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…

A Musical Summer Journey "Into the Woods"

…highlight of my time at Queen’s. Seeing that there was an annual summer musical is what led me to apply to Queen’s originally, and I cannot express how fabulous it…

Summer reads from the Library

…the first of the set Autumn, followed by Winter, then Spring. My first recommendation for summer reading therefore is the final instalment (unless you count the additional Companion Piece) Summer,…

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…

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…

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…

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

…tell us about this fascinating series that combines art and music to mark the period of Lent. What are the Oxford Lent concerts? These early-evening concerts of choral and instrumental…

Extra-curricular activities

…highlights: the Trinity outdoor musical! The only production of its kind in Oxford, the society stages a fully-fledged musical production in the Fellows’ Garden every summer, with Queen’s students making…

Summer reads from the Library

Each year, we ask our Library staff to recommend some summer reading. A wonderfully eclectic and fascinating list always emerges, so prepare to dip your toes into something special. Sarah…

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…

Freshers

…Easter vacations if they apply for such permission. However, this will require them to move to another building. Residence over the summer vacation is not permitted. International students whose home…

Summer reads from the Library: part two

…central France. Summerwater – Sarah Moss Perhaps more appropriate to the weather we’ve had this summer, Summerwater is set over 24 hours in a remote Highlands cabin park where the…

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…

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