Lunchtime Concert: Everyday Wonders - the girl from Aleppo

Schedule

Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 01:10 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Colyer-Ferguson Building | Canterbury, EN

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University Cecilian Choir & Consort
and pupils from local schools
Matthew Raisbeck piano
Floriane Peycelon violin
and student string-players
Dan Harding conductor

Ola Gjeilo The Road
Cecilia McDowall Everyday Wonders: the girl from Aleppo

A special concert bringing together the Cecilian Choir and players, and children from local schools, to perform Cecilia McDowall's setting of the story of Nujeen and her sister, two young girls who fled from Syria across Europe to find refuge.
As part of the University's 60th anniversary celebrations, we are delighted to continue to highlight members of the Music department's team of visiting staff as part of this concert.
T: free, donations welcome in support of the Music Fund
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Colyer-Ferguson Building, CT2 7NB,Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

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