South Somerset Music Centre

South Somerset Music Centre Crewkerne's dedicated Concert Venue & Music Teaching Space. Home of Jonathan Delbridge Music & South Somerset Community Choir.

🎉 OUR GRAND PRIZE DRAW IS HERE! 🎉We’re delighted to launch the South Somerset Music Centre Grand Prize Draw, with some f...
08/09/2026

🎉 OUR GRAND PRIZE DRAW IS HERE! 🎉

We’re delighted to launch the South Somerset Music Centre Grand Prize Draw, with some fantastic prizes up for grabs!

🎟️ Tickets are just £1 each, and every ticket sold helps to support the work of South Somerset Music Centre – enabling us to continue bringing concerts, workshops and community music-making to Crewkerne.

And we’ve already got some rather lovely prizes…

🧺 A luxury food hamper
🍷 A £75 w**e voucher
🎶 A £75 South Somerset Music Centre voucher – spend it on events of your choice!

…and there are more prizes to come! 👀

The winning tickets will be drawn at our St Cecilia’s Gala Concert – A Knight at the Opera on Saturday 21 November.

You don’t need to be at the concert to win – although we’d certainly love to see you there!

🎟️ Prize Draw tickets are available now at South Somerset Music Centre or by contacting us at [email protected].

How many tickets will you choose? Perhaps one of them will be the lucky one! 🤞

Thank you, as always, for supporting your Music Centre. ❤️🎶

📚🎶 This Thursday, step into Jane Austen’s musical world…We all know Jane Austen the novelist – but this Thursday we’ll b...
07/09/2026

📚🎶 This Thursday, step into Jane Austen’s musical world…

We all know Jane Austen the novelist – but this Thursday we’ll be discovering Jane Austen the musician.

Austen played the piano and sang, and remarkably, much of the music she collected, copied and performed survives today.

On Thursday 10 September, Jane Austen scholar and music historian Dr Gillian Dooley joins us at South Somerset Music Centre for She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music.

Drawing on her detailed study of Jane Austen’s own music manuscripts, Gillian will reveal what Austen actually played and sang – and, importantly, we’ll hear some of that music brought to life during the evening too. 🎹

It promises to be a fascinating opportunity to experience another side of Jane Austen and discover something of the music that would once have filled her home.

📅 This Thursday, 10 September
📍 South Somerset Music Centre, Crewkerne

🎟️ There’s still time to book your tickets!

Book via the Events page at:
www.southsomersetmusiccentre.co.uk

📚🎶 ONE WEEK TO GO!In just one week’s time, we’re delighted to welcome Dr Gillian Dooley to South Somerset Music Centre f...
03/09/2026

📚🎶 ONE WEEK TO GO!

In just one week’s time, we’re delighted to welcome Dr Gillian Dooley to South Somerset Music Centre for a fascinating evening exploring a perhaps less familiar side of one of Britain’s best-loved writers…

🎹 Jane Austen the musician.

She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music draws on Gillian’s detailed research into Jane Austen’s own surviving music manuscripts, revealing the music Austen collected, copied, played at the piano and sang.

And this isn’t simply a talk about the music – we’ll be hearing some of it too.

It’s a wonderful opportunity to step into Jane Austen’s musical world and discover the sounds that formed part of her own everyday life.

Whether you’re a lifelong Jane Austen enthusiast, interested in music or social history, or simply curious to discover another side of this remarkable writer, we’d love you to join us.

📅 Thursday 10 September
📍 South Somerset Music Centre, Crewkerne

🎟️ Just one week to go – book your tickets now via the Events page at:
www.southsomersetmusiccentre.co.uk

01/09/2026

Each month, one of our wonderful Friends of South Somerset Music Centre is chosen at random to receive two free tickets to an event of their choice – and this month’s winning Friendship number is…

🥁 NUMBER 108! 🎉

So, if 108 is your Friendship number, congratulations! You’ve won two tickets to an event of your choice at the Music Centre. 🎟️🎟️

And if you’re not already one of our Friends, perhaps now is the perfect time to join us!

❤️ Becoming a Friend is a simple way to support the work of South Somerset Music Centre and help us continue bringing live music, workshops and community events to our part of Somerset.

Friendship starts from just £15 a year, and as well as knowing that you’re directly supporting the Music Centre, you’ll be entered into our monthly ticket draw too.

Could your number be next month’s winner? 🤞

Find out more and become a Friend at:
www.southsomersetmusiccentre.co.uk

And congratulations again to Friend 108! 🎶

📚 Think you know Jane Austen? There may be another side to her you haven’t discovered… 🎶We know the novelist. We know th...
01/09/2026

📚 Think you know Jane Austen? There may be another side to her you haven’t discovered… 🎶

We know the novelist. We know the characters, the romances, the wit and the wonderfully observed world of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma.

But what about Jane Austen the musician?

On Thursday 10 September, we’re delighted to welcome Jane Austen scholar and music historian Dr Gillian Dooley to South Somerset Music Centre for her fascinating presentation:

🎶 She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music

This is much more than a talk about music in Austen’s novels.

Gillian has spent years studying Jane Austen’s own surviving music manuscripts, uncovering the music she collected, copied, played at the piano and sang.

And during the evening, we won’t simply talk about that music – we’ll hear some of it too. 🎹

It’s a wonderful opportunity to step beyond the novels and encounter something of the soundworld of Jane Austen’s own life: the music she knew, enjoyed and actually performed.

If you’re interested in Jane Austen, social history, literature, historic instruments or simply discovering something you didn’t know before, we think you’ll find this a fascinating evening.

📅 Thursday 10 September
📍 South Somerset Music Centre, Crewkerne

🎟️ Tickets are available now – do book your place and join us for this very special evening.

Book via the Events page at:
www.southsomersetmusiccentre.co.uk

🎶 TONIGHT at South Somerset Music Centre!This evening we’re delighted to welcome Wessex Baroque Collective, joined by so...
29/08/2026

🎶 TONIGHT at South Somerset Music Centre!

This evening we’re delighted to welcome Wessex Baroque Collective, joined by soprano Angela Hicks, for Continuing Voices – the latest concert in our Golden Stone Chamber Music series.

Expect beautiful singing, period instruments and a fascinating programme celebrating music by women across the centuries, all experienced in the intimate surroundings of the Music Centre.

🎟️ Haven’t booked? You can still join us!

We have a few tickets remaining and these will be available on the door tonight, so do come along.

We’d love to see you! 🎶

📅 Tonight – Saturday 29 August
📍 South Somerset Music Centre, Crewkerne

❤️ Be part of what happens at South Somerset Music CentreConcerts. Workshops. Community music-making. Relaxed events. Op...
28/08/2026

❤️ Be part of what happens at South Somerset Music Centre

Concerts. Workshops. Community music-making. Relaxed events. Opportunities to learn and discover something new.

There’s always something happening here – and there are two easy ways you can become part of it.

Become a Friend from just £15 a year and directly support the work of the Music Centre.

Or join our free mailing list and be among the first to hear about upcoming concerts, workshops and events.

Whether you support us as a Friend, come to our events, volunteer, join our mailing list or simply tell someone else about us – it all helps this little Music Centre continue to grow. ❤️

Find out more at www.southsomersetmusiccentre.co.uk

🎶 **What will you hear at Saturday’s Wessex Baroque concert?**This Saturday, **Wessex Baroque** bring us *Continuing Voi...
27/08/2026

🎶 **What will you hear at Saturday’s Wessex Baroque concert?**

This Saturday, **Wessex Baroque** bring us *Continuing Voices* — a fascinating programme that spans more than **four centuries of music**, bringing the Baroque into conversation with composers writing today.

We’ll hear music by some of the remarkable women of the Baroque, including **Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre and Isabella Leonarda**, alongside works by **Kapsberger, Gabrielli and Gamberini**.

And these historic voices are joined by contemporary composers **Emma-Marie Kabanova** and **Yu Hng Ng**, whose music shows how themes, sounds and ideas from the past can continue to resonate with composers today.

Expect beautiful vocal writing, expressive instrumental music, moments of intimacy and drama, and the chance to discover some music you may never have heard before.

📅 **Saturday 29 August**
📍 South Somerset Music Centre

🎟️ **Tickets are still available** — come and experience this wonderfully imaginative journey through music old and new.

📚🎶 What did Jane Austen actually play?We know Jane Austen as one of Britain’s best-loved writers – but Jane Austen was a...
26/08/2026

📚🎶 What did Jane Austen actually play?

We know Jane Austen as one of Britain’s best-loved writers – but Jane Austen was also a musician.

She played the piano and sang, and music was an important part of her everyday life. Even more fascinatingly, manuscripts and music collections associated with Austen survive, giving us a remarkable insight into the actual pieces she knew and played.

On Thursday 10 September, we’re delighted to welcome Dr Gillian Dooley to the South Somerset Music Centre for:

🎶 She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music

Gillian has studied Jane Austen’s own music manuscripts in great detail, researching the repertoire Austen collected, copied, played and sang and what it can tell us about her musical life.

And this won’t simply be a talk about the music…

🎹 We’ll actually hear some of the pieces Jane Austen herself played, bringing her musical world to life more than 200 years later.

Some of the music will also be performed using our 1840 square piano – an instrument remarkably close to the type of piano Jane Austen herself owned.

So this is a wonderful opportunity not only to learn more about Jane Austen the writer, but to discover Jane Austen the musician – and hear some of the music that would once have filled her home.

📅 Thursday 10 September
📍 South Somerset Music Centre

If you love Jane Austen, music, literature or social history, we’d love you to join us.

🎟️ Tickets are available now via the Events page at:
www.southsomersetmusiccentre.co.uk

🎶 Experience Baroque music up close this Saturday…Imagine hearing the beautiful sound of soprano, violin # and harpsicho...
25/08/2026

🎶 Experience Baroque music up close this Saturday…

Imagine hearing the beautiful sound of soprano, violin # and harpsichord – not from the back of a large concert hall, but from just a few metres away.

This Saturday 29 August, we’re delighted to welcome the Wessex Baroque Collective, joined by acclaimed soprano Angela Hicks, to the South Somerset Music Centre for Continuing Voices, the next concert in our Golden Stone Chamber Music series.

Performed on period instruments, Continuing Voices celebrates music by women across the centuries, bringing together wonderful musicianship, beautiful singing and some fascinating repertoire to discover.

And our intimate venue is the perfect place to experience it.

✨ Beautiful music. Exceptional musicians. Experienced up close.

If you’ve been thinking about joining us, have you booked your seats yet?

📅 Saturday 29 August
🎶 Continuing Voices
🎻 Wessex Baroque Collective, Angela Hicks, soprano
📍 South Somerset Music Centre

🎟️ Tickets are available now via the Events page:
www.southsomersetmusiccentre.co.uk

We’d love to welcome you on Saturday!

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South Somerset Music Centre, South Street
Crewkerne
TA188DB

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 9pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

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+441460594464

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