Slate Quartet

Slate Quartet play the Multi-Faith Centre, University of Derby on Sunday 25 April 2027, a chamber concert presented by the Derby Chamber Music Society. They're a string quartet that's been playing together since 2022, and their repertoire runs from the classical canon through to contemporary writing, with a particular interest in curation and in championing lesser-known and modern works by composers from diverse backgrounds.

Their debut was a cross-disciplinary collaboration with a graphic designer, pairing Philip Glass's minimalist music with looping visuals. Since then, they've performed at the Royal Festival Hall, the Petworth Festival and Leicester Cathedral, and spent a residency at the Ferrandou Atelier in the South of France in 2024. That same year they recorded their first EP, Brett Dean's String Quartet No.1 'Eclipse', with Jeremy Watt of Luminate Records, which came out in January 2025. Along the way, they've received coaching from Jon Thorne, John Myerscough, Alex Redington, Isabel Charisius, Sini Simonen and Anthony Marwood.

The concert starts at 4:00pm, with doors open from 3:30pm. Tickets are £20 plus a £2 booking fee, with concessions at £19 plus a £1.90 fee. Students over 18 and those on low incomes get it for £8 plus an £0.80 fee, and school-age students go free with a paying adult. The venue is the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby, Kedleston Road, DE22 1GB.