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The Jacqueline du Pré Music Building was opened in 1995 in memory of the cellist Jacqueline du Pré. It is an intimate concert venue ideal for chamber music.

168-seat Chamber Music Venue at St. Hilda's College, Oxford built in memory of Jacqueline du Pré. What We Do...
JdP Concert Series
Lunchtime Recitals
DANSOX Events
Community Events
Other Events
https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/about
Get in touch if you wish to learn more or get involved! JdP Music Circle
The JdP Music Circle is a group of patrons, friends and supporters who contribute to the life of

the JdP. If you would like to support the venue in any way, please consider joining the JdP Music Circle today! The JdP Music Building is available to hire for a wide range of events including concerts, recordings, rehearsals, drama productions, lectures, meetings, conferences, weddings and other functions. We can host classical, jazz, folk and many more types of music events. Get in touch if you wish to see the space or hire us for an event
https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/hire

17/06/2026

We are excited to welcome Oliver Simpson, a 3rd year music student, to the JdP stage as he performs in a lunchtime recital on Thursday 18th June at 1:15pm. Come and hear this fantastic programme of Cassadó, Gluck, Franck, and Tchaikovsky played on a stunning Cremonese 1682 Andrea Guarneri cello.

Oliver recently won the prestigious Oxford and Cambridge Club Music Prize, and was selected as a Beare’s International Violin Society Artist.

You can find out more about the concert on the JdP site at https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/lunchtime-recital-oliver-simpson

16/06/2026

It is the final concert of the 25-26 Concert Series today - tickets are still available!

THE BROADSIDE KIN
CECIL SHARP AND THE ORAL TRADITIONS OF OXFORDSHIRE AND THE WEST COUNTRY
Book online: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/the-broadside-kin
Date: 16 June 2026
Venue: 38 St Giles
Ticket Price: £20
TWO PERFORMANCES: 16:30 & 19:00

Cecil Sharp was first inspired to collect material from the oral tradition by his encounter with the Headington Morris men outside the Chequers pub in Headington in 1899. Sharp’s own arrangements (both from Oxfordshire and Somerset) are presented on traditional instruments of Sharp’s day (concertina, keyboard, violin), together with more contemporary arrangements of our own (using guitar, hurdy-gurdy, banjo).
Venue: The Chapel, 38 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LW

Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. Please keep an eye on our website for updates on the 26-27 season. We hope you have a great summer!

Remaining Concerts:

Thursday 18 June, 1.15pm
Lunchtime Recital: Oliver Simpson
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/lunchtime-recital-oliver-simpson

Sunday 21 June, 10am & 11am
Family Cushion Concerts
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/family-cushion-concert-june

08/06/2026

TOMORROW!

EMMANUEL SOWICZ (guitar)
'CONTEMPLATIONS'

38 St Giles
£20
TWO PERFORMANCES: 16:30 & 19:00

Winner of the London International Guitar Competition, Emmanuel Sowicz presents ‘Contemplations’ – a poetic journey through Baroque, Romantic, and Latin American treasures, including the world premiere of ‘The Quadrivium Suite’ by Faculty of Music alumnus Alessandro Loro, a new composition inspired by the city of Oxford. The programme also includes Bach’s radiant ‘Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro’ BWV 998, Barrios’ iconic ‘La Catedral’, and Sowicz’s own arrangements of music from Spain and Japan – a rich celebration of the guitar’s intimacy and vitality. Venue: The Chapel, 38 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LW

Book Here: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/emmanuel-sowicz-guitar

02/06/2026

THE BROADSIDE KIN

CECIL SHARP AND THE ORAL TRADITIONS OF OXFORDSHIRE AND THE WEST COUNTRY

Date: 16 June 2026
Venue: 38 St Giles
Ticket Price: £20
TWO PERFORMANCES: 16:30 & 19:00

Cecil Sharp was first inspired to collect material from the oral tradition by his encounter with the Headington Morris men outside the Chequers pub in Headington in 1899. Sharp’s own arrangements (both from Oxfordshire and Somerset) are presented on traditional instruments of Sharp’s day (concertina, keyboard, violin), together with more contemporary arrangements of our own (using guitar, hurdy-gurdy, banjo).

Venue: The Chapel, 38 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LW
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/the-broadside-kin

01/06/2026

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK IN SUMMER

THE BARBARA & KATHARINE GOULD MEMORIAL CONCERT

Date: 14 June 2026 / 4-6pm
Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
Ticket Price: £25 standard / £10 under 35s

We are delighted to present this summer jazz concert in collaboration with Oxford International Song Festival, supported by Harry Gould Jr in loving memory of Barbara and Katherine Gould.

Enjoy a glass of wine on the riverside lawns of St Hilda’s College before the exceptional New York-based singer Carole J Bufford performs songs from the Great American Songbook, joined by an array of leading jazz artists from the US and UK.

Following a series of memorable performances at the Lincoln Centre in New York during the last decade, we are thrilled to bring this concert and special group of artists to Oxford for the first time. Carole J Bufford will be joined by bandleader James Langton, Dan Levinson (clarinetist and saxophonist), Rossano Sportiello (pianist) and others.

https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/the-great-american-songbook-in-summer

https://oxfordsong.org/events/summer-jazz-an-american-songbook

31/05/2026

EMMANUEL SOWICZ (guitar)
'CONTEMPLATIONS'

Date: 9 June 2026
Venue: 38 St Giles
Ticket Price: £20
TWO PERFORMANCES: 16:30 & 19:00

Winner of the London International Guitar Competition, Emmanuel Sowicz presents ‘Contemplations’ – a poetic journey through Baroque, Romantic, and Latin American treasures, including the world premiere of ‘The Quadrivium Suite’ by Faculty of Music alumnus Alessandro Loro, a new composition inspired by the city of Oxford. The programme also includes Bach’s radiant ‘Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro’ BWV 998, Barrios’ iconic ‘La Catedral’, and Sowicz’s own arrangements of music from Spain and Japan – a rich celebration of the guitar’s intimacy and vitality.

Venue: The Chapel, 38 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LW
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building/events/emmanuel-sowicz-guitar

30/05/2026

SONOVA:
NEW MUSIC

Date: 8 June 2026 / 7pm
Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
Ticket Price: £5 on the door

Following their contribution to this year’ January New Music Weekend, Sonova returns for a third performance this year with a new programme of contemporary music.

29/05/2026

Lunchtime Recital: Alexander McNamee
Week 6 Trinity

Date: 4 June 2026 / 1:15pm
Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
Ticket Price: FREE ENTRY

Piano recital with Alexander McNamee

Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major
Beethoven – Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101
Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in D minor, op. 87, no. 24

This popular recital series showcases some of the most talented young musicians from St Hilda’s and across the University. Curated by St Hilda’s Director of College Music, Dr Jonathan Williams, these 30-minute concerts are free to attend, and all are welcome – no booking is necessary.

If you can’t attend live you can watch the concert online, and for a time afterwards, on the JdP Youtube channel.

28/05/2026

Vanishing Point Ensemble

Date: 1 June 2026 / 7:30pm
Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
Ticket Price: £5 on the door

Oxford University Music Faculty Presents:
Vanishing Point Ensemble with Oxford University Free Improvisers

An evening of new music and free improvisation:
Christopher Butler-Cole
Scott Wearing
Zosia Pilsworth
Thomas Bruges
James Sparkes
Richard Meehan
Philip Theodorou
Hanna Gualandi
Lucian Ng

27/05/2026

Lunchtime Recital: Jelena Mata
Week 5 Trinity

Date: 28 May 2026 / 1:15pm
Venue: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
Ticket Price: FREE ENTRY

Jelena Mata (Graduate Musician in Residence)

Vivaldi – Il Gardellino (Concerto for Flute in D Major, RV 428), Hannah Hamborg (recorder)
Kreisler – ‘Liebesfreud’ & ‘Liebeslied’ from 3 Old Viennese Dances, Alex Coleman (violin)
Francisco Santiago – Nocturne in E-flat & In the Orient & Jake Fletcher & more!

This popular recital series showcases some of the most talented young musicians from St Hilda’s and across the University. Curated by St Hilda’s Director of College Music, Dr Jonathan Williams, these 30-minute concerts are free to attend, and all are welcome – no booking is necessary.

If you can’t attend live you can watch the concert online, and for a time afterwards, on the JdP Youtube channel.

Address

JdP Music Building, Street Hilda's College
Oxford
OX41DY

Telephone

+441865286668

Website

https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/jdp-music-building

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