We were delighted to receive so many entries and after much consideration our judging panel; Dr Michelle Castelleti (OFA Director), Paul Max Edlin (Composer) and Brendan Ball (Trumpeter) came to their decisions. Congratulations to our winners: Darren Fellows, Richard Montgomery, Dan Jenkins, Carl Borg and Richard Peat. Student composer Jacob Read more…
Today as part of #OFAvirtual we launch our Art in Nature creative initiative and it’s open to everyone to take part.
Today we are delighted to reveal the programme for our 18-day free digital festival, #OFAvirtual. With theatre, dance, art, workshops, jazz, choral and classical music, opera, politics, history, calligraphy, activities for children and even cookery we have plenty to entertain you wherever you can get to a screen!
As promised, we are getting back to you regarding OFA 2020. In the current circumstances, the most responsible thing to do is to postpone this year’s event. However, we will time-shift this exuberant celebration inspired by the Field of Cloth of Gold to 2021. It’s a case of delayed gratification! Read more…
Over 18 blustery days in June 1520, an historic event took place in the Pale of Calais. Here, King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France met in an ostentatious display of power, wealth and status. Masterminded by Thomas Wolsey, the aim was to join the two Read more…
In November 2019 we launched an exciting competition with our friends at OX Magazine to invite entries for the cover design of our festival brochure for 2020. We offered suggestions to aid creativity; this year’s festival inspiration The Field of Cloth of Gold; a colour palette based on illuminated manuscripts Read more…
A message from the Director of the Oxford Festival of the Arts What are the Arts if not a way of speaking, of reacting, of setting trends, and of communicating? Few things are more beautiful and intense than making music or sharing musical experiences together, than the exhilaration and emotion Read more…
Here at Oxford Festival of the Arts we are delighted to announce that we have chosen Ox In A Box – Oxfordshire’s newest arts, entertainment and food website as our Official Digital Media Partner for the 2020 Oxford Festival of The Arts. Dr Michelle Castelletti, Festival Director said: “We are Read more…
Academic Symposium & Concert June 19 and 20 2020 To celebrate the history and 450th anniversary of Thomas Tallis’ 40-part motet Spem in alium, Oxford Festival of the Arts in collaboration ORA Singers, is putting on a two-day interdisciplinary symposium at the Magdalen College Grove Auditorium on 19 & 20 Read more…