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Choral Scholar Focus: Tom Lowen
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I started singing aged 8 as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral and have practically been speaking in recitative ever since. I masqueraded as a violinist for a few years while I made the transition from highest...
Bach’s Band: The Horn
Find out more about some of the instruments played by our ensemble in our new series, Bach's Band. Our latest newsletter is by Anneke Scott on the horn! What are the essential features and sound of the horn? Whenever I think of the horn of Bach’s time, the lines of...
Bach’s Band: The Flute
OBS offers people like me the platform to work intensively on solo singing in a supportive environment, and I believe it will have a fundamental impact on how a whole generation of young Oxford singers will develop
Choral Scholar Focus: Aimee Presswood
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I studied Music at the University of Manchester and then did a Masters in singing at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. I perform as a choral singer and a soloist in a range of oratorio and opera, and also enjoy...
Choral Scholar Focus: Elspeth Piggott
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? Whilst studying for a BA (Hons) in Music at the University of York, I trained with vocal specialists including Robert Hollingworth, Rachel Nichols, Professor William Brooks and Alex Ashworth. Since graduating in...
Bach’s Band: The Bassoon
OBS offers people like me the platform to work intensively on solo singing in a supportive environment, and I believe it will have a fundamental impact on how a whole generation of young Oxford singers will develop
Choral Scholar Focus: Filippo Turkheimer
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I am a second year Music student at New College where I’m also a choral scholar. I started singing under Suzy Digby at age five and she was the first person I remember who not only ignited my love for singing...
Announcing our Summer Concerts for 2019
Announcing our upcoming concerts taking place over the course of the summer! May: Word of Thunder Cantatas for the Last Sundays in Trinity On 2nd November 1723, Bach was in Störmthal and performed Cantata 194 to dedicate their new organ. Full of extrovert colours,...
Bach’s Band: The Oboe
OBS offers people like me the platform to work intensively on solo singing in a supportive environment, and I believe it will have a fundamental impact on how a whole generation of young Oxford singers will develop
Choral Scholar Focus: Charlie Hodgkiss
Tell us a bit about yourself, and your training to date? I arrived at Keble College, Oxford to study Philosophy and Theology with a choral scholarship in 2015, having spent a year as a choral scholar at Truro Cathedral. In my final year studying at Keble, I took part...