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The society was originally founded in 1898 as the Oxford Ladies' Musical Society (OLMS). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first concert was with all-female musicians, held at 115 High Street, Oxford . However, male musicians gradually joined, including Frank Bridge , Adolf Busch , Percy Grainger , Lionel Tertis , and Hans Wessely .
The Oxford University Music Society (OUMS) [1] is one of the oldest societies in the University of Oxford, England, tracing its origins back to 1872. The Society was formed in 1916 by the merger of the Oxford University Musical Club , founded in 1872, and the Oxford University Musical Union , founded in 1884.
In 2009 and in 2010, Oxford Community Schools was featured as one of the "Best Schools In Michigan". Two of the elementary schools Leonard Elementary and Lakeville Elementary both won Michigan Blue Ribbon Awards, making all Oxford elementary schools Michigan Blue Ribbon Schools. In the 2010–2011 year, Oxford High School moved from the Flint ...
School of Music, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, University of Auckland Department of Music, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato ( Hamilton ) Te Kōkī, the New Zealand School of Music [NZSM] – a joint venture between Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University ( Wellington / Albany )
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, based in Italy. It is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western musical history: Gregory the Great, for whom the Gregorian chant ...
In 1946 Jack Westrup received an honorary degree of D.Mus. from Oxford University. He was knighted in 1961. His collection of 4,500 books on music history and musicology became the basis of the Westrup Library at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. [17] Music & Letters now awards a Jack Westrup Prize in Musicology.
Oxford is also home to several advertising agencies. Daily Information (known locally as "Daily Info") is an event information and advertising news sheet which has been published since 1964 and now provides a connected website. Nightshift is a monthly local free magazine that has covered the Oxford music scene since 1991. [104]
Oxford: Oxford: Music: Oxford University museum, historic musical instruments, mainly for Western classical music, from the medieval period onwards Benson Veteran Cycle Museum: Benson: South Oxfordshire: Transport: Veteran and vintage cycles dating from 1818 to 1930, open by appointment Blenheim Palace: Woodstock: West Oxfordshire: Historic house