Browse our monthly catalogues to look back on LUUMS’ highlighted events!
September/October 2025
With our centennial year on the horizon, October (and the tail end of September) kicked off a monumental year for the LUU Music Society! With over 230 members under our belt, our committee and 11 ensembles have been preparing for the winter concert season – but it’s not all work! We’ve hosted an open mic night, a fresher’s mixer and a SOLD OUT intro party for our members!
Fresher’s Fair
Monday, 22nd September 2025
Along with other Music and Performance societies at the Leeds University Union, LUUMS hosted a stall at the Fresher’s fair to introduce (or re-introduce!) the society to fresher’s and returning students. Juliette, our publicity officer decorated the stall with photos from previous concerts and social events. Our communications officer, Ashruta designed a fresh batch of LUUMS stickers as freebies for our attendees!
The stall was incredibly successful, giving us the perfect platform to advertise our auditions week and give-it-a-go rehearsals for the year!
Rehearsals and Give-it-a-Go’s!
Early rehearsals of Chorus, Composers Collective, Sinfonia and Concert Band.
Our open ensembles hosted two weeks of Give-it-a-Go rehearsals, giving students the opportunity to attend taster rehearsals before becoming full time LUUMS members.
Socials!
Start of rehearsals also meant the start of a buzzing social calendar for LUUMS! As the society grows larger each year, the responsibilities of organising social events for over 200 members made for quite a heavy workload. As such, last year’s committee introduced a brand new role, the events secretary – to oversee larger society-wide events such as Intro Party and LUUMS ball.
Our members were treated to a fresher’s mixer to give new LUUMS members a chance to mingle with ensemble teams after a week of rehearsals.
Friday, 10th October 2025
Elinor, our social secretary organised an Open Mic and Slam Poetry Night in collaboration with the School of Music. The event (previously hosted by the University of Leeds International Concert Series) was the first official collaboration between LUUMS and the music school this year.
The school awarded cash prizes to the top 3 performers of the evening, Annabel Lauren, Tiffany Bisa and Faith Elizabeth.
Friday, 17th October 2025
Our brand new events secretary, Oliver organised and sold out one of our biggest events of the year – the LUUMS Intro Party! We had two featured artists, Emma Price and Cecily Graham performing Queen, Abba and a crowd favourite, Billy Joel’s Piano Man!
As is tradition, our final act of the night was the LUUMS exec band, formed of the 2025/26 committee, who performed a surprise set-list arranged by the Composers Collective!
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