Help us Celebrate the 85th Anniversary Year of Canterbury Music Club... Cheers!!!

Canterbury Music Club was established in 1941 to bring top quality musicians and music to the people of Canterbury in their darkest hour. This tradition continues to this day, when we welcome some of the finest classical chamber musicians in the country including Sarah Small with her viola da gamba, Cheryl and Paul Knight with their "Ode to Joyce" celebrating the songs and monologues of Joyce Grenfell, and the exotic harp, viola and flute music of the prize winning Pelléas Ensemble. Brilliant young ensembles include the Dogoda Wind Quintet who open the season with wondrous wind music, the inspirational Cordelia and Mirari String Quartets who will individually open with string quartets for Haydn and Mozart before coming together to play an Octet by Mendelssohn preceded by an overture-like octet for strings especially commissioned by CMC from Matthew Brown, a programme of cello sonatas by the Tillet Trust 2026 Debut Artist Daniel Schultz accompanied by the piano scholar Sejin Yoon, and an equally sparkling programme of violin sonatas by the Leader of the wonderful Salome String Quartet and newly appointed orchestral leader of Sinfonia Cymru - the inspirational South Korean violinist Haim Choi who will be accompanied by pianist Matthew Roberts. The internationally acclaimed Sacconi Quartet bring our 85th Anniversary Season to a close as they celebrate their own 25th Anniversary - with their original line-up who will play quartets new and old.

As one of the few music clubs who continued streaming live performances throughout Covid we shall maintain video recording throughout the new season. However for this season online streaming will be restricted to recorded performances as a benefit for our Members, subject to agreement of artists and their agents. 

We continue as Guests of the Gulbenkian Arts Centre at the University of Kent, with our full season held in the magnificent Colyer-Fergusson Hall with its beautiful acoustics. As previously all seats are unreserved, which allows audience members to select their preferred seats for individual concerts. All concerts for the 85th Season will be on Sunday afternoons at 3.00 pm commencing on Sunday 27th September 2026. We look forward to meeting you for the first time, and to greeting old friends once again.

Membership for the season is available at a considerable discount over individual ticket prices.  Added benefits include free parking on site and programmes, plus additional benefits shown below. Tickets are free to students and young people under 25.  

Finally Canterbury Music Club thanks all of our individual Patrons and our Sponsors for the season. Without everyone's support we should be unable to present such a high quality programme in such a wonderful venue. 

Committee

Antoinette Groom· Chair

Grenville Hancox · Concert Secretary

Ian Lane · Treasurer & Publicity

Sian Napier · Media & Communications