Oxford, are you ready to raise your gloriously queer voices? Pegasus is delighted to welcome Queer Voices: an open mic night of Queer poetry, music, and spoken word.
Whether you're a seasoned pro or an enthusiastic amateur, this is your time to shine! It doesn't matter if you want to get up to speak, sing, and play, or if you'd rather just listen, cheer, and make some wonderful new friends; Queer Voices is the place for you.

Damiano Michieletto’s sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet’s score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda conducts an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina performing the title role.

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vOx perform love songs, folk songs and madrigals from Monteverdi to Lauridsen in the stunning surroundings of the amphitheatre at Waterperry Gardens. The ticket price includes admission to the eight acres of landscaped gardens designed by Beatrix Havergal during an extended interval.

This is an outdoor concert so please come prepared for the weather. vOx will perform so long as health and safety permit but we cannot guarantee refunds in the event of inclement weather.

vOx reprise their concert of love songs, folk songs and madrigals from Monteverdi to Lauridsen in the haunting acoustic of Pusey House Chapel

Tickets £15 / Under 18 £7.50

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Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Pl, Oxford OX4 1DY

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Girls I Rate joins forces with the Cultural Programme at Oxford University to take over the Sheldonian theatre for Carla Marie’s Future Hitmaker Masterclass.
Are you a female songwriter or producer creating music, and looking for advice on how to break a from award winning songwriters and artists? Get top tips from Girls I Rate founder Carla Marie Williams MBE (known for her work with Beyoncé, Sean Paul, Craig David, Britney Spears) and other megahit songwriters, Jin Jin (Jess Glynne, Raye, Jax Jones), Miranda Cooper (Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue) and Katie Melua (Albums include Call of The Search, Piece by piece, etc) who will share their own experiences of successfully navigating a male dominated industry.

Sessions will cover everything from melody writing to aspects of the Music Business such as royalties splits. If you want your chance to get your work heard, sign up for the freestyle section where Carla Marie will pull you up on stage with other attendees for chance to freestyle your song writing ability to different subject topics.

Join us in the Sheldonian Theatre to hear from some of the women leading the way in music production. With exclusive access to accomplished industry professionals, music makers and academics an inspiring panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities in the industry today.
With a welcome from Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, come and hear directly from a panel of leading female executives including:

Emily Eavis – Glastonbury Festival
Golnar Khosrowshahi – Founder and CEO, Reservoir, Music Week’s 2023 International Woman of the Year
Elena Segal – Global Senior Director of Music Publishing, Apple
Semera Khan – Creative Director, Polydor Records

Hosted by Professor Sarah Hill, Associate Professor of Popular Music, Oxford University

WOMEN IN MUSIC

As we approach International Women’s Day we want to celebrate the many women leading the way in the music industry and ask why women remain underrepresented in many parts of the sector.

This is event is part of an inclusive day of talks, masterclasses and performances from women in the music industry including senior record label executives, world class artists and leading songwriters.

The day includes 3 unique events that give you exclusive access to world leading industry figures including record label executives, artists and writers. They will share their experiences, offer advice, answer questions, tell us what it’s really like and all of this will be peppered with some very special performances. Whether you’re a budding songwriter, an artist or just keen to be part of this amazing day – come along, tickets are FREE but must be booked in advance.

All welcome – come as you are.

RETUNE is a collaboration between the Alternative Canon Project, Oxford University Music Society (OUMS), and the Faculty of Music. We present a festival that reflects the diversity of underrepresented groups in music, both past and present, including performers, composers/arrangers, teachers, patrons, curators, writers and activists.

The Alternative Canon Project (ACP) was founded by the students of Somerville College Music Society and has grown to support diverse musical programming across the University. Through provision of resources and curation of their own events, the ACP is showcasing the benefits of playing and listening to music by composers and artists from a diverse range of backgrounds. OUMS is at the forefront of University Music Societies in promoting inclusivity and representation within the world of classical music, having launched the Diversity in Music Project last year. They are delighted to have an official partnership with ACP.

Both Projects are testament to the intellectual curiosity and dedication that students across the University bring to the commitment of giving voice to the under-represented. At the Faculty of Music, the teaching, coaching, mentoring and academic dialogues this year have likewise given a strong spotlight to the questions, courage and actions of those who have used music to empower. This year, the Faculty has expanded on its commitment to the yearly International Women’s Day celebration by involving students and professionals in an ambitious array of mentored-projects culminating in public performances at the Holywell Music Room.

Over the course of two weeks, venues across Oxford will be hive of activity for a series of student and professional concerts, talks, workshops, and pre-concert events, curated by ACP, OUMS, and the Director of Performance & Performance Studies Dr Maria Razumovskaya with the Music Faculty's Events Team.

Please find below the full festival schedule:

Monday 26 February
Diverse Voices lunchtime concert (Alternative Canon Project) - 1pm, Holywell Music Room

Pre Concert Talk by Emma Arthur - Stories from her Songbooks, An Exploration of Music & Girlhood in nineteenth-century Ireland as found in surviving bound songbooks (Faculty of Music) - 6.45pm, Holywell Music Room

Small but Mighty (Faculty of Music) - 7.30pm, Holywell Music Room

Tuesday 27 February
French Connections (Faculty of Music) - 12.30pm, Holywell Music Room (this concert will precede a masterclass with Paul Roberts, taking place from 2.30pm - 4.30pm).

Paul Roberts - So Much Colour, So Much Rhythm (Faculty of Music) - 7.30pm, Holywell Music Room

OUSE 'Journeys' (Alternative Canon Project) - 7.30pm, St Peter's Chapel

Wednesday 28 February
Loosening the Canon panel event (Alternative Canon Project) - 6pm, Denis Arnold Hall (Faculty of Music)

Hindustani Classical Recital: Khyal in evening raags (Alternative Canon Project) - 7.30pm, Holywell Music Room

Thursday 29 February
A Celebration of Queer Music (Alternative Canon Project) - 1.15pm, St Peter's College Chapel

Sunday 3 March
Oboe recital of music by female composers (Alternative Canon Project) - 1.15pm, Somerville College Chapel

Violetta Suvini - violin recital (Alternative Canon Project) - 3pm, St John's College Auditorium

Monday 4 March
Queer Open Score! An interactive lecture-workshop of LGBTQ contemporary music (Alternative Canon Project) - 4.30pm, Denis Arnold Hall (DAH) Faculty of Music

WCMS International Women's Day Concert - 7.30pm, The Provost's Lodgings

Tuesday 5 March
Representative programming in Collegiate Chapels talk (Alternative Canon Project) - 2pm, Online

Wednesday 6 March
OX-RAM Students Organ Recital (Faculty of Music) - 1.30pm, Christ Church Cathedral

Open rehearsal of Ruth Gipps, Symphony no.3 (Alternative Canon Project) - 7pm, St Peter's College Chapel

Thursday 7 March
And You Sing What I Sang From a Full Heart with No Display of Art (Faculty of Music) - 12.30pm, Holywell Music Room

Maria Theresia Paradis - 200 years later talk (Alternative Canon Project) - 12.30pm, Denis Arnold Hall Faculty of Music

Weaving the Margins: The Viola of Clarke and Brahms (Alternative Canon Project) - 1.15pm, Jesus College

Off the Beaten Track (Faculty of Music) - 7.30pm, Holywell Music Room

Somerville Music Society International Women's Day Concert (Alternative Canon Project) - 7.30pm, Somerville Chapel

Friday 8 March
Women, Two Pianos and More (Faculty of Music) - 1pm, Holywell Music Room

Karpeyev-Razumovksaya Piano Duo and Music Faculty Students in Concert (Faculty of Music) - 6pm, Holywell Music Room

Uyumhane (Turkish Music Collective) - 8.15pm, Green Templeton Bar

Ethel Smyth: Mass in D (Alternative Canon Project) - 8.30pm, Christ Church Cathedral

Back in 1954, the celebrated New Orleans clarinettist George Lewis recorded his album “Jazz at Vespers” in Oxford, Ohio. His band was the leading New Orleans revivalist band at the time, comprising veterans who had all been in on the birth of jazz. Playing in an Episcopal church, they focused on the spirituals and hymns that had been part of the music from the start.

Alyn Shipton’s band is made up of musicians who have all spent time in New Orleans learning from the founding fathers of the music. In these concerts – launched in May 2019 at SJE Arts in Oxford UK, and followed since by visits to more churches or other arts centres in converted church buildings – they re-explore the repertoire that Lewis made famous, from lesser known pieces such as “Sometimes My Burden Is Hard To Bear” to old favourites like “Down By The Riverside” and “Lord, Lord, Lord, You Surely Been Good To Me”.