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Overview of MANTIS

MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents several concerts of electroacoustic music each year, in order to promote, disseminate and perform new works from composers based at The University of Manchester. Facilities at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama are ideal for the diffusion of work on a 40-loudspeaker sound system in a 350 seat concert hall.

MANTIS has run the festival in co-partnership with organisations like Sonic Arts Network EXPO, taking the festival to numerous venues in Manchester, such as the Victoria Baths. Recently, it hosted distinguished composer Francis Dhomont on his 80th birthday and focused on themes such as 'South-North', including music from Latinamerican composers and a first MANTIS call for pieces which received almost 200 submissions from all over the world.

2009

• [FESTIVAL 12]: MANTIS FESTIVAL 09 (Fall): SMALLEY/LOTIS - October 30 - November 1 2009 Manchester UK
• [FESTIVAL 11]: MANTIS SPRING 09 and the NWNW Conference-North West—North Wales Music Exchange Conference.

2008

• [FESTIVAL 10]: 31 Oct- 2 Nov 08: MANTIS 08: 1st Anniversary of NOVARS/ XXth anniversary of MANTIS

• [FESTIVAL 09]: 28 Feb-1 Mar 08: MANTIS 08: LICA-MANTIS Festival- A collaboration with Lancaster Institute of Contemporary Arts
  
  2007
  
  [FESTIVAL 08]: 2-4 Nov 2007. MANTIS 07: NOVARS Launch- Five international concerts to celebrate it.

• [FESTIVAL 07]: 9-11 Mar 2007. MANTIS 07: South-North- First international call for pieces.
  
  2006

• [FESTIVAL 06]: 24 - 25 Nov 2006. MANTIS 2006: Francis Dhomont at 80. Four concerts celebrating the work of guest composer Francis Dhomont.

• [FESTIVAL 05]: 23 - 26 Jun 2006. MANTIS 2006: EXPO - Sonic Arts Network (SAN) Festival. An international festival of electroacoustic music and sonic art that was attended by over 1600 people. University of Manchester, Cornerhouse, Victoria Baths, Roadhouse.

• EVENT: 6 Apr 2006. MANTIS (in motion). Live Electronics and DJ'd music. Green Room, Manchester.

• EVENT AT LARGE: March 2006. MANTIS 06: Guest Composer: Pete Stollery. University of Aberdeen.
  
  2005

• [FESTIVAL 04]: 15 Oct 2005. MANTIS 2005: Guest Composer: Rajmil Fischman. University of Keele.

• [FESTIVAL 03]: 10 Mar 2005. MANTIS 2005: presents a concert of mixed electroacoustic works for cello. Neil Heyde, cello. University of Manchester.

• EVENT: 25 Feb, 2005. MANTIS 2005 - Instruments and Voices. University of Manchester.
  
  2004

• [FESTIVAL 02]: 15 October 2004. MANTIS 2004 - A concert of live, interactive and acousmatic electroacoustic music. Guest composer: Simon Emmerson. De Montfort University

• EVENT:March 2004. HPSCHD. Festival of Extravagant Music for Multiple Harpsichords and Electronics. University of Manchester.

• EVENT: 14 June 2004. MANTIS 2004 - A concert of works from the studios at the University of Manchester. University of Manchester.

• [FESTIVAL 01]: 30 January 2004. MANTIS 2004 - The inaugural concert. Guest composer: Jonty Harrison. University of Birmingham.
  
  

More information, including a detailed programme of events, can be found on the MANTIS website at www.manchester.ac.uk/mantis/. For more information on events at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama visit our website at www.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre or call the boxoffice on 0161 275 8951.