Oxford Improvisers

The Oxford Improvisers are part of our regular Tuesdays at the Old Fire Station and hold their events on the first Tuesday of the month. Inviting guests from Britain and abroad they perform a monthly evening of new and improvised music.

The process of performing music from a fully notated score, something that tells the player exactly what notes to play and how to play them is historically a relatively new phenomenon, and is still unknown in many cultures today. The Oxford Improvisers produce free music that reconnects with the very roots of music-making wherein a player may use any instrument to make music without the strictures of a formal composition. What results is an expression of that particular instrument, the skill and imagination of the player and the effects of the moment. It is in this respect the purest form of music making.