Looking for New Members & Friends

We are a small, but very friendly, sociable group and would look forward to welcoming new people of all ages as performing/non-performing members (or musicians to accompany us).

Though the works of Gilbert & Sullivan provide the main focus of our dramatic activities in the early Spring-Summer - next year's production will be The Yeomen of the Guard at Bakewell - we perform a varied repertoire of other concert pieces (ranging from Mozart to "The Beatles") throughout the year performed all over Derbyshire, including at Chatsworth and in Derby.

So, why not come along and join us?

We meet at All Saints Church Hall, Smedley Street, Matlock on Friday evenings at 7.30 pm. - after which "we retire to a local hostelry"!

Alernatively, think about becoming a Friend of the Society - to whom we are also grateful for their encouragement and support for all our productions.

Friends receive advance notification of productions and early booking, plus a free ticket for each of our two annual major productions in December (usually a Themed Concert) and June (our major staged production).

Further information about any of the above, please use the Contact Us form.

Music (& Props) for Hire

We are fortunate to have a member of the society who has arranged and composed music specifically for us to perform, and we offer some of this music for hire.

These arrangements include orchestrations for:

The Zoo

by Bolton Rowe & Sullivan

orchestrated for: Piano, Violin, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Horn, Percussion

The Sorcerer

by Gilbert & Sullivan
this orchestration includes restored music from the original production and new music for a song for Lady Sangazure's song (which has been lost from the original).

orchestrated for: Piano, Violin, Double Bass, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Percussion

We also have for hire a "Magical Teapot" for use in performances of The Sorcerer which can also be seen in action the video pages from the link above.

If you are interested in using any of these, please Contact Us for further information.