Richard Howarth and his Manchester Sinfonia lead the Philharmonic Choir in the joyous music of Strauss and others in this celebration of the Grimsby Philharmonic Society's 160th Anniversary

The New Chesham Travel Club meet at the Central Hall each month for illustrated talks and slideshows. The month's programme will be a talk on ROME by Derek Coates.

The Barton Town Band previously known as the Ropery Band and Barton Cycle Works Silver Band was formed by an amalgamation with the Barton Excelsior band in the 1920's. In the 1960's the band amalgamated with Barrow Britannia Band becoming known as the Barton Town Band. The Band has a long tradition of encouraging young people and now has four bands: The Town Band, The Community Band, The Youth Band and The Junior Band. The Barton Town Band has been the Northern area Champions since 2006 winning the title four times and qualifying for the national finals every year since then. In the finals, the Band have been placed 6th, 3rd and 2nd twice gaining promotion through the sections to the Championship section. The Town band is graded in the top 100 bands in the world and over the next five years their target is to be in the top 50, which will require regular qualification for the Champion section Finals at the Royal Albert Hall and to progress through to the British open to compete in the Grand Shield contest. The Band is developing an original type of brass band performance incorporating many modern stage effects and equipment. This is designed to place the band in larger venues spreading their appeal.

Sarah-Jane won first prize at Capellades and St Joan de Vilatorrada in Spain. She has a distinguished international reputation as a soloist and chamber musician. She has premiered and recorded a number of new works for solo viola. Sarah-Jane’s accompanist is the internationally acclaimed pianist, ANTHONY HEWITT. Programme: Mendelssohn: Sonata in C minor; Delius: Caprice & Elegy; Delius: Sonata No.3; York Bowen: Sonata No. 1 in C minor; Prokofiev: Four Pieces from “Romeo & Juliet”.

The John Miller Orchestra, formerly The Herb Miller Orchestra, is the only Big Band performing the music of Glenn Miller with direct family links to the great man himself, in the form of John Miller, his nephew. Herb Miller developed his musical talent very much under the guidance of his elder brother Glenn, and went on to form various bands in America. But it was not until many years after the mysterious disappearance of Glenn that Herb decided he wanted to recreate the Miller Magic and form an orchestra to play the music of his brother. Herb had worked in America for many years with his son John, singer and bass player. When they decided to form the Herb Miller Orchestra in Great Britain John became his business partner, and the featured singer with the band. John and Herb built an organization which now contains some of the best musicians in the country. Sadly, Herb Miller died in 1987. John Miller took over the direction of the band and his unique brand of Yankee showmanship, humour and personality have given it a reputation of "a good time for all" (including the band). John has the uncanny ability to reach a crowd whether it is in the small confines of a smoky bar or the vast expanse of Hyde Park to ten thousand plus. John is joined on stage by vocalist Fiona Paige who is at the centre of the great Modernaires numbers like Chattanooga Choo Choo and I've Gotta Gal In Kalamazoo.

Local trumpet player Roy Norton makes another visit to the Hall with his Dixieland Quartet including Geoff Patterson on clarinet Jim Wright one of this country's finest banjo players and Graham Jones Bass & Sousaphone.

RE-ARRANGED DATE FROM CONCERT CANCELLED ON 4-12-2011 The Grimsby Symphony Orchestra return to the Central Hall under conductor Neville Turner , Leader Caroline Seagroatt. Programme: Overture to 'Coriolan' ... (Beethoven) Beethoven Piano Concerto No3 - Soloist Alan Brown Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony No 3

The New Chesham Travel Club meet at the Central Hall each month for illustrated talks and slideshows. The month's programme will be a talk on TREKKING IN NEPAL by Malcolm Crawford.

The Central Hall Trust proudly presents a concert to celebrate the Diamond Anniversary of the Central Hall featuring a performance by Grimsby's very own international singing star MICHAEL DORE. The concert will include supporting items from the Orpheus Male Voice Choir; Humber Belles Ladies Barbershop Harmony Chorus and the Grimsby Philharmonic Society and accompaniment by Grimsby born internationally acclaimed pianist RICHARD MARKHAM.

Winners of the St. Martin’s Chamber Competition, the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund and the Tunnell Trust Award 2010/2011, the Piatti String Quartet are fast emerging as one of the UK's leading young string quartets. They have performed live on BBC Radio 3 and at major venues in London, the UK and Europe. Programme: Mozart: Dissonance Quartet; Bartok: Quartet No.3; Schubert: Death and the Maiden

A seven piece band playing the old style 'New Orleans Jazz', recreating the music of the Crescent City, be it Stomp, Blues, Hymn, Spirit or Pop Song of the day. In the style of the late, great, Bunk Johnson, George Lewis and Kid Thomas bands. Their motto is "helping to keep the real Jazz alive".

Olga Stezhko was born in Minsk, Belarus and made her debut as a soloist at the National Opera House in Minsk at the age of eight. She has won many international piano competitions including the Grand Prix at the First European Piano Competition (Poland) and 1st Prize at the N. Rubinstein International Piano Competition (Paris). Olga has given numerous TV and radio performances in Belarus and she has played throughout Europe and in the USA. Programme: Chopin: Ballade No. 2; Albeniz: “Jerez” from Iberia Book 4; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2; Debussy: Images Book 1; Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2.

Formed at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2006 the award-winning Absolution Quartet is leading the way in expanding the repertoire for saxophone quartet. Their music is exciting and eclectic, demonstrating a dazzling ensemble tightness and stunning musicality. Their awards include the 'RNCM Ensemble of the Year 2009' finalists in the 2010 Royal Overseas League wind/mixed ensemble category centenary year and most recently have been chosen by the ‘Making Music’ concert promoters network as selected artists for 2012-13. They are the first chamber group to have been awarded a full scholarship at the RNCM to study on the Postgraduate International Artists Diploma course, the highest attainable performance degree in the UK described by the college as ‘the pinnacle of achievement in performance at the college’.

The New Chesham Travel Club meet at the Central Hall each month for illustrated talks and slideshows. The month's programme will be a talk and video on NEW ZEALAND by Roy Matthews.

The members of CentA Stage Theatre Company (ages 2-68) present a Song and dance show with musicals including, Rent, South Pacific, Grease, Mama Mia, Blood Brothers, Dreamgirls, Pricilla Queen of the Desert and many more.

RICHARD PARDY: - Originally a pianist and singer, Richard Pardy later took up the clarinet joining The British Youth Symphony Orchestra on alto sax and bass clarinet, and in 1987 completed a degree studying Jazz & Popular Music at Leeds College of Music. Working in many areas of the music industry thereafter, he joined Westlife playing sax, flute and percussion on a world tour and live DVD recording throughout 2004. West End work includes the Broadway transfer of Billy Joel’s Musical ‘Movin’ Out’, ‘Shoes The Musical’, and deps in ‘Dirty Dancing’, ‘Hairspray’, ‘Hair’, ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’, ‘Legally Blonde’, ‘Smokey Joes Café’ and ‘Jolson’. Richard was musical arranger and director of a touring show celebrating the music of Marvin Gaye, and in ‘Movin Out’ he played the lead sax/percussion and dual lead vocal with the main singer, and was reviewed by the British Theatre Guide: – “The musical stars of the show are undoubtedly Richard Pardy who plays a mean saxophone and Dennis DelGaudio, the musical director and guitarist” Amongst others, he has also performed with Amy Winehouse, Vanessa Mae, Peter Andre, Gloria Gaynor, Shirley Bassey, Marty Wilde & Kim Wilde and has toured with soul and motown artists including, The Drifters, Ben E. King, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Miracles, George McRae, Jimmy Ruffin, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Sister Sledge and Kim Weston, and more recently Gloria Gaynor, The Supremes & Mary Wilson, Tavares, The Chilites and also the Matthew Herbert Big Band, touring concert halls and jazz festivals. Recent West End work includes 'Shoes', 'Dirty Dancing', 'Hair' and 'Hairspray' and he featured in the West-End., Broadway transfer of Billy Joel's Musical 'Movin Out' to great reviews. Richard is also a qualified teacher and currently enjoys teaching locally near his home in Hertfordshire. LEO SOLOMON (MBE) has been playing the piano since he was eight years old. His serious and abiding interest in jazz began at fifteen when he became a band leader. Leo’s reputation as a soloist and accompanist is international. He has accompanied over one hundred of the world’s greatest exponents of jazz. NORMAN BEANE (Percussion) is a founder member of the Trio who has played without a break with Leo until the present time. He has worked with many professional musicians famous in the national and international world of jazz. Norman is a brilliant, driving percussionist, a teacher under whom many well-known local drummers have studied and his enthusiasm for and enjoyment of performance are still of the highest order. PETER BARNABY (Bass) is a professional musician who enjoys the highest regard of all who have worked with him. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and, as a freelance musician, has worked with a number of prestigious classical orchestras as well as various theatre and jazz groups. He has accompanied many jazz artists, including Clark Tracy, Ellyn Rucker and Spike Robinson.

A programme of patriotic music with the Queen's Jubilee and the London Olympics in mind.

Gervase Phinn has been touring theatres across the country for over 9 years now as a hilarious raconteur. The best selling and award winning author, Radio and TV personality, really is at his best and most exciting in front of a live audience. An Evening with Gervase Phinn” will have you on the edges of your seats, as he shares his hilarious and sometimes poignant tales of life as a schools inspector in the Yorkshire Dales. Dubbed “the James Herriot of schools”. With his keen ear for the absurd and sharp eye for the ludicrous, Gervase Phinn has delighted audiences all over the UK with stories of his experiences as a school inspector. Gervase embarks on his 11th national tour that takes in over 50 nights. His shows have received rave reviews all across the country. “Gervase Phinn is one of the most accomplished public speakers of any kind “ (The Times Educational Supplement) “Laugh-out-loud funny” (Women’s Weekly) “Gervase Phinn has a unique understanding and love of children, and a wonderful gift for storytelling … a real star” (Esther Rantzen) “A born raconteur” (The Guardian) “Funny touching and entertaining” (The Daily Express) “He tells a cracking good tale” (The Times) “A worthy successor to James Herriot and every bit as endearing.” (Alan Titchmarsh) www.gervase-phinn.com/

The Grimsby Fisherman's Mission invite you to join them for a musical evening with the celebrated 'Filey Fisheman's Choir' and Salvation Army band. FURTHER INFORMATION TO FOLLOW

The students from Franklin College will perform a Murder Mystery play from which the audience will actively participate to decide 'Who Dunnit'. Musical items from the Grimsby & Cleethorpes Ladies Choir.

Prize winners from the Annual Festival perform a varied and entertaining programme Further information from 01472 695367

The East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band is one of the top brass bands in the world and is probably one of the most successful band ever during its twenty-two year history. In soccer terms the Band started as a Sunday League team in 1989 and achieved promotion in almost consecutive years through the 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st divisions and then to the Premier league! Having been promoted to the North of England Championship Section (the Band equivalent of the Premier league) in 1996, the Band then earned the title of Northern Area Champions for a remarkable three successive years.