1933: Trelawney Male Choir, Redruth (Photo courtesy Roy Blewett)
The Redruth Amateur Operatic Society has been delighting audiences for many years and its productions have always been a firm fixture in the diary. The Society has a long history and there is more about it to be added. Meanwhile, if you can any information, photographs or programmes that will
Redruth Wesley Young Men’s Bible Class Orchestra, winners of the 1911 Cornwall Music Competition for Orchestras from Large Towns (Photo: courtesy Garry Tregidga) Redruth Wesley Young Men’s Bible Class Orchestra, winners of the 1911 Cornwall Music Competition for Orchestras from Large Towns (Photo: courtesy Malcolm Mc Carthy) Redruth Wesley Orchestra
Mick Fleetwood:"I'm not a legend - Cornwall is a legend because it has such a fantastic, diverse history. I just happen to have been born there and I am always pleased to visit or even just pass through. Cornwall is like music, it has a special magic that you can't
Monty Pearce (1933 to 2010) in 1965, composer and member of Redruth Town Band (Photo: Henry Parkinson courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth) Poldice was played by Camborne Town Band conducted by Leonard Adams with commentary by Phillip Hunt on “Sounds of Brass” – BBC Radio Devon/BBC Radio Cornwall Used
Monty Pearce (1933 to 2010) in 1965, composer and member of Redruth Town Band (Photo: Henry Parkinson courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth) Treskerby was played by Bodmin Town Band conducted by Leonard Adams – from “Sounds of Brass” – BBC Radio Devon/BBC Radio Cornwall (Source: Colin Butson of St
Monty Pearce (1933 to 2010) in 1965, composer and member of Redruth Town Band (Photo: Henry Parkinson courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth) Tresavean was played by Camborne Town Band conducted by Leonard Adams with commentary by Phillip Hunt on “Sounds of Brass” – BBC Radio Devon/BBC Radio Cornwall
Monty Pearce Monty Pearce (1933 to 2010) in 1965, composer and member of Redruth Town Band (Photo: Henry Parkinson courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth) Phillip Hunt talking about Monty Pearce on “Sounds of Brass”– included here by kind permission of BBC Radio Devon/BBC Radio Cornwall Montague James Pearce (1933-2010) A
Monty Pearce (1933 to 2010) in 1965, composer and member of Redruth Town Band (Photo: Henry Parkinson courtesy Paddy Bradley, Redruth) Some of Monty Pearce’s Music Titles in blue are links to spcific pages Just as I Am (hymn tune) Dedicated to Edgar Floyd, brass bandsmam and
Contesting 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 many hours trying to