Worlds End Music

Welcome to Worlds End Music, an organisation set up to bring together local professional musicians with local music lovers.

INTRODUCTION

Long, long ago, before there was a worldwide pandemic, I had the desire to do some music-making close to home. The pandemic really brought this into focus. During the lockdown, deprived of our usual connections with audiences, many musicians played on our doorsteps and driveways after the Thursday evening ‘Clap for Carers’. The intimate joy of performing to a community of which you are a part is very special. Because of this experience, and with the extraordinary help and encouragement of Philippa Rooke, I set up an organisation to bring local professional musicians together with local music lovers. There are many fantastic professional musicians living in the area of Green Street Green, Chelsfield and Orpington so we don’t have to go far to find world-class music and bring it to your doors.

Worlds End Music is named after local road, Worlds End Lane. I walked down the lane many times during the pandemic, as I was pondering this new musical venture. I’ve named it with a smile, as it has felt slightly apocalyptic the past few years… This small enterprise will do its best to counter the effects on your soul of the complicated times we’re living in and we hope you enjoy the concerts and wish to become involved.

Once the concerts began to make a profit, we decided that these should be donated to local charities. This is very much a by-product of the concerts – my fellow musicians are always paid for their hard work and preparation, and we also pay for the hire of the venues. Each concert has a nominated charity (check out our Charitable Giving page on the menu) and over the years, varying amounts have been donated. The concerts remain cheap and short. The format seems to work as you keep coming back, so we’ll stick with it for now!

With a rapidly growing audience who have demonstrated their desire for local, quality music-making, I think we’re safe to carry on with plans for next year. Huge thanks to all of you, our supporters and audience, for coming to concerts, to the churches for hosting us; to Dave Griffiths, for designing our recent publicity and being our sound man, and, of course, to Phillippa Rooke, without whom none of it would happen. If you would like to be kept informed of our future ventures, please enter your email below. If you would like to contact us, please email info@worldsendmusic.com If you’re not a fan of email, you can call 07971 440850. Worlds End Music currently has no funding – at some point we will look at charitable status and Friends, in order to better finance the venture but in the meantime we would be so grateful for your help in just spreading the word so we can grow our audience!

Rebecca Gilliver