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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…