The annual Summer Music Week celebration of music-making at the University launched on Sunday 4 June with the University Big Band playing on the Memorial Bandstand at Deal, ushering in a week-long festival which lasts until Saturday 10 June.

The seven-day celebration includes many of the University’s ensembles, students, Music Scholars, staff and members of the local community, in events from a Scholars’ Lunchtime Recital to the Concert and Big Band’s evening gala concert; the University Chamber Choir and String Sinfonia performing at St Peter’s Methodist Church in Canterbury; all culminating in ‘Music for a Summer’s Day’ at 15.00 on Saturday 10 June, followed by cream teas.

Find out more about all that’s taking place between 4-10 June in Summer Music Week online, or grab a brochure from Colyer-Fergusson and Gulbenkian.

The role of music in the lives of students while studying has been highlighted with the publication of the latest Music at Kent, Donor Report. The document focuses on several student’s experiences playing music at the University and the opportunities on offer, including rehearsing and playing in the Colyer-Fergusson, which numerous students praised.

‘The Colyer-Fergusson is a beautiful space to have,’ said law student Lydia Cheng in the report. ‘As a rehearsal and performance space [it’s] amazing.’