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The Musical Salon

Oxford Festival of the Arts

Holywell Music Room
22 April 2026 19:00
Holywell Music Room, Wadham College
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Holywell Music Room

As part of the Oxford Festival of the Arts, our Music students present a mixed recital of works for the chamber music ensemble, the musical salon. These were, at the time, daring pieces that encoded challenges to the societal norms and cultural practices of its time, and through their pioneering vision signalled the cusp of upcoming change.

Oxford Chamber Orchestra - Dvorak, Martines and Owen

24 October
Oxford Chamber Orchestra and conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey are joined by pianist Idith Korman to showcase Marianna Martines' Piano Concerto in G alongside Morfydd Owen's atmospheric Nocturne and Dvorak's great Symphony No. 7.

Alex Ho Trio: Standards & Monk

25 October
A jazz concert with the Alex Ho Trio.

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

29 October
From Photos to Forensics: Borders and Fatalities in Calais, Italy, and the Mediterranean Sea

OSJ Ensemble Launch Concert

29 October
Jan Schmolck, violin, and Howard Moody, harpsichord and piano

Ensemble Isis | Andrew Hamilton

30 October
Music by the Dublin-born composer, Andrew Hamilton, alongside new works by student composers.

Strings masterclass with Professor Matthew Jones

02 November
An afternoon masterclass with Matthew Jones, Professor of Viola and Head of Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, exploring repertoire, technique and the art of ensemble playing.