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Simon Payne

This is an interview with Toby Young, Cayenna Ponchione and the Displaced Voices students put together by the SOAS students in London. From The Curativity Team website at https://curativitylndn.wixsite.com/curativitylndn Link is here
  • March 27, 2019
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Ensemble Zohra, the Afghan Womens Orchestra, comes to Oxford 12 – 19 March Hear them at the Sheldonian Theatre on Sunday 17th at 5pm Look at their wonderful website www.zohra-music.org/ Marvellous and inspirational videos.    
  • March 5, 2019
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We’ve just heard that we have been awarded a significant grant by Arts Council England towards the costs of the Afghan Womens Orchestra visit in March 2019. This is our second grant in six months, and is testament to the...
  • January 31, 2019
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Friday 18 January Somerville College Oxford Saturday 19 January Kings Place London joined by Play for Progress Download Displaced Voices leaflet Jan 2019 These concerts are the culmination of OSJ’s three-month community engagement project with the Oxford Spires Academy. Four...
  • December 23, 2018
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Another strand of Displaced Voices – Cayenna Ponchione and Toby Young have joined young refugees and other students at Oxford Spires Academy encouraging them to develop their ideas and work on music to accompany their poetry. This culminates in three...
  • October 24, 2018
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As part of our developing relationship with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, we are delighted that the students have started taking online lessons with OSJ musicians. Currently the students take lessons with OSJ Principal Trumpet Paul Archibald, Associate Conductor...
  • October 24, 2018
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