our Hymns named after Roseland villages originally composed by local preacher and composer, Bob E. Martyn were arranged for Brass Band by Hannah Hawken as part of the Music of the Roseland Project
The CNMA worked in partnership with St Gerrans and Porthscatho Old Cornwall Society and the Roseland Music Society to put together a programme of events across 2024 researching, celebrating and sharing the diversity of music found on Cornwall’s Roseland Peninsula.
We are grateful to Alison England for granting permission for this Colan Williams composition to be included here.
In 1905 the Rev Quintrell sent George Gardiner, an academic folk song collector, the music score for a nameless tune he had collected from a J Boaden of Cury near Helston
The Radford Charitable Trust was formed in 1970 with funds provided by Maisie and Evelyn Radford. The objective was, and still is, to advance musical education and to help musicians in Cornwall realise their musical potential and not be held back by lack of opportunity. This has been achieved
Restormel Youth Band certainly existed in 2001 as we know that it entered and subsequently withdrew from the Junior Section of the SWBBA Contest in November of that year. Jane Whitehead was listed as its conductor. Any information, and photographs, would be appreciated. Compiled by Tony
Songs inspired by the Lanscape, history and people of Cornwall
Gilbert and Sullivan were the reigning monarchs of British satire at the latter end of the 19th century and were happy to mock anything that came into their line of fire. In their other Cornish-set classic The Pirates of Penzance, the idleness of the lords and gentry is put under
Music in Cornwall is an integral part of that which helps to make the county unique. From brass to choral music to dances, the Cornish musical landscape is as diverse and rich as the county itself. However, fewer and fewer members of the community are aware of the heritage that
The Rakka session takes place in the early evening at Lowender Peran, Cornwall's Celtic Festival held annually at the end of October in the Hotel Bristol Newquay.