they investigate the 'lost' music of Peter Pope in solo and choral settings of Donne, Shakespeare and Vaughan.

The vocal collective SANSARA thrives in the space between ancient and modern. Spanning centuries in sound, they showcase the same vocal artistry in music by Palestrina, Josquin and Jonathan Harvey.

Multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi, bassist Johan Berthling and drummer Andreas Werliin explore the fertile space between various musical styles and genres in their transcendent collaboration, Ghosted.

One of the most in-demand chamber music ensembles in the world, Quatuor Diotima returns to York for one of the most extraordinary and complex pieces in all classical music.

University of York Baroque Ensemble explores instrumental music by composers associated with Vienna and the Habsburg Court, from the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries.

Members of the Consone Quartet work with University of York students on solo and chamber music repertoire of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

The award-winning Consone Quartet collaborates with historical performance specialist Dr Emily Worthington in Mozart’s much-loved Clarinet Quintet.

Star soprano Ailish Tynan joins renowned British pianist Christopher Glynn for a wide-ranging programme that sets unforgettable Romantic song cycles by Schumann, Strauss and Grieg.

University Choir and The 24 feature alongside the exotic wind and brass instruments of The City Musick in glorious multi-choir works from the 'Colossal Baroque' of seventeenth-century Rome.

Three-time Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy Awards) winner Susanna Wallumrød joins forces with tape wizard Stina Stjern for truly magical interpretations of Baudelaire’s poetry.

Following a string of sold-out concerts, University Symphony Orchestra returns with one of the most romantic orchestral pieces ever written, Rachmaninoff's magnificent Second Symphony!

Declared by La Monde as belonging to the ‘French cello elite', Christian-Pierre La Marca and acclaimed director and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand present a programme highlighting the beauty of nature and the need to save our planet.

The Chimera Ensemble explores the theme of organic sounds, ranging from works inspired by natural elements, music inspired by the idea of sound and pieces inspired by folk music.

In the generous acoustics of York's spectacular fifteenth-century Guildhall, The 24 presents two unusual masses, including Palestrina's classic work for Pope Marcellus – beautifully arranged for double-choir by Francesco Soriano.

Nicky Spence is joined by celebrated contralto Jess Dandy for a recital that ranges from Schumann’s most passionate song cycle to Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915.

Winner of the BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award in 2018, Fenella Humphreys is joined by renowned British pianist Joseph Tong in a programme featuring some of Sibelius’ best-loved works for violin and piano.

University Chamber Orchestra performs Sibelius’ ever-popular Pelléas et Mélisande Suite alongside Poulenc’s iconic Baroque-influenced Organ Concerto.

University Baroque Ensemble delves into the rich output of some of Hamburg’s Baroque composers, including the well-loved Viola Concerto by Telemann.

The Carducci Quartet explores the intense connection between the Mendelssohn siblings through their music, intertwined with spoken word adapted from Myla Lichtman-Fields’s play Felix and Fanny.

Opening with Rădulescu’s ritualistic Fourth Piano Sonata (‘like a well ... older than God’), renowned British pianist Joseph Houston explores music that immerses the listener in the resonant capabilities of the piano.

Yorkshire Baroque Soloists celebrates its 50th anniversary in an impressive programme that explores some of the spectacular repertoire that has been associated with the ensemble since it was founded in 1973.

Positioning a pianist in various technological contexts, Disrupted Human: REBOOT explores the disruptive and complementary nature of electronics to live performance.

Roderick Williams and Grammy award-winning pianist Christopher Glynn join forces for an irresistible programme in search of the ‘truth about love’.