“Colan Williams was baptised at Halsetown in 1858. His father was from Gwinear Downs (Gwinear, Redruth) and his mother was born Tregu/erthen (baptised at Zennor). They were married in St Ives, this was his second marriage.” (Margaret Stevens of St Ives) Considering the inclusion of some of his music in
This page is under construction pending receipt of the Williams Family Tree Zacharias Williams was born circa 1855, in Cornwall, to Zacharias and Elizabeth Williams. He married Lydia Down who was Devon born circa 1860. They were the parents of Edwin J Williams (24th Feb 1881-21st Nov 1945) and
Thomas Merritt Thomas Merritt was born in Illogan on the 26th October 1863, the son of a copper and tin miner, Thomas Merritt and his wife, Mary Jane. He was christened on 31st July 1865 at Broad Lane Primitive Methodist Chapel (opened in 1859 on the site of what
Simon Dobson (Photo taken from his website which will be either credited or removed on request) Simon Dobson is an award-winning composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Simon was born in 1981, in Cornwall, where he grew up in a brass banding family. He attended Launceston College and then
Gareth Churcher Gareth was born in Falmouth in 1983 and has a flourishing career as a conductor and composer primarily in the world of brass and voice. His works have been performed locally, nationally and internationally. He has had works performed by the Virtuosi GUS Band, Brett Baker and various
I was born in 1985 in Reading, so I’m not officially Cornish at all! That said, I have no memory of my life prior to Cornwall – we moved to St Austell when I was four-years-old – so I do consider myself Cornish by nurture if not by birth! Neither
During the 1820s the activities of the parish church choir, under the direction of Bennett Swaffield, became a feature of the accounts of musical events noticed by the newspapers. No record of instrumental concerts taking place in the town has been found, but the performances of the choir, both in
Songs inspired by the Cornish Clay Country
