​Starling Sessions is a global folk community orchestra, exploring traditional music from around the 
world through the people of Oxford. The membership is international, and each week a different 
person brings a song for the rest of the group to learn. Like the common starling, which makes its 
home anywhere and has a knack for learning the songs of other birds around it, Starling Sessions 
creates a musical mosaic from the people who have made their home in Oxford.

The group meets weekly in a rehearsal space at the Old Fire Station. In 2024, the organisers decided 
to learn more about the impact of their work using the Storytelling Evaluation Method (Storytelling). 
Storytelling is an evaluation approach developed by Old Fire Station and inspired by Most Significant 
Change (MSC). It involves collecting stories from people about their experience of a project, and then 
bringing other people together to discuss these stories and what can be learned from them.

This process will help the organisers of Starling Sessions to understand what being involved means to 
people. It will inform priorities for future planning and help to communicate the value of their work 
to funders and other potential supporters. We really appreciate your participation in this process, and 
hope that it will be meaningful and enjoyable for you too. 

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​Here's the link to Tandem Collective's webpage on Starling Sessions.

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Click here to read the report