News Archive: 2011-Apr
BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Thursday 29 December 2011 was guest-edited by Oxford Philomusica's Vice President Sir Victor Blank and featured an interesting item about the orchestra in the context of 'Altruism in the arts'. MORE
We are delighted to see that BBC Music Magazine rates our International Piano Festival and Summer Academy as worthy of third place in its Live Choice selection of unmissable events taking place across the UK during August. Trailing only The Proms and Edinburgh Festival we feel that we are in pretty exalted company… MORE
The latest in the series of Oxford Philomusica soirees in Manor Houses was held on Saturday 29 May at Rycote Park, by kind invitation of Bernard and Sarah Taylor. A group of invited guests heard a Schubert Trio, and the Schubert Trout Quintet. A wonderful supper followed. MORE
In May, Oxford Philomusica welcomed to Oxford members of the world-famous Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: the celebrated Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. MORE
We are delighted to welcome Sue Ashtiany as a new member of the Oxford Philomusica Trust. MORE
As part of the planned expansion of our concert series, Oxford Phil needs new, large venues to play in. With this in mind, we are very pleased to have been invited to become the first 'Orchestra in Association' at the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre which seats over 1200. Our debut orchestral concert will be on 11 March 2011, and will be preceded by a schools workshop at the theatre in the afternoon. MORE