The City of Oxford Choir

The City of Oxford Choir One of Oxford's leading amateur choirs. The City of Oxford choir is a chamber choir with 30-35 singers performing each concert.

Members are drawn from all realms of life in Oxford and surrounding areas. Formed in 1977 to host a visiting choir from Leiden in the Netherlands, one of Oxford's twin cities, it has created a strong following and a unique place in the musical life of Oxford. The choir is fortunate to have Duncan Aspden as its Musical Director and the world-renowned Billy Purefoy as its voice coach. The choir regi

stered as a charity in October 2007, enabling it to make better use of its funds for its aims and objects. Concerts include much a cappela repertoire but sometimes solo instrumentalists or small ensembles are included. The choir's musical programming is varied and innovative, drawing on music from the Renaissance to the present day from around the world including both sacred and secular music. The Choir has a special relationship with Oxford composers, a number of whom have written music especially for the choir. The choir gives three or four concerts per year and programmes often follow themes tracing musical traditions, setting composers in the context of the environment in which they lived and worked. Performances are often given in the intimate and architecturally or acoustically inspiring surroundings of a variety of college chapels as well as in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, the Sheldonian Theatre, and further afield.

📢 Tickets now released for this rare opportunity to hear two of Oxfordshire’s finest chamber choirs together.🎟️ www.tryb...
20/05/2026

📢 Tickets now released for this rare opportunity to hear two of Oxfordshire’s finest chamber choirs together.

🎟️ www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
🐂 City of Oxford Choir
🎼 Thame Chamber Choir
🌄 Beyond the Horizon
🎼 Parry, Rheinberger, and Mahler
📅 Sat 4 July
🕢 19:30
⛪ St Barnabas Church, Oxford

A magical night on Saturday 🎶
23/03/2026

A magical night on Saturday 🎶

🌇 Nocturne📅 Sat 21 March🕢 7:30⛪ Blackfriars, OxfordJoin us tonight: capturing the 90s vibes of the album Officium, we ar...
21/03/2026

🌇 Nocturne
📅 Sat 21 March
🕢 7:30
⛪ Blackfriars, Oxford

Join us tonight: capturing the 90s vibes of the album Officium, we are pairing the amazing saxophonist Alzbeta Greenwood-Byrne with music by Tallis, Morales, Todd, Hawes, Rheinberger. Hear Palestrina in its original form then interpreted with saxophone jazz interludes. A must for early music lovers 🎶

Tickets available on the door or from

A candlelit evening for choir and saxophone with Alžbeta Greenwood-Byrne

From humble beginnings we made a choir!
20/03/2026

From humble beginnings we made a choir!

14/03/2026

One week until our concert!! As a little treat, here’s another snippet from our rehearsal! This is Fernand Laloux’s Tantum ergo

The City of Oxford Choir is seeking new members! We're offering prospective members ***complimentary tickets*** to our u...
10/03/2026

The City of Oxford Choir is seeking new members! We're offering prospective members ***complimentary tickets*** to our upcoming concert “Nocturne” on Saturday 21 March 7.30pm at Blackfriars, Oxford.

🎶Weekly rehearsals on Monday nights in Headington
🎶Four concerts a year of varied and challenging repertoire
🎶Openings in all voice parts

For more information about the choir, the concert, and how to join please visit www.oxfordchoir.org. If you’d like to find out more and take advantage of this offer please email [email protected].

We’re delighted to be sharing the stage with saxophonist Alžbeta Greenwood-Byrne at our upcoming concert Nocturne on Sat...
09/03/2026

We’re delighted to be sharing the stage with saxophonist Alžbeta Greenwood-Byrne at our upcoming concert Nocturne on Sat 21 March.

Featuring a wealth of exciting repertoire from jazz interpretations of Palestrina’s ‘Sicut cervus’ to Will Todd’s captivating ‘O Wisdom’ this one is not to be missed.

Get your tickets now! LINK IN BIO

We're delighted to be sharing the stage with saxophonist Alžbeta Greenwood-Byrne at our upcoming concert Nocturne on Sat...
08/03/2026

We're delighted to be sharing the stage with saxophonist Alžbeta Greenwood-Byrne at our upcoming concert Nocturne on Sat 21 March. Featuring a wealth of exciting repertoire from jazz interpretations of Palestrina to Will Todd's captivating "O Wisdom" this one is not to be missed.

Get your tickets now!

https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/nocturne

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