Dear Music Lovers

With the blink of an eye, it is already start of August in what was the new year of 2022 and the older one gets, the faster it seems to fly past. This was meant to be the beginning of the end of COVID-19.

Anyway it is pleasing to note that the majority of the restrictions of COVID-19 are now relaxed and the everyday life seems to have returned to some degree of normality. We are particularly encouraged to see that the full 2022 TRMS Programme of Concerts so meticulously put together by our Programme Director, Dr Steven Halls is attended by progressively increasing audience numbers. I am appealing to all Patrons, Members and Friends to attend as many if not all of the remaining concerts this year. Please pass the word amongst your friends and relatives in the social circle.

As you have seen over the years, TRMS does put on musicians of exceptional calibre and most times of international repute and we shall continue to do so. In doing this, our aim is not necessarily to be a profit-making organisation and for us to break-even is perfectly satisfactory. However, to put on high profile, high quality concerts does sometimes mean that we take a loss as we are reluctant to increase the ticket prices from their current levels. Repeated occurrences of this cannot be good for the sustained future for our music society. The only other way to break this deadlock is to increase awareness locally and in adjacent geographies through better, more co-ordinated and newer ways of Marketing Communications. You will be pleased to know that we are trying all the known available means and our Marketing Co-ordinator - David Budge and Membership Secretary - Mick Currey are doing everything in their power to achieve this. If you have any ideas to expand the reach of publicity of our concerts, please let me know. All suggestions are welcomed.

We have the Magginis to look forward to in the end of next month (Friday, 29 Sept 7.15 pm); they are as you know, TRMS's resident string quartet. This is followed by John Donegan's Jazz Concert with his sextet (Wednesday, 19 October 7.30 pm) and Veronica Maier piano recital (Wednesday, 16 November 3.00 pm -afternoon concert). Finally to close the year, We have the Magginis to look forward to in the end of next month (Friday, 29 Sept 7.15 pm); they are as you know, TRMS's resident string quartet. This is followed by John Donegan's Jazz Concert with his sextet (Wednesday, 19 October 7.30 pm) and Veronica Maier piano recital (Wednesday, 16 November 3.00 pm - afternoon concert). Finally to close the year, we have our ever so popular Purcell School Students coming back for a lunchtime concert just before Christmas (Wednesday, 7 December 1.00 pm). As always, all the details are on the website.

I sincerely hope you are keeping yourselves safe and well in this exceptional spell of dry and hot weather. I look forward to seeing you at all the upcoming concerts and am grateful for all your continued loyalty and support without which we wouldn't have even got this far.

Best wishes, Ash

Sincerely
Ash PATIL
Chairman, TRMS
03.01.2022

Minutes of the latest 2021 AGM that took place on Wednesday December 1 at the Baptist Church will be available soon.

Minutes of the last AGM - 2019