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Composition Workshop: Music for Gamelan instruments

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Tuesday 2 June, 12-2pm and 4-6pm
Recital Hall, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Free, no registration required

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Musicians from Hammer & Bronze (contemporary gamelan ensemble)  will workshop seven new pieces for Javanese gamelan instruments written by Master's composition students from the Faculty of Music. Professor Martyn Harry will convene the workshops, examining the process behind writing for instruments from another tradition with a different tuning system, and in some cases combining them with European instruments or electronics.

With Rob Campion (bonang, gendèrs), Zack Di Lello (bonang, slenthem, saron, gongs), Isabelle Carré (bonangs, peking, flute, contrabass flute), Tom Bruges (guitar). In collaboration with the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments.

Workshop 'Lalande’s Legacy: from Fame to Posterity'

20 November 2026, 2:00pm to 5:30pm
To mark Lalande’s 300th death anniversary, the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and Maison Française d’Oxford explore his musical legacy and enduring reputation.

Organ Concertos - Thierry Escaich, Zane Dalal and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

20 November 2026, 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Organist and composer Thierry Escaich performs Handel, Mozart, Poulenc, and improvisations with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra under Zane Dalal at the University Church. Students tickets £5.

Celestial Art: Edward Higginbottom's 80th Birthday Concert

21 November 2026, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Purcell, Lalande and Handel on period instruments for Edward Higginbottom's 80th. Oxford students can use the code OXON30 for 30% off student tickets until 4 November.

Bach at New College: Henrik Persson & Anhad Arora

23 November 2026, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Gambist Henrik Persson and harpsichordist Anhad Arora explore music from the turn of the eighteenth century, culminating in J.S. Bach's Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in g minor.

Public seminar: Alexander Rehding (Harvard University)

24 November 2026, 2:30pm to 3:30pm

Migration, Performance & Policy study day

26 November 2026, 9:00am to 5:00pm
A day for interdisciplinary thinking about the nexus between migration, policy and performance.