OSJ - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the OSJ PRESIDENT and TRUSTEES Team

John Lubbock writes: It is with the greatest sadness that we have to announce the death of Gustav Clarkson the principal viola of OSJ. Gustav played for us for many many years and was a wonderful friend and an absolute...

Job Titles:

• Artistic Director
• Founder
• News

John Lubbock nominated for Oxfordshire Local Business Charity Awards A WELL-KNOWN conductor of the St John's Orchestra was nominated by an Oxfordshire charity in this year's Local Business Charity Awards. The founder and conductor of Oxford-based chamber orchestra John Lubbock... If you missed John remembering his brother Jeremy on Times Radio, you can listen again using this link - starting at 52:05. We hope you enjoy his memories of his incredibly talented brother and family. This blog from September 2018 is well worth revisiting. Enjoy it here or see below. THIS MONTH'S GUEST BLOGGER: JOHN LUBBOCK OBE 2nd September 2018 by adminAV John Lubbock is the founder and principal conductor of the Orchestra of St John's which... The Orchestra of St John's was founded by John Lubbock while still a student at the Royal Academy of Music. It owes its name to its association with St John's Smith Square, Westminster, which was its home for many years. Some sixty years on, the OSJ remains a busy and vibrant orchestra and John Lubbock remains its conductor and musical director. Over the years, John has gathered around him a group of distinguished players and collaborators who are not only outstanding musicians but who also share his passion for bringing music to people of all ages and from all walks of life. ‘John Lubbock is one of our most significant musical assets - a thoughtful perfectionist and a musician of total integrity.' Sir Simon Rattle

Job Titles:

• Member of the OSJ PRESIDENT and TRUSTEES Team

Job Titles:

• Treasurer

"My career has largely involved administration and finance, most recently as bursar of an Oxford College. Over the last ten years I have developed the concert venue SJE Arts and came across John Lubbock and the OSJ and was totally taken by the sheer quality and musicality of the performances they gave. While I can't play an instrument nor can I sing, music is extremely important to me. I joined the board as Trustee in 2019."

Job Titles:

• President of the OSJ PRESIDENT and TRUSTEES Team

Peter is a former Managing Director for Lloyds Banking Group.

Tom has been lucky enough to have had a ‘career' developing, managing and helping to fund Charities and not-for-profit ventures in the UK and elsewhere. Following a decade with the Council of Europe (Strasbourg) he was appointed (1987-2010) The Prince's Trust's first Director. The charity has rightly become a substantial feather in the cap of our new King. He has also chaired The Royal Parks Foundation, Virgin Money Giving, Virgin StartUp and China Exchange. He is a former Barclay Fellow of Green Templeton College (Oxford) and Trustee of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation (Afghanistan) Tom has chaired Spring Films, a documentary filmmaker, since 2010 and is a Deputy Lord Lieutenant (DL) for Oxfordshire.

Toby Young joins OSJ as Composer-in-Residence During his residency, Toby will work closely with the OSJ to bring the orchestra into new spaces and communities - from nightclubs to festivals - curating concerts and writing new works that question what it means to be an orchestra...