Who Are We?
Wye Valley Music has been bringing live classical chamber music to the lower Wye Valley for 60 years. With a regular and varied programme of concerts every year across St Briavels, Monmouth, Chepstow and Ross, we endeavour to bring high-calibre musicians to the area.
The list of musicians who have played for us includes many who are now world-renowned, and we are proud to be in a position to encourage some of the most exciting new talents early in their careers.
Upcoming Concerts
Our next concert is our annual showcase of final year and post-graduate students from the
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama at 3pm on the 22nd March at St Mary the Virgin Church, St Briavels, GL15 6RG. See tomorrow’s stars today!
The remainder of our 2026 concert schedule is coming together beautifully with performances by
Daniel Tong & Robin Michael,
Sarah Waycott & Olivia Dance,
Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque,
She’Koyokh and
Vita String Quartet. For more information about these please visit our
Future Concerts page,
join our mailing list or
follow us on socials.
Community
Wye Valley Music is committed to bringing live music to the wider community. We work with local primary schools through our
Music in Schools programme and people living with dementia through our
Music in Mind programme. The next
Music Memory Cafe is on Wednesday, 18 March in the St Briavels Assembly Rooms at 10:30 a.m.
Programme Director Vacancy
We are appealing for a new Programme Director.
The programme director is the engine at the heart of what we do. We are already arranging celebration concerts for our 60th anniversary in the summer of 2027. But if nobody can be found to take over, it may be that those celebrations will be the last thing that Wye Valley Music does. Naturally, we hope it won’t come to that, but please give this appeal some thought; and, if this isn’t you, maybe the opportunity could excite someone you know; so, please ask around for us.
What’s the job? The programme director is responsible (in collaboration with the committee) for selecting, booking and liaising with musicians, and with the venues we use.
It’s a satisfying and enjoyable thing to do – to put together such a range of music over so many concerts. Most similar music groups put on nothing like the number of concerts that we do.
Clearly, an interest in chamber music is essential, but someone taking on the role does not need to have a deep knowledge of the classical music scene. In the first place, you will work alongside our existing programme director (Mike Haines) for a while so we'll not throw you in at the deep end; secondly, we constantly receive offers from musicians wanting to play for us; and – after nearly 60 years – we have an impressive roster of people who are eager to come back and play again!
If you’d like to talk it over, simple send an email to our chair (Ian Lewis), or our current programme director (Mike Haines) via
[email protected]. Alternatively you can leave us a message on our message line 01291 330020.
For the sake of clarity, please note that the role is unpaid – no WVM committee member receives any payment for the work they do. But we are careful to manage and share the work so that it doesn’t become too much.
Join Us
Like the sound of what we do? Well we're always on the lookout for enthusiastic people to join our committee. You don't need to be a chamber music aficionado or have a musical background. All skills and life experiences are valuable. We're a friendly and diverse bunch so if you have a few hours a month to spare we'd love to hear from you. Drop us a line on [email protected] or leave us a message on 01291 330020.
