James Oxley studied as a cellist at the Royal College of Music and later gained a scholarship to Oxford where he read music. He subsequently developed his singing, and in 1994, was awarded first prize at the renowned International Vocalisten Concours at 's-Hertogenbosch. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Music. He has appeared at all the major concert halls in London, at Symphony Hall Birmingham and Philharmonic Hall Liverpool and notable UK concert credits include Missa Solemnis with Heinrich Schiff and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stravinsky Renard with Psappha at the BBC Proms, Haydn Creation and Mozart Great Mass with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Handel Alexander's Feast with Northern Sinfonia and Nicholas McGegan. His engagements have taken him throughout Europe, especially to France where he has worked with Philippe Herreweghe, Hervé Niquet and Christophe Rousset.