College Record 2014

As well as dancing, the Wolfson classes had a visiting artist, Weimin He, who is
artist-in-residence at the Oxford University Estates Directorate. He is interested
in the depiction of movement through art, and came to our classes to sketch the
dancers. It was always a treat to enjoy the beautiful sketches at the end of a class!
Penny Feng
Music Society
There has been a surge of musical activity in College, fuelled in part by the opening
of the new Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, the purchase of an electronic drum kit
and digital piano, and the generous loan of a small Steinway grand piano by Karen
Segal, which resulted in more than twenty different concerts, gigs, and jams of
bewildering and fantastic variety. The Cellar Bar staged two open mic nights, a
jam night, an acoustic night, and a band night featuring legendary Oxford blues
rock band Steamroller. The Hall hosted the annual Winter concert, which treated
the audience to a spread of AMREF cakes, mulled wine and mince pies, while it
enjoyed performances from College musicians – including an impromptu jazz piano
improvisation by Hein de Haas (GBF) – and both College choirs. There was also
the unforgettable OxJam charity gig in the Bar, in its second consecutive year,
which raised over £600 for charity. The concert was headlined by the electrifying
Southern Blues Fiasco, and featured performances from many Wolfson musicians,
notably a mesmerising rendition of Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’ by Janamarie
Truesdell, and the hilariously infectious delivery of Ylvis’s ‘The Fox’ by the Howlin’
Wolves.
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