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Garland @ Bold Tendancies 2025

18.09.2025 & 19.09.2025

Garland is a spectacular procession of sound, music and singing. Leith’s most ambitious work to date is performed by the amassed forces of 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. The choir is augmented by a horse, bicycles, car and other pedestrian detritus ‘played’ to create noise and rhythm. 32 string and 16 brass players unite with a large battery of percussion and sampler keyboards to form an atypical orchestra, enveloping the audience in sound as the performers circulate our Concrete Concert Hall.

tickets available now!

New work w. Britten Sinfonia

15.11.2024 @ King's Place

Performance of a new work by composer Leoni King. Tickets are here!

Last Days @ Royal Opera House

December & January 2025/2026

Revival of the critically acclaimed opera. Performing the role of Superfan. Tickets are here!

Past Events

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

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

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.

 

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.

"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

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

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

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 

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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