January New Music Weekend II

Name: January New Music Weekend II
Start: 2025-01-16T21:30:00+0000
End: 2025-01-19T21:30:00+0000

Presented in association with DANSOX

16 January 2025 21:30

Jacqueline du Pré Music Building

Weekend pass £15 - £45

Following the immense success of our first January New Music Weekend last year, we are proud to present a festival of improvised work bringing together jazz (Zoe Rahman), free improvisation (Oxford Improvisers), experimental music (Red Lipstick), electronic music (Zack de Lelio and Jonathan Packham) and contemporary dance (Martha Tribe).

There is an event listing for each event - click the 'more information' link on each title below for more details:

Thursday 16 January, 5.30pm
Contemporary Dance
Martha Tribe: a discussion of choreographic practice
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Friday 17 January, 6pm
Dance Encounters I
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Friday 17 January, 8pm
Oxford Improvisers
is thin ice is nice
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Saturday 18 January, 1pm-10pm
Radio JdP
a day of LIVE radio performance
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Sunday 19 January, 11.30am
Electronic Music
Jonathan Packham: ghost (world premiere)
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Sunday 19 January, 2pm
Jazz: Zoe Rahman Masterclass
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Sunday 19 January, 7pm
Jazz: Zoe Rahman solo piano recital
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Joanna MacGregor Masterclass

04 October

Contrapunctus: Charles & Isabel - The Royal Wedding of 1526

10 October

Oxford’s renowned early-music consort Contrapunctus recreates the musical world surrounding one of the great royal marriages of the Renaissance: the wedding of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, and Isabella of Portugal in Seville in 1526.

Composition workshop with Oxford International Song Festival

14 October

Abolition Song and its Legacies

14 October

This is the final event of a two‑year research project, bringing together music, scholarship and contemporary reflection. Alongside performances, the hour‑long programme features contributions from the project’s researchers, offering insight into the historical and musical contexts behind the work.

Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

15 October

From Underground Rap to Tribute Song: Politics and Labour Migration in Nepal and the Philippines.

Children’s Music-Making in the Institution

17 October