The stage is set for the 90th Chipping Norton Music Festival, which runs from March 1 to 16.
Hundreds of performers are lined up for classes for instruments, choirs, family ensembles as well as speech and drama. Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and renowned guitarist Craig Ogden open the festival with an evening of Spanish and South American music and poetry at The Theatre on Friday evening.
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