Music weekly learning programmes
Join us in Oxford or online
Studied on a weekly schedule, usually over one term (10 weeks), our weekly learning programmes in music include courses that meet in Oxford, online courses with live-time sessions, and flexible online courses
As well as weekly classes, we also offer day schools, flexible online courses and summer schools in music.
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Upcoming courses
In-person weekly • Short courses
From Cristofori’s revolutionary idea of creating a keyboard instrument with hammers, the piano has become a central element in music making. This course explores the evolution of the instrument and its repertoire over three centuries.
- Wed 27 May 2026 – Wed 24 Jun 2026
- 5 meetings
- 4:30 – 6:30pm
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
Even after 150 years, Wagner's epic cycle of four operas, the "The Ring of the Nibelungs", remains one of the great challenges, for performers and listeners alike. In this day school, Dr Peter Copley gives a comprehensive introduction to the cycle.
- Sat 27 Jun 2026
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
Online - flexible • Short courses
The aim of musical analysis is to understand how music exerts such a powerful effect on us. This course introduces some of the main approaches as we attempt to bridge the gap between our intuitions about music and our intellectual knowledge of it.
- Mon 08 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
In-person weekly • Short courses
Designed for anyone who would like to sing, but feels that they can't. Through a mixture of seminars and workshops, consideration will be given to various common vocal problems and their solutions.
- Mon 29 Sep 2025 – Mon 01 Dec 2025
- 10 meetings
- 7:00 – 9:00pm
In-person weekly • Short courses
Explore the piano repertoire in a lively mixture of talks and workshops, in which all students will have regular opportunities to play. We will focus on technique, but workshop sessions will also cover interpretation. Open to players of all levels.
- Wed 01 Oct 2025 – Wed 03 Dec 2025
- 10 meetings
- 4:30 – 6:30pm
In-person weekly • Short courses
Discover what makes opera unique by exploring the poetry of the libretto through the artistry of the composer, singers, and the vision of producers. Examine the different elements that fuse into this most complete of all art forms.
- Mon 03 Nov 2025 – Mon 01 Dec 2025
- 5 meetings
- 2:00 – 4:00pm
Analysing Classical Music: An Introduction
The aim of musical analysis is to understand how music exerts such a powerful effect on us. This course introduces some of the main approaches...Peter Nostrand
Peter visits regularly from the States to take our weekly classes in music while his wife takes our history classes.