Faculty of Music, Oxford University
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DPhil students Jim Hickson, Juan Carlos Méndez Álvarez, and Lorane Prévost will all be presenting individual talks at our final public seminar of the term in the Cinema. Do join us on Thursday 4 December at 3pm.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...
Public seminar: Jim Hickson, Juan Carlos Méndez Álvarez, Lorane Prévost (University of Oxford)
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
DPhil students Jim Hickson, Juan Carlos Méndez Álvarez, and Lorane Prévost will all be presenting individual talks at our final public seminar of the term in the Cinema. Do join us on Thursday 4 December at 3pm.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...
Come along to Magdalen College Chapel on Friday lunchtime for musical treasures from the Italian early Baroque, featuring the voices and players of the Bate Collective, directed by Dr Jonathan Williams. Free entry!
On Friday 28 November, the Bate Collective is performing a lunchtime recital at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social.
The concert will feature oratorios, motets, dances and organ intonazioni by Italian composers of the early Baroque.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/bate-c...
The concert will feature oratorios, motets, dances and organ intonazioni by Italian composers of the early Baroque.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/bate-c...
Bate Collective Lunchtime Concert
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Come along to Magdalen College Chapel on Friday lunchtime for musical treasures from the Italian early Baroque, featuring the voices and players of the Bate Collective, directed by Dr Jonathan Williams. Free entry!
The talents of our Masters composers and performers will be on display on Wednesday 3 December at 7pm in the Holywell Music Room. Join us for this special evening of collaboration. Free entry!
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/master...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/master...
Masters Composers and Performers Concert
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November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The talents of our Masters composers and performers will be on display on Wednesday 3 December at 7pm in the Holywell Music Room. Join us for this special evening of collaboration. Free entry!
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/master...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/master...
On Monday 1 December, award-winning composer and jazz trombonist Alex Paxton will be giving a talk entitled 'Delicious music'. Join us online!
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...
Speaks | Alex Paxton
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November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
On Monday 1 December, award-winning composer and jazz trombonist Alex Paxton will be giving a talk entitled 'Delicious music'. Join us online!
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...
On Friday 28 November, the Bate Collective is performing a lunchtime recital at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social.
The concert will feature oratorios, motets, dances and organ intonazioni by Italian composers of the early Baroque.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/bate-c...
The concert will feature oratorios, motets, dances and organ intonazioni by Italian composers of the early Baroque.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/bate-c...
Bate Collective Lunchtime Concert
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On Friday 28 November, the Bate Collective is performing a lunchtime recital at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social.
The concert will feature oratorios, motets, dances and organ intonazioni by Italian composers of the early Baroque.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/bate-c...
The concert will feature oratorios, motets, dances and organ intonazioni by Italian composers of the early Baroque.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/bate-c...
We're looking forward to being at the JdP Music Building on Tuesday for this string quartet composition workshop. Come along from 2pm to learn from the Villiers Quartet as the compositions are workshopped, or join us at 3.30pm for the informal performance!
On Tuesday 25 November, our student composers will have their pieces workshopped and performed by the Villiers Quartet! Observers are very welcome to join us for what will be a fascinating afternoon of music-making and discussion.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Villiers String Quartet Composition Workshop
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We're looking forward to being at the JdP Music Building on Tuesday for this string quartet composition workshop. Come along from 2pm to learn from the Villiers Quartet as the compositions are workshopped, or join us at 3.30pm for the informal performance!
Join us online for Monday's <speaks>, where Paul Purgas presents a selection of compositional and research projects exploring architectural and cultural explorations of sound through synthesis, experimental media and archival histories.
Paul Purgas is a London-based artist and musician working with sound, performance and installation. We're delighted that Paul will be speaking on 'Spatial and Cultural Sonics' at our talk on Monday 24 November.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
speaks | Paul Purgas
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Join us online for Monday's <speaks>, where Paul Purgas presents a selection of compositional and research projects exploring architectural and cultural explorations of sound through synthesis, experimental media and archival histories.
This year @torchoxford.bsky.social Performance Research Hub hosts a series of study days exploring the role of trans and queer voices in performance and performance research.
👇 Sign up for the first study day on Monday 24 November at @theruskin.bsky.social
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/trans-...
👇 Sign up for the first study day on Monday 24 November at @theruskin.bsky.social
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/trans-...
Trans and Queer Voices in Performance Research: study day #1
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November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This year @torchoxford.bsky.social Performance Research Hub hosts a series of study days exploring the role of trans and queer voices in performance and performance research.
👇 Sign up for the first study day on Monday 24 November at @theruskin.bsky.social
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/trans-...
👇 Sign up for the first study day on Monday 24 November at @theruskin.bsky.social
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/trans-...
On Tuesday 25 November, our student composers will have their pieces workshopped and performed by the Villiers Quartet! Observers are very welcome to join us for what will be a fascinating afternoon of music-making and discussion.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Villiers String Quartet Composition Workshop
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
On Tuesday 25 November, our student composers will have their pieces workshopped and performed by the Villiers Quartet! Observers are very welcome to join us for what will be a fascinating afternoon of music-making and discussion.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Paul Purgas is a London-based artist and musician working with sound, performance and installation. We're delighted that Paul will be speaking on 'Spatial and Cultural Sonics' at our talk on Monday 24 November.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
speaks | Paul Purgas
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Paul Purgas is a London-based artist and musician working with sound, performance and installation. We're delighted that Paul will be speaking on 'Spatial and Cultural Sonics' at our talk on Monday 24 November.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Detailing a journey through the Newcastle DIY scene in the 00s, turntable experiments from ensembles, to solo, duos trios and orchestras, multi-award-winning composer Mariam Rezaei will discuss her career journey and where her current creative practice is now at Monday's <speaks> talk.
Mariam Rezaei is a multi-award-winning composer, turntablist and performer working across experimental new music, free improvisation, mutant club music and hip-hop. We're delighted that Mariam will be giving a talk on Monday 17 November!
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
speaks | Mariam Rezaei
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Detailing a journey through the Newcastle DIY scene in the 00s, turntable experiments from ensembles, to solo, duos trios and orchestras, multi-award-winning composer Mariam Rezaei will discuss her career journey and where her current creative practice is now at Monday's <speaks> talk.
We can't wait to see you at our first lunchtime recital on Friday! Join us for half an hour of free music in the Recital Hall.
Our first lunchtime recital at the Schwarzman Centre is taking place on Friday 14 November! Join us in the Recital Hall at 1.15pm for music by Leoš Janáček and Antonín Dvořák, performed by our brilliant students.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/251114...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/251114...
Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series
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November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We can't wait to see you at our first lunchtime recital on Friday! Join us for half an hour of free music in the Recital Hall.
On Thursday, Elina Hamilton (University of Hawai’i, Mānoa), Peter Lefferts (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) and Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba (Warsaw, Polish Academy of Sciences) will be online for the next All Souls Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
On Thursday, Elina Hamilton (University of Hawai’i, Mānoa), Peter Lefferts (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) and Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba (Warsaw, Polish Academy of Sciences) will be online for the next All Souls Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
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Overjoyed to have been awarded an AHRC LUCIA grant to continue work with @justicehq.bsky.social, United Borders & members of @artnotevidence.bsky.social to increase awareness of rap’s aesthetic & socio-cultural value to combat criminalization & racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Overjoyed to have been awarded an AHRC LUCIA grant to continue work with @justicehq.bsky.social, United Borders & members of @artnotevidence.bsky.social to increase awareness of rap’s aesthetic & socio-cultural value to combat criminalization & racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
Coming up on Thursday:
Join us at 3pm in the Cinema at the Schwarzman Centre for this public seminar with Dr Gavin Lee.
Join us at 3pm in the Cinema at the Schwarzman Centre for this public seminar with Dr Gavin Lee.
Explore the topic of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being Chiang Wen-yeh: War, Colonialism, and the Cultural Revolution' with Dr Gavin Lee at our public seminar on Thursday 13 November.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Public seminar: Gavin Lee (Sydney Conservatorium and University of Adelaide)
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Coming up on Thursday:
Join us at 3pm in the Cinema at the Schwarzman Centre for this public seminar with Dr Gavin Lee.
Join us at 3pm in the Cinema at the Schwarzman Centre for this public seminar with Dr Gavin Lee.
Mariam Rezaei is a multi-award-winning composer, turntablist and performer working across experimental new music, free improvisation, mutant club music and hip-hop. We're delighted that Mariam will be giving a talk on Monday 17 November!
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
speaks | Mariam Rezaei
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Mariam Rezaei is a multi-award-winning composer, turntablist and performer working across experimental new music, free improvisation, mutant club music and hip-hop. We're delighted that Mariam will be giving a talk on Monday 17 November!
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Our first lunchtime recital at the Schwarzman Centre is taking place on Friday 14 November! Join us in the Recital Hall at 1.15pm for music by Leoš Janáček and Antonín Dvořák, performed by our brilliant students.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/251114...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/251114...
Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Our first lunchtime recital at the Schwarzman Centre is taking place on Friday 14 November! Join us in the Recital Hall at 1.15pm for music by Leoš Janáček and Antonín Dvořák, performed by our brilliant students.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/251114...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/251114...
In his 6pm <speaks> talk on Friday, Michael Finnissy will discuss the aesthetic and technical ideas that helped form his work. At 7pm, Ensemble Isis perform ‘Câtana’, based on Romanian folk music, alongside pieces by our student composers chosen for this concert.
Join us on Friday 7 November at JdP Music Building for Ensemble Isis | Michael Finnissy, celebrating one of Britain’s greatest living composers ahead of his 80th year.
6pm talk & 7.30pm concert featuring Câtana and new works by our students.
🎟️ www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
6pm talk & 7.30pm concert featuring Câtana and new works by our students.
🎟️ www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Ensemble Isis | Michael Finnissy
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November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In his 6pm <speaks> talk on Friday, Michael Finnissy will discuss the aesthetic and technical ideas that helped form his work. At 7pm, Ensemble Isis perform ‘Câtana’, based on Romanian folk music, alongside pieces by our student composers chosen for this concert.
We're pleased to announce a new doctoral scholarship, enabled by the generosity of Dr Nigel Nettheim. Proposed doctoral projects should be concerned with the analysis of the compositions of Franz Schubert. @wadhamcollege.bsky.social
👇Find out more www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
👇Find out more www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
New DPhil scholarship in Schubert studies (2026/27 entry)
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We're pleased to announce a new doctoral scholarship, enabled by the generosity of Dr Nigel Nettheim. Proposed doctoral projects should be concerned with the analysis of the compositions of Franz Schubert. @wadhamcollege.bsky.social
👇Find out more www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
👇Find out more www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...
Come along to the Cinema in the Schwarzman Centre at 3pm on Thursday to hear from Professor Sebastian Wedler on 'Anton Webern and the Enchantments of Music Theory'. All welcome!
'Anton Webern and the Enchantments of Music Theory' is the title for our public seminar on Thursday 6 November. Alumnus Sebastian Wedler is now Assistant Professor of Musicology at Utrecht University.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Public seminar: Sebastian Wedler (Utrecht University)
www.music.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Come along to the Cinema in the Schwarzman Centre at 3pm on Thursday to hear from Professor Sebastian Wedler on 'Anton Webern and the Enchantments of Music Theory'. All welcome!
Explore the topic of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being Chiang Wen-yeh: War, Colonialism, and the Cultural Revolution' with Dr Gavin Lee at our public seminar on Thursday 13 November.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Public seminar: Gavin Lee (Sydney Conservatorium and University of Adelaide)
www.music.ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Explore the topic of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being Chiang Wen-yeh: War, Colonialism, and the Cultural Revolution' with Dr Gavin Lee at our public seminar on Thursday 13 November.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Join us on Friday 7 November at JdP Music Building for Ensemble Isis | Michael Finnissy, celebrating one of Britain’s greatest living composers ahead of his 80th year.
6pm talk & 7.30pm concert featuring Câtana and new works by our students.
🎟️ www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
6pm talk & 7.30pm concert featuring Câtana and new works by our students.
🎟️ www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
Ensemble Isis | Michael Finnissy
www.music.ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Join us on Friday 7 November at JdP Music Building for Ensemble Isis | Michael Finnissy, celebrating one of Britain’s greatest living composers ahead of his 80th year.
6pm talk & 7.30pm concert featuring Câtana and new works by our students.
🎟️ www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
6pm talk & 7.30pm concert featuring Câtana and new works by our students.
🎟️ www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-11-...
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If you haven’t yet tuned in… podcast available via website, Spotify, Apple Music! 🎧 with Sarah Dowd on @historyffs.bsky.social!
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#HistoryFFS #MusicAndMemory #HistoryPodcast #WWII #CulturalHeritage #Cello @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social
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#HistoryFFS #MusicAndMemory #HistoryPodcast #WWII #CulturalHeritage #Cello @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you haven’t yet tuned in… podcast available via website, Spotify, Apple Music! 🎧 with Sarah Dowd on @historyffs.bsky.social!
👉 Listen, follow, rate, review now: podfollow.com/historyffs
#HistoryFFS #MusicAndMemory #HistoryPodcast #WWII #CulturalHeritage #Cello @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social
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#HistoryFFS #MusicAndMemory #HistoryPodcast #WWII #CulturalHeritage #Cello @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social
At 5pm today, Anne Walters Robertson will be speaking at the first of this term's All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Follow the link on our website to register to join online.
All are welcome to join us online for this term's All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music.
Full details at www.music.ox.ac.uk/all-souls-se...
Full details at www.music.ox.ac.uk/all-souls-se...
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
At 5pm today, Anne Walters Robertson will be speaking at the first of this term's All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Follow the link on our website to register to join online.
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Our next public seminar is our very own Professor Martyn Harry! Join us at 3pm Thursday 30 October in the Cinema at the Schwarzman Centre for his talk 'LifeWorks'.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-10-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-10-...
Public seminar: Martyn Harry (University of Oxford)
www.music.ox.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our next public seminar is our very own Professor Martyn Harry! Join us at 3pm Thursday 30 October in the Cinema at the Schwarzman Centre for his talk 'LifeWorks'.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-10-...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-10-...