The Society was founded in 1941 by Gertrude Lampson with the objective "to promote ...... the presentation of public concerts and recitals". For over 60 years, it has been responsible for performances in Haywards Heath and district of live music covering a wide spectrum of musical styles, and displaying the talents of artists ranging from gifted amateurs, through aspiring young professionals to established names such as Peter Katin, Emma Johnson, Margaret Fingerhut, Steven Osborne, Evelyn Glennie, Freddie Kempff and John Amis. Groups including the Rasumovsky and Coull string quartets, the Haffner Wind Ensemble and The Fairer Sax have also appeared. An annual event is the Young Musicians' Showcase, which gives the cream of local young performers the opportunity to demonstrate their musical talents in public. Many of these performers have gone on to careers in professional music, including recently Alexis White, Pavlos Carvalho and Caroline Tyler.  

Our new season will once again bring high quality professional music-making to Haywards Heath. We begin with a celebrity concert featuring Denise Leigh, who was joint winner of Channel 4's "Operatunity" competition and has gone on to become an established star of the opera scene. We are also pleased to welcome two local favourites, cellist Pavlos Carvalho with his new ensemble, and conductor Janet Canetty-Clark, who will give one of her acclaimed lecture recitals. Other concerts will showcase the rising talents of Rachel Smith, flute, with Jean Kelly, harp, and prize-winning pianist Jayson Gilham, and the season will end with a fascinating exploration of the music of Jane Austen's England, given by Concert Royale. These promise to be memorable evenings with top-notch artists, and the Society welcomes new and returning members, as well as one-off visitors, to these concerts.