Events

Biotech - Conversation with Harriet Lester

Want to learn more about biotech? Come to hear from Harriet Lester who works closely with exceptional founders in drug discovery, medical devices and diagnostics etc. platforms to help bring transformative innovations to market.

Little kitchen, a band made of a string quartet, bassist, drummer and five singers, perform in the grand setting of Hollywell Music room in front of the organ.

The Little Kitchen

20 November

Christ Church Cathedral

Concert / Performance

The UK based new-music ensemble, the Little Kitchen, presents a programme of Bobby McFerrin, Phoebe Bridgers, João Gilberto and more arranged for an ensemble of singers, string players, and jazz combo by Luke Sitaraman, Lay Clerk of the Cathedral Choir, and Daniel Munks.

The Early Years Innovation Challenge, run by Oxford Edge in partnership with Babyzone

21–22 November

Oxford Edge, 37 St Giles

Hackathon

The Early Years Innovation Challenge, run by Oxford Edge in partnership with Babyzone, brings together researchers, students, practitioners, and entrepreneurs to design practical, scalable solutions for the earliest stage of life — from conception to age five

Piano recital: Libby Burgess

21 November

Christ Church Cathedral

Concert / Performance

Organist, Pianist and House alumna Libby Burgess performs music by JS Bach, Ferrucio Busoni, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, as well as works by composer connected to five centuries of music making at Christ Church.

A part book with a caricature of John Taverner

Discover John Taverner – study afternoon on Christ Church’s first organist–composer

22 November

Upper Library, Christ Church

Christ Church has been a home to musical excellence since its foundation. One of its earliest employees was John Taverner, appointed in 1525 as the first Informator choristarum (instructor of the choristers). He quickly established himself as a composer of national significance, and his music survived the strictures of the Reformation to be copied even a century after its composition.

Phantasm and Elizabeth Kenny: John Dowland's Lachrimae

22 November

Cathedral

Concert / Performance

Award-winning viol consort Phantasm and acclaimed lute player Professor Elizabeth Kenny perform John Dowland's deeply expressive Lachrimae.