Choral Scholar Focus: Steph Franklin
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I’m a second-year music student at The Queen’s College, Oxford. I took a couple of gap years between school and university, and during that time I got involved in lots of choral singing, which was already a...
Bach’s Band: The Cello
Find out more about some of the instruments played by our ensemble in our new series, Bach’s Band. Our latest newsletter is by Gabriel Amherst on the cello! What are the essential features and sound of the cello? The cello covers the full range of the human...
Choral Scholar Focus: Miranda Ostler
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I grew up in Hammersmith in London, and joined the Borough Choir as soon as I reached the minimum age. While I was growing up my mum was a professional singer, so as a toddler I went on tour with her with...
Choral Scholar Focus: Will Anderson
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I owe a great deal of my early musical enthusiasm to my parents, and decided that I would follow my mum in taking up the viola when I was 9. The viola remained my primary instrument throughout much of my...
A Christmas Message from our Artistic Director
I would like to take a brief moment to thank all of our supporters who attended our concerts this year, signed up to become a Friend, or volunteered their time to help OBS. Your support is vital to the future success of the Oxford Bach Soloists and we could not have...
Bach’s Band: The Baroque Recorder
Find out more about some of the instruments played by our ensemble in our new series, Bach’s Band. Our latest newsletter is by Fatima Lahham on the Baroque Recorder! What are the essential features and sound of the Baroque recorder? The paradox of the recorder...
Announcing our new Associate Artistic Director
We are happy to announce a new member of the OBS family, Alexander Hamilton, who will take up his post of Associate Artistic Director in January 2019. “I am thrilled to begin working with the Oxford Bach Soloists at this very exciting time for the ensemble. I...
Choral Scholar Focus: Joseph Hancock
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I began my training under Edward Higginbottom and Bronwen Mills at New College, where I was head chorister. Four years on, I continue to study with Bronwen and am a member of a number of choirs such as St...
Bach’s Band: The Violin
Find out more about some of the instruments played by our ensemble in our new series, Bach’s Band. Our second newsletter is by Jean Paterson on the violin! What are the essential features and sound of the violin? The essential features of a violin are realised...
Choral Scholar Focus: Sam Mitchell
The last time we caught up with you, you were about to perform Bach’s cantata BWV 54. How did you find it? Singing Cantata BWV 54 was a fantastically exciting experience. To be accompanied by such an expert collection of players who were so responsive and...
Announcing our new Annual Season Ticket
Today we are launching our new Annual Season Ticket for 2019 Our season ticket is a new standalone product we are launching for our 2019 programme. It will unlock all of the advertised concerts performed at New College Chapel in 2019, allowing you priority...
Performer Focus: Charles Maxtone-Smith
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training and career to date? My earliest musical training began as a member both of a local choral society and of the London Oratory Junior Choir, in which I became acquainted with Roman Catholic liturgy and music. My education...
Bach’s Band: The Viola
Find out more about some of the Baroque instruments played by our ensemble in our new series, Bach’s Band. Our first post is by Aliye Cornish on the Baroque viola! What are the essential features and sound of the Baroque viola? The Baroque viola occupies a warm...
Choral Scholar Focus: Dan Gethin
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training and career to date? I was first and foremost a French Horn player but when I started my English degree at Cambridge, the allure of the magnificent clustered and cloistered architecture led me to experiment with singing...
Performer Focus: Josef Laming
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training and career to date? My first musical training was as a chorister at Leicester Cathedral, and it wasn’t long before I started piano and then organ lessons. I was interested in the harpsichord as a teenager but regrettably...
Performer Focus: Lewis Hammond
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training and career to date? I’m a countertenor from Maldon in Essex and I have just completed my first year of studying music at New College, Oxford. I started singing at the age of nine in my local parish church choir....
Performer Focus: Joel Raymond
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training and career to date?? I fell in love with baroque music as a child. I was very lucky my childhood recorder teacher, Sarah Fenn, was the concert manager of the English Concert, and so I was exposed to fantastic period...
Performer Focus: Aileen Thomson
It’s been about a year since we last caught up with you. Tell us what you’ve been up to? As usual, I’ve been balancing singing commitments with my full time role in fundraising and alumni relations at Christ Church. Working full time can make scheduling in time for...
