The City of Truro Male Choir has a continuous lineage back to Carnon Vale MVC and Chacewater & District MVC.
2002: The Chacewater & Carnon Vale Male Voice Choir relocated to Truro and changed its name to the City of Truro Male Voice Choir.
Paul Triggs, Musical Director.
May 2002: Participated in the Cheltenham Music Festival and wom the Senior Male Voice Choir Class Challenge Cup for the third time against strong opposition.
2003 City of Truro Male Choir at Truro Cathedral opening the First Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival & 2008 Winners at Cornwall Music Festival
Between 2002 and 2006: The choir visited Somerset, Hampshire and Yorkshire.
2004: Participated in the Gorsedh Kernow 2004 Concert.
2004: Brought the world renowned Morriston Orpheus Choir to Truro for a joint charity concert, raising £1750.00 for Macmillan Cornwall.
2007: The Choir began to attract youngsters to its numbers, something that continues to happen.
March 2008: Participated in the Cornwall Music Festival winning The Holman Cup (Male Voice Choir – Championship – Class), The Everett Heath Cup (Best Adult Choir Performance) and The Jose Cup (Best Overall Choir Performance). Mark Tanner, the adjudicator gave the choir’s performance a score of 90. The score falls within the highest category of award and equates to ‘Outstanding’ which is defined by the British and International Federation of Festivals as an ‘exceptional performance’. Mark Tanner’s comments included ‘Rousing, Catching, Magical. A full rich texture and still reverberating in my ears!’
September 2008: The choir went on an extremely successful tour of Belgium, receiving standing ovations at the the three venues where they sang. The Choir also visited Tyne Cot Military Cemetery at Ypres (the largest on the Western Front), where they sang a very emotional rendition of An Rosen Wyn (The White Rose).
2011: Paul Triggs, Musical Director at the Cornwall International MVC Festival.
2011: Martyn Davies, Accompanist at the Cornwall International MVC Festival.
August 2011: Hannah Stephenson, Musical Director.
September 2011: The choir were privileged to be asked to sing at Lady Mary Holborow’s retirement concert when she stepped down as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.
March 2012: Entered the cornwall Music Festival and won the Holman Cup (Male Voice Choir – Championship – Class).
The choir toured twice during the year, once to Bristol and then a week long and extremely successful tour of Spain, basing themselves in Torreveija. The choir undertook three concerts during the week and received standing ovations at each one. The second concert was in the beautiful surroundings of the Church of The Immaculate Conception in the heart of Torrevieja. The choir were accompanied by the Nordic Choir of Torrevieja and Truro’s own, Lynnette Carveth who is based in Madridand was described in Objectivo Torrevieja Gaceta Cultural & Informativa as putting a note of gold into the evening with several arias from Handel. The church was filled to capacity with nearly 1,000 people mostly composed of British residents. The acoustics in the church were absolutely amazing, especially with the echo of ‘In St Pauls’. Objectivo Torrevieja described Truro’s Repertoire as a vocal gem with extraordinary contrasts in voices.
2013: Hannah Stephenson, Musical Director at the Cornwall International MVC Festival.
2013: Martin Davies, Accompanist at the Cornwall International MVC Festival.
Two tours: to Bristol and then a week long and extremely successful tour of Spain, basing themselves in Torreveija.
2013: Placed 2nd in the Cornwall Music Festival in the Male Voice Choir Championship Class.
Entered the Sixth Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival in the ‘Forty-One Voices And Over’ section for the first time where it won the Pendennis Shipyard Trophy for the Best Cornish Choir in its category.
2013: The choir again entered the Cornwall Music Festival, achieving second place in the Male Voice Choir Championship Class,
September 2013: Hannah Stephenson resigned as Musical Director as she was leaving Cornwall.
2013: Mike Steer, the third Musical Director.
2015: Cornwall County Music Festival: won the Holman Cup for best male voice choir; the Everett Heath Cup for the best adult choir performance and the Edgar Kessell Gold Cup for the overall Vocal Championship choir.
2016: Cornish composer and bard, Russell Pascoe, Musical Director:
For a fuller history please visit https://www.cityoftruromalechoir.co.uk/history and its Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=city%20of%20truro%20male%20choir
If you would like to amend or add to this page then please leave a comment and we will be in touch.
We are indebted to John Larke of the City of Truro Male Choir for permission to include information and photographs from the City of Truro website.
This is a part of the Cornish National Music Archive (CNMA) project to Collect, Preserve and Share our Cornish Heritage and Culture.
Hi. Please take ‘Voice ‘ out of our title. Our updated website has photos of our history. https://www.cityoftruromalechoir.co.uk/history Also we have a continuous lineage back to Carnon Vale MVC and Chacewater & District MVC which this entry for City of Truro Male Choir does not make clear. We have a Facebook page and a Youtube page. I am happy to provide whatever info you would like as I was in Carnon Vale and have sung wiht the choir ever since
John
Hi John, I hope that you are well.
Many thanks for your comments.
We have removed “Voice”.
We have strengthened the the lineage between the three choirs.
Will take a look at your updated website during the next few days and assume that you are happy for us to incorporate information and photographs.
After the coming weekend perhaps you would like to have a look at the webpages and consider what else you would like added.
Many thanks for the feedback and best wishes, Tony