Musical Facilities

The College's Bateman Auditorium is a fine venue for music and other events. This venue acts as the regular home for the GCMS lunchtime recitals and has a full-size concert Steinway piano (formerly owned by the pianist Clifford Curzon). If you are interested in practicing on this piano, please contact Claire Wheeler, the Music Administrator.

The Macpherson Building on the West Road site has three music practice rooms. All have pianos in them and, in addition to a modern Yamaha grand piano, the Ruth Mott Room houses a drum kit, amps, keyboard and other equipment. Students can book time in these rooms on the Venn.

The college also has a 2-manual harpsichord by Mackinnon and Waitzmann, based on a French model dating from 1711. If you're interested in playing the harpsichord please contact the Director of Music, Matthew Martin directly. 

The Chapel organ obviously receives most use by the Organ Scholars. If you are interested in playing the organ, please contact Matthew or Claire.

Besides the academic music section of the College Library, which contains a large selection of music scores and literature on music, the Library also houses two other types of music collections. The first is the Chamber and Vocal Music collection. This contains scores and parts for many chamber works, such as string quartets, and is available to all members of College. The vocal stock contains double copies of most volumes to allow for both singer and accompanist to have a copy.