+ Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra

Formed 1983: ‘Over the years the Orchestra has given well over 100 subscription concerts, mostly at its Medina Theatre home as well as other venues across the Island and in nearby Portsmouth ... The Orchestra has won many plaudits for its imaginative and at times challenging programming delivered to consistently high performance standards and has been delighted to welcome as soloists many top class artistes ... Within the orchestra there are other smaller groups who often play around the Island. These include a string quartet and wind group ... All monies raised by these groups is put back into the Orchestra’s funds’.