TOP young musician Damian Girvin will provide Sowerby Music's annual piano recital, at St Oswald's Church, Sowerby, near Thirsk, on November 11.

His most recent major success was first prize in the 1997 European Beethoven Competition.

He has made solo appearances at major events and venues all over Europe.

His programme at Sowerby will include works by Haydn, Poulenc and Liszt.

Tickets are £5, from Hambleton Books, or White Rose Books, in Thirsk, or by post from Martin Hooper, Telford House, 8 Sowerby Road, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1HX, enclosing an SAE and a cheque payable to Sowerby Music