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There is an ongoing and lively debate in our home city, Derby, about whether to demolish or refurbish the Assembly Rooms, a building that has stood empty in the city centre for over a decade.

Over the last 18 months, a group of musicians from Sinfonia Viva have been part of a remarkable project called The Wandering Minstrels, delivered in partnership with Air Arts and supported by Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity. Together, they have brought live music to patients, families, and NHS staff across dementia, cancer, stroke, and most recently, the renal ward, where the final 12-week residency has just come to a close.

As spring begins to stretch its way into Mansfield, something special has been unfolding inside the spaces of Mansfield Museum.

We’ve been working with Universal Services for Carers and the Hardy Group to pilot a new project for carers and their loved ones in Derby this March: read on to find out more!

From Tuesday 17 to Tuesday March 2026, donations made to Sinfonia Viva will be DOUBLED as part of the Big Give’s Arts for Impact campaign, until we reach our target, thanks to match funding.

On Saturday 21 March, Derby Cathedral will host the world premiere of a piece of choral music written 80 years ago, when we are joined by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir to perform the Festival Anthem by British composer Imogen Holst.  

We are thrilled to announce that our much-loved Melodic Moments concert series is coming to Mansfield Museums!

As a result of Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s recent finger injury, there needs to be a change to the programme for our concert at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall on Saturday 10 January 2026.

Legendary newsreader and Beethoven expert, John Suchet OBE, is coming to Derby for a unique concert exploring the life of arguably history’s greatest composer.