Slate Quartet

Gigs · Derby

Slate Quartet

Sunday 25 April 2027 · Doors 15:30

Multi-Faith Centre, Derby

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Slate Quartet is on Sunday 25 April 2027 at Multi-Faith Centre, Derby, with doors at 15:30. Entry is free, booked through the official seller.

Formed in 2022, the Slate Quartet performs a variety of repertoire, from classical to contemporary and have a particular interest in curation, enjoying working in a conceptually focused way. Taking pride in championing lesser-known and modern works, they actively programme composers from diverse backgrounds or rarely performed pieces into all their concerts. The Slate Quartet are passionate about collaborating with other artists, musical and not, often reaching a wide and diverse audience as a consequence, which is another key part of their ethos. Their debut concert was a collaboration with a graphic designer using minimalist music (Phillip Glass) combined with looping graphics to induce a meditative state in the audience. They have performed at the Royal Festival Hall, the Petworth Festival and Leicester Cathedral and played for audiences in the South of France as part of a residency at the Ferrandou Atelier in 2024. Most recently, they made their King’s Place debut at EMPOWER: Women changing Music performing Imogen Holst and Caroline Shaw with singer Hannah Dienes Williams as well as attending the inaugural year of the Oxford Chamber Music Festival where they received coaching...

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