Music

Performance Arts classes with Abdabs Youth Theatre at Carterton Community Centre starting on Monday April 15th for ages 12yrs - 18yrs. Each group will learn skills in Drama, Dance & Song and work towards a production of their own. There is also the opportunity for the project to lead to a LAMDA exam at the end of it before moving on to another project.

Classes for 7yrs - 11yrs will be held on Monday's.

Performance Arts classes with Abdabs Youth Theatre at Carterton Community Centre starting on Monday April 15th for ages 7yrs - 11yrs. Each group will learn skills in Drama, Movement & Song and work towards a production of their own. There is also the opportunity for the project to lead to a LAMDA exam at the end of it before moving on to another project.

Classes for 12yrs - 18yrs will be held on Thursday's.

A 10 week course of 60 minute lessons for beginners. The course will provide a comprehensive understanding of playing a Classical guitar by learning to play beautiful songs and read music in a fun small group setting.

This course is designed for the complete beginner student wishing to learn to play the Classical (nylon string) guitar and learn to read music. Students will need to bring with them a Classical guitar, footstool and guitar tuner.

BRITTEN'S VOICES - THE ART OF PETER PEARS (an open masterclass for the TENOR voice

Keble College, Oxford

Led by Humphrey Burton CBE and Ian Partridge CBE

Britten's Voices is the second in a series of five masterclasses exploring Britten's vocal repertoire taking place in Oxford colleges as part of Britten in Oxford. This open masterclass for the tenor voice will be led by Humphrey Burton and Ian Partridge who will work with a small group of emerging soloists.

This festival is about celebrating our work and sharing our insights, putting names to faces, finding like-minded allies, chatting over a cuppa, playing with toys and coming up with new ideas... Bring an open mind and fill it up.

WorkShops - professional development sessions. Using Ableton Live in education settings. Finding and applying for funding. Accreditation options for young people

TalkShops - professional conversations about our work.

BRITTEN STUDY WEEKEND - KIND GHOSTS: BRITTEN'S LIFE AND INFLUENCES

A unique opportunity to meet and hear distinguished musicians, writers and academics on the subject of Benjamin Britten, his life, his works and the poets who influenced him.

Sessions include:

Professor Anne Deighton: Britten and the politics of war

John Fuller: Britten and the 1930s

Professor Hermione Lee: Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings: the uses of language

Professor Frances Spalding: Britten and the Pipers

Professor Jon Stallworthy: Britten and Wilfred Owen

Sir John Tooley: *Britten at

'KLANGELN IX' - Helmet Lemke

OVADA is proud to be part of the third annual Audiograft Festival curated by the Sonic Art Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University and co-promoted by OCM. The Festival of experimental music and sound art will take place around Oxford from Monday 25 February to Sunday 3 March, with numerous installations and performances. Over the last three years Audiograft has consistently presented challenging and exciting contemporary work by musicians and sound artists of international repute to the widest possible audiences in and around Oxford.