A Century of Sounds: Live

We launched the Sound and the Outdoors programme with the one-day Site and Sound Symposium and the three-day Base Frequencies Lab. Presented by 101 Outdoor Arts and The Centre for Performance, Technology and Equity (PTEQ) at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in partnership with Oxford Contemporary Music (OCM). Find out more: Site […]

Moth x Human by composer-violinist Ellie Wilson is a sonic journey into the world as it comes alive after dark. This film captures a performance at the Southbank Centre, London, for the New Music Biennial 2025 in July 2025. Moth data collected by scientists at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has been sonified […]

OCM is recruiting for a Director to join our small and dedicated team and lead the organisation. Read on to find out more. Director Permanent Contract Full Time Salary: guideline £43,000 – £45,000 pa Starting: from March/April 2026 or after notice period.  Deadline for applications: 10am Wednesday 7th January 2026 Oxford Contemporary Music is one […]

Moth x Human (live) by composer-violinist Ellie Wilson is released on NMC Recordings, 25 July 2025 Pre-save link https://nmcrecs.lnk.to/MothxHuman Learn more about the Moth x Human project: https://ocmevents.org/project/new-music-biennial/ Moth x Human was commissioned for PRS Foundation’s New Music Biennial, and supported by UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Artwork by Northern School of Art. Full […]

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has a made a special video about the making of Ellie Wilson’s Moth x Human for International Day of Biodiversity, 22nd May. Moth x Human is an immersive audio-visual composition by classically trained violinist Ellie Wilson. Produced by Oxford Contemporary Music, this unique project brings together musicians, electronics, […]

Ellie Wilson’s first blog about the Moth X Human project

Edition #1: Music for Hibernation 23/01 at the Common Ground   What What What – Caoimhin O Raghallaigh Rag Yaman – Stephen Day Aguas de Marco – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina Le onde – Ludovico Einaudi Al Mediodia – Erik Truffaz, Murcof The Sweetest days of September – The Stockholm Quartet Two Thousand and Seventeen – Four Tet Until the Morning – Thievery Corporation Kenaston – […]

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