The fourteenth Festival of English Music will take place in Oxfordshire from Friday 22nd to Monday 25th May 2020. The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance, innovation, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Launching the Festival [...]
The Thirteenth Festival of English Music will take place in Oxfordshire from Friday 24th to Monday 27th May 2019. A full programme is available on the website, www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk. We are delighted to announce the publication of the 2019 EMF Programme, which includes many gems, including the world première performances of Robin Milford’s Symphony, Vaughan Williams’s The [...]
Come and view the work of our local talented artists. Open from 10a.m. – 5 p.m. every day (25th, 26th , 27th 10a.m. – 4 p.m.) Work by Patricia Drew, Adrian Brooks, Mari Metcalfe, Ed Metcalfe, Rosie Southon, Vicky Nolan, Bill Maish and Sophia Stewart - Liberty
TWO A PART will again welcome May by singing from the top of the Abbey tower and then give a free concert in the Abbey. Funds raised from breakfasts and donations will go to YOUTH CHALLENGE OXFORDSHIRE (YoCO), a local charity established to support young people aged 14 -21 to develop resilience and confidence so [...]
Singing for Syrians, a positive and upbeat campaign run by the Hands Up Foundation (www.handsupfoundation.org) to get as many people in the UK raising their voices to raise funds for aid to Syria, is holding its second Come and Sing of 2018 in Dorchester Abbey on Saturday, 19th May, 2018. If you’re local, you love [...]
Intermezzo is an Oxford chamber choir, founded in 2012, which rehearses during the University vacations. Its 30-40 members are drawn from other Oxford choirs that rest outside of the Oxford University term, including graduate students, University staff, and other singers from Oxford who wish to continue singing when their regular choirs are dormant. The choir [...]
A simple lunch available from 12.30 – 2pm (except Good Friday which is 12noon to 1pm) and good company in exchange for a donation. Money raised will be donated to Aspire Oxford – a local charity that helps the disadvantaged and homeless in Many ways
Our Lent groups will study the Bishop of Oxford’s material for Lent which is arranged so that you can study by yourself as well as in groups. We have plenty of copies of the small study booklet available, which can be found on the Bishops’ table at the back of the Abbey, or it can [...]
Our Lent groups will study the Bishop of Oxford’s material for Lent which is arranged so that you can study by yourself as well as in groups. We have plenty of copies of the small study booklet available, which can be found on the Bishops’ table at the back of the Abbey, or it can [...]
