Contemporary music concerts in York

Lunchtime Concerts

1pm to 2pm Saturday

Tickets just £5 online or on the door

Evening concerts

7.30pm to 9.30pm Saturday

Tickets £12/£10 online or on the door

(£5 for students)

Education outreach offer

This Saturday we have a piano recital featuring virtuoso pianist Ian Pace playing a programme of fugues from Bach, Schumann, Shostakovich to the present day. As part of our education outreach programme, we are offering music teachers a two-for-one ticket deal for the recital. We will offer a complimentary ticket if the music teacher is accompanied by at least one of their pupils (tickets just £5). Please contact Steve at steve@latemusic.org if this is of interest. Please note that there is a pre-concert talk at 6.45 plus a complimentary glass of mulled wine + mince pie. 

Composer of the Month

Jenny Jackson composed Pacemaker, a musical race against time, written for pianist Ian Pace, who will give its first performance at the evening concert on 4th December. Interviewed by fellow composer Steve Crowther, she describes the piece, her own background, how she works and reveals which pieces of music she’d select for that Desert Island.

Origins of Late Music: Soundpool

The evening concert on 4th December featuring pianist Ian Pace includes five short piano pieces (“Fragments”) composed by Anthony Adams, one of the founders of the predecessor to York Late Music: Soundpool. In an article on this website, he gives the history of Soundpool and contemporary music in York, and also discusses the pieces.