A new recording at Queen’s of Bach’s organ sonatas by Robert Quinney

A new recording at Queen’s of Bach’s organ sonatas by Robert Quinney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP-gL8T6kJM

Queen’s announces a significant donation to fund the construction of a new Auditorium

The Queen’s College is delighted to announce that it has received a substantial benefaction to fund the construction of an Auditorium which is currently being built on its main site. The new building, which will be named the Shulman Auditorium, will provide Queen’s with a very versatile space at the heart of the College, and it is expected to be used for lectures, recitals, small-scale drama, and film projection. The Shulman Auditorium, designed by Oxford-based architects Berman Guedes Stretton, will seat around 120 people and is equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual facilities; it is located in the tranquil Nun’s Garden, one minute’s walk away from the College’s neoclassical Quadrangles. Windows behind the Auditorium’s stage give beautiful views of the wisteria covering the surrounding medieval walls, which are themselves incorporated into the structure of the new building.

The donation has been given by Mr Vadim Shulman, a Ukrainian entrepreneur and patron of the arts. The Provost of Queen’s, Professor Paul Madden, said: “We are absolutely delighted to receive this gift and we are profoundly grateful to Mr Shulman for his support. The Shulman Auditorium will be a wonderful addition to the College’s historic main site, and we are greatly looking forward to its completion later this year. It will provide a beautiful space for recitals, drama, and lectures. The support of benefactors was critical to the College’s ability to go ahead with the building — and, more generally, donations have been fundamental to our financial well-being in recent years. We cannot thank our supporters enough.”

For a series of informal updates on the construction of the building, visit http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/old-members/project-newsletters. Further information can be obtained from the College’s Director of Development, Dr Andrew Timms, on (01865) 289119 (development@queens.ox.ac.uk).

4 July 2011

Shulman Auditorium opened by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall visited the College on 17 November 2011 to open the Shulman Auditorium.

The Duchess met Fellows, students, and staff; she also unveiled a plaque to mark the opening of the building. After the ceremony she was a guest of the College at lunch, before dropping into the JCR to meet junior members and representatives of the College staff.

The Provost commented: “We were delighted to welcome HRH The Duchess of Cornwall to Queen’s and we were pleased that she was able to meet so many students, members of staff, and Fellows. The Shulman Auditorium will be a major asset for the College and University community. It is a beautiful and versatile building, and we have already made use of it as a lecture hall, a recital room, a cinema, and a theatre. We are very grateful to Vadim Shulman for his generous donation towards the cost of its construction.”

The Shulman Auditorium was designed by architects Berman Guedes Stretton and is situated between the medieval walls of the College’s Nun’s Garden. It seats 120 people and offers superb audiovisual facilities to its users.

An online gallery of the official photographs of the day’s events will be made available soon.

Oxford Times hails ‘glorious performance’ of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols

Click here to read a review of the Choir’s Michaelmas Term concert which appeared in the Oxford Times.

Three Queen’s Fellows awarded the title of Professor

We are delighted to announce that three of the College’s Fellows have been awarded the title of Professor in the University’s recent Recognition of Distinction process.

Professor Simon Aldridge — Professor of Main Group Chemistry
Professor Chris Norbury — Professor of Molecular Pathology
Professor Chris O’Callaghan — Professor of Medicine

Queensman competes for the BBC MasterChef title

Old Member Andrew Kojima (Literae Humaniores, 1997) is one of twelve chefs competing to become the next MasterChef champion. His next appearance on the show will be on Tuesday 24 January at 9 pm (BBC One).

For more details, click here.

Queen’s joins the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

We are proud to announce that The Queen’s College has joined The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival for the first time this year.

The Festival takes place between 24th March and 1st April 2012.

Queen’s will feature as an official venue for scheduled Workshops and Talks, Lectures and Receptions as well as opening up our popular en suite accommodation for bed and breakfast bookings.

To make an accommodation booking through the Literary Festival website please click on the link below:
http://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/accommodation/staying/college-rooms

We are delighted to offer our Shulman Auditorium as the venue for major festival events.

Officially opened last November by HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, the Auditorium is proving extremely popular as a location for conferences, lectures and performances. The building has been beautifully crafted using traditional York stone paving and exposed stone walls together with vast sheet glass walls.

Walk along the passageway featured in the motion picture The Golden Compass to reach the entrance to the auditorium.

We will also be hosting a couple of intimate readings in our treasured Upper Library, not usually open to members of the public.

To book tickets for the events scheduled at Queen’s please visit the Literary Festival’s website : http://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/events

For any enquiries into booking the facilities at Queen’s for your own conference or event please contact : Sarah Daley, Conference and Functions Officer by telephone or email, 01865 279129 and conferences@queens.ox.ac.uk