Bringing Live Music to Teviotdale
WELCOME
TO
HAWICK MUSIC CLUB
We look forward to welcoming you
to a wide variety of musical experiences
during Hawick Music Club's 75th season
in 2026/2027
Concerts are funded through
the National Lottery Community Fund
Places at each concert are limited, so booking is essential by emailing ticketsHMC@outlook.com
Sunday 13th September 2026
The Ugly Bugs
Venue -
Hawick Rugby Football Clubrooms,
Mansfield Park
at 7pm
An optional Curry Buffet is available at £15pp
but must be pre-booked and paid via
Sunday 18th October 2026:
Howells Reid Duo
Venue -
Forman Hall,
Roberton
at 3pm
Sunday 22nd November 2026:
Abbey Consort - "from Baroque to Broadway" -
a St Cecilia's Day Celebration
Venue -
Hawick South Church,
St George's Lane
at 2.30pm
Saturday 23rd January 2027:
Hildegard Trio
Venue -
Hawick South Church Halls,
St Georges Lane,
at 7pm
Sunday 14th February 2027
Freeland Barbour
Venue -
Hawick South Church Halls,
St Georges Lane,
at 3pm
An optional Baked Potato supper is available
but must be pre-booked and paid via
Saturday 13th March 2027:
Isla Quartet
Venue -
Hawick South Church Halls,
St Georges Lane,
at 7pm
Sunday 18th April 2027:
Scozzesi
Venue -
Hawick South Church Halls,
St Georges Lane,
at 3pm
Please note that
this website is updated
only once a year
usually in July.
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Annual Membership
Usually Annual Membership gives
members very generous discount on
entry to all concerts on the programme - this year each concert is FREE.
Ticket Prices
Non- members are always welcome. Courtesy of the National Lottery Community Fund, entry to each concert will be FREE this year.
Accompanied people under the age of 18 are also admitted free.
How did Hawick Music Club begin?
Hawick Music Club was founded in 1951 and the Club is thrilled
that some early members are still active supporters!
The aim of the Club was to “promote and encourage the study, practice and knowledge of music and the arts in Hawick and surrounding districts”. The Club presented concerts by professional musicians but also in the early years, in two concerts per season, gave a platform to local musicians.
Hawick Music Club adopted the marketing tag
‘Bringing live music to the heart of Hawick’ to reflect its aim.
This was recently amended to 'Bringing live music to Teviotdale'
to reflect the our rich hinterland.
The club is an Unincorporated Charity {SC008473} registered with
and regulated by OSCR-Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator.
Following the opening of the Heart of Hawick complex, the club moved in 2008 from Drumlanrig School Hall to the Tower Mill Theatre where audiences enjoyed the enhanced environment, with comfortable seating offering excellent sightlines, with stage lighting. The Club became an integral part in Heart of Hawick’s activities; with concert tickets sold through their box office.
In 2019 it became more difficult to obtain dates from the Heart of Hawick
early enough to secure the booking of visiting musicians
and this inevitably led to seeking out new venues.
Covid hit in March 2020 and following a cancelled season the Club ventured into uncharted waters offering members two online concerts - featuring the Broen Ensemble and Kowalski Reyes Duo. In 2021 with the re-opening of society, two new large airy venues were chosen - the Hawick Rugby Football Club function room at Mansfield Park and St Cuthbert’s Church. For the first concert in 2021, the Club reinvented itself again offering the Rugby Club’s bar and refreshments to attendees before and after the concert and the option of a pre-booked evening meal afterward. An experiment that has been repeated, with a positive reaction from members. Large round tables encourage a convivial atmosphere and being a large airy space, the function rooms lent themselves
to social distancing and a bigger audience.
We are now thrilled to have access to the recently refurbished
South Church Halls.
In 2026/27, the Club will use the following venues
* Hawick Rugby Football Clubrooms at Mansfield Park
*Hawick South Church Halls, St Georges Lane
as well as taking the Club into the country for this special 75th Anniversary Year
* Forman Memorial Hall, Roberton
Previous Events
A violin from the WW1 trenches to feature in Hawick Music Club concert
The concert on 20th February 2022 featured
violinist Andy Sherwood and pianist Jim Letham.
Their programme contained a special surprise element - an arrangement of the ‘Road to Passchendaele’, (about the brutal WW1 battle in 1917) by local musician Alan Brydon using a violin that had been loaned to Andy and which was actually played in the WW1 trenches.
The duo also played 3 Old Viennese Dances written before the first world war by Fritz Kreisler who himself served in the Austrian trenches and wrote of his experiences in a book called ‘Four Weeks in the Trenches’
The concert started with sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven. Other items included beautiful lyrical music from Sweden. Andy and Jim have released a new CD of popular classical repertoire for Violin and Piano a couple of those pieces were played at this concert.
Andy Sherwood lives near Hawick. He has and still does, perform in many parts of the world as a conductor and violinist. He has been Professor of Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London for about 30 years. Jim is an extraordinary pianist, choir director and composer who lives in the Borders and probably needs no introduction to music lovers in the region. He was for many years head of music at Hawick High School. These two musicians who go by the title ‘Agapanthus Duo’ really do bring their enjoyment of playing together to their audiences. Their manner of presentation is fun, informative and informal.
The attached picture is of Fritz Kreisler in his uniform from the time he served in the trenches in WW1.
