The sounds of music filled Forbes Town Hall on Sunday as two Forbes-grown musicians brought together the grandeur of the pipe organ and the technology of the electone in concert.

There was fun, nostalgia, beauty and power in the morning's program and a good crowd filled the historic venue to hear it.

Maz Rees and Grant Barton have been working on the program for months: developing a program of solo and duet performances across the two instruments.

It was all to raise awareness of just how incredible the pipe organ donated to Forbes is, and to raise funds for Forbes CanAssist.

Grant and Maz shared about each of the instruments with the audience through the morning.

The pipe organ has a particularly interesting history as it spent many years in our local hardware store.

It was custom built in 1981 for the late Paul Coles, who owned Forbes Builders Supplies in the building SYLO now occupies, and musicians would visit to play it.

It incorporates 16ft Octave pipes made in Germany and a pedal board which Paul already owned.

So much about the electone stands in contrast to the pipe organ and Grant demonstrated how incredibly diverse the instrument is.

He could transform it into a string quartet, a rock band, another organ, a piano, and much more.

Hours of preparation go into preparing and programming the electone for every song for a performance.

Bringing the two instruments together in concert was an incredible effort and Maz and Grant moved between the two instruments through the concert.

They'd prepared arrangements of music frmo Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, How To Train Your Dragon and so much more for the occasion.

There was fun and nostalgia with Baby Elephant Walk and When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; through to the power of Phantom of the Opera.

The finale, Defying Gravity from Wicked, brought the audience to their feet and they called for an encore.

Grant concluded the concert with a performance of Amazing Grace on the pipe organ, with backing prepared for the electone.

John Shrader from Forbes CanAssist thanked Grant and Maz for the incredible work they had put into the event.

CanAssist supports members of our community who are going through cancer treatment, and it does rely completely on donations.