2022 Festival plans
Dear Members and Friends, I can’t quite believe this is the second year in a row that we’ve had to cancel our lovely Pennine Spring Music Festival. We were very much hoping that the situation with Covid would have improved sufficiently for us to go ahead this year. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be and it’s […]
June 2021 Festival postponed
It is with huge regret and disappointment that we are having to postpone the festival in June 2021. After consulting the Government “roadmap” and also checking the guidance from Making Music, it has become apparent that although we would be allowed to rehearse in a venue of a suitable size, each person would have to […]
2021 festival programme announced
Despite ongoing restrictions, we are thrilled to announce that we hope to run a festival in 2021 – albeit shorter than usual. We’re planning to run a three day event with separate rehearsals for choir and orchestra between Wednesday 2nd and Saturday 5th June (we’re allowing four days to accommodate separate rehearsals). The programme is […]
2020 Online Festival Activities
Next week would have been the beginning of PSM 2020 and although the idea of us gathering on Monday in Heptonstall is somewhat hard to imagine at the moment, we thought it was important to mark the occasion and look forward to what will be PSM 2021! We will be in touch throughout the week […]
2020 Festival postponed to 2021
It is with great sadness that the committee have decided we have no choice but to cancel PSM 2020 in the light of the current guidance about the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic. We intend to run the festival in 2021 on the usual week beginning the late May bank holiday, which is May […]
Announcing our soloist for Beethoven No.3: Elda Laro
We are pleased to announce our soloist for Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3: Elda Laro One of the most versatile artists of her generation As a conductor, pianist, chamber musician, harpsichordist and accompanist, the child prodigy from Scutari, Albania playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no.1 at the age of only 11 with the National Orchestra went […]
2020 APPLICATIONS OPEN!!

Applications for PSM 2020 are now open! Apply here to join our choir or orchestra: https://penninespringmusic.co.uk/join-us/
Applications open 5th October!
APPLICATIONS for PSM 2020 open on Saturday 5th October 2019. Apply early to avoid disappointment!!
2020 programme announced!
Just announced: the provisional programme for PSM 2020! Not only will we be marking Beethoven’s 250th anniversary in style, we will also be performing fabulous music from Rutter, to Mendelssohn and Shostakovitch! For full details, see: www.penninespringmusic.co.uk/festivalprogramme
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