Venue
Angela Burgess Recital 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

Edward Harris-Brown piano and composer
Avram Harris composer and sound design
Gabriel Jacobson narrator
Edward Tait visual technician

EDWARD HARRIS-BROWN and AVRAM HARRIS The Daoshi Ballads

Hanshan, a mountain-dwelling 9th century poet and Buddhist monk (daoshi), was a figure so reclusive the authenticity of his existence is debatable. His many compact, contemplative poems depict his transcendental sojourn to the mythical Cold Mountain. The spirituality of these poems gained Hanshan a cult following with the Beat Generation writers of the 1950s, including Gary Snyder- whose 'Cold Mountain Poems' - adaptations of 24 of Hanshan's works- are the chief inspiration for this project. Readings of these will be complemented by electroacoustic musical responses written by cousins Edward Harris-Brown and Avram Harris, and projections of Tang dynasty art contemporaneous with Hanshan’s original works. The audience can expect a largely soothing atmosphere and can aim to leave feeling spiritually stimulated!

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