Gavin Bryars turned 80 years of age in January. To celebrate the occasion, Phaedra Ensemble – the New Music collective who were founded...
I first caught Thea Gilmore in concert at Manchester University Union in September 1999. In what, on the face of it, was...
The Kronos Quartet has long been part of the vanguard of invention. For 43 years, to be precise, the San...
It is exactly four years and one day since Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita last stood together on this stage....
For those who inhabit the world of popular music the name of the Brodsky Quartet is probably familiar due to...
Based in Leeds, Opera North is England’s award winning national opera company in the North. And it has just announced...
Speaking specifically to the predominantly female audience in what is a packed Howard Assembly Room tonight, Fafa Ruffino, says “Our...
Eliza Carthy apologises. Three dates into the tour and she is suffering from a cold. She quickly adds, as a...
Having boarded an aeroplane at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport on the 29th of February 1980 as The Boys Next Door the five...
Back in March 2019, the Howard Assembly Room closed its doors and an extensive redevelopment project then got underway. At...
It’s the day before All Hallow’s Eve and the Howard Assembly Room has already entered into the spirit of the...
“For those of you who have been starved of live music,” Richard Dawson begins, referencing the recent restrictions enforced upon...
The inspiration for Flit – a highly inventive, inspired animation and music live show – came from when Martin Green...
The Howard Assembly Room is a 350-capacity performance venue, rehearsal space and educational centre that lies within the Grade II-listed...
Life is not always like this but tonight, for a couple of hours at least, it is such a beautiful...