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Villiers String Quartet Composition Workshop

251012 villiers quartet
25 November 2025 14:00
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College

£10 / £5 on the door (free for music students)

251012 villiers quartet

The Villiers Quartet workshops and performs four new works written by students at the Faculty of Music.

There will be a public workshop from 2pm-3.15pm, offering a rare opportunity to witness the process of developing new quartet repertoire. This will be followed by a complete performance of all four works from 3.30pm-4pm.

Presented in association with the Cosman-Keller Trust.

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