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  • Oxford Harmony in Concert

    Oxford Harmony performed at a concert in Witney on Friday 14th December 2018. We appeared as guests of the Brize Singers.

  • Mike Thompson leaves us

    Wednesday 1st March 2017 saw a sad occasion at Oxford Harmony when long standing baritone Mike Thompson, confirmed he would be passing over to the other side within the next few weeks. Fortunately for him, this crossing has been planned for a while and involves the river Severn rather than the Styx. Mike has been…

  • Beaumont care home 2016

    The visit to sing for the residents of Beaumont has almost become an annual event; with the chorus being invited back time after time. So it was that a small group of us were given our usual warm greeting (in every sense) by the staff and residents as we performed a half hour set. The…

  • Oxford Music Festival 2016

    Our annual entry to the festival consisted of the two songs which we are to perform at the British Association of Barbershop Singers (BABS) convention in May – namely If I Give My Heart To You and Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart. The second number was slightly under rehearsed but it was entered…

  • “Men – Sing A Cappella” workshops 2016

    The first evening of the set of workshops designed to attract more local men to the attraction of close harmony singing saw a small group of people arrive to see what was on offer. John Carter and Anna our Chorus Director put the new men plus the existing chorus through a series of warm up…

  • Irene’s 90th birthday party

    What a pleasure it was to sing to Irene, her relations and friends at St John the Baptist Hall Church, Kidlington on Saturday.  Songs especially chosen from our repertoire seemed to go down really well including those such as the “Hippo Song” which Irene and the audience could readily recognise and join in.  The challenge…

  • Oliver Sims 1945 – 2015

    As many of the chorus as were able and who knew Oliver attended a celebration of his life at West Berkshire Crematorium on Wednesday 2nd September. Oliver (Ollie) had been fighting cancer for a while and sadly passed away on 22nd August. The celebration of his life was attended by a packed crematorium of family…

  • Wantage Music Festival – 2015

    What do you do when a young woman says you are “Tremendous and Gorgeous”? Well in this writer’s case his blushes were unfounded as this was the adjudicator’s verdict when referring to the whole chorus’ (well 10 members) performance at the above event. With good acoustics and a packed audience our two songs, “You Make…

  • Jericho street fair

    A group of 14 singers performed at the above event with our slot being in St Barnabas’ Church which was adjacent to the street. As it was raining most of the day, we were not unhappy to be singing inside. Despite the rain, the atmosphere in the street was tremendous with plenty of stalls and…

  • Abingdon Music Festival – 2015

    The adjudicator’s verdict of our performance when we sang at the Abingdon Music Festival was “Outstanding”.  She went on to say: Thank you for joyful, energetic, vibrant singing. You gave me a happy ending to a long day The chorus chose the two songs that we have entered in to this year’s BABS convention –…