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‘Let’s Build a Town!’ and the importance of play
Giles Masters of Magdalen College, Oxford tells us more about Let’s Build a Town!. “Red light! Green light! Motorway!” Four eight-year-olds are telling me how you play a game called ‘Cars’. (Initially, there’s some debate about whether the name is actually ‘Beans’, but on reflection we decide this is unlikely.) Folded into a tiny red […]
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Building a Town Together
Most of you will know us as an organisation that puts on concerts. What you might not know is that we also have a huge amount of activity going on away from the concert hall under the umbrella of our Learning and Participation programme. We’re currently in the midst of a major project, Let’s Build […]
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Music at Oxford’s Christmas Quiz
To keep your brain cells ticking during the haze of mulled wine and carols we’ve created a little Christmas quiz, and thanks to our friends in the city you could win some spectacular prizes if you enter! It’s simple – we’ve written a short story celebrating our city of Oxford, and some of the beautiful […]
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Introducing ‘French Colours’, our new organ recital series
Some of the world’s greatest organists come to Oxford over the next year, as part of a brand-new organ recital series, ‘French Colours’, that we’re presenting in association with our colleagues at Exeter College. The three concerts of the International Organ Series will showcase appealing and at times absolutely electrifying music, with wider appeal than […]
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Music at Oxford’s Summer Playlist
Our season may be over but the Music at Oxford team are certainly not putting their feet up – we’re busy planning the autumn season and beyond, which will launch to the public on 12 August (and to Friends and Patrons earlier – we encourage you to join them to get priority booking). To accompany […]
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What a Season! Looking back on our 40th birthday year.
Last Saturday we welcomed the Southbank Sinfonia to a packed out Sheldonian Theatre for the final concert of our 40th Anniversary season. And what a season it’s been. We’ve looked at nature as a source of inspiration across all different styles of music from orchestral and chamber through to jazz, electronica and folk. We’ve visited […]
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