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In conversation with Nicholas Collon and Jane Mitchell

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Friday 19 June 2026, 5pm (1 hour)
Recital Hall, Schwarzman Centre

Free entry, no registration required

In this "In conversation" with Nicholas Collon and Jane Mitchell (Artistic and Creative Directors of Aurora Orchestra), Professor Laura Tunbridge will lead a discussion on the challenges of memorisation for performers and conductors, as well as what creativity is made possible by memorisation. There will be an opportunity to put questions of your own to Nick and Jane. 

A Hundred Strings in Oxford: Two Strings, One Pulse

18 November 2026, 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Grammy-nominated sitarist Adnan Khan, Vinay Desai on santoor and Ustad Akram Khan on tabla at the Holywell Music Room, part of our November tour A Hundred Strings.

Public seminar: Morton Wan (University of Oxford)

19 November 2026, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
'“Scheming for Profit”: The First Made-In-China Piano'

EXMO Presents: Kari Watson

19 November 2026, 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Composer/performer Kari Watson gives the UK premiere of Fuse, a work for analog modular synthesizers and programmed drum machines.

Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

20 November 2026, 1:15pm to 2:00pm
Piano in Focus

Bate Collective perform Charpentier's Te Deum

20 November 2026, 1:15pm to 2:15pm
The Bate Collective, the university's period instrument ensemble, perform Charpentier's Te Deum at Magdalen College Chapel.

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.