our Hymns named after Roseland villages originally composed by local preacher and composer, Bob E. Martyn were arranged for Brass Band by Hannah Hawken as part of the Music of the Roseland Project
Merv Davey- 15 January 2025
The CNMA worked in partnership with St Gerrans and Porthscatho Old Cornwall Society and the Roseland Music Society to put together a programme of events across 2024 researching, celebrating and sharing the diversity of music found on Cornwall’s Roseland Peninsula.
- Merv Davey
- 15 January 2025
Various sources record that street carolling occurred in Roseland villages with choirs going door to door, or from place to place. This book captures some of the carols connected with the Roseland.
- Merv Davey
- 14 January 2025
Goonhavern Male Voice Choir – 1926 Back Row: Jack Varker, Will Menhenitt, Will Dunstan, Harold Buddell, Arthur Lucas, Reg Salmon & Jim Rice. Middle Row: Arthur Grubb, Jack Glanville, Will Rowe, Stanley Buddell, Harold Trembath & Ernie Rockett. Front Row: Unknown, Kernick Ellery, Mat Thomas (Betty Dingle’s father), Matthew Hoskin
Tony Mansell
- 15 December 2024
Bert Biscoe’s tribute to John Cockle of Truro. General Cockle’s Song Click above to listen Johnny Cockle was a Sally Army man! All his days the trumpet blew, Before the mast, and shouldering coals, And speaking out to rile the few: He’d spread a blanket, a pure honey
- 9 December 2024