We were invited to sing at the lighting of the Botley Beacon which is a short walk up the hill from Matthew Arnold school.

The pandemic that dare not speak its name has put a number of things on hold during the past two years and one casualty has been the presentation of BABS awards and new member certificates.  The 2nd March saw us catching up on the backlog.  There were 10 year pin badges for Jeff, Nigel and Tony…

Clive is a longstanding member of Oxford Harmony but in the three years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic, had been working abroad during the week so hadn’t been able to attend many rehearsals.  One of the very few positive aspects of life being turned upside down for the past 21 months is that Clive…

It’s been a long search with both Covid-19 and bad luck adding to the challenge but we eventually found a worthy replacement for Anna. Will ran his first official rehearsal this evening and we all went away with a renewed enthusiasm for singing and feeling like we’d improved in the space of just a few…

We returned to our normal rehearsal venue as government Covid-19 restrictions were lifted.  It’s been a difficult 16 months during which we’ve had a lot of remote rehearsals and more recently, outside rehearsals in what could charitably be described as less than ideal conditions. It’s a relief to be back as a fully vaccinated chorus in…

On-line rehearsals until this point have been Zoom only which doesn’t work as a medium for singing together because of the delays in both video and audio. Hence Zoom gatherings were limited to social events plus singing along to teach tracks whilst muted. Jamulus is a low latency (very small delay) audio conferencing tool written…

For the uninitiated, the Phil Lang Award was founded in memory of a longstanding OH member who died of prostate cancer in 2012. It’s awarded annually to the chorus member deemed by his peers to have made the most notable contribution to the chorus over the past year and in 2020 it went to Chorus…

We had a stall there and were able to sing together.

Oxford Harmony have been rehearsing at St Ebbe’s School since June 2018 but as from 9th January 2019 we move to Seacourt Hall, OX2 0LW. The move brings better public transport links for new and existing members and more accessible storage for our risers (performance staging). We are looking forward to settling in to our…