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Samantha Ege on Piano Music of the Black Renaissance
28th Jul 2026
As a leading authority on the work of Florence Price and her contemporaries, Dr Ege shares her expertise on the piano repertoire of the Black Renaissance, discussing her sheet music publications Piano Music of the Black Renaissance and Florence Price: Fantasie Nègre, and her books The Cambridge Companion to Florence B. Price and South Side Impresarios.
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Spotlight on Piano Time
21st Nov 2025
The iconic piano tutor series from Pauline Hall has undergone a recent update. The third edition of the best-selling series, and the second edition of 'Piano Time Carols', benefit from more varied and easier-to-play pieces.
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Accessible and Beautiful Choral Music
17th Feb 2025
'Accessible and Beautiful' is a must-have for choirs looking to energize their rehearsals and performances, making choral singing more inclusive in our communities.
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Accessible and Beautiful
Oxford University Press
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Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists
17th Jan 2025
A boxed set of all nine volumes in the renowned Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists series. Find out more.
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Sheet Music Downloads from Oxford University Press now available!
28th Nov 2024
We are pleased to announce that Presto Music now offers digital downloads from Oxford University Press. Find out more.
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Bob Chilcott: 20 Years of A Little Jazz Mass
22nd Oct 2024
This year we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Bob Chilcott's iconic 'A Little Jazz Mass'. We speak to the composer about the work, its reception over the past twenty years, and his thoughts on combining jazz and sacred music.
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Music for Choir and Cello
15th Feb 2024
From composer and cellist Becky McGlade comes a new collection of music for choir and cello. Find out more.
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The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers
8th Dec 2023
The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers presents a comprehensive survey of historical organ pieces by women composers alongside six newly commissioned works. The music is stylistically varied and encompasses secular and sacred repertoire from a range of periods. Find out more.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Oxford University Press Music
24th Nov 2023
One hundred years ago, Oxford University Press published their first pieces of music. To celebrate, they have published a series of Centenary publications.
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Episode 42: A Great Musical Dett - Choral Music by Black Composers with Dr Marques Garrett
23rd Sep 2023
A discussion of the OUP's recently-published collection of sacred and secular choral works by Black composers, with its editor Dr Marques Garrett - taking in Vicente Lusitano, Undine Smith Moore, R Nathaniel Dett (Dr Garrett's own particular labour of love) and more.
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Bob Chilcott and David Hill on Carols for Choirs 6
21st Aug 2023
Featuring newly commissioned carols and arrangements of classic melodies, Carols for Choirs 6 showcases some of today's most exciting names in choral composition. Editors Bob Chilcott and David Hill kindly took some time away from their busy schedules to discuss Carols for Choirs. Read the interview here.
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Cecilia McDowall on her Da Vinci Requiem and Seventy Degrees below Zero
30th May 2023
The composer discusses two of her new large-scale choral works, her approaches to matching words to music, and her aims as a contemporary composer.
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Fiddle Time Duets
23rd Mar 2023
Fiddle Time Duets is an exciting and attractive collection for violinists of all ages by the award-winning educational composers Kathy and David Blackwell. The duets are suitable for established beginners through to intermediate violinists. Find out more.
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The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers
6th Feb 2023
A landmark collection of non-idiomatic compositions from the sixteenth century to the present day, providing a comprehensive introduction to an area of choral music that has been historically under-represented. This unique anthology seeks both to improve representation in the historical canon and to showcase the music of some of the best names in choral music today.
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The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers
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Thomas Trotter: Encores for Organ
1st Jun 2022
New from Oxford University Press, Encores for Organ is a collection of twelve varied pieces arranged by celebrated recitalist Thomas Trotter. Find out more about this publication and other recent organ sheet music here.
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A Stanford Organ Album
25th Feb 2021
A superb volume comprising of a selection of twenty pieces by Charles Villiers Stanford, the hugely influential composer, conductor, and teacher from the late-Victorian and Edwardian age. Providing the repertoire-hungry organist with preludes, postludes, and shorter descriptive works, suitable for either liturgical or recital use. Find out more here.
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The New Oxford Organ Method
21st Jul 2020
A new comprehensive method book for organ providing a complete syllabus for learning. Designed for both beginners at the organ and for experienced players revising their skills. Find out more here.
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The New Oxford Organ Method
Oxford University Press
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A Verdi Organ Album
31st Dec 2019
This appealing and practical collection of Verdi’s music arranged for organ by concert organist Martin Setchell includes well-loved favourites and lesser-known pieces, all in newly commissioned arrangements for the instrument. Find out about this new publication here.
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A Verdi Organ Album
Oxford University Press
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Fiddle Time 20th Anniversary
18th Oct 2018
This year Oxford University Press celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Fiddle Time series. Fiddle Time is a great series for all beginner violinists, packed with lively original tunes, well-known pieces and easy duets.
