
Upcoming Events

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.
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.