Our next event this coming Friday, 27 Feb, on music and health humanities. We will explore ways in which music engages with health, illness, and wellbeing (it will include live music on piano). More details at the link below @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk

On Thursday, the Bate Collective gives its annual performance at the Keble Early Music Festival. The programme for this free lunchtime recital offers a variety of vocal and instrumental music from the 16th and 17th centuries. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/260226...

Music and the Medical Humanities | Join us a talk on Friday 27 Feb at 3pm that explores ways in which music engages with health, illness, and wellbeing. tinyurl.com/46rdxu24 Speakers: Peter Shannon, Hester Crombie @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxmedhum.bsky.social

Join us for a presentation exploring the ways in which music engages with health, illness, and wellbeing on Friday 27 February at 3pm, as part of the Medical Humanities Research Hub events. Details: tinyurl.com/46rdxu24 all welcome @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxmedhum.bsky.social

TODAY! Pianist David Palmer will workshop new compositions written by Faculty students in a workshop convened by Professor Martyn Harry. Observers are very welcome to join us in the Recital Hall from 2pm.

Four students works will be workshopped by the Villiers Quartet at the JdP Music Building on Saturday! Join us for the workshop at 2pm, or the performance from 4.15pm!

At Friday's lunchtime recital our students are treating us to Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet no. 1 and Cécile Chaminade Piano Trio no. 2. Everyone is welcome to join us for this free concert!

I’m very excited to be speaking at @ox.ac.uk @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social in March!

On Thursday 5 March, our public seminar speaker is Professor @holmesjessica.bsky.social. Her talk addresses 'Billie Eilish, Princess Nokia, and the Musical Vernacular of Depression'. Join us at 3pm in the Cinema at the Schwarzman Centre. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-03-...

We're looking forward to a piano-focused concert this Friday, with two solo pianists, plus music by Johannes Brahms, Alma Mahler, and Amy Beach for voice and piano. These events often reach capacity - do arrive early to secure your seat! www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-02-...

Come along at 3.30pm on Friday to see Nicky Spence in action with our Faculty vocalists! This masterclass is open to observers from the public. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/nicky-...

All are welcome to join us at 3pm on Thursday in the Cinema, Schwarzman Centre for this public seminar. Dr Giles Masters' talk combines elements of what Naomi André (2018) terms ‘engaged musicology’ with the practices of music education and community music. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-02-...

Join us online at 4pm on Monday. Charmaine Lee will open her lecture with a live performance, situating sound as both method and inquiry. The performance will be followed by a moderated discussion unpacking her tools, compositional process, and conceptual framework.

In Friday's Lunchtime Recital we'll be hearing from two fantastic student vocal ensembles! Please arrive early to secure your seat as these events often reach capacity. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/lrs-26...

On Friday we're joined by Anna Clyne - recently announced by Bachtrack as the most performed living woman composer in the world in 2025! Anna will discuss her work at 6pm, ahead of the 7.30pm concert with Ensemble Isis, including works by student composers www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-02-...

'Elgar's letters and digital tools' 3 month (or p/t equivalent) PhD Placement opportunity at the British Library, deadline 27 Feb: www.bl.uk/services/res... @britishlibrary.bsky.social @discoxford.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @tmusicology.bsky.social @rmastudents.bsky.social

Violinist and acclaimed chamber musician Daniel Roberts will be joining our Director of Performance Dr Maria Razumovskaya on Tuesday 3 March for 'A Look into the Chamber Musicianship Toolkit'. This workshop for student participants is also open to observers. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/260303...

On Saturday 21 February, the Villiers Quartet returns for another composition workshop. Join us in the audience to learn from the experience and hear a complete performance at the end of the session. Made possible thanks to The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/250221...

Our Lunchtime Recitals start tomorrow! Join us at 1.15pm for music from a student jazz quartet, and a violin and keyboard duo.

Professor Nomi Dave is an interdisciplinary researcher working across music / sound studies, legal studies, and anthropology. On Thursday 26 February, she will speak on 'Fictions of Legal Hearing' as part of our public seminar series. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-02-...

'Latin motets and literary networks in the late Middle Ages: Intertextuality, rhetoric, and digital reading' is the topic for Thursday's All Souls Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Kévin Roger will presenting, joined by Yolanda Plumley and Karl Kügle as discussants. All welcome!

On Monday 9 February, experimental vocalist and electronic musician Charmaine Lee will present in our online <speaks> series. Her work explores the voice as an instrument of texture, rupture, and embodied listening. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-02-...

Our composition students will have their new pieces for solo piano workshopped by David Palmer on Monday 23 February. A small audience is welcome to observe the session from 2pm - a rare opportunity to witness the development of new piano repertoire. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/260223...

Come along at 5pm on Tuesday for this hour of music performed by Faculty students, our Director of Performance pianist Dr Maria Razumovskaya, and violinist Sini Simonen! Free entry - all welcome.

Introducing our researcher Dr. Kevin Page, senior researcher @oxforderesearch.bsky.social. He researches computational methods for the analysis of music, with a focus on digital musicology. Full bio: tinyurl.com/56fsmz29 @discoxford.bsky.social @oxengsci.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social

We're excited to welcome opera singer and winner of the BBC Musician Magazine Personality of the Year 2022 Nicky Spence OBE to lead a masterclass with our students on Friday 13 February. Join us in the audience to learn from Nicky's valuable advice! www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/nicky-...

On Thursday 12 February, Dr Giles Masters will be delivering a talk titled 'For a Semi-Public Musicology (or, Hindemith in the Playground)'. All are welcome to join us in the Cinema at the Schwarzman Centre for this event. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-02-...

Our weekly Lunchtime Recital Series restarts on 30 January, running every Friday until 6 March. These concerts are free to attend and open to everyone!

✨🎶 Starting TONIGHT and all this week on #BBCRadio3 🎶✨ This week Mon–Fri at 21:45, I’m broadcasting a special five-part series from the collections of the #MuseumofMusicHistory. 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social

This term we're delighted to welcome Anna Clyne as the visiting composer working with Ensemble Isis. Some of her works, including Fractured Time, will be performed on Friday 6 February, alongside pieces written by our student composers. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/260206...

We have three All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music this term. Join us online for these sessions - details and sign up on our website. www.music.ox.ac.uk/all-souls-se...

Our first event of term is a composition workshop with NeoQuartet this Friday! It will include music for string quartet and string quartet & electronics written by six composers on our Master's programme. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-01-...

I'm excited to be speaking in the Music Faculty at Oxford in March! @ox.ac.uk @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social My talk "Billie Eilish, Princess Nokia, and the Musical Vernacular of Depression" draws on material from my next book with @uofmpress.bsky.social. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/26-03-...

Take a musical moment to pause and unwind at the end of the working day. This rush hour concert on Tuesday 27 January brings together violinist Sini Simonen, Director of Performance Dr Maria Razumovskaya, and our students in an evening of side-by-side performances. www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/musica...

Happy New Year! Meet the Elgar team... Our Co-Investigator Dr. Joanna Bullivant is a Lecturer in Music @mybcu.bsky.social. She worked on the award-winning Digital Delius project between @ox.ac.uk and @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Full bio: tinyurl.com/4vyx68fv @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social #elgar

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!