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Afghan womens orchestra

We have had a wonderfully exciting week, and we are thrilled to see how many publications have picked up stories about Ensemble Zohra while they undertook their UK tour. Today we start with an article and video from Thomson Reuters...
  • March 18, 2019
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Dear supporters and readers, As many of you will have already heard, there is an all-girls youth orchestra coming from Kabul, Afghanistan for a week’s residency in Oxford (12-19 March) with the Orchestra of St John’s. The orchestra, Ensemble Zohra,...
  • March 8, 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 are delighted that Cayenna’s perspective on our Ensemble Zohra project has been published on the Oxford Arts Blog. In Afghanistan, young women making music in public is a bold political act. To been seen, to be heard — particularly through...
  • February 18, 2019
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