WILTSHIRE Music Centre is to welcome world class artists back to the stage and invite audiences back into the auditorium for a dynamic mini Autumn/Winter concert season.

They include jazz vocalist Claire Martin and Niki Iles on October 16, and Iyad Sughayer, the Jordanian-Palestinian pianist making his WMC debut on October 21.

The centre at Bradford on Avon staged a community concert on Saturday to celebrate reopening its doors and bringing live music back to Wiltshire.

The free concert featured performances by many of the local groups who work out of the centre – including Wiltshire Young Musicians, the Zone Club and many more – followed by an energetic performance by local folk stars the Carrivick Sisters.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, on March 18, all events and activities at the centre were suspended until further notice.

In July, the centre launched a £60,000 Community Fundraising Appeal to help to reopen the venue and deliver an exciting Autumn/Winter programme that puts the community centre stage.

During lockdown, the WMC has transformed its recording studio into a new state-of-the-art broadcast suite to enable high quality live-streaming from the WMC auditorium.

A spokeswoman said: “For the first time this season, concerts by every visiting artist will be live-streamed online to enable audience to watch from home if they are unable to attend in person.”

In order to ensure audience safety, there will be limited seated capacity to allow for social distancing. Each performance will last 60 minutes with no interval and audiences are asked to wear a mask whenever possible in the building.

For full details of the centre’s Autumn/Winter season, go to www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/

To book, call the WMC box office on 01225 860100.

Autumn/Winter Season at a Glance:

• Friday, October 16: 6pm & 8pm: Claire Martin OBE / Nikki Iles

• Wednesday, October 21: 1pm: Iyad Sughayer

• Wednesday, October 28: 6pm & 8pm: Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment / Roderick Williams

• Tuesday, November 10: 6pm & 8pm: Tom Poster / Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

• Wednesday, November 11: 6pm & 8pm: Tom Poster / Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

• Friday, November 20: 6pm & 8pm: Leveret

• Wednesday, November 25: 6pm & 8pm: Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment / Steven Devine

• Wednesday, December 9: 1pm & 6pm: Cordelia Williams