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Oxford Holywell Music Room
Wed, 18/04/2012 - 21:02 — Breeze Murdoch
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Oxford Holywell Music Room
Email:
events@music.ox.ac.uk
Telephone:
01865 276133
Address:
Holywell Street
Oxford
OX1 3BN
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Oxford
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Description:
In the summer of 1998, the Holywell Music Room celebrated its 250th anniversary. The oldest custom-built concert hall in Europe, it opened its doors to the public for the first time in 1748. By the 1870s, it was being used for weekly rehearsals by the Oxford Philharmonic Society and its future as a musical venue was further secured after 1910 when the Oxford University Musical Union obtained a lease on the building. While Wadham College owns the Holywell Music Room, the use of this room is divided between the Faculty of Music and the College. The Faculty makes use of the room during University Term Time and Wadham during vacations, with each using its own discretion regarding policy and charges.