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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The World's Music at Oxford: Landless

17 October

The World's Music at Oxford's 2026-27 series begins with darkly ethereal and deeply moving Irish a cappella harmonies.

The Alonetimes

19 October

A bold new music-theatre work about memory, loneliness, and belonging by composers Professor Jennifer Walshe and Philip Venables.

Public seminar: Erin Johnson-Williams (University of Southampton)

22 October

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: David Catalunya (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

22 October

St Cross College South African Township Music Concert

22 October

A one-hour programme of South African township music in celebration of Black History Month.

The Rediscovery of Charlotte Sohy: An evening of film, music & conversation

23 October

Neglected for decades, French composer Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955) is now being celebrated as one of the most compelling musical voices of her generation. Join us for a special evening exploring her extraordinary story through film, discussion and live performance, curated by pianist Reiko Fujisawa.