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Leadership & Governance

OCMF is a registered charity overseen by an experienced Board of Trustees and led by Founder & Artistic Director Priya Mitchell. Our management team includes specialists in fundraising, education, musicology, volunteer management, digital strategy, and long-range financial stewardship.

Festival President

Rob Rinder — Festival President

Rob Rinder

Festival President

Celebrated television broadcaster, barrister, and devoted classical music enthusiast, Rob Rinder has been appointed as Festival President ahead of OCMF's 26th anniversary edition. His appointment brings renewed national visibility and a shared passion for bringing music to wider audiences.

'I love chamber music because it draws us close; instruments speaking to one another in a way that feels both intimate and immense, inviting us into the conversation. For me, that's where music's deepest truth lies, in the beauty and humanity that emerge when we truly listen. That's why I feel so deeply honoured to be part of the Oxford Chamber Music Festival which celebrates this art at its most profound'.

Rob brings a rare combination of public profile, intellectual rigour, and genuine musical passion to the role — a natural champion for a festival that believes great chamber music belongs to everyone.

Artistic Leadership

Priya Mitchell

Founder & Artistic Director

Priya Mitchell founded the Oxford Chamber Music Foundation in 2000, bringing together a group of friends and colleagues for a week of music-making in her home city of Oxford. Twenty-six years later, OCMF is an internationally recognised festival — and the annual gathering she created goes from strength to strength.

As Artistic Director, Priya shapes every aspect of the festival — from the choice of artists and repertoire to the intimate venues and the atmosphere of spontaneous discovery that makes OCMF unique. Her vision is at once musically rigorous and deeply human.

A distinguished violinist herself, Priya studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and with Zachar Bron in Germany, and was chosen as the British representative for the European Concert Halls Organisation's Rising Stars series.

Priya Mitchell — Founder & Artistic Director

Management

Festival Team

Priya Mitchell
Priya Mitchell
Founder & Artistic Director
Rachel Wheatley
Rachel Wheatley
Festival Manager
Jackie Holderness
Jackie Holderness
Front of House & Box Office Manager

Board of Trustees

Trustees

OCMF is a registered charity overseen by a committed Board of Trustees who bring expertise across law, finance, the arts, and public life to ensure the long-term sustainability and ambition of the festival.

Robert Warner
Robert Warner
Trustee
Nicky Brown
Nicky Brown
Trustee
Clare Harbord
Clare Harbord
Trustee
Leo Metelli
Leo Metelli
Trustee

Our Community

Volunteers

We are greatly blessed to have a wonderful team of dedicated and passionate volunteers who support the Festival in many different ways, from offering our artistes accommodation to checking tickets and handing out programmes.

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