[1][2] The first concert was with all-female musicians, held at 115 High Street, Oxford.

However, male musicians gradually joined, including Frank Bridge, Adolf Busch, Percy Grainger, Lionel Tertis, and Hans Wessely.

From 1915 to 1940, the society held contents at the historic Holywell Music Room, where Handel performed in the 18th century.

For 27 years, especially during the 1940s, the society met free of charge at Gunfield in Norham Gardens, North Oxford, with the sponsorship and support of the pianist Margaret Deneke and her sister Helena Deneke, who lived at Gunfield.

[5] It organizes Sunday concerts in the Holywell Music Room.