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Past Events

​​The Lost Boy

   11.09.2026 @ North Wales International Music Festival, 18.09.2026 @ Brunel Museum, 19.09.2026 @ JAM Concerts, Ivybridge: a new opera by Jago Thornton and Anastasia Bruce-Jones

Realms: Meredith Monk Album Launch with Phaedra Ensemble @ Kings Place

   Performing excerpts from Book of Days & Realm Variations

​​loomeweight II @ COLAB tower tunnels with WORM SALAD and EDIE BAILEY

   31.07.2026 @ 19:00

​​loomeweight II at SoundBleed Bradford

   17.07.2026 @ 19:00

Grand Pianola Music | BBC Philharmonia

   01.05.2026 @ 20:00 | John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic with pianist Tamara Stefanovich.​​

loomeweight II at Mayday Festival | Hawkwood

   04.05.2026  | a workshop sharing of our new loom project​

-transference- @ RBO/Shift | Linbury Theatre

   04.06.2026 & 06.06.2026 ​| a project made collaboratively with Artist Harry Yeff (Reeps100)​​

​Garland @ Bold Tendencies 

    12.06.2026 & 13/06/2026 | a new work by Oliver Leith for 12 Ensemble, GBSR Duo, EXAUDI, soprano Patricia Auchterlonie and a mixed amateur chorus; conducted by Naomi Woo and Jack Sheen with choral refrains written by Charlie Fox. ​

loomeweight II @ Hawkwood House

   spending a week as artists-in-residence, developing our latest loomeweight project

Adam, Eve, Others and a UFO @ Art Basel Qatar

   4.01.2026, performance and installation work by Haroon Mirza.

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Last Days @ Royal Opera House

   16 performances across December & January 2025/2026​ | Revival of the critically acclaimed opera. Performing the role of Superfan. 

New work w. Britten Sinfonia

   15.11.2024 @ King's Place | Performance of a new work by composer Leoni King. 

​Garland @ Bold Tendencies 2025

   18.09.2025 & 19.09.2025 | a new work by Oliver Leith for 12 Ensemble, GBSR Duo, EXAUDI, soprano Patricia Auchterlonie and a mixed amateur chorus; conducted by Naomi Woo and Jack Sheen with choral refrains written by Charlie Fox. 

Adam, Eve, Others and a UFO @ Clifftown Theatre & Studios

   5.07.2025, Southend-on-Sea -performance and installation, a new work by Haroon Mirza.

metamorphosis: workshop performance for a ballet

   06.05.2025: devised in collaboration with artist Sarah Kate Wilson, dancer Maria Isidora. Original music composed and performed by me.

Das grosse Feuer @ Zurich Opera House 23, 25, 28, 30 March, 4, 6, 11 April 2025

​   A new opera by Beat Furrer, directed by Tatjana Gürbaca. Singing the role of Lucia II.

loomeweight @ Bonnington Centre

   18.01.2025 - our final performance of loomeweight i

 

Groyne ‘n’ Goosed @ LCMF

   11.12.2024 @ Hackney Church - An experimental Christmas pantomine by Adam de la Cour.

Snartlegog @ Temple of Art and Music

   10.12.2024 - A work for two performers, devised with the HNRI.

Loomeweight @ hcmf//

   22.11.2024 - A long-duration installation project for two singers and warp-weighted loom.  Devised by Patricia Auchterlonie & Hester Dart.​

New Seahorse Songs @ Wharf Chambers, Leeds

   21.11.2024 - A double bill with Hestor Dart. Featuring works by Amber Priestley, Jennifer Walshe, Eleanor Cully Boehringer and me.​

Dortmund Zeitinsel 2024 - Sound Cosmos Beat Furrer

   05.10.2024 - Performing Furrer's a sei voci with Cantando Admont, conducted by Cordula Burgi.

Suns @ Colourscape Festival

   22.10.2024 - a new work by Lara Agar - for 4 celli and two voices.

​VOICEBOX Showcase @ Cafe Oto

   15.09.2024 - A second performance of our showcase in London.

VOICEBOX Showcase @ Snape Maltings

   17.08.24 | Britten Studio - A showcase of the work we've done over the course of the year.

VOICEBOX @ Hawkwood College

   12.08.24 - 16.08.24 - The final residency week for the inagural year-long VOICEBOX course, devised and hosted by Juliet Fraser.

Loomeweight @ Nozstock Festival

   18.07.2024-20.07.2024

Amor Mundi @ Cambridge Refugee Week

   22.06.24 - A new opera by Matt Rogers & Zsuzsanna Ardo based on the work of Hannah Arendt.​

The Devil's Den @ Nevill Holt Festival

   15.06.2024 - Premiere of a new opera by Isabella Gellis, produced by Shadwell Opera & Nevill Holt, conducted by Finnegan Downie Dear.

Loomeweight @ starptelpa festival

   30.05.24 - 02.06.24, venues around Riga

Loomeweight @ Bonnington Cafe

   24.05.24, 11:00 - 14:00

​​Jane Manning & Anthony Payne @ The British Library

   01.05.2024 | 2:00 pm - A concert of chamer works to celebrate the acquisition of archival material relating to the lives and work of Jane & Tony. 

​VOICEBOX @ Aberdeen Sound Festival

   02.04.23 - 06.04.23 - The third residency week for the inagural year-long VOICEBOX course.

loomeweight @ eavesdropping

   21.03.2024 - 24.03.2024 | Cafe Oto - loomeweight will be in residence with eavesdropping as part of their provocation series! 

Musarc & Keiji Haino

   11.03.2024 | St John on Bethnal Green - A small form of Musarc Ensemble collaborating with Keiji Haino as part of his Cafe Oto residency. 

Last Days | LA Phil

06.02.2024 | Walt Disney Concert Hall - singing the role of Superfan. Conducted by Thomas Ades.

​VOICEBOX @ City University

   10.02.24 - 12.02.24 - The second residency week for the inagural year-long VOICEBOX course, devised and hosted by Juliet Fraser.

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"Oh, Bobby!" A Christmas Panto | BBC Radio 3 Broadcast

   30.12.23 - A brand-new, experimental Christmas pantomime composed by Adam de la Cour. 

... to bring the moonlight into a chamber | Sir John Soane's Museum

   20.11.23 - a performance designed by Sam Belinfante, ft. Musarc, Heather Roche & Scott McLaughlin.

VOICEBOX @ Britten Pears Arts

   25.09.23 - 30.09.23 | Snape Maltings - The first residency week for the inagural year-long VOICEBOX course.

The Conductor as Dramaturg | Britten Pears

   22.08.23 - 27.08.23 - Working with resident young conductors at  Britten Pears on excerpts from Oliver Leith’s Last Days.

​IMPULS Festival for Contemporary Music

   26.07.23 - 01.08.23 | Graz, Austria

Pfeiffertag | Musarc Choir

   24.06.23 @ St Paul's Bow Common - Music directing for the wonderful Musarc Choir.
The long, very long Journey | Kunsthalle Wien

   13.05.23 @ 4pm - A performance w. Laure Provost's exhibition Ohmmm age Oma je ohomma mama, in collaboration with Sam Belinfante. 

​Pond Corpse | Musarc Choir

   29.04.23 @ 5.30 | Rose Lipman Building -  new works by Jack Sheen, Eleanor Cully Boehringer & HNRI with Standard Issue

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hcmf shorts

   21.11.22 - Premiering new works for voice and piano by Evan Johnson with pianist Ben Smith at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

​Last Days | Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre

   7, 8, 10 & 11 October 2022 - Music by Oliver Leith | Libretto by Matt Copson and Oliver Leith | Directed by Anna Morrissey and Matt Copson

​Jane & Tony Celebration | Colourscape & EyeMusic Trust

   11.08.22  | Clapham Common - Performing chamber works with Jane's Minstrels directed by Roger Montgomery.

​Sternklang | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 

   27.08.22 | Schlosspark Brühl - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & Das Neue Ensemble performing Karlheinz Stockhausen's Sternklang

Where the Wild Things Are | Shadwell Opera & Bamberg Symphony

    1, 2 & 3 July 2022 | Bamberg Konzerthalle - Performing the role of Max in Oliver Knussen's Where the Wild Things Are.

​Violet | Music Theatre Wales & Britten Pears Arts

   Tour, Summer 2022 - Covering the role of Violet in Tom Coult & Alice Birch's new opera. Directed by Jude Christian.

​Masterclass with Dame Ann Murray | Aldeburgh Festival & BPYA | 06.06.2022

   Performing works by Clara Schumann & Alban Berg with Hebba Benyaghla, pianist.

​Honkus @ Bermondsey Project Space

   14.04.22 - Honkus presents works for voice and saxophone, including new works by Cameron Dodds & Christopher Fox.

​A Visit With Friends | Snape Maltings

   February 2022 - Workshop of a new opera by Colin Matthews

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Haydn's Creation | Dissenter's Chorus & Elastic Band

   19.10.2021 @ St Mathias Church - Soloist with Dissenter's Chorus & Elastic band presenting Haydn's Creation & other works.

RUNE  | Tête à Tête Opera Festival 

   17.08.2021 @ Hackney Round Chapel - Premiere of a new techno-fashion opera by Alastair White. ​

 

Words from Abroad | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

22.10.2020 @ 13.oo & 16.oo @ CBSO Centre Birmingham - A concert of prize-winning compositions.

​Sternklang with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 

   29.08.20 | Hannover Berggarteny

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Illuminate Women's Music | Tour Autumn 2019  

   Snape Maltings, Bangor University, Huddersfield University, University College Oxford, Emmanuel College Cambridge, Centrala Birmingham

Compositions for voice and string quartet.

​WEAR | Opera in the City Festival 

   23 & 24 08.19 | Bridewell Theatre @ 19.30 - Composed by Alistair White. Performing the role of The Writer 

Duncan House | Tête à Tête Opera Festival 

   09.08.19 & 10.08.19 | Secret Location, 14.30 & 19.30 - an opera by Rasmus Zwicki, performed with Plus-Minus and Lydenskap ensembles for Tete-a-Tete festival.

Myth as Inspiration  

   08.07.19 | Hellenic Centre, London @ 19.15 - premiering a new work by Dimitrios Rontsis, based on Homeric Hymns. 

Wheeling Past the Stars by Param Vir 

    16.04.2019 | Birmingham Conservatory and BCMG - Workshop day for the ISM, performing Wheeling Past the Stars by Param Vir.

  The Tsar Wants his Photograph Taken 

   04.05.2019 | Bloomsbury Theatre @ 7:30pm - Performing the role of Angèle. By Kurt Weill and Georg Kaiser, and translated by Leo Doulton. 

   Conducted by Johann Stuckenbruck 

​Harmoniae Naturales IV with Orpheus Sinfonia 

   01.02.2019 | St George's Hanover Square @ 7:30pm - new works by Nicholas Korth.

 

Ubu Ensemble: Berio Folk Songs 

   11.11.2018 | The Drawing Room @ 1pm - Berio Folk Songs with the Ubu Ensemble 

​Music Theatre Wales: Passion 

   Touring from 11.10.2018 to 10.11.2018 - Covering the role of Lei in Pascal Dusapin's opera Passion.

Bind me—I still can sing—. 

    12.06.2018 | Royal Naval College Chapel, Trinity Laban - final recital of Junior Fellowship. Performed with Mairi Grewar, piano & Antonia Berg, Flute 

​Anthems for Queer Youth 

   14.05.2018 | Guildhall School of Music & Drama - a new theatre work by Robert Reid Allan and Gareth Mattey. Performed with Savage Parade.
Pairs: music for voice and one instrument 

   22.04.2018 | Courtauld Gallery - 2021 ensemble takes over the Courtauld Gallery with music for vocal and instrumental pairings. 

Filthy Lucre: Lingua Ignota  

    24.02.2018 @ 7:30pm | Hackney Showroom - Works for 13 voices and 3 synthesizers, including compositions by Vivier, Xenakis and more.

​Borough New Music: My life by water 

   27.02.2018 @ 1pm | St George the Martyr - works for voice, piano & cello. Performed with Urška Horvat, cello & Clare Simmonds, piano 

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London Contemporary Music Festival: Ragnar Kjartansson - An die Musik 

   3.12.2017 @ 1-8pm | Ambika P3, Westminster University  - an endurance performance.

Borough New Music Series 3: haikus for four 

   28.11.2017 @ 1pm | St George the Martyr, Borough - Eva-Maria Houben - haikus for four, performed with Antonia Berg, flute - Yoanna       Prodanova - cello, Ben Smith - piano 

​Borough New Music Series 3: Saariaho - Haas - Emmerson 

   14.11.2017 @ 1pm | St George the Martyr, Borough - performance with Ben Smith, piano and Chris McCormack, electronics  

​Clocks, Clouds and Delusions 

   10.11.2017 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama - performing Miss Donnithorne's Maggot with UBU Ensemble, directed by Simon Wills 

Borough New Music Series 3: Last Words 

   07.11.2017 @ 1pm | St. George the Martyr, performing with Ben Smith, piano Yoanna Prodanova, cello and Antonia Berg, flute

​This is Rattle: Ades 

   18.09.2017 @ 7:30 pm | Milton Court Concert Hall - 9 Settings of Celan- Harrison Birtwistle - with the Guildhall New Music Ensemble, conducted by Richard Baker 

​An Assembly: Music for Large Ensemble, Voice and Electronics 

   16.05.17 @ 7pm | City, University of London - An Assembly presents music for large ensembles, voices and electronics, directed by Jack Sheen. 

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​loomeweight II @ Museum of the Home 

26.09.2026 | 2pm

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presented as part of London Textile Month. loomeweight II is a new performance project for one loom and two singers, unfolding over 45 minutes of weaving and sound.

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tickets available now

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loomeweight II @ Audiograft Festival Oxford

22.10.2026 | 7pm

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tickets available now

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Music We'd Like to FEAR

31.10. 2026 | evening

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PERFORMING newly commissioned works by Jack Sheen, Lara Agar and The Haunted Network Research Initiative with David Zucchi on saxophones

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Pale Thoughts @ Splendor, Amsterdam

29.11. 2026 | 7pm

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An evening of performance, film and storytelling, in collaboration with Festival Forbidden Music Regained. Curated by Sam Belinfante and Nora Fischer

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​​Antigone | Paris Chamber Orchestra

25.04.2027

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Antigone, symphony for orchestra and voice by Simon Wills, conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock. World premiere, commissioned by the Paris Chamber Orchestra for the bicentenary of Beethoven's death.

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tickets available!​​​​​

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