REtune festival
Announcing RETUNE 2025!
Announcing RETUNE 2025!
RETUNE celebrates the commitment, courage, and creativity of underrepresented music-makers with a two-week series of workshops, panels, and concerts held in venues across Oxford
March 2024 marked the inaugural RETUNE Festival, which we curated in collaboration with the Faculty of Music, and Oxford University Music Society.
We are delighted to announce that RETUNE is returning for 2025, and will take place in venues across Oxford from 3rd-14th March (Oxford 7th & 8th Week). Find an online version of our brochure here, and find more information plus book tickets on our Events page here!
There are 27 events this year, covering a range of genres and styles. Some concerts offer the opportunity to hear student performers in specially curated recitals; others feature pre-existing ensembles who have dedicated their termly concert to the Festival. We are particularly thrilled to be collaborating with professional artists for the first time, and are honoured to feature a world premiere.
All of our events spotlight music that has been excluded from historical processes of canon formation which traditionally favour composers who are white, able-bodied, cisgender, and heterosexual men. Our mission at the Alternative Canon Project is to redress this balance by programming a wider range of music, giving marginalised voices a platform, and introducing audiences to some incredible music in the process
You can purchase or reserve tickets for the Festival by following the relevant link on our Events page.
New for this year is the RETUNE Festival Pass, which gives you access to all Festival-organised events, and saves you £30! To purchase, click here.
Festival passes
REtune 2025 events
A quick-view list of our 27 events is here, but do check out the Festival brochure here for more detail.
Check back soon for Festival highlights and recommendations from our Artistic Directors!
