City Hall, Truro Not all bands enter competitions and there are some which shun the contest stage, preferring to concentrate their efforts in providing music for local events. For most players, though, contesting has always been an important part of brass banding, the reason that they spend so
Tony Mansell
- 13 April 2020
Gareth Cottrell Copyright G Cottrell 2017 Gareth Cottrell is a primarily a brass band miusician but he has extended his activities to include choirs and organ
- 12 April 2020
Phillip Hunt By Tony Mansell Originally written for The Institute of Cornish Studies – Cornish Story (Music Kernow series) Phillip Hunt (Photo: Tony Mansell) In an article in 2015, Simon Parker1 wrote of Phillip Hunt’s love of music which began in art lessons at school. Why art lessons? Well apparently
- 12 April 2020
James Prowse was a stonemason and is believed to have been born in 1838 in the Mount Hawke area
- 12 April 2020
Ring the Bells (The St Agnes Carol) By John Martin Rogers of St Agnes (1862-1911) A tribute written to John Martin Rogers by the late Ruth Jennings of St Agnes: Composer of Ring the Bells (referred to as the St Agnes Carol) Ring the Bells was composed by
- 12 April 2020