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2021-22 Season

We are pleased to announce the Society’s programme for the 2021-22 season.  There will be seven recitals, all on Tuesdays at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room of Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

21 September 2021    Viv McLean

12 October 2021    Iyad Sughayer

9 November 2021     Dominic Degavino

7 December 2021    Pippa Harrison & James Willshire

8 February 2022     Antonina Suhanova

8 March 2022    Cristian Sandrin

12 April 2022    Daniel Lebhardt

Update 5 May 2021

We regret that the last recital of the season (Daniel Lebhardt on 18 May) also has to be cancelled.  All this season’s recitals are being rescheduled for the 2021-22 season, which will start with Viv McLean on Tuesday 21 September at 7.30 p.m.   Dates and pianists for the other recitals will be posted when these are confirmed.

Special Event: Friday 11th January 2019

Murray McLachlan (Head of Keyboard Studies, Chethams , Manchester & co-author of the Teacher Notes) will  play a selection from all the grades of the ABRSM Piano Syllabus, 2019-20, on our lovely Steinway Grand, on

Friday 11th January, 2019 @ 7.00 p.m.

at the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.

Tickets: Adults £10, Children £5 

 from: Museum, Sunderland, SR1 1PP

           Windows Music Shop, Central Arcade, Newcastle  0191 2321356

           N A Swallow 0191 2364864 or sunderlandpiano@outlook.com

Windows will also be selling the pieces before the performance and during the interval

Free nibbles available plus wine for sale

Tickets are limited – so book early (only unsold tickets will be available at the door)

New grant funding

We are delighted to acknowledge a generous grant from Sunderland City Council (East Sunderland Area Committee).  This will be of considerable assistance to the Society for our 74th season 2016-2017.

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