Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club

1899

Club founded with about 300 members and rooms at 47 Leicester Square with residential quarters

1900

First Concert

1907

Arthur James Balfour as President (d.1930)

1914

The Club moved to its premises in Bedford Square

1921

500^th Concert

1930

Sir William Henry Hadow as President (d.1937)

1937

Edward Dent as President (d.1957)

1938

Ladies admitted freely to the Drawing Room, and allowed to take part in concerts

1940

The Club was suspended and the premises in Bedford Square sold

1948

The Club was revived non-residentially, giving concerts at various venues

1957

1000^th Concert

1958

First Operas performed by the Club

1959

Club first met at University College Joint Staff Common Room

1970

Sir Lennox Berkeley as President (d.1989)

1974

Various events to mark the 75^th Anniversary,

1979

History of the Club edited by Graham Thorne

1989

Sir Neville Marriner as President

1999

Centenary Year, including a public concert at St John’s Smith Square

2009

 2000^th Concert