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January Concert
The next concert of West Wight Arts Association's 2025/26 season will be held on Saturday January 10th in Freshwater Memorial Hall, starting at 7.00pm.
It will be given by the Northern Chords Ensemble, whose last sellout visit to Freshwater was acclaimed as a ‘wonderful evening of music making’. Founded in 2009, this compelling piano trio brings together some of the most exciting young musicians from across Europe.
“The musicianship is first class” – Cultured. North East
The programme for the Memorial Hall concert includes a rare opportunity to hear a beautiful romantic Piano Trio by the 19th century composer Emilie Mayer, ‘the Female Beethoven’, as well as Schubert’s Rondo in B minor and the Piano Trio No. 1 by Brahms.
Tickets at £17.00 (£3.00 for students and children) which includes the £1.00 booking fee, are available from our ticket page or Totland Parish Office on 756028.
Please note the concert starts at 7.00pm.
Dementia Carers’ Friendship Group
The collection at the end of the concert by Amiri Harewood for the Dementia Carers’ Friendship Group raised £518.62!
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the audience for their great generosity.
End of Season concert May 10th 2025
The End of Season concert in May was given by six recipients of West Wight Arts Association’s winners of the 2024 Bursary.
The next Bursary will be held in the spring of 2026 and details will be posted on to this website.
Steinway Grand Piano
The Steinway ‘B’ grand piano in the Memorial Hall, Freshwater, which belongs to West Wight Arts Association, is available for hire by arrangement with WWAA.
Please check the availability of the Memorial Hall with the administrator Debbie McAteer on memohall1960@gmail.com or 01983 752956 in the first instance and then email Richard Wilkins on wilkins.r@btinternet.com for further details.
West Wight Arts Association Bursary
West Wight Arts Association has a long tradition of promoting promising young musicians through our bursary scheme, which we run every two years. The next one will be held on February 28th 2026 .
To encourage talented and aspiring local music students who would welcome financial support to further their studies, a sum is set aside every two years to provide bursaries for young Islanders aged between 11 and 21 years at the time of auditioning.
“The concert was one of the best I have been to anywhere, the gut stringing added to their brilliant interpretation of the Mozart which was thrilling.”
“Absolutely wonderful that music of this quality is available in (dare I say it) sleepy old Freshwater. I wish WWAA every success in the future.”
“I thought it absolutely fabulous and their interpretation masterful and magical – I thought Amadeus himself would have been smiling.”
Previous Concerts
