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2021 LIVE DATES
10 July 2021 (Rescheduled from July 2020)
LONDON KING’S PLACE
Modern Ritual XIII
Nature Unwrapped – Laura Cannell’s Modern Ritual is ancient, modern, experimental, real, fictional, personal, folkloric. Her evolving series has become a unique platform for premiering works that sit outside the contemporary mainstream. This, the thirteenth Modern Ritual, will interact with our year-long nature unwrapped theme for 2020, with works and installations evoking real and fictional landscapes, as well as the inextricable link between human ritual and environmental threat.
PAST PERFORMANCES
2020 DATES
TUSK FESTIVAL 2020 – TUSK VIRTUAL
Sept 28 – Oct 11
Brand new special films & music by Laura
Tickets are FREE
2019
28 March 2019
WEST DEAN COLLEGE – Nr Chichester
SOLO performance of music from new album The Sky Untuned
SALON IMAGINAIRE #6:
evening event that celebrates the spirit of invention and reinvention in the company
of two of the country’s most innovative musicians; Laura Cannell (solo) and Leafcutter John.
TICKETS / INFO
7 April 2019
LONDON – CAFE OTO
KAMMERKLANG
Laura Cannell interprets RSRCH – 4 – 83 by Peter Hannan
For Solo Recorder, voice & Tape delay
Tickets/Info
30 April 2019
LONDON – IKLECTIK
ALBUM LAUNCH – THE SKY UNTUNED
SOLO performance of music from new album The Sky Untuned
Tickets / promoter Babayagashut
18 May 2019
CAMBRIDGE – Unitarian Church
SOLO performance of music from new album The Sky Untuned
“We present an evening of music completely without the use of electricity, taking full advantage of the warm acoustics of Cambridge Unitarian Church”.
Tickets & more info
1 June 2019
LONDON – UNAMPLIFIER FESTIVAL
SOLO performance of music from new album The Sky Untuned
Tickets & Info
15 June 2019
SUFFOLK – WALPOLE OLD CHAPEL
Modern Ritual Presents…
Laura Cannell + Polly Wright + Osita
SOLO performance of music from new album The Sky Untuned
Tickets & Info
30 June 2019
LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL
Violin Duo – Laura Cannell & André Bosman
INFO
3 November 2019
LONDON
DEEP MINIMALISM 2.0 FESTIVAL
SOLO performance
Queen Elizabeth Hall
TICKETS & INFORMATION
16 November 2019
SUFFOLK
FLIPSIDE FESTIVAL
Laura Cannell & Polly Wright ‘In Conversation”
& the first Live performance of Sing As The Crow Flies
Tickets & Info
19 November 2019
LONDON
THE HORSE HOSPITAL
Launch of ‘Resonance I’ – A new publication by The Wapping Project
Which Laura Cannell contributed to & live set.
Tickets & Info
23 November 2019
BELGIUM – GHENT
EASTERN DAZE Festival
Ghent, Belgium
INFO/VENUE & Tickets Kunstencentrum Vooruit
2018
8 January 2018
LONDON – SOLO
LOMA – LARGE OBJECTS MOVING AIR
Premier of new Bass Recorder piece – Solo Performance.
Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice – London College of Communication – University of the Arts London.
13 January 2018
LONDON – SOLO
LSO ST LUKE’S
BBC RADIO 3 Open Ear presents music from the leading-edge of the UK’s contemporary scene. Alternative, experimental and hosted by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Recorded for Broadcast by BBC Radio 3
23 January 2018
COLCHESTER – MODERN RITUAL
[MODERN RITUAL] V
COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE
14 March 2018
SUFFOLK – OPERA ENSEMBLE
SNAPE MALTINGS – Britten Studio
Jerwood Opera Open Session: GIANT
6 April 2018
SALFORD – MODERN RITUAL
SACRED TRINITY CHURCH
Tickets: www.fatout.co.uk
7 April 2018
LIVERPOOL – MODERN RITUAL
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC HALL – MUSIC ROOM
Tickets: www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/modern-ritual
5 May 2018
LONDON – SOLO
BIRDS: A TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY PARK SOUNDCAMP
Tickets & Info
25 May 2018
SWANSEA – MODERN RITUAL
NAWR, BBC Hall at Swansea Studios, University of Swansea
Tickets: www.facebook.com/events/1981661145494199/
http://bit.ly/2He24hW
26 May 2018
BRISTOL – MODERN RITUAL
THE BRUNSWICK CLUB
Tickets: http://hdfst.uk/E44531
http://www.beefbristol.org/portfolio/modern-ritual/
https://www.facebook.com/events/173142689992935/
12 June 2018
CHELTENHAM – SOLO
Xposed Club
FCH Chapel, The University of Gloucestershire
14 June 2018
HEBDEN BRIDGE- MODERN RITUAL
THE TRADES CLUB
Tickets: http://thetradesclub.com/events/modern-ritual
16 June 2018
LONDON – MODERN RITUAL
LSO ST LUKES – Barbican Contemporary Music
Tickets: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/laura-cannell-modern-ritual
22 June 2018
SUFFOLK – SOLO
THE ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL
The Pumphouse
24 June 2018
BIRMINGHAM – MODERN RITUAL
SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL
Modern Ritual Performance
13 July 2018
LONDON – DUO
CAFE OTO
Brawl Records Presents…
Laura Cannell & André Bosman RECKONINGS Album Launch
Tickets
20 July 2018
CAMBRIDGE – MODERN RITUAL
Unitarian Church
Laura Cannell & André Bosman performing RECKONINGS Album
10-11 August 2018 BERLIN – SOLO DIGITAL IN BERLIN 10 Years in Sound Festival
12 August 2018 HOLLAND – SOLO ZOMERPARKFEEST VENLO
2 September 2018 HULL – MODERN RITUAL FREEDOM FESTIVAL HULL MINSTER
MODERN RITUAL: Featuring Ex-Easter Island Head, Laura Cannell & Hoofus
29 September 2018 YORK – The Untuning of the Sky Part 1
New Commission performed with
Rhodri Davies Harp & André Bosman Electronics
YORK MEDIALE FESTIVAL
NCEM – National Centre for Early Music
30 September 2018 YORK – The Untuning of the Sky Part 2
YORK MEDIALE FESTIVAL
NCEM – National Centre for Early Music
Laura Cannell & André Bosman performing RECKONINGS Album
10 October 2018 LONDON – SOLO Longplayer Legacies
The Lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London. Live at the Lighthouse: Longplayer Sound Legacies Series. Curated by Ella Finer
13 October 2018 LONDON NEW RESONANCES The Whitechapel Gallery Panel & solo performance
4-11 November 2018
LONDON
THE TOWER OF LONDON
BEYOND THE DEEPENING SHADOW:THE TOWER REMEMBERS
Performer (Overbow Violin) in Mira Calix & Tom Piper’s Sound & Light Installation
100 Year Commemoration of the end of the first world war
23 November 2018
LONDON
St John’s Bethnal Green Tickets
David Thomas Broughton + Laura Cannell & André Bosman (duo)
30 November 2018
LIVERPOOL – NEW COMMISSION WITH THE IMMIX ENSEMBLE & ELLA FINER
TATE LIVERPOOL
Liverpool-based new music ensemble Immix, in partnership with Tate Liverpool are excited to present the world premiere of INTONE, a new work for overbow violin, voice and ensemble composed by the genre-defying violinist Laura Cannell, and acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Ella Finer.
Tickets Here
27 December 2018
BBC RADIO 3 – Late Junction
In his final show as guest editor, Stewart Lee presents a mixtape from recorder player and violinist Laura Cannell. Plus Interview.
2017
FEBRUARY 2017
18/2/17 LONDON – ELECTROWERKZ Baba Yaga’s Hut ESBEN & THE WITCH + LAURA CANNELL
MARCH 2017
07/3/17 COLCHESTER COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE
17/3/17 LONDON CAFE OTO – [Modern Ritual] I Series www.modernritual.co.uk
22/3/17 LONDON PAPER DRESS VINTAGE Hackney
APRIL 2017
30/4/17 MANCHESTER SALFORD CATHEDRAL – Sounds from the Other City Festival
Composition commission with Ex Easter Island Head & members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
MAY 2017
10/5/17 LONDON CAFE OTO w/ cellist Lori Goldston (Earth, Nirvana)
11/5/17 MILTON KEYNES MK GALLERY w/ cellist Lori Goldston (Earth, Nirvana)
13/5/17 LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE w/ Charles Hayward + Lori Goldston
JUNE 2017
17/6/17 BIRMINGHAM SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL
21/6/17 LONDON Longplayer Day Goldsmiths – Part of the 1000 year piece by Jem Finer – Duo w/Charles Hayward
JULY 2017
07/7/17 SUFFOLK Cathedral of the Marshes – Blythburgh Church £8 on the door Concert 7.30 – 8.30pm
20/7/17 LONDON CAFE OTO [MODERN RITUAL] II
AUGUST 2017
11/8/17 FINLAND FLOW FESTIVAL – The Other Sound
19/8/17 NORWAY Recording & Concert (Details to follow)
25/8/17 FRANCE Mulhouse Music Festival
SEPTEMBER 2017
16/9/17 LONDON ST JOHN ON BETHNAL GREEN
21/9/17 DENMARK COPENHAGEN JAZZHOUSE
22/9/17 ROTTERDAM NL WORM POPDOTTIR
30/9/17 SWEFFLING SUFFOLK UK 7pm email swefflingmusic@gmail.com for details.
OCTOBER 2017
14/10/17 POLAND UNSOUND KRAKOW
28/10/17 BARROW-IN-FURNESS – CUMBRIA [MODERN RITUAL] III
FULL OF NOISES – Charles Hayward, Hoofus, Jennifer Lucy Allan, Luke Turner & Ex-Easter Island Head
NOVEMBER 2017
25/11/17 HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL HCMF 40th Edition
International Showcase Artist World Premier of new solo work – SOLO WORK FEATHERS UNFURLED
DECEMBER 2017
02/12/17 LONDON THE UNION CHAPEL – [MODERN RITUAL] IV
12/12/17 NORWICH NORWICH ARTS CENTRE – BBC RADIO 3 EXPOSURE – Recorded live for Late Junction w/André Bosman
28/12/17 – BBC RADIO 3 BBC Radio 3 Late Junction 11pm – Exposure Series
Laura Cannell & André Bosman Fiddle Duo
2016
JANUARY 2016
21/1/2016 LIVERPOOL – EVERYMAN THEATRE DeepHedonia Presents…
22/1/2016 GLASGOW – CELTIC CONNECTIONS + Josef van Wissem at Platform
23/1/2016 BRADFORD – DELIUS ARTS CENTRE + Magpahi / Stephanie Hladowski
FEBRUARY 2016
02/2/2016 LONDON – CAFE OTO Kammerklang Presents… OSCILANZ
13/2/2016 CARDIFF – FROM NOW ON Festival Chapter Arts Centre
14/2/2016 BRISTOL – CAFE KINO The Lost City of Dunwich
MARCH 2016
01/3/2016 COLCHESTER – ARTS CENTRE
05/3/2016 BBC RADIO 6Music Modern Medieval Music in discussion with Stuart Maconie
16/3/2016 LONDON – SCALA – CONVERGENCE FESTIVAL – COLIN STETSON + LC
17/3/2016 BBC RADIO 3 BROADCAST – LATE JUNCTION Maida Vale Session
19/3/2016 BBC RADIO 3 BROADCAST – HEAR & NOW OSCILANZ Recorded at Cafe Oto
30/3/2016 LONDON – BARBICAN – MICHAEL GIRA/THURSTON MOORE/LAURA CANNELL
APRIL 2016
07/4/2016 GLASGOW – COUNTERFLOWS FESTIVAL – Mythos of Violins w/ Aidan O’Rourke
09/4/2016 BLACKPOOL – OTHERWORLDS FESTIVAL
17/4/2016 WALES – ATP ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES Curated by Stewart Lee
MAY 2016
01/5/2016 SALFORD – SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER CITY
14/5/2016 NORWICH – NORFOLK & NORWICH FESTIVAL NORWICH ARTS CENTRE
28/5/2016 HALESWORTH – THE CUT ARTS CENTRE – MYTHOS OF VIOLINS
JUNE 2016
11/6/2016 ABERYSTWYTH, WALES – Y CAPEL MYTHOS OF VIOLINS
JULY 2016
02/7/2016 CAMBRIDGESHIRE – WYSING FESTIVAL
16/7/2016 SUFFOLK – LATITUDE FESTIVAL
22/7/2016 PORTUGAL – Serralves Foundation
23/7/2016 PORTUGAL –Serralves Foundation
31/7/2016 CORNWALL – PORT ELIOT FESTIVAL – CAUGHT BY THE RIVER STAGE
AUGUST 2016
02/8/2016 IPSWICH – ST MARY-LE-TOWER CHURCH
20/8/2016 LONDON – COVENT GARDEN Crown Court Church
SEPTEMBER 2016
03/9/2016 NEWHAVEN – FORT PROCESS 1st Performance of Fantasy Echoes with Sarah Angliss
17/9/2016 FLINTSHIRE – THE GOOD LIFE EXPERIENCE – CAUGHT BY THE RIVER
OCTOBER 2016
16/10/2016 LONDON – ‘OTHERWORLDLY’ AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Screening (not live)
21/10/2016 ALBUM RELEASE DAY! SIMULTANEOUS FLIGHT MOVEMENT – OUT TODAY!
21/10/2016 COLOGNE – NIGHT OF SURPRISE
25/10/2016 LONDON – THE FORGE CAMDEN + Marisa Anderson
26/10/2016 MANCHESTER – ISLINGTON MILL + Marisa Anderson
27/10/2016 MILTON KEYNES – MK GALLERY + Marisa Anderson
28/10/2016 READING – SOUTH STREET ARTS CENTRE +Marisa Anderson
29/10/2016 GATESHEAD – THE SAGE – North East Guitar Festival + Marisa Anderson
30/10/2016 GLASGOW – GLAD CAFE + Marisa Anderson
NOVEMBER 2016
05/11/2016 ROTTERDAM – Worm
13/11/2016 NORWAY – BERGEN Kunsthall
18/11/2016 BRISTOL – CENTRESPACE Gallery
25/11/2016 BRUSSELS – RECYLART
26/11/2016 LONDON – UNION CHAPEL Daylight Music Curated by Laura
DECEMBER 2016
03/12/2016 SCOTLAND FIFE Tay Sup wi’ a Fifer James Yorkston / King Creosote / Radially Kouyate / Laura Cannell
18/12/2016 BBC Radio 6Music – The Freak Zone Xmas Party Show – 8pm Live performances & interview
2015
JANUARY 2015
17 LONDON UPSET THE RHYTHM St George’s Church. w/ RICHARD YOUNGS
29 COVENTRY The Tin Music & Arts Centre w/ Trembling Bells & Mike Heron
FEBRUARY 2015
03 LONDON THE HORSE HOSPITAL themucklemouthseries.tumblr.com
27 LONDON ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL w/Na’ama Zisser, Sarah Angliss, Some Truths
MARCH 2015 – SAISONSCAPE TOUR w/Richard Skelton + Rob St John
20 MANCHESTER ISLINGTON MILL
22 LONDON ST JOHN at HACKNEY SAISONSCAPE
APRIL 2015
06 NORWICH NORWICH MUSIC SOCIETY
11 NORFOLK ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
MAY 2015
08 READING RISING SUN ARTS CENTRE w/ Daniel Merrill (Dead Rat Orchestra)
28 LONDON CAFE OTO w/Eric Chenaux + OSCILANZ
29 NORFOLK THE RAVENOUS CAFE w/Eric Chenaux
JUNE 2015
03 COPENHAGEN JAZZHOUSE DISTORTION CLUB w/ OSCILANZ + BASS CLEF
11 LONDON ST JOHN’S BETHNAL GREEN Baba Yaga’s Hut w/J. Blackshaw D. McPhee
27 LEIGH ON SEA LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL Essex
28 LEIGH ON SEA LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL Essex
JULY 2015
24 DENMARK FANO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL
28 CAMBRIDGE THE JUNCTION w/ Dead Rat Orchestra & C Joynes
31 CUMBRIA FULL OF NOISES FESTIVAL w/OSCILANZ
AUGUST 2015
01 CUMBRIA FULL OF NOISES FESTIVAL duo with Bass Clef
7-9 OXFORDSHIRE SUPERNORMAL FESTIVAL Playing w/ LCAB & OSCILANZ
13 LONDON ST PANCRAS CHURCH Solo Performance
16 TODMORDEN W. YORKSHIRE TOR IST DAS FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 2015 – BENEATH SWOOPING TALONS UK ALBUM TOUR
04 HALESWORTH SUFFOLK THE CUT ARTS CENTRE w/OLIVER COATES (Cello)
05 FOLKESTONE PLUNGE FESTIVAL
09 CARDIFF Gwdihw
10 BRISTOL All Hallows Hall www.allhallowshall.co.uk
11 GLASGOW Glad Cafe w/Crying Lion
12 MILTON KEYNES MK Gallery
13 LONDON Cafe Oto + Angharad Davies + Oliver Coates
18 LEEDS Opera North, Howard Assembly Room w/ Richard Dawson & Asiq Nargile
NOVEMBER 2015
01 SWITZERLAND, GENEVA Cave 12 w/Michael Chapman
08 HOLLAND, AMSTERDAM
08 HOLLAND, ROTTERDAM POP WEEK WORM
21 HOLLAND, VRIJPLAATS Festival Vrijplaats Leiden
22 HOLLAND, UTRECHT Le Guess Who? Festival
28 NORWICH, St Peter Mancroft Church – Concert Series
28 LONDON, Cafe Oto Guest Appearance with Sarah Angliss part of Saisonscape
DECEMBER 2015
04 NEWCASTLE, BALTIC 39 – Telephone Project Live Performance & Record Launch & Exhibition with Peter J Evans, Rhodri Davies, Mark Fell & Laura Cannell
2014
JANUARY 2014
10 LONDON – LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE w/ O S C I L A N Z
FEBRUARY014
22 LONDON – THE UNION CHAPEL Daylight Music Solo Set
APRIL 2014
20 NORFOLK Raveningham Easter Folk Day
MAY 2014
31 NORFOLK Trunch Church Trunch Concerts Medieval Uprising Tour Solo Concert
JUNE 2014
6 SUFFOLK The Cut Arts Centre The Cut Arts Centre Medieval Uprising Tour Solo
8 BRISTOL The Arnolfini Oscilanz share the bill with Oneohtrix Point Never
22 SHROPSHIRE SIN – EATER FESTIVAL Medieval Uprising Tour solo
JULY 2014
13 NORTH NORFOLK Binham Priory Guest Recorder Soloist w/Vocal Ensemble
19 NORTH NORFOLK Salthouse Church Medieval Uprising Tour
AUGUST 2014
02 CUMBRIA Wray Castle – Medieval Uprising Tour Octopus Collective & The National Trust
03 CUMBRIA Dalton Castle – Medieval Uprising Tour
o7 LONDON St Pancras Church – Medieval Uprising Tour Solo
8-10 OXFORDSHIRE – SUPERNORMAL FESTIVAL
12 LONDON – SONIC IMPERFECTIONS – THE MONTAGUE ARMS, PECKHAM Solo
16 SUFFOLK FOLKEAST FESTIVAL FOLKEAST Medieval Uprising Tour
18-22 HISTORICALLY INFORMED SUMMER SCHOOL SCARBOROUGH TUTOR
SEPTEMBER 2014
05 BURY ST EDMUNDS ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL Medieval Uprising Tour
28 LONDON ST GEORGE’S CHURCH BLOOMSBURY
OCTOBER 2014
01 LONDON HAMPSTEAD PARISH CHURCH Medieval Uprising Tour
12 NEWCASTLE – TUSK FESTIVAL – Star & Shadow More info
18 NORWICH – ST PETER MANCROFT CHURCH – Medieval Uprising Solo Tour
19 NORTH NORFOLK – FAKENHAM Medieval Uprising Solo Tour
21 CAMBRIDGE – GREAT ST MARY’S CHURCH Medieval Uprising Solo Tour
NOVEMBER 2014
11 LONDON – CAFE OTO W/Luke Abbott | Karen Gwyer | Laura Cannell
16 DUBLIN – ODESSA CLUB
29 MILTON KEYNES – MK GALLERY O S C I L A N Z
DECEMBER 2014
11 BRISTOL – CUBE CINEMA MICHAEL CHAPMAN | JAMES BLACKSHAW | LAURA CANNELL
SUFFOLK – Aldeburgh Young Musicians Experimental Early Music Weekend
2013
MARCH 2013
16 NORWICH Playhouse Bar – Laura Cannell & André Bosman Fiddle Duo
31 NORFOLK Raveningham Folk Day
APRIL 2013
13 HALESWORTH – Becker Project Premiere of new Gordon Crosse Work w/Lawson Trio
JUNE 2013
02 SUFFOLK – Blythburgh Church – Becker Project w/Lawson Trio
10 LONDON – SPITALFIELDS FESTIVAL Laura Cannell & André Bosman Fiddle
29 IPSWICH – Ipswich Arts Festival Laura Cannell & André Bosman Fiddle
JUNE 2013
02 CUMBRIA – Full of Noises Festival Laura Cannell & André Bosman Fiddle
OCTOBER 2013
25 NORWICH – HUNGATE MEDIEVAL ART CENTRE SOLO Performance
30 LONDON – Café Oto – MILES OF SMILES & CAFE OTO PRESENT: Bill Orcutt + Mike Cooper + Laura Cannell & André Bosman
NOVEMBER 2013
15 NORFOLK – Ravenous Cafe – Laura Cannell + Dan Haywood
DECEMBER 2013
5 NORFOLK – Ravenous Cafe MV&EE + Laura Cannell & André Bosman
PERFORMANCES 2013
JUNE 2012
15 SUFFOLK – THE ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL – Laura Cannell and Rhodri Davies
