| Year |
|
until |
| 1899 |
Club founded with about 300 members and rooms at 47 Leicester Square with residential quarters |
1914 |
| |
Joseph Joachim as first President (d.1907) |
1907 |
| 1900 |
First concert |
|
| 1907 |
Arthur James Balfour as President (d.1930) |
1930 |
| 1914 |
Club moves to 6 Bedford Square |
1940 |
| 1921 |
500th concert |
|
| 1930 |
Sir William Henry Hadow as President (d.1937) |
1937 |
| 1937 |
Edward Dent as President (d.1957) |
1957 |
| 1938 |
Ladies admitted as Associate Members; Miss Catherine Joseph becomes the first lady performer. |
|
| 1940 |
Club suspended and premises in Bedford Square sold |
|
| 1948 |
First concert after the suspension |
|
| 1951 |
Club formally reconstituted |
|
| 1956 |
First opera performed |
|
| 1957 |
1000th concert |
|
| 1958 |
First Gala Concert with participants from both University Clubs |
|
| 1959 |
First meeting at University College Joint Staff Common Room |
|
| 1964 |
Membership open to all |
|
| 1970 |
Sir Lennox Berkeley as President (d.1989) |
1989 |
| 1973 |
First Club Composers concert since 1936 |
|
| 1974 |
75th Anniversary celebrations featuring a Diamond Jubilee Concert, a Gala Concert, a Serenade concert and a 75th Anniversary Concert. |
|
| 1979 |
History of the Club edited by Graham Thorne |
|
| 1989 |
Sir Neville Marriner as President (d.2016) |
2015 |
| 1999 |
Centenary Year including a public concert at St John’s Smith Square |
|
| 2000 |
First website launched on April 12. Archived version dated 23 Feb 2001. Later version, July 2012 |
|
| 2009 |
2000th concert |
|
| 2014 |
Concert at 6 Bedford Square to commemorate anniversary of move, with exhibition of memorabilia |
|
| |
New website |
|
| 2015 |
Sir Richard Armstrong as President |
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| 2020 |
Last live conert on 7 March before pandemic ends season prematurely. Online concerts start on 17 October. |
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