JaneAustenProject.org

We come together to discuss the life, times and works of the author, to visit places important in her life; sometimes to dress in Regency finery, and to perform her music and dances! We meet or go on expeditions every couple of months, the meetings normally in North Oxford.

The Austen family had links to the city and University of Oxford: we are engaging in research to find out more about Jane's schooling here, and the family's association with Brasenose and St John's College. The group was founded in October 2009 as Oxford's first and only Jane Austen Society for many decades (so far as we have been able to find out!).

We also have strong interest in the music of the period, and the historical aspects of domestic performance: Jane pulled together a large corpus of contemporary and traditional works, adding her own embellishments and arrangements for performing them at home.

STOP PRESS!

We have just heard that the Jo Thoenes programme on BBC Radio Oxford, will again play host to Frank Underwood this Tuesday afternoon - this time devoting a bit more time to him and to the Project, and (we hope) giving him the chance to play some live music!

The Oxford Times paper of early January 2012, was issued with its monthly magazine 'Limited Edition' - and we are very pleased to say that there was a fine, full-colour article about Austentation in there! A full transcript is in preparation as of 15th January, and should be in place this week.

Frank Underwood got to play the fine Schantz fortepiano at Bath's Holburne Museum, during the Jane Austen Festival this September - very many thanks to Beate Muller for some excellent photographs of the event, and this YouTube video!

Perhaps a horrid murder of Jane Austen? This Guardian article is certainly worth reading for peoples' comments!

An Innocent Diversion - a first CD from Austentation, available August 2011 - see their website http://www.austentation.org