Name: Heather Professor of Music Inaugural Lecture | Professor Laura Tunbridge FBA
Start: 2026-02-19T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Holywell Music Room

Heather Professor of Music Inaugural Lecture | Professor Laura Tunbridge FBA

'Everyday Beethoven'
Free - registration required.
All are warmly invited to the inaugural lecture of the University of Oxford's Heather Professor of Music, Professor Laura Tunbridge FBA.
Titled Everyday Beethoven, Professor Tunbridge's lecture will feature live musical excerpts performed by Music Faculty students.
2026 marks 400 years since the establishment of the Heather Professor, the first Chair of Music in the country. This event provides a fitting opportunity to celebrate the University’s contributions to music over the past four centuries and to affirm its continuing commitment to promoting the vital importance of music as an academic subject and in everyday life.
Dress code: business dress. University members may wear academic gowns. Please bring your Bodleian card (if a University member) or other ID with you.