Faculty of Music, University of Oxford

An interesting article from our colleague Dr Pegram Harrison at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, reflecting on how skills developed through the study of music and ensemble performance can inform leadership, teamwork, and communications in a range of professional settings.

Trinity College London I came to teach at Oxford Saïd Business School by way of a Cambridge choir stall. That musical experience informed my teaching more than my business career. For 15 years now I have been asking my MBA students to conduct a choir, applying what I learned from musical leadership to develop leadership ...

Congratulations to Professor Nomi Dave who has been appointed by All Souls College as the Evans-Pritchard Lecturer for 2026-27.

Professor Nomi Dave appointed as the Evans-Pritchard Lecturer 2026-27 All Souls College has appointed Professor Nomi Dave as the Evans-Pritchard Lecturer for 2026-27. The lectures are due to take place in Trinity Term 2027 and Professor Dave will also participate in other workshops and events as part of the lectureship.

On Wednesday 24 June, 'Looking Glass' brings together the Adler Quartet, Ensemble Isis, the St Anne's Camerata, and conductor Alpesh Chauhan. This new composition from Anna Clyne, in collaboration with Jody Elff, explores light as it reflects and refracts, bounces and shimmers, bends and dances.

Anna Clyne: Looking Glass A new composition from Grammy Award-nominated British American composer Anna Clyne in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning American sound designer Jody Elff, exploring light as it reflects and refracts, bounces and shimmers, bends and dances.     Looking Glass brings together the Adler Qu...

On Thursday 18 June, four DPhil students present their work in a public seminar. Join us for these short talks on medieval origins of modern Dominican chant; exploring human–nature interconnection through composition; the guitar quartet's place in chamber music; and singing through hearing loss.

Public seminar: Matthew Jarvis, Electra Perivolaris, Emmanuel Sowicz, and Jessie Edgar (University of Oxford) The Dominican Order, founded in the thirteenth century, inherited high medieval forms of Gregorian chant and moulded these to suit its unified liturgical and organisational structures, to undergird an international preaching mission. Friars needed to sing the same things in the same way, especially....

In this episode of Sunday Feature on Radio 3, Professor Jennifer Walshe explores the philosophical and aesthetic questions that AI raises for how we make, listen to and think about music.

BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, The Messy Guide to AI Jennifer Walshe considers what AI means for creative authenticity and music culture.