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

24/09/2024

Enter our new competition to compose a work for our collaboration with Oxford University Museum of Natural History 🎶

https://www.oxfordchoir.org/breaking-ground

14/09/2024

Join the City of Oxford Choir in Exeter College Chapel for an autumnal programme, full of golden colours. We will perform two evocative cycles from Anton Dvořák and Veljo Tormis, alongside well-known gems from Saint-Saëns and Brahms. The programme is completed by a sequence of British choral pieces about the trees from which those autumn leaves fall: the oak, ash, and willow. We hope to see you there!

Tickets available at: https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/autumn-soundscapes

Sing with us | City Of Oxford Choir 07/09/2024

Free on Monday night? Why not come along to our next choir rehearsal! We are always keen to hear new voices, with sopranos especially welcome. Contact [email protected] for details 🎶

Sing with us | City Of Oxford Choir We're always keen to hear from interested singers who might like to join our choir. We encourage enquiries from singers of all backgrounds with experience in choral singing, good sight-reading skills, and enthusiasm to learn challenging repertoire to a high standard. Your commitment will be rewarded...

28/08/2024

It’s a great time to join City of Oxford Choir! We’re a friendly amateur choir performing choral works from across the repertoire to a high standard. We have recently organised two successful choir tours - Leiden Netherlands 2023 and Oslo Norway 2024. If you are an experienced singer looking to join a sociable choir, we look forward to hearing from you.
🗓️ Monday evening rehearsals in Headington
🎶 Four concerts a year at historic city centre venues
🎹 Professional music director Duncan Aspden
🎤 Work with our vocal coach Billy Purefoy
For further details contact [email protected]
We welcome enquiries from all voice parts but we are especially looking for tenors and basses at present.
https://www.oxfordchoir.org/sing-with-us

08/07/2024

Our choir members come from all walks of life and we are lucky to have pianist Susie Allan in our soprano section. Please contact Susie if you are in need of an excellent pianist!

01/07/2024

This Saturday!

09/06/2024

In the uniquely resonant acoustic of Keble College Chapel, the City of Oxford Choir presents “Serenity of Soul”, a sequence of beautiful music written in honour of the Lamb of God. We will sing Britten's famous cantata Rejoice in the Lamb, Brahms' moving Agnus Dei, and songs by Finzi, Messiaen and Stanford. Hope to see you on 6th July! Tickets available at https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/serenity-of-soul

Photos from The City of Oxford Choir's post 04/06/2024

Back from a fab choir tour to Oslo, what a beautiful city and super concert 🇳🇴🎶

02/05/2024

We are really excited about our upcoming choral tour to Oslo! We will be having our concert with Oslo Chorale Selskap on Sat 1st June (7pm) at Frogner Church - hope you could come!

19/03/2024

English Touring Opera returns to Oxford Playhouse in April with their Spring 24 tour, featuring two new ETO productions.

Manon Lescaut is a devastating depiction of a woman wrestling with her desire for love on her own terms, and the rigid double standards imposed on her by society. Igor Stravinsky’s brilliantly inventive The Rake’s Progress charts young Tom Rakewell’s journey from an unexpected riches to ruin at the hands of his own naivety and a devilish new friend.

Performances: 9-10 April

🎟️: https://englishtouringopera.org.uk

06/03/2024

We had a great rehearsal with Nick Roberts (from the Coull Quartet) on the cello, singing pieces by Tavener, Twist and McGlade. Come and listen to us at Keble College Chapel on Sat Mar 16th, 7.30pm!

Tickets are available at https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/flights-of-angels. Use discount code CITYOX to get tickets at £12.

Hope to see you there!
Coull Quartet Joe Twist

05/12/2023

Another 4 days before our Christmas concert! We are excited to present a musical tapestry weaving the old and the new, breathing fresh life into a timeless message. There will be evocative pieces from contemporary talents like Pulitzer-prize winner Caroline Shaw, Bob Chilcott and Jonathan Dove, as well as familiar favourites. Listen to our rehearsal recording of "A Ukrainian Alleluia" below to get a taster! Get tickets here: https://www.ticketsoxford.com/events/gifts-for-the-child-of-winter

Photos from The City of Oxford Choir's post 02/12/2023

A fun and frosty afternoon carol singing in Headington 🎶🎄🎅🏻

An excellent excuse to warm up with a mulled wine afterwards 🍷

Many thanks to Headington Action for organising!

30/11/2023

🎄🎄🎄Looking forward to getting into the festive spirit with some carol singing in Headington on Saturday at 4.15pm! 🎄🎄🎄

Thanks to Headington Action for organising and Finders Keepers Oxfordshire for sponsorship of the event

Don't forget to visit the market in the morning for Christmas treats too!

Christmas lights switch on

Photos from The City of Oxford Choir's post 21/10/2023

Enjoying the beautiful surroundings of Balliol College, Oxford as we prepare for tonight’s concert 🎵

15/09/2023
08/09/2023

It’s a great time to join City of Oxford Choir! We’re a friendly amateur choir performing choral works from across the repertoire to a high standard

🗓️ Monday evening rehearsals in Headington
🎶 Four concerts a year at historic city centre venues
🎹 Professional music director Duncan Aspden
🎤 Work with our vocal coach Billy Purefoy
⭐️Tour to Oslo, Norway in June 2024

For further details contact [email protected]

We welcome enquiries from all voice parts but we are especially looking for tenors and basses at present.

https://www.oxfordchoir.org/join

08/07/2023

We love this majestic opening to Alec Roth's Earthrise...come along to our concert this evening at the Town Hall with H**e de Champeaux - orchestral conductor, violinist, mezzo Leiden English Choir and Thame Children's Choir TCC2 to see how it continues! Tickets from Tickets Oxford

08/07/2023

We zijn vandaag in Oxford aangekomen. Straks onze repetitie en morgen concert. De affiches kondigen het concert aan, overal hangen ze. Dank aan voor de voorbereidingen en de ontvangst.

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On our recent trip to Oslo we were privileged to sing Cecilia McDowall's beautiful setting of Adoro te devote. Come and ...
English Touring Opera returns to Oxford Playhouse in April with their Spring 24 tour, featuring two new ETO productions....
Rehearsals for our upcoming concert are going well - this is a short clip of us singing Brahms’ Fünf Gesänge (Five Songs...
Another 4 days before our Christmas concert! We are excited to present a musical tapestry weaving the old and the new, b...
A snippet from last night’s performance of Ecce Beatam Lucem by Jonathan Dove 🎶
Adding the finishing touches to Finzi's Seven Poem's of Robert Bridges, come and here them on Saturday night! How many h...
We love this majestic opening to Alec Roth's Earthrise...come along to our concert this evening at the Town Hall with He...
Final rehearsals underway for Songs of the North with Chorale Oslo Selskap. They are amazing, come along! Get your ticke...
Final rehearsals underway for Songs of the North with Chorale Oslo Selskap. They are amazing, come along! Get your ticke...
Rehearsals are in full swing for our 2021 Christmas concert! Here's a sneak peek of Ola Gjeilo's atmospheric setting of ...

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