CMST, through the hard work of all its staff and inimitably led by Karen Frost and Liz Sibley, has gained the Silver Healthy Workplace Award. Congratulations to all and for more on this please read our Head of Service Blog for March written by Gareth Churcher.
Last year, Three Spires Singers introduced a scheme for Cornwall Music Service Trust students aimed at encouraging more young people to come and enjoy Three Spires Singers' concerts. This year Three Spires Singers would like to extend the invitation to all instrumental students.
Landline: 01872 865097
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The orchestra also has many instrumental teachers amongst its players so you might spot your teacher too!
Penny's contact details are:
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tel: 01872 865097
Haydn’s Creation7.30 pm Saturday 1st April 2017 in Truro Cathedral
Three Spires last performed Haydn’s Creation ten years ago (following another ten years’ gap before that) and it’s high time this tuneful and optimistic work was given another airing. Do you remember the extraordinarily spooky (and musically ahead of its time) depiction of the dark emptiness of “Chaos” at the beginning? The Big Bang of light? Or the evocation of the sun rising, and the simply beautiful moment when “the softer beams” of the “silver moon…steps on through silent night”?
The Creation is so popular that it has been performed more often than all Haydn’s other choral works put together. He wanted to “cheer people up” and the work is full of optimism and confidence in an orderly world. Such is the joyous sweep of the music, it is surely possible to set any doubts about that world-view to one side for the evening!
Soloists will be Cheryl Rosevear, Soprano, Ross Scanlon, Tenor, and Timothy Nelson, Baritone. The Three Spires Orchestra will be led by Nick Whiting and the performance will as usual be conducted by Christopher Gray.
IMS brings outstanding young musicians from around the world to study with eminent professors in a unique and intense series of Master Classes. The resulting six concerts in venues around West Cornwall provide a thrilling chance to hear some young stars on the brink of their professional careers as well as their distinguished professors.
Saturday 8 April, 7.30pm Maestri Concert St John’s Church, Truro
Programme to include
Clarke Sonata for Viola and Piano
Chopin & Friends A selection of pieces for Cello and Piano
Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor Op.66
Musicians to include
Gerhard Schultz violin, Lars Anders Tomter viola, Steven Isserlis cello
Monday 10 April, 7.30pmSt John’s Hall, Penzance
Tuesday 11 April, 7.30pmTruro School Chapel
Tuesday 18 April, 7.30pm Maestri ConcertMarazion Community Centre
Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat K.493
Brahms Sonata for Viola and Piano
Beethoven Variations for Cello and Piano in F major
Webern Drei Kleine Stücke Op.11
Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano
András Keller violin, Thomas Riebl viola, Ralph Kirshbaum cello, Kirill Gerstein piano
Friday 21 April, 7.30pm St Pol de Leon Church, Paul
Saturday 22 April, 7.30pm St Buryan Church
The concerts on 10,11, 21 & 22 of April are given by the young professional musicians attending the Master Classes.
All the programmes are different and, other than the Maestri concerts, are decided only a couple of days in advance. They can be checked online at www.i-m-s.org.uk or by telephoning 01736 763264.
Tickets are now on sale at Hall for Cornwall online www.hallforcornwall.org
Telephone 01872 262466 or in person at the Box Office, Lemon Quay, Truro TR1 2LL.
Young people under 26 can come to the concerts FREE thanks to support from the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust. These tickets must be booked by phone or in person and you will be asked to give a few details at the concert.
Limited places are still available for this amazing opportunity to work with and hear some of the UK's leading brass musicians including: James Fountain, Alan Morrison, Owen Farr, Nick Hudson & Steve Sykes who come together to form SONAR Brass!
Please make contact now with the organisers so as not to miss this wonderful event.
Required for immediate start, an enthusiastic, energetic person with a passion for delivering brass lessons to whole classes and individuals in the Saltash and Torpoint area. Applicants are invited for this post which is currently part-time with scope for development.
Please send a CV outlining your main musical and teaching experiences along with any relevant qualifications to: smunns@cornwallmusicservicetrust.org
Cornwall Music Service Trust (CMST) is delighted to announce the winner of this month's award and more importantly the first ever award for this new initiative. The panel took time to work through the nominations in detail and felt that, although all nominees were deserving of the award, one stood out. This month’s winner demonstrated excellent commitment to their own music making, showed to be going that little bit further in terms of support to ensemble music making and support to the ensembles that they attend in more general terms, helping set up, pack down, supporting others etc.
CMST is delighted to give the award to Harry Crompton, from Penrice School and this is what his mum had to say when she found out:
“OH WOW!!!!!! ...... I'm over the moon for him (not that he knows anything about it - I'll leave that to you). What an honour to be the first! Thank you for nominating him. He'll be so surprised. As well as all the things you've mentioned, he never moans about practising!”
Congratulations to Harry on this amazing achievement and keep up the good work!
Cornwall Music Service Trust is proud to announce that we have recently appointed our 104th teacher.
