Music at Merton

Music Awards

Each year the College makes awards worth £450 per annum, as a contribution towards the cost of music and instrumental tuition for instrumentalists and singers who study at Merton.

Kodály Choir

The Kodály Choir is one of the oldest functioning non-auditioned choirs at Oxford University. In 1960 Kodály himself conducted the choir in the performance of his Te Deum while he was at Oxford to receive an honorary doctorate. The choir rehearses weekly on Fridays 6:00-7:00pm in the Mure Room. Every rehearsal starts with physical and vocal warm-ups and is a great way to relax at the end of the working week. The choir is open to all, regardless of musical ability, and although scores are provided, all music is learnt by ear.

Fidelio Orchestra

The Fidelio Orchestra is a friendly and welcoming non-auditioned college orchestra which performs to a good standard. Rehearsing weekly on Mondays, 7:30-8:30pm in the College Chapel, and will be performing in concerts later this year in Hilary and Trinity term.

Merton College Music Society

The Merton College Music Society (MCMS) serves the students, faculty and staff of Merton College and the University of Oxford by supporting a non-auditioned choir and a non-auditioned orchestra, and by producing a bi-weekly series of student and professional recitals. The public concerts and recitals take place in Merton's 13th-century Chapel and the TS Eliot Theatre as well as in the Mure Room, overlooking Rose Lane.

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