Imperial College London, a science-based university with a global reputation for excellence in teaching and research, will host the Battle of Ideas 2011 reception, with music provided by the Royal College of Music, one of the world’s leading conservatoires.

18.45-21.00
Queen’s Tower Rooms, Imperial College London SW7 2AZ

19.15
Welcome speeches by Claire Fox (director, Academy of Ideas), Colin Lawson, (director, Royal College of Music), Natasha Martineau (head, research communications, Imperial College London), Oriana Pound (director, market issues and thought leadership, PwC) and Christine Thompson  (policy manager, SABMiller).

19.30-19.50
Performance by The Park Quartet

Eunsley Park violin                 John Garner violin
Rebecca Dyson viola               Ariana Kashefi cello

Formed in September 2009, the Park Quartet is made up of musicians in their third year of the BMus programme at the Royal College of Music. They have received coaching from the Chilingirian and Sacconi Quartets, and have worked with visiting professor and chamber music specialist, Simon Rowland-Jones. They have represented the RCM in the intercollegiate quartet competition and were selected to perform in the RCM chamber music series in the Britten Theatre. They also perform as a piano quintet with Craig Greene, and future performances include the Dohnyani Piano Quintet no. 2 as part of the Southbank Bartok Festival.

The Park Quartet will perform

Ravel String Quartet in F (ii) Assez vif, Très rythmé
Haydn String Quartet Op 33 no 5 How do you do (i) 

Throughout the evening:
jazz provided by the RCM Jazz Trio

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