The wonderfully talented Cayenna Ponchione has just left for a week in Kabul, where she can work on the ground to help bring the Afghan Women’s Orchestra to Oxford next March. She is staying with Peymana Assad (Councillor for Harrow,...
- July 27, 2018
Da Capo Orchestra – Symphonic holidays – has pledged to support our Afghan Womens Orchestra project with the proceeds of a fundraising concert in Cefalu on 13 October. Last year they raised 420E to support the Youth Orchestra of Balanyá, a...
- July 26, 2018
Thank you to the lovely Audience Club for their comments on Lord Archer’s ‘My Music’ – please see below for a selection! Our next ‘My Music’ concert will be with the fantastically-entertaining Joanna Lumley in September – full details here. As always,...
- July 21, 2018
We have just launched a Facebook appeal to help members of the Afghan Womens Orchestra to come from Kabul to the UK in March. Please make a donation (add Gift aid if you can) using the CAF Donate button on our homepage....
- July 16, 2018
We are delighted to announce that the Derrill Allat Foundation has awarded OSJ a grant towards our Displaced Voices project in November. The project engages with refugees and asylum seekers through hands-on creative musical practices, gives voice to their experiences through musical...
- July 16, 2018
A series of events continues this week that aims to generate dialogue around the issues facing refugees in the UK. Initiated by Baroness Jan Royall, Principal of Oxford’s Somerville College, the series has engaged policymakers, academics, charities, students and members...
- July 5, 2018
