OCM is a unique producer and charity that works to develop and present the highest quality and most innovative new music and sound-based live events, to engage diverse local and national audiences with our work, and to deepen understanding and appreciation of musical cultures from within the UK and worldwide. Our raison d’être is to bring music, artists and audiences together in ways that encourage and create memorable and meaningful experiences for all.
We have four strands of activity: concerts, new commissions/projects, education and outreach, and talent development. We aim to achieve our mission by:
- Supporting artists in their professional and creative development
- Forging inspiring partnerships that cross conventional boundaries within music, the arts and beyond the arts
- Presenting excellent work from the UK and abroad that is highly engaging, relevant and accessible to diverse audiences
- Developing and using innovative approaches to presentation and interaction
- Developing and delivering participative projects with schools and community groups that nurture skills and offer personal fulfilment.
We believe in the ability of the arts to empower people and communities through self-expression, to allow people to question, imagine, challenge and dream.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Supported with funding from Oxford City Council.
OCM is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL.
Affiliate Organisation of Oxford Brookes University.
Supported by Well Together. The Well Together Programme is delivered in partnership by OCVA and CFO and funded by the NHS Integrated Care Board.
Supported by The Stanton Ballard Charitable Trust
We would also like to thank All Souls and St John’s University of Oxford Colleges and individual donors for their generous contributions towards OCM’s work.
The development and presentations of Ellie Wilson’s Moth x Human is supported by The Marchus Trust (2026) and The City of London Corporation (2026-2027).