Instruments of Time and Truth, described on BBC Record Review as 'an absolutely superb band of instrumental soloists', was founded in 2014 by musicians Gabriel Amherst and Judith Evans to provide a platform for international performers resident in and around Oxford. Since its inception IT&T has performed frequently in the Sheldonian Theatre, the Holywell Music Room, SJE Arts, Dorchester Abbey, and many of Oxford’s churches and chapels. Locally, the orchestra has also performed as part of Garsington Opera at Wormsley, Longborough Festival Opera, the Divine Office Festival, and the Tetbury Festival. The ensemble has assumed a significant role in underpinning the tradition of choral excellence at the University of Oxford, collaborating with the choirs of Keble, Merton, New, Magdalen, The Queen’s, Somerville and St Peter’s Colleges, as well as with choirs from within the community: Frideswide Voices, the Oxford Bach Choir, Oxford Girl’s Choir, Oxford Pro Musica Singers, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, St Edward’s Singers, and the Summertown Choral Society. IT&T has also extended its activities further afield, performing at London’s Kings Place and Wilton’s Music Hall, Leicester’s De Montfort Hall, Peterborough Cathedral, in Bath’s Assembly Rooms as part of the West Country Choral Festival, and at the Stour Festival in Kent. IT&T has also been in demand in Europe, performing in France, Spain, the Canary Islands, and as part of the Valetta Baroque Festival in Malta.