Orchestra of St John's Information

Orchestra of St John's OSJ was founded 47 years ago by its Director, John Lubbock, and its original home was St John’s Smith Square in Westminster, where it still performs. OSJ appears regularly in London and at concert halls and festivals throughout the country and its concerts have featured world famous soloists such as Dame Felicity Lott, Sir James Galway, John Lill, Yuri Bashmet,Tasmin Little and Steven Isserlis. The orchestra has built a strong following in Oxfordshire where it has strong links with the Ashmolean, and sponsors such as Blackwell’s Music. It presents a series of “Proms” in the atrium of the Ashmolean Museum through the year, a concert series at Christmas and at Easter and an annual festival “Music in the Abbey” in Dorchester every September. The Orchestra has always been engaged at the heart of the community and its musicians provide more than fifty musical events for children with autism and for adults with dementia.