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Villiers Quartet: Composition Workshop II

Saturday 21 February 2026

Free entry, no registration required.

JdP

Presented by the Faculty of Music and JdP Music Building in association with The Cultural Programme, University of Oxford, where the Villiers Quartet are part of the Hans Keller String Quartet Programme. Made possible thanks to The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust. 

The Villiers Quartet workshops and performs four new works written by students at the Faculty of Music.

There will be a public workshop from 2pm-3.45pm, offering a rare opportunity to witness the process of developing new quartet repertoire. This will be followed by a complete performance of all four works from 4.15pm-5.15pm.

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