Music

Music course offers wide-ranging coverage of music in its historical and cultural contexts, study of musical genres, forms and styles, compositional techniques, and performance, and allows increasing specialisation in one or…

A landmark gift to support the teaching of music and the Queen's College Choir

…future Director of Choral Music post. The College celebrates this inspiring gift at a time when music education and the performing arts are particularly under threat. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated…

Mary Ann Smart

…of California, Berkeley since 1996. Teaching At Berkeley I regularly teach courses on the history and appreciation of opera and classical music. As a specialist in vocal music and music-text…

Student symphony orchestra in concert to support underprivileged young musicians

The Oxford Festival Orchestra has two distinct aims: 1) to raise funds for charities supporting talented young musicians from deprived backgrounds; and 2) to give Oxford student musicians the chance…

Current student appointed editor of respected music journal

The College warmly congratulates current music student Sam Teague who has been appointed as Editor of Early Music Performance & Research, the Journal of the National Early Music Association (NEMA). We…

Music, art, and the space to reflect: discover the Oxford Lent Concerts

musicians (both singers and instrumentalists), and a dedicated team of volunteer helpers. The concerts were conceived as a distinctive kind of opportunity for Lenten reflection through music and art, in…

Hattie

…it becomes overwhelming. My favourite thing about Queen’s is the active music scene. We have the oldest music society in Oxford, the Eglesfield Musical Society, which runs an orchestra, acapella group, jazz band and…

Prof Owen Rees

…own research. I also lecture at the Faculty of Music, particularly in my research field of Renaissance vocal music, and in choral conducting. Research My research focuses on sacred music

Dr Oliver Chandler

Introduction I’m a music analyst; my research interests encompass the mature chamber music of Edward Elgar (on which I wrote my PhD), late tonal music (particularly Wagner and Strauss), and…

Tamsin Sandford-Smith

Subjects Music Introduction Hi, I’m Tamsin, and I’m a third-year Music student and Choral Scholar. I come from St Albans, and went to a non-selective state school. The best thing…

Extra-curricular activities

…in this competition, including winning ‘Best Direction’ for their Cuppers performance in 2021. Music Queen’s is well known in and beyond Oxford for the quality and quantity of its musical…

Music Awards

…the music in chapel services, rehearsals for concerts, etc., subject to arrangement with the Fellow in Music and Organist, Professor Owen Rees. The Choral and Organ Award Open Day The University…

Rosanna

About me Hi I’m Rosanna and I come from St Albans. I’m a third-year musician here at Queen’s, and chose to study music because I’ve been singing since I was…

Dr Jacob Mallinson Bird

…Forthcoming: “The Cyborg Queen: Lip-Syncing and Posthumanism in ShayShay’s ‘Mutual Core’”, in Contemporary Music Review, Special Issue: Music and Materialism. Forthcoming: Review, “Lipsynching. By Merrie Snell. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020….

Freshers

…Conditions for Matriculated Students Student activities and societies Full information about the activities and societies on offer at Queen’s will be provided during Freshers Week. Music There are two music

Choir and Chapel

…best. Its wide-ranging repertory includes a rich array of music from Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces to contemporary works, including commissions. During the academic year the Choir provides the music for…