The Villiers Quartet is winner of the First Prize of the 2015 Radcliffe Chamber Music Competition, and Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Oxford. Hailed as one of the most charismatic and "adventurous" quartets of the British chamber music scene (The Strad), the Villiers Quartet have developed an international reputation as exceptional interpreters of English composers including Elgar, Britten and Delius. The Villiers Quartet have performed live on BBC Radio 3 as part of the Leamington Int'l String Quartet Series, and performed at numerous festivals and halls including the North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, the Brit Jazz Fest, the Barnes Music Festival, Kings Place, St. John's Smith Square, the Holywell Music Room and the British Music Society. The VQ will be performing a work by Frederick Delius whose Florida house now sits on the JU campus.