Madron is a civil parish and village on the Penwith peninsula north of Penzance Unknown formation date. 1876: Madron Brass Band played at Madron Feast Monday. (Cornish Telegraph 12th December 1876) 1876: The children met at the schoolroom and formed a procession, headed by the Madron Brass Band, whence
Tony Mansell
- 13 April 2020
The Stone was Rolled Away by Gareth Cottrell This Easter Anthem was written by Gareth Cottrell, a brass band musician who has extended his interests to include choir and organ music
- 13 April 2020
The Goonhavern Banjo Band By Tony Mansell Written for The Institute of Cornish Studies – Cornish Story (Music Kernow series) The banjo player (Photo: Pixabay 2017) Halls warmed only by the folk who had braved the wind and rain, curtains faded by time, paint peeling off walls but it mattered
- 13 April 2020
A Table Canon Among George Lloyd’s papers we have found a most unusual Christmas Carol, written in the form of a ‘table top double canon’ combined so that the sheet music is in the shape of a cross. It is performed by four singers standing or sitting in
- 13 April 2020
Circa 1863: Blisland Temperance Band formed. (BBHD) 1866: Blisland Temperance Band’s first recorded engagement was at St Breward. (John Brush) 1872: “No Connection.” To the Editor of the Royal, Cornwall Gazette. Sic, Seeing in your last week’s issue that the St. Breward Temperance Society had just held its annual
- 13 April 2020