Friday, October 27:

Pembroke College Chapel: Betts Organ masterclass with David Titherington, Professor of Organ, Royal Academy of Music. 11am to 1pm and 2-4pm. Open to the public, free admission.

The Mitre, High Street, Oxford: Oxford Jazz Club.

Oxford Folk Club, Port Mahon, St Clement's, Oxford: open night.

Ark-T Centre, Crowell Road, Cowley: Music and poetry with Julia Cloud and Nicholas Hawtrey. 7.30pm. 01865 773499.

Hexagon, Reading: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 7.30pm.

Wantage Civic Hall: Ralph McTell's Red Sky tour. 01235 762644.

Railway Inn, Culham: Dominic Alldis. Jazz.

Rose Revived, Newbridge: All That Jazz,

Trout Inn, Lechlade: Jazz Jiants.

Jaqueline du Pre building, St. Hilda's College: The Merle Ensemble. Brahms Violin Sonata in D minor, Schumann Piano Trio in F major. 7.30pm _______________________

Saturday, October 28:

Oxford Town Hall: Cwmbach Male Choir. For Oxfordshire Children's Deaf Society. 7pm. 01865 242784.

Jacqueline du Pr Music Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford: Oxford Contemporary Music presents Vanburgh String Quartet with artist Jean Duncan. Also exhibition of Jean Duncan's work and a video that is the Still Dancers project. 8pm. 01865 798600.

Holywell Music Room: Claire McDonnell-Smith (soprano), Rebecca Mitchell-Farmer (mezzo-soprano), accompanied by John Oxlade. Solos and duets from the oratoriom opera, song and folk repertoire. 7.30pm. Tickets at the door.

St. Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold: Martin Noel Davies (tenor) and Michael Liddell (piano). 7.30 pm. Programme of vocal and piano music including Schumann, Papillon and Dichterliebe, and Ravel, Sonatine for piano; also songs by Faur, Moeran and Quilter. Tickets at the door. Further details available by ringing 01608 643550 or 01608 643230.

Tiddy Hall, Ascott-under-Wychwood: Folk Night. 8pm. 01993 830114.

Corn Exchange, Newbury: Southern Sinfonia. Conductor Sian Edwards. Mozart, Elgar, Tchaikovsky. 7.45pm. 01635 52733. _______________________

Sunday, October 29:

Holywell Music Room, Oxford: Members of the Tippett String Quartet. Bach, Goldberg Variations. 11.15am. 01865 798600.

Holywell Music Room, Oxford: The Oxford Gamelan Society. Music from the Temples of Bali and the Palaces of Java. 7pm. 01865 798600.

Chipping Norton town: Rotary Club Jazz Day. Lunchtime events in the Co-op Precinct, Kings Arms, Coffee Mill (Nicholas Gill plays ragtime piano), The chequers and the Albion Tavern.

The Theatre, Chipping Norton: Rotary Club Jazz Day Concert featuring the Neville Dickie Quartet. 8pm. 01608 642350.

Wycombe Swan Theatre: Mozart by Candlelight. 01494 512000.

The Mill, Banbury: Dave's Blues Club.

_______________________

Monday, October 30:

Caf Boheme, Eastgate Hotel, High Street, Oxford: Luis D'Agostino Trio. 7-9pm. Nettlebed Folk Song Club: Huw and Tony Williams. 01628 636620. _______________________

Tuesday, October 31:

Denis Arnold Hall, Music Faculty, St Aldate's, Oxford: Graduate Students' Colloquia. John Butt (Cambridge). A Reactionary Wolf inn Counter-Cultural Sheep's Clothing? Historical Performance, the Heritage Industry and the Politics of Revival. 5.15pm.

Trout Inn: Lechlade: Elizabeth May with John Stone.

_______________________

Wednesday, November 1:

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford: Orchestra of St John's Smith Square. Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis; Barber, Adagio; Bartok, Rumanian Dances; Elgar, Introduction and Allegro. Also new piece created and performed by Rose Hill residents. 7.30pm. 01865 798600.

St Michael's Church, Lonsdale Road, Summertown: Christine Garratt (flute, recorder), Nicholas Benda ( oboe), Gabriel Amherst (cello), Catherine Pierron (harpsichord). Baroque music for flute and oboe by Locatelli, Sammartini and others. Period instruments. 8pm. 01865 316055. The Mill, Banbury: Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia featuring Jon Hiseman. Jazz. 01295 279002.

_______________________

Thursday, November 2:

Holywell Music Room: Rebecca Okenden (soprano) and Emmanuel Olivier (piano). Songs by Schumann, Wolf, Richard Strauss, Quilter, Poulenc. 8pm.

The Spin, Wheatsheaf, High Street, Oxford: Sena Khan (alto sax). Weekly sessions with resident trio and guests.