Workers Union Ensemble: ON AND OFF

Workers Union Ensemble: Anna Durance (oboe) Ellie Steemson (saxophone) Edward Pick (piano) Mercedes Carroll (double bass) Joley Cragg (percussion) Caz Wolfson (percussion) Ben Oliver (conductor)

The Workers Union Ensemble (WUE) present a programme of five new works developed in response to Simon Steen-Andersen’s On And Off And To And Fro (2008) for soprano saxophone, double bass, vibraphone and three players with megaphones. The new pieces might be a direct response to Steen-Andersen’s piece or could be a more tangential reaction to the title and will be performed alongside On And Off And To And Fro. The composers featured will include three twentysomething emerging stars Ryan Latimer (WUE Composer-In-Association), Kate Whitley and Jay Capperauld (winner of the WUE Heidi Cupp Award 2013) as well as two slightly older heads Benjamin Oliver (conductor of the WUE and alumnus of the University of Leeds) and the University of Leeds School of Music’s Mic Spencer.

Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
Tickets: £12 / £10 advance booking saver, FREE students and children under 16