Donate to OUMS

 

OUMS relies on the support of alumni and donors to sustain and expand student music-making at Oxford. Support from donors helps fund concerts, touring projects, outreach work with local schools and care homes, ensemble resources, and ambitious performance opportunities for more than 600 student musicians across nine ensembles.

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For generations of students, OUMS has been one of the defining parts of musical life at Oxford. Your donation will help ensure future students continue to benefit from exceptional musical opportunities, vibrant ensemble communities, and the chance to contribute to the wider cultural life of Oxford and beyond.

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Here's what your support could make possible:

• £10 supports the day-to-day running of one of our ensembles.

• £30 provides rehearsal space for one of our ensembles.  

• £50 supports the purchase of new music by members of underrepresented groups, as part of several of our ensembles’ commitment to the Alternative Canon project 

• £100 transports percussion and larger instruments to a rehearsal or concert. 

• £150 enables a chamber or choral ensemble to perform in a dedicated concert venue.  

• £250 supports an outreach performance at a local school or care home.  

• £300 supports a termly guest conductor, giving student musicians the opportunity to work with leading professionals. 

• £500 helps fund an ambitious project for one of our ensembles, from national competitions to collaborations with leading musicians. 

• £1,000 enables one of our student orchestras to perform in the world-renowned Sheldonian Theatre.​

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