World Orchestra for Peace has commissioned Roxanna to adapt her interfaith violin concerto “Abraham” into a shorter orchestral prelude entitled “Three Paths to Peace”. Valery Gergiev will be conducting the world premiere in Jerusalem on 19th October 2008. WOP was founded in 1995 by Sir Georg Solti to reaffirm, in his words, 'the unique strength of music as an ambassador for peace'. Its players come from orchestras all over the world, from Tiblisi to Texas - many of them concert masters and section leaders in their own right.

On 18th July 2008, at St Paul’s Church in East Molesey, the Iuventus String Quartet (+ oboist tbc!) will be performing Letters from Burma in a special charity concert in aid of Christian Solidarity Worldwide and their “Change for Burma” scheme. The piece is based on writings by famous dissident Aung San Suu Kyi and uses elements of traditional Burmese folk music. Tickets £8 and available from the church office or CSW office tel: 0845 456 5464

At 11am on Sunday 14th September 2008 there will be a joint performance by the Schola of London Oratory School and the Metropolitan Cathedral Choir of Westminster Mass (chamber version) at Solemn Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. Tel. 0151 708 7283. Entry free.

London Oratory School's fabulous choir "Schola" are in the process of making two CDs entirely of Roxanna's choral music. The first one which contains the chamber version of Westminster Mass (with organ, bells and 1 harp) and previously unrecorded works for upper voices (Ave Maria, The Spirit of the Saints) as well as some SATB pieces (including a new arrangement of Sleep, little Jesus, Sleep with organ and harp accompaniment) will be released in time for Christmas. Further details to follow about the 2nd CD which will be made in the New Year...

Come and hear the dulcet tones of Nathan Vale singing Roxanna’s new song - a setting of Shakespeare’s 97th Sonnet “Winter’s near”. He will be accompanied by French horn supremo Andrew Littlemore and internationally renowned pianist Julius Drake at lunchtime on the 3rd June at the 2008 Temple Festival. Click Here for more details and tickets.

The contemporary liturgical music high-spot of the year – world premieres of 3 settings of Padre Pio's famous and ardent prayer "Reste con Me" - by Roxanna, James Macmillan and Will Todd and commissioned by the Genesis Foundation. Performed by The Sixteen under the baton of Harry Christophers and interleaved with gorgeous plainsong from Westminster Cathedral Choir and Matthew Martin at Westminster Cathedral 3rd June 2008 @ 7pm. FREE ADMISSION BY TICKET Box Office: please email: tickets@albion-media.co.uk or by phone: 020 7491 7398 (There will be no interval in this concert which is estimated to finish at 8.00 pm.)

ITV1, on 15th June 2008, this illustrious bastion of the arts is features violinist Tasmin Little - with footage of Tasmin working with Roxanna on their new Four Seasons and the world premiere of Spring in Japan

Further performances of This Paradise by the exquisite Dante Quartet with Sheffield Cathedral Choir and Festival Voices at Sheffield Cathedral on 5th June and the Dante Summer Festival in Cornwall on 29th June (3:00pm in Tavistock), respectively. Dante Festival Box Office: 01579 370589

Listen to Roxanna being interviewed on life, love (of music, of course) and turning 40 at 10:00am on Wednesday 23rd April.