Check out Opera on 3 on Saturday - alumna Dr Emma Kavanagh will be speaking about French composer Gustave Charpentier, who she first started researching during her DPhil! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

UNIQ is the University of Oxford’s free access programme for UK state school students. In this video, Tom and Alex from the UNIQ team explain more about what UNIQ is, what you might expect if you attend, and how to apply. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgQC...

The @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social has announced a new DPhil scholarship for academic year 2026/27. The scholar will be resident at Wadham, a fitting home for a music student. Find out more:  https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/the-faculty-of-music-announces-new-dphil-scholarship.

All are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of the Heather Professor of Music, Professor Laura Tunbridge on Thursday 19 February at @wadhamcollege.bsky.social. Titled 'Everyday Beethoven', the lecture will include musical excerpts from our students. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/heathe...

The final installment of this term's Lunchtime Recital Series in on Friday! Join us at 1.15pm in the Recital Hall at the Schwarzman Centre for music by Huang Zi, Ao Changqun, J.S. Bach, and G.F. Handel (arr. Halvorsen). Free entry - all welcome! www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/251205...

From African musical instruments to Latin American cinema to Iranian classical music, this seminar brings together three of our DPhil students for what will be a fascinating afternoon, covering a broad range of research. All are welcome to join us on Thursday at 3pm in the Cinema.

Kerry McCarthy is presenting at the final installment of this term's All Souls Seminars in Medieval & Renaissance Music on Thursday. The talk, 'Voice-parts and voice-types in Tudor England', addresses a question posed by John Stanbridge (1463-1510): ‘What part syngest thou? Qua voce cantas?’

On Wednesday we'll be hearing music by Leoš Janáček and Paulo Bellinati, as well as new compositions from eight of our student composers on the MSt course! Do come along and be part of this experience exploring collaboration and creativity.

Described by BBC Magazine/Ivor Novello British Composer Awards as "highly innovative...of exceptional creative imagination and musical energy, packed with life force unlike anything else", Alex Paxton will be with us on Monday for <speaks> Register at www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-...

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-...

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...

On Monday 1 December, award-winning composer and jazz trombonist Alex Paxton will be giving a <speaks> talk entitled 'Delicious music'. Join us online! 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...

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.

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-...

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-...

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 <speaks> talk on Monday 24 November. 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.

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-...

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.

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 <speaks> talk on Monday 17 November! 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...

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-...

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-...

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-...

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

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.

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-...

'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-...

It’s nearly time!🎹We’re looking forward to watching our students in action with pianist Steven Osborne in Wednesday's masterclass at the JdP Music Building. Steven will also be performing himself on Tuesday evening as part of the International Piano Series in Oxford.

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...

[#AnOxfordDiary] Great to see my research project @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @batecollection.bsky.social featured alongside brilliant work by colleagues and students! @oxhumanities.bsky.social @discoxford.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

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-...

Our first public seminar in the Schwarzman Centre is on Thursday! Join us in the Cinema at 3pm to hear from Professor Carolyn Abbate.

Two of our upcoming masterclasses are open to the public! Learn from our students in action with 🎵Roderick Williams OBE on 22 October www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/roderi... 🎹Steven Osborne OBE on 29 October, in partnership with the International Piano Series in Oxford www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-10-...

Our public seminars return next week, at the new time of 3pm on Thursdays! On 23 October, we're looking forward to hearing from Professor Carolyn Abbate (@harvard.edu) for her talk titled 'Bourgeois Vacation Spot'. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-10-...

🚨🎙️ Episode 1 streaming next Tuesday 21 October 2025 ✨Excited to be opening the brand new @historyffs.bsky.social podcast series! Be the first to listen 👉 historyffs.com Also available on Apple Podcasts and YouTube. #HistoryFFS #Podcast #Cello #MusicHistory @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social

A very interesting programme from alumnus Tarik O'Regan (@pembrokeoxford.bsky.social) exploring the fast-growing field of AI music creation in Silicon Valley. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Issue 15 of our Faculty magazine, the Oxford Musician, is now available to read online! The magazine includes articles from staff and students, as well as news from the Faculty and updates from alumni. Printed copies are available to pick up at the Faculty. www.music.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/di...

📻 This Sunday 12 October at 19:30 📻 Tune in and listen to the re-release of my BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature, ‘The Cello and the Nightingale’, and hear why Beatrice Harrison’s famous recording made history. 🎶 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #BBCRadio3 #radio3 #cello @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social

I’m now looking forward to finalising the exhibition I am curating for @batecollection.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social, teaching, meeting my new DPhils, and finishing up some research projects... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social #EarlyModernHistory #academiclife

We bid farewell to the wonderful Castalian String Quartet, our Hans Keller Quartet in Residence since 2021. With the support of the Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust, chamber music will continue to flourish in the new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/fare...

The Faculty of Music seeks to appoint a Betts Fellow in Organ Studies, who is responsible for creating an enhanced profile for organ activities and study at Oxford, and for fostering a community amongst organ scholars across the collegiate University. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

An excellent interview with alumna Dr Ruth Minton, highlighting the importance of studying music and the humanities www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/tell...