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Exeter
College Chapel
Turl Street, Oxford |
The
chapel dominates the Front Quad of the College
and plays frequent host to organ recitals, major
services and musical and dramatic performances.
The Chapel was built in 1850, and is an outstanding
example of gothic architecture. The building and
its decoration are in the style of the Sainte-Chapelle
in Paris.
Capacity:
140
Facilities:
Toilets, Bar (College members only),
Please note that there is unfortunately no access for
disabled patrons to the Chapel.
Link
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Holywell
Music Room
Holywell Street, Oxford |
The
oldest custom-built concert hall in Europe, the
Holywell Music Room opened its doors to the public
for the first time in 1748. Designed by Thomas
Camplin, Vice-Principal of St Edmund Hall.The
room continued as a concert venue throughout the
eighteenth century and until 1836 from which time
it was used for a number of other purposes including
auctions and exhibitions. By the 1870s it was
being used for weekly rehearsals by the Oxford
Philharmonic Society and its future as a musical
venue was further secured after 1910 when the
Oxford University Musical Union obtained the lease
on the building. The Holywell was restored and
refitted in 1959-60 and since that time has been
the location for many hundreds of recitals and
concert series featuring prestigious visiting
musicians as well as many local groups and student
performers.
Capacity:
200
Facilities:
Toilets,
Disabled access, No bar |
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Sheldonian
Theatre
Broad Street, Oxford |
The
Sheldonian Theatre was erected in 1664-8 to a
design by Sir Christopher Wren. Its purpose was
to provide an appropriate secular venue for the
principal meetings and public ceremonies of the
University, and this remains its purpose today.
In addition the theatre has become a leading venue
for musical concerts and recitals.
Please note that tickets for concerts cannot be
bought at the Sheldonian.
Capacity:
800 - 1000
Facilities:
Toilets
(also disabled), No bar
Link
to Sheldonian Theatre Web Site |
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Jacqueline
Du Pre Music Building
St Hilda's College, Cowley Place, Oxford |
The
venue plays host to a wide range of concerts with
a repertoire ranging from medieval music to avant
garde jazz. The buildings versatility in terms
of adjustable acoustic and seating configurations
has enabled it to become the home for numerous
local groups who have made it their first choice
for regular performances. The building now also
promote their own concert series, under the patronage
of cellist Steven Isserlis, which provides both
new and established artists from Britain and abroad.
Capacity:
208
Facilities:
Toilets,
Bar, Limited parking within the college, Rehearsal
rooms
Link
to Jacqueline Du Pre Music Building Web Site |
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Christ
Church Cathedral
Christ Church, St. Aldates, Oxford |
This
twelfth century church is amongst the oldest buildings
in Oxford, and one of the smallest Anglican cathedrals
in England. It is also the only church in the
world to be both a cathedral and a college chapel.
Music plays an important part in the life of the
Cathedral, and its choir sings throughout each
week during term time. During the University vacations,
many services are sung by the Cathedral Singers,
a voluntary choir of both men and women. The Cathedral
also plays host to many other choirs and concerts
from around the world.
Capacity:
upto 1000
Facilities:
No
parking facilities. Disabled access
Link
to Christ Church Cathedral Web Site
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Keble
College Chapel
Keble Road, Oxford |
Keble
College was founded in 1868 by the Tractarians,
leaders of the Oxford Movement, to help students
from poorer and humbler backgrounds to enter the
Christian ministry. It is named after John Keble,
priest and leader of the Oxford Movement. the
chapel contains the original first version of
the famous painting The Lights of the World
by William Holman Hunt.
Capacity:
180
Facilities:
No
refreshments or parking facilities. Disabled access.
Link
to Keble College Web Site |
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Merton
College Chapel
Merton Street, Oxford |
Merton
college was founded in 1264 and is one of the
oldest colleges in Oxford. The T-shaped chapel
dates from 1290 and is considered to be one of
Oxford's finest. It was designed as a small-scale
cathedral but the knave was never built, so the
choir and the transcepts form a T-shape.
Capacity:
200 - 300
Facilities:
No
parking facilities, refreshments sometimes available
in quad in summer, seating in the ante-chapel
is at the back behind a carved screen from where
the performers cannot been seen, disabled access.
Link
to Merton College Web Site |
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New
College Chapel
New College Lane, Oxford |
The
College was founded in 1379 and the T-shaped chapel,
like Merton's, is considered to be one of the
finest in Oxford. The ante-chapel contains a wealth
of 14th century stained glass.
Capacity:
400
Facilities:
No
parking facilities, refreshments sometimes available
if arranged by concert organisers, disabled access.
Link
to New College Web Site |
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St.
Barnabas Church
Bottom of Great Clarendon Street,
Jericho, Oxford |
The
church is situated in Jericho, close to the canal.
It was built in 1869 at the personal expense of
Thomas Combe, Printer to the University, and the
design is based on a Venetian basilica.
Capacity:
300 - 400
Facilities:
Parking available at the nearby school, but only if arrangements
have been made for its use by the concert promoter.
Refreshments sometimes available if arranged by
promoter. Disabled access.
Link
to St. Barnabas Church Web Site |
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St.
John's College Auditorium
St Giles, Oxford |
St
John's was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White,
a rich member of the Merchant Taylors' company
and a Roman Cathlic layman who was anxious that
scholars should be taught to combat the heresies
of Protestantism. He named it after John the Baptist,
patron saint of tailors, and endowed it with hundreds
of acres of land in North Oxford and elsewhere,
thereby making it the richest college in Oxford
in terms of land ownership.
Capacity:
200
Facilities:
Public
parking available in St. Giles.Refreshments sometimes
available if arranged by promoter. Disabled access.
Link
to St. John's College Web Site |
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Town
Hall
St Aldates, Oxford |
Built
in 1897 to Victorian architecture, the Main Hall
seats 730 and the Assembly Room seats 200.
Capacity:
700 - 900
Facilities:
No
parking facilities..Refreshments sometimes available
if arranged by promoter. Disabled access. |
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University
Church of St Mary the Virgin
High Street, Oxford |
Dating
from the 11th century, the church is historically
the most important building in Oxford. Among other
things, it is where the Protestant Archbishops
Cranmer, Ridley and Latimer were tried for heresy
in 1555 and condemned to be burned at the stake.
It was also used for university ceremonies and
examinations before the building of the Examination
Schools and the Sheldonian Theatre.
Capacity:
460
Facilities:
No
parking
facilities.Refreshments sometimes available if
arranged by promoter. Disabled access.
Link
to University Church Web Site |
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Wesley
Memorial Church
New Inn Hall Street, Oxford |
Built
in 1878, in the city where John Wesley started
the Methodist movement, the church is chiefly
remarkable for its unusually high steeple.
Capacity:
350
Facilities:
No parking
facilities.Refreshments sometimes available if
arranged by promoter. Disabled access.
Link
to Wesley Memorial Church Web Site
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