January New Music Weekend II

Name: January New Music Weekend II
Start: 2025-01-16T21:30:00+0000
End: 2025-01-19T21:30:00+0000

Presented in association with DANSOX

Thursday 16 January 2025

Weekend pass £15 - £45

Following the immense success of our first January New Music Weekend last year, we are proud to present a festival of improvised work bringing together jazz (Zoe Rahman), free improvisation (Oxford Improvisers), experimental music (Red Lipstick), electronic music (Zack de Lelio and Jonathan Packham) and contemporary dance (Martha Tribe).

There is an event listing for each event - click the 'more information' link on each title below for more details:

Thursday 16 January, 5.30pm
Contemporary Dance
Martha Tribe: a discussion of choreographic practice
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Friday 17 January, 6pm
Dance Encounters I
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Friday 17 January, 8pm
Oxford Improvisers
is thin ice is nice
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Saturday 18 January, 1pm-10pm
Radio JdP
a day of LIVE radio performance
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Sunday 19 January, 11.30am
Electronic Music
Jonathan Packham: ghost (world premiere)
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Sunday 19 January, 2pm
Jazz: Zoe Rahman Masterclass
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Sunday 19 January, 7pm
Jazz: Zoe Rahman solo piano recital
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OCMF Studio: Meta4 and Imogen Cooper Masterclasses

21 September

Step behind the curtain of the 2026 Oxford Chamber Music Festival for an intimate encounter with the world's finest musical minds.

The State of the Union - American Culture in the Trump Era - Justin Webb, Philip Clark, Timothy Garton Ash

21 September

With US midterm elections looming, this extraordinary panel discussion asks: how is culture faring in the age of Donald Trump and MAGA?

Meta4: Dark Land, Bright Land - New Worlds Festival Opening Night

21 September

Meta4, one of the most celebrated string quartets performing today, opens the Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2026, ‘New Worlds’

OCMF Studio: Meta4 Masterclass

22 September

Step behind the curtain of the Oxford Chamber Music Festival 2026 and experience the creative process up close.

Take on Five with Darius Brubeck

22 September

Join us at the Schwarzman Centre for an extraordinary in-conversation event between acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, and educator Darius Brubeck and Philip Clark, music journalist and author.

Homelands: Dame Imogen Cooper, Roderick Williams & OCMF Artists

22 September

Dame Imogen Cooper, appearing as part of her last year on stage is joined by Roderick Williams, Sean Shibe, Julius Drake, Adrian Brendel, Alena Baeva and other Festival artists.