Oxford University Jazz Orchestra 🎷🎺
The Oxford University Jazz Orchestra returns to St Giles’ Church for another Jazz at St Giles’ concert. One of the UK’s leading big bands, OUJO has just released a brand new album, Checkmate, recorded in 2024 at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building at St Hilda’s College and available on streaming platforms. The programme promises exciting original tracks from the album alongside a few standards, in what has become a much-anticipated fixture in the city’s jazz calendar. Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start.
What to expect:
🎷 A full big-band sound — One of the UK’s leading university jazz orchestras, performing in the resonant surroundings of St Giles’ Church
💿 Music from Checkmate — Original material from the band’s newly released album, recorded at St Hilda’s College’s Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, plus favourite standards
🎹 A concert that supports the church — All money raised goes towards St Giles’ development as a place of musical education and performance, including the provision of a new organ