All Forthcoming Events

As well as advertising events organised by the Faculty of Music, at the bottom of this page we also advertise some other music-related events taking place across Oxford that are organised by our academics or students and take place in University colleges, departments, and venues. If you would like us to advertise your music-related event, please complete this form.

To find out more about the wider range of events taking place across the University, please visit the University of Oxford website.

 

Many colleges offer free weekly lunchtime recitals and/or organ recitals. You can find details of these below:

Faculty of Music events

Joanna MacGregor

Joanna MacGregor Masterclass

04 October
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Composition workshop with Oxford International Song Festival

14 October
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Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

15 October
From Underground Rap to Tribute Song: Politics and Labour Migration in Nepal and the Philippines.
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Children’s Music-Making in the Institution

17 October
Erin Johnson-Williams

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

22 October
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music

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

22 October
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Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

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

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

Ensemble Isis | Andrew Hamilton

30 October
Music by the Dublin-born composer, Andrew Hamilton, alongside new works by student composers.
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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.
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Music, Indigeneity and the Right to Listen

11 November to 13 November
A journey through three Listening Circles and The North American Indigenous Songbook
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Migration, Performance & Policy seminar

12 November
From Iranian Classical Music to Bad Bunny: Resistance and Global Cultures in France, Canada and the US
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Davitt Moroney (University of California, Berkeley)

12 November
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Solo violin masterclass with Rémy Ballot

13 November
The Oxford University Orchestra is delighted to welcome distinguished violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot for a solo violin masterclass in Balliol College Chapel.
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Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

13 November
Rilke’s Poetry
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Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

20 November
Piano in Focus
Alexander Rehding

Public seminar: Alexander Rehding (Harvard University)

24 November
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Migration, Performance & Policy study day

26 November
A day for interdisciplinary thinking about the nexus between migration, policy and performance.
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Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

27 November
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Horn and brass masterclass with Professor Beth Randell

02 December
A masterclass with guest visiting artist Beth Randell, Deputy Head of Wind, Brass & Percussion (Brass) at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Horn Tutor for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
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Masters Composers and Performers Concert

02 December
A celebration of collaboration - join us for this special event in which our students completing a Master's degree in Composition write music for their peers completing the same course in Performance.
Matthew P. Thompson

Public seminar: Matthew P. Thompson (University College Dublin)

03 December
Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Music

All Souls Seminars in Medieval and Renaissance Music: Karen Cook Karen Cook (University of Hartford)

03 December
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Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

04 December
The Bate Collective
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BFE-RMA Research Students' Conference 2027

06 January 2027 to 08 January 2027

External events

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rémy Ballot and OUO Solo Players - Bruckner: String Quintet, Mathilde Kralik: Nonet

08 November
Following their successful chamber ensemble programme of Mozart and Strauss last January, violinist and conductor Rémy Ballot is joined by a chamber ensemble drawn from members of OUO to give a concert that presents Bruckner’s resplendent String Quintet alongside the work of his student, Mathilde Kralik. Kralik’s Nonet is scored for the rare combination of clarinet, bassoon, two horns, string quartet and piano.