If your music society would like to be included in this section, please contact us using the details at the bottom of the page.

Aylesbury Choral Society
The choir comprises of over 100 members and presents three or more concerts a year with professional orchestra and soloists. The repertoire ranges from 16th century to 21st century composers, both religious and secular.

• Location: Aylesbury Methodist Church, St. Marys Church etc
• Meeting frequency: Weekly
• Age range: Adults and young people
• Contact name: Cindy Whiffin
• Email address: cjwhiffin@hotmail.com

Aylesbury Concert Band
We are an amateur wind band which performs concerts and provides music for events throughout Aylesbury and the surrounding district

• Location: Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
• Meeting frequency: Weekly
• Age range: All
• Contact name: John Dablin
• Telephone: 01296 433763
• Email address: enquiries@aylesburyband.org
• Website: http://aylesburyband.org/

Aylesbury Consort of Voices
A small 'a capella' choir singing a wide range of music from medieval period to present day. An ability to sight read is helpful. The Consort can perform whole or parts of concerts for charitable organisations on an expenses only basis.

• Location: Rehearse in Aylesbury
• Meeting frequency: Every Thursday
• Age range: All adults and teenagers
• Contact name: Lucy Orchard
• Telephone: 01296 641049

Aylesbury Festival Choir
Regular rehearsals with a professional conductor to present concerts of mainly choral works with professional soloists and orchestra. We also present an annual carol concert in the Civic Centre. We welcome anyone with a reasonable singing voice.

• Location: Rehearsals usually Aylesbury Grammar School
• Meeting frequency: Weekly Thursday evenings from Sept to Dec and Jan to March
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Maggie Ferris
• Telephone: 01296 641367
• Email address: info@aylesburyfestivalchoir.org
• Website: http://www.aylesburyfestivalchoir.org

Aylesbury Opera Group
We mount one, sometimes two, staged productions of opera each year. We also give concerts of opera music (highlights) and complete operas (unstaged.)

• Location: Rehearsals - Walton Parish Hall
• Meeting frequency: Weekly when a production in rehearsal
• Age range: All
• Contact name: David Hayes
• Telephone: 01844 346729
• Email address: dmhayes50@googlemail.com  


Aylesbury Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra

• Location: Aylesbury Music Centre
• Meeting frequency: Weekly
• Age range: 16+
• Email address: info@aylesburyorchestra.co.uk
• Website: www.aylesburyorchestra.co.uk


Buckingham Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Players
This group welcomes musicians of Grade 8 standard and above to come and play both small chamber and orchestral repertoire. A small number of public concerts are performed each year.

• Location: Buckingham area
• Meeting frequency: Alternate Tuesday evenings during school term time
• Age range: 18+
• Contact name: Joanna Thomson
• Email address: chairman@bucksorchestra.org.uk  
• Website: www.bucksorchestra.org.uk

Buckingham Choral Society
We perform three concerts a year usually March, July and December. The winter concert is usually sacred/oratorio works. The summer term is lighter secular music. We use a full orchestra as necessary and professional soloists.

• Location: Rehearsals at Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham
• Meeting frequency: Tuesday weekly during term time
• Age range: Adult
• Contact name: Alison Critchley
• Telephone: 01296 715276
• Email address: aecritchley@aol.com

Buckingham Summer Festival
The Buckinghamshire Summer Festival organise a week of classical music concerts in July each year. During this festival, 20 concerts are performed by professional musicians with national and international reputations.

• Location: Radcliff Centre, Chantry Chapel and Parish Church
• Meeting frequency: Annually for one week in July
• Age range: All
• Telephone: 01280 848275
• Email address: robert_secret@fastmail.fm

Caduceus Brass
We are an established brass quintet and provide a whole range of brass music from baroque to modern - suitable for weddings, private functions, concerts etc.
 
• Location: Bucks/Berks/Oxon/Herts/Beds/Warks
• Meeting frequency: Weekly
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Norman Bartlett
• Telephone: 01296 483349
• Email address: norman.bartlett@btopenworld.com
• Website: http://www.caduceusbrass.co.uk

Crendon Chamber Orchestra
We perform music from the 16th century to 20th century and beyond. We provide the opportunity for members of the community to play and perform together.

• Location: Long Crendon and Thame
• Meeting frequency: Three concerts a year, Oct, Feb and June
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Neil Kennedy
• Telephone: 01442 862798
• Email address: kennedyn@btinternet.com  

Friends of St Mary’s Aylesbury
We support the charitable activities of St. Mary's Centre and promote appreciation of the arts particularly the art of music by presenting public concerts and recitals. Every Thursday we hold a Lunchtime concert in the Church, starting at 12.45 lasting approximately 40 minutes. Price £2 and under 18’s get in free.

• Location: St. Mary's Church, Aylesbury
• Meeting frequency: Various
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Janet Frost
• Telephone: 01296 681244
• Email address: janetfrost@wingrave.net

Funk Club
A deejay collective specialising in the free public performance of recorded music from a range of genres, including Funk, Soul, Rare Groove, Jazz Fusion, Old Skool Hip Hop, Breaks and Old Skool House Music.

• Location: 1 Silver Street (opposite Jardines bowling club), Aylesbury
• Meeting frequency: Weekly - Thursday 9pm till late
• Age range: 18+
• Contact name: Garry Lugmayer
• Telephone: 07939 148527
• Email address: g.lugmayer@ntlworld.com  

Great Horwood Silver Band
We perform at many venues during the year and play for church services, fetes, carnivals, weddings, concerts etc. We also undertake tours in Europe and have played for many concerts in Germany.

• Location: Great Horwood Village Hall
• Meeting frequency: Weekly
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Mrs Beryl Lack
• Telephone: 01908 510809
• Email address: beryl.lack@tiscali.co.uk  
• Website: http://www.freewebs.com/greathorwood  

Haddenham Handbell Ringers
Tune ringing on handbells.

• Location: Haddenham
• Meeting frequency: Weekly during term time
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Jacky Keates
• Telephone: 01844 291014

Halton Singers
Two musical shows and one choral concert done jointly with Halton Area Voluntary Band in December and Regent Orchestra in June. We also do a number of smaller concerts and entertainment for local groups.

• Location: Halton Village Hall and John Colet School for shows
• Meeting frequency: Weekly
• Age range: 14+ years
• Contact name: Ruth Levitt
• Telephone: 01296 398554
• Email address: enquiries@haltonsingers.org.uk

Harmony Group

• We are a 'drop in' music group for adults.
• Based at queens park arts centre, Queens park road, Aylesbury (opposite the grammar school)
• Meet on thursday mornings during term time 10am-12noon
• Price 5.00, all proceeds to the arts centre
• Telephone 01296 424332
• We sing a variety of modern and folk songs, and some members accompany on guitar, ukulele and folk drum
• Opportunities to learn basic skills on these instruments are available if wished.
• Opportunities to perform are available through the arts centre but no obligation to do so.
• Separate Jazz and guitar groups at the queens park arts centre (see website for details) - qpc.org
  
  
  
   

Jam Central Records
Independent record label, coordinator of Aylesbury Showcase festival.

• Location: Aylesbury
• Contact name: Stuart Robb
• Email address: office@jamcentralrecords.co.uk  
• Website: http://www.jamcentralrecords.com  

Regent Orchestra
We are a friendly amateur orchestra who play a wide repertoire. We perform three concerts a year.

• Location: Broughton Infant School, Aylesbury
• Meeting frequency: Weekly
• Age range: 18+
• Contact name: Suzanne Clayton
• Telephone: 0845 430 4567
• Email address: info@regentorchestra.org.uk  
• Website: http://www.regentorchestra.org.uk  

Sing! Community Choir
A community choir run by local composer Roger Jackson.  Open to all, no auditions, no solos and no sight reading.

• Location: Stoke Mandeville Combined School, Stoke Mandeville, HP22 5XA
• Meeting frequency: Every Monday. 7.45pm - 9.15pm 
• Contact name: Sue Greenleaves
• Email address: sue@sing.co.uk
• Website: www.sing.co.uk

Stewkley Singers
A friendly village choir covering a variety of music from Classical greats to popular show tunes.

• Location: Methodist Church School Room, Stewkley
• Meeting frequency: Every Thursday 8–10 pm, September to May
• Age range: All ages welcome (children from year 7 upwards)
• Contact name: Jenny Morgan
• Telephone: 01525 242014

Stowe Opera
A professional opera company, performing during August in the Roxburgh Theatre at Stowe. The orchestra is made up of professional freelance musicians and has, in recent years, been performing concerts in its own right.

• Location: Stowe
• Meeting frequency: Various
• Age range: Various
• Contact name: Robert Secret
• Telephone: 01280 848933
• Email address: stoweopera@hotmail.com  

The Artfully Reliable Theatre Society
We are a community amateur music and theatre group, based in Aylesbury, producing all aspects of musical theatre, including staged productions. We also provide a platform for new local talent, including composers, performers and technical crew, to showcase their work.

• Location: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Thame Road South, Aylesbury, HP21 8TS
• Meeting frequency: Wednesday evenings, on going, 7.30pm
• Age range: Any
• Contact name: Rebecca Taylor
• Telephone: 01296 422645 or 07713 708667
• Email address: thearts@laserfocus.co.uk

Wendover Choral Society
Performance of choral music. Two concerts per year with fantastic orchestra and soloists. This year the Christmas concert will be held on 5th December 2009 at St Marys Church Wendover, the choir will be performing music by JS Bach

• Location: John Hampden School in Wharf Road, Wendover
• Meeting frequency: Every Thursday during term time at 7.45pm
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Heather Barret-Mold
• Telephone: 01494 837423
• Website: http://www.wendoverchoralsociety.co.uk  

Wendover Music
Provision of four concerts of classical music; one per month from April to July. We bring in artists of national and international repute. We encourage young people by devoting one concert each season to young professional artists.

• Location: St. Mary's Church, Wendover
• Meeting frequency: 4 times a year
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Desmond Hallas (Secretary)
• Telephone: 01296 622805
• Website: http://www.wendovermusic.org.uk

Winslow Concert Band
To provide a friendly, informal setting for musicians to meet and enjoy playing together. Concerts help to raise money for local organisations. All players welcome (brass, woodwind, percussion).

• Location: Winslow Public Hall
• Meeting frequency: Once a week
• Age range: All
• Contact name: Mrs Alison Cockroft
• Telephone: 01525 758 178
• Email address: alisoncockroft3@hotmail.com  
• Website address: http://www.winslowconcertband.co.uk  

Whitchurch Morris Men

• Location : Wilstone Village Hall
• Meeting Frequency: Tuesday evenings
• Age Range : 1 - 100
• Contact name: Nigel Cox
• Telephone: 01494 481 478
• Email address: nigelj.cox@btinternet.com  
• Website address: http://www.whitchurchmorris.org.uk  

Wriggles and Giggles
A drop in pre-school music group run by an education and music professional for children and their parents or carers - come along and join in the noisy fun!

• Location: Methodist Church School Room, Stewkley
• Meeting Frequency: Monday mornings 10am - 11am, during term time
• Age range: 0-4
• Price: £4 for the first child, £2.50 for siblings over 6 months
• Contact Name: Jenny Morgan
• Telephone: 01525 242014

Date Updated: 29/01/13