Oxley James

James Oxley

James Oxley studied as a cellist at the Royal College of Music and later gained a scholarship to Oxford where he read music. He subsequently developed his singing, studying privately with Rudolf Piernay. In 1992 he won first prize at both the Mary Garden and the Great Grimsby International competitions and, in 1994, was awarded first prize at the renowned International Vocalisten Concours at 's-Hertogenbosch.

 

He has worked with many orchestras including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Manchester Camerata, Britten Sinfonia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Les Talents Lyriques, Il Fondamento, Philharmonia Baroque, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, WienerAkademie, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Monteverdi Choir, The Sixteen, and the Gabrieli Consort and Players. He has appeared at the Göttingen Handel Festival and with L’Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing.

 

Recent and future highlights include Bach’s B Minor Mass with The Bach Choir, Handel’s Messiah with De Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht and also the Krakow Philharmonic, for which he recently sang the title role in Jephtha, Trond Kverno’s St Matthew Passion with the Oslo Cathedral Choir, Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s St Paul and Lobgesang and Bruckner’s Te Deum with the Three Choirs Festival, Bach’s St John Passion with Philharmonie Zuidnederland and with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.

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