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Exeter Organ Festival

With this year's Organ Festival, Exeter College seeks to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the J. W. Walker organ in the college chapel. This instrument was the first college organ in either Oxford or Cambridge that was modelled after the instruments of the famed 19th-century French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. 

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The following events have been scheduled:

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  • 14 November 2024, 7 p.m. - Celebrity organ recital with David Briggs (New York)

  • 19 - 24 January 2025 - Joint chapel services with the Choir of Williams College (Massachusetts)

  • 25 January 2025, 7 p.m. - Celebrity organ recital with Lucile Dollat (Paris)

  • (date TBD) - An evening of organ music inspired by the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien (Owen Chan)

  • 15 May 2025, 7 p.m. - Celebrity organ recital with Stephen Tharp (New York)

  • 14 June 2025, 5 p.m. - Celebrity organ recital with Christopher Herrick (London)

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We are grateful for our partnership with Music at Oxford.

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