“Bugle choir was formed in 1947 and I became a member in 1955. The conductor was the works captain of Rocks Pit. In 1957 the choir was renamed the Eastern Area Male Voice Choir, abbreviated to EAMVC. The new musical director was Barry Williams for a while until he was
Barry Hawken Under the musical directorship of Mr Barry Hawken, Imerys Mid-Cornwall Male Voice Choir has enjoyed much success and renown for its high-quality singing and the variety of its concert performances. Exciting projects in recent years have included singing in the Hall for Cornwall and recording one of their songs
Clay Ports was written by Richard Gendall and recorded by Brenda Wootton with St Austell Band and Treverva Male Voice Choir for her Album "Seagull".
Skinners Bottom Singers were the first group to represent Cornwall at the Pan Celtic Festival In Ireland in 1954.
By Tony Mansell Once again the Royal Albert Hall rang to the sound of Cornish Voices as the members of twenty-nine male voice choirs took their music to London to celebrate their “Cornishness”. (Programme cover by Allsopp Design of Penzance who we hope will not object to it being included
By Tony Mansell The 1000 Cornish Male Voice concert in the Royal Albert Hall in 1983 was clearly one of those events to which the epithet “I was there” should be attributed. An event where the clan gathered to produce an amazing concert and to celebrate their “Cornishness”. To
The choir was resurrected after 28 years in April 1981 when a public meeting was held and Mr Ivan Kessell was appointed as musical director with Margaret Hocking as accompanist.
St Columba Celtic Male Voice Choir started in the 1960’s under the baton of Ivan Kessell and disbanded in 2011. Conductors included Phillipa Old, M Trethewy, Clifford Strongman, Derek Rule, Tony Tournoff and Kathryn Parkin. Accompanists were Carrie Mills, Lilah Bassett and Margaret Callaway.
March 1906 (Photo: courtesy Margaret Davey) Back row: 1) Harries, 2) Osborn, 3) Reynolds, 4) J. Chynoweth, 5) Albert Harper, 6) Willcocks, 7) J. Squire, 8) Tremewan, 9) William Harper. Middle row: 10) Hocking, 11) Mitchell, 12) Letcher, 13) Angwin, 14) Uren, 15) Mitchell, 16) Fred Harper. Front row: 17)
Gareth Cottrell Christmas Blessing for MVC by Gareth Cottrell Gareth Cottrell is a primarily a brass band miusician but he has extended his activities to include choirs and organ