Venue
Duke's Hall
Price
Free - booking required

Students Create 2026

The 2026 Students Create festival sees Academy students taking over performance venues from lunchtime into the evening over the course of three days. This year’s line-up includes a new interpretation of Orpheus and Eurydice, a concert exploring the history of asylum seekers and a celebration of Morton Feldman’s 100th birthday. The festival will feature 17 world premieres by students from multiple departments.

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Programme Details

Jeremy Bailey, Eloise Hartings, Lydia Walquist, Nadia Verlinsky, Ruby Howells, Amélie Donovan flute
Bonnie Scott harp
Issa Diallo piano
Matilda Johnston organ

Ben Webster audio/electronics

London Contemporary Dance School:
Ir Clercq dance leader
Cynthia Namwenya Nalyanya, Samantha Amali Joseph, Ayeḇainemi Abiẹyuwa Ése, Shamari Karudi, Sara Söderblom, Johana Wichterlová dancers

Ruby Howells project director
Anna Wolstenholme project mentor

JONGEN Danse Lent for flute & harp
SCHOENFIELD Four Souvenirs for flute & piano (selected movements) i: Samba; iii: Tin Pan Alley
HERMAN BEEFTINK Blue (4 mins)
JEAN BAPTISTE ROBIN Double Danse for flute & organ
KIAN RAVAEI Ecstasies
MIRANDA RUTTER Wudwud Birthday Jig

The world’s oldest-surviving instrument is a flute that is over 50,000 years old; in contrast, the modern flute as we know it was patented not even 200 years ago. Shapeshifting Silver is a celebration of the diverse dance repertoire written for the flute since the 1920s, and is a collaboration of Academy flautists, from first year undergraduates to second year masters students, who are joined by students from the London Contemporary Dance School. Spanning several genres including traditional ‘classical’ style, samba, beatboxing and EDM, expect a journey through the compositional styles of the last 100 years, original choreography, and limitless flute-playing possibilities.

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