CoMA Summer School Concert

Friday, 22nd August 2025

The closing concert of this year's CoMA Summer School, where our ensemble of musicians and singers will perform a joyful, energetic and often surprising programme which includes a major new piece by Elif Karlıdağ.

Keele Hall, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 5BG. Starts 6:30 pm.

CoMA Summer School Concert

Join us for the closing concert of this year’s CoMA Summer School, where our ensemble of musicians and singers will perform a programme of joyful, energetic and often surprising contemporary classical music.

The concert includes the premiere of Chorea, a major new piece by Elif Karlıdağ that takes inspiration from 16th-century studies of ‘dancing mania’: a strange form of mass hysteria where groups of people would dance uncontrollably for days.

Full accessibility information for the venue can be found here.

Full programme

Elif Karlıdağ: Chorea
Fergus Hall: Beach Thing
Judith Weir: Symphony of Spitalfields (Homage to John White)
Hollie Harding: Landscapes
Michael Pisaro: A bird in the beast
Conductors: Jon Hargreaves and Janet Oates

Tickets and accessibility

Tickets are free but donations to CoMA are welcome. If you would like to book in advance, use this link: CoMA Summer School Concert tickets
Otherwise you can just turn up and pay what you feel at the door.

Doors: 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Supported by the Francis Routh Trust.