Cornwall Unites a World of Song

May 2, 2017

Cornwall Unites a World of Song

News Release: Immediate

Cornwall came alive with a world of music this Bank Holiday weekend as 2000 singers of all ages and nationalities brought their own songs and cultures to entertain around 45,000 people in the 2017 International Male Choral Festival.

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<w:L… — St Petersburg Boys Choir launching the 2017 Festival at St Michael’s Mount. Photo - Phil Monckton.

The world’s largest male choral event welcomed 60 choirs for 50 concerts, competitions and celebrations in 40 venues across the county from Bude to Land’s End, Porthleven to Saltash and everywhere in between.

Singers from 9 to 90 years old performed in churches and gardens, theatres, castles and major tourist attractions - with organisers estimating that the influx of choirs, their entourages and Festival visitors have brought more than £1million into the local economy.

Among the global visitors for this eighth biennial Festival were choirs from Australia and America, Russia and across Europe as well as Wales, Scotland, England and Cornwall itself.

“It’s been such a pleasure to bring singers from all over the globe together for such a good humoured and harmonious event,” says Festival Director Rob Elliott. “This Festival just goes from strength to strength and the more people who know about it the better it gets.

“We’ve sold more tickets than ever before and there has been something for everyone wherever in Cornwall they were. People who catch the choirs singing “out and about” are just bowled over by the quality and the fun of it.”

This year’s Festival emphasised the future for Male choral singing in the form of brilliant young choirs from Cornwall and around the world. The Festival was launched by St Petersburg Boys Choir singing their hearts out on and around St Michael’s Mount – to the delight of the many day trippers there.

There were home grown winners for the popular International Youth Choir Competition at the Hall for Cornwall as the Truro School Barbershop boys narrowly pipped last year’s winners, the Bromley Boy Singers.

Among the keenly fought adult competitions it was the South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus who emerged victorious as the Festival’s Overall Winners – their rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow bringing tears to the eyes of many in the audience.

Best Overall Cornish Choir 2017 – Mousehole MVC (L). Best Cornish choir of 40 voices and under – Tintagel MVC – photo Ian Griffiths

Cornish winners came from bottom to top of the county with Mousehole Male Voice Choir taking the title for Overall Best Cornish Choir while Tintagel MVC were the Best Cornish Choir for 40 Voices and Under. Photos of the competing choirs are available from at www.event-photos.co.uk - 07973 143406/ 01933 412251.

“It’s been a fantastic festival and we’ve all enjoyed it so much,” says Rob Elliott. “Now we have start again on organising the event for 2019!”

Cornwall International Male Choral Festival: April 27th – May 1st 2017

April 18, 2017

Cornwall Gets Set for a World of Song

Cornwall International Male Choral Festival: April 27th – May 1st 2017

Two thousand singers of all ages and nationalities are preparing to descend on Cornwall for its world famous International Male Choral Festival - to entertain 45,000 people with joyful events and keenly contested competitions over the May Bank Holiday.

The world’s largest male choral event is welcoming 60 choirs for 50 concerts and celebrations in 40 venues across the county with St Petersburg’s Boys Choir loving the Festival so much they are extending their stay for an extra concert at the cliff-top Minack Theatre, West Cornwall, on Tuesday May 2nd.

With their gothic looks and angelic voices the boys will also pop up on St Michael’s Mount on Thursday 27th April and pit their choral wits against young choirs from Warwickshire, Peterborough, Bromley and Cornwall in the Youth Gala Concert and Competition at the Hall for Cornwall on Sunday April 30th, 7pm.

Among the global visitors for this eighth biennial Festival are choirs from Australia and America, Russia and across Europe as well as Wales, Scotland, England and, of course, Cornwall itself.

“In these “interesting” times it’s wonderful to be bringing singers and their entourages from all over the globe together for a long weekend of harmony,” says Festival Director Rob Elliott. “There’s no agenda apart from singing our hearts out and bringing joy to as many people as we can possibly reach.”

Tickets (from £7 - £20) and details of concerts, competitions and events can be found on the Hall for Cornwall website along with a short film show-casing the Cornwall International Male Choral Festival.

Competitions, evening concerts and daytime events are being held in all parts of the county at churches, theatres, gardens, castles and tourist attractions, with the following Gala Concerts and Competitions taking place at Hall for Cornwall:-

Saturday 29th April: Male Choral Festival Competition, Hall for Cornwall, 9am (£7 for morning or afternoon, £11 all day)

Saturday 29th April: International Gala Concert, Hall for Cornwall, 8pm (£11 - £20) Vocal Six ( Sweden), Manifestum (Finland), Froncysyllte Male Vocie Choir, Cor Meibion De Cymru, G.V. Harmonie 1879 Bernbach e.V (Germany), St. Stythians

Sunday 30th April: Youth International Gala Concert & Competition, Hall for Cornwall, 7pm (£7 - £13.50) Warwickshire County Choristers, Peterborough Boys Choir, Truro School Barbershop, St.Petersberg Boys Choir (Russia), Bromley Boys Singers, Warwickshire County Male Voices, Cornwall Boys Choir, Cornwall Cambiata

Monday 1st May: Finale International Gala Concert, Hall for Cornwall, 7.30pm (£11 - £20) Trelawny Male Choir, Gentlemen Singers (Czech Republic), Wessex Male Choir, Melbourne Welsh Male Voice Choir (Australia), St Petersberg Boys Choir (Russia)

Further details are available on the Festival website at www.cimcf.uk

Other events are being held at the following venues:

Thursday 27 April...
Opening Gala Concert, Truro Catherdral, TR1 2AF, 7.30pm Celtic Male Ensemble, Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir (Wales), Wessex Male Choir (England), G.V. Harmonie Bernbach (Germany), Vocal Six (Sweden)

Chapel Street Methodist Church, Penzance, TR18 4BE Mousehole Male Voice Choir, Marazion Apollo Male Choir, Melbourne Welsh Male Choir (Australia), Grass Valley Male Choir (USA)
Saltash Wesley Methodist Church, PL12 6LA Burraton Male Voice Choir, Rame Peninsular Male Voice Chpir, St. Petersburg Boys Choir (Russia)

Friday 28 April...
Falmouth Methodist Church, TR11 3PG Nankersy Male Choir, Eight inBar, Tenby Male Choir, Grass Valley Male Voice Choir (USA)
Bodmin St Petorc's Church, PL31 2DT Pelynt Male Voice Choir, Imerys Mid Cornwall Male Voice Choir, Budleigh Salterton Male Voice Choir, Westerton Male Voice Choir, Manifestum (Finland)
St Michael's Church, Newquay, TR7 1QZ Newquay Male Choir, Wessex Male Choir, Caernarfon Male Voice Choir, G.V. Harmonie 1879 Bernback e.V (Germany)
St Neot Parish Church, PL14 6NG Lovenny Male Choir, Epsom Male Voice Choir, Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir, Vocal Six (Sweden)

Saturday 29 April...
St John's Methodist, St Austell, PL25 5AE Mevagissey Male Choir, South Wales Gay Mens Chorus, Melbourne Welsh Male Voice Choir (Australia), Gentlemen Singers (Czech Republic)
Liskeard, The Public Hall, 3-5 West Street, PL14 6BW Liskerret Male Voice Choir, Tamar Valley Male Voice Choir, Westerton Male Voice Choir, Gentlemen Singers (Czech Republic).
Launceston Central Methodist Church, PL15 8AZ Launceston Male Voice Choir, Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir, Rossendale Male Voice Choir, Peterborough Boys Choir
St Pol-de-Leon Parish Church, Paul, Penzance, TR19 6UA St, Buryan Male Voice Choir, Phoenix Male Choir, Hampshire Police Male Voice Choir, St.Petersberg Boys Choir (Russia)
Porthleven Methodist Church, TR13 9AQ Kerrier Male Voice Choir, Maelstrom, Weybridge Male Voice Choir, Bromley Boys Singers

Sunday 30 April...
All Saints Church Falmouth, TR11 2EN Treverva Male Voice Choir, Budliegh Salterton Male Voice Choir, Caernarfon Male Voice Choir, Gentlemen Singers (Czech Republic)
Camborne Centenary Methodist, TR14 8DP Holman Climax Male Voice Choir , South Wales Gay Mens Chorus, Bristol Male Voice Choir, Gentlemen Singers (Czech Republic)
Bude Central Methodist Church, EX23 8LA Tintagel Orpheus Male Voice Choir, Wadebridge Male Voice Hampshire Police Male Voice Choir, Melbourne Welsh Male Voice Choir (Australia)
St Elwyn's Church, Hayle, TR27 4JT Praze Hayle Male Voice Choir, Taunton Deane Male Voice Choir, Wessex Male Choir, Roeros Sangforening (Norway)
St Just Methodist Chapel, TR19 7UA Marazion Apollo Male Voice Choir, Cor Meibion De Cymru, Rossendale Male Voice Choir, Vocal Six (Sweden)
Helston Methodist Church, TR13 8EL St.Stythians Male Voice Choir, Epsom Male Choir, Wyndham Singers, Grass Valley Male Voice Choir (USA)
St Andrews Church, Redruth, TR15 2QB Four Lanes Male Choir, Phoenix Male Choir, Westerton Male Choir, G.V. Harmonie 1879 Bernbach e.V (Germany)

There is daytime singing at the following venues:-

Thursday 27 April…

St Michael’s Mount 10.15am St Petersburg Boys Choir (Russia)

Friday 28 April…

Lunchtime concert – Truro Cathedral, 1pm Rossendale MVC, Weybridge MVC, Melbourne Welsh MC (Australia)

Saturday 29 April…

Lunchtime concert – Truro Cathedral, 1pm Cor Meibion De Cymru, Hampshire Police MVC, Grass Valley MVC (USA)

Daytime singing –

Land’s End 11.30 – 12.45

Trebah Gardens 12 noon – 2.45

…and throughout the day on Truro Piazza

Sunday 30 April…

Daytime singing –

Eden Project 10am – 3pm

Lost Gardens of Heligan 12 noon – 1.30pm

Land’s End 11.30am

Minack Theatre 11.30am – 1pm

National Maritime Museum Cornwall 12 noon – 1.15pm

Monday 1st May…

Daytime singing –

Eden Project 10am – 3.30pm

Pendennis Castle 12 noon – 1.30pm

Tate St Ives 11.30am – 12.45pm

Lunchtime concert –

Truro Cathedral 1pm Bromley Boys Singers, Bristol Male Voice Choir, Budleigh Salterton MVC

Tuesday 2nd May…

Minack Theatre 11.15am St Petersburg Boys Choir

The 2017 Cornwall International Male Choral Festival runs fromApril 27th to May 1st

· All details of the 2017 Cornwall International Male Choral Festival, plus background and photos from previous festivals can be found at www.cimcf.uk

· The Festival was inaugurated in 2003 and is held every two years.

· The Festival is a non-profit making company, limited by guarantee and is a registered charity.

· It is supported by its patrons, sponsored by a wide range of local businesses and helped by more than 400 volunteers - to all of whom the Board is sincerely grateful.

SOPRANO CORNET STAR RETURNS TO CORNWALL

April 8, 2017

Paul Richards, originally from St Austell, returns to the Cornwall Youth Brass Band as Guest Soloist at their four day Residential Course at Truro High School for Girls, Falmouth Road, Truro, over the Easter Weekend. Paul was a member of the Band in the early 1980’s, and followed his Father, Rodney, who was the first soprano player in the Cornwall Youth Brass Band when it was founded in 1955. Paul is now the Soprano Cornet player in The Flowers Band from Gloucester, rated in the top 5 Brass Bands in the World. Their Musical Director, Paul Holland, is Guest Conductor on the Course. Among the Solos featured by Paul will be Feed the Birds, from Mary Poppins, which was arranged specifically for him by Jonathan Bates. Playing this won Paul the Best Soprano Player Prize at the Brass In Concert Entertainment Contest last Autumn, and Best Soloist at the Butlins Mineworkers Contest in January.

Aged between 10 and 21 all the musicians also play with a local brass band and devote many extra hours to their membership of the Cornwall Youth Brass Band, rehearsing monthly with their team of local Conductors and Tutors in preparation for the twice yearly residential Courses, held at Truro High School for Girls, Falmouth Road, Truro.

The Band will also be repeating its successful Open Rehearsal and Audition afternoon on Saturday 15th April from 1-30 to 4-30pm at Truro High School for Girls. This gives young musicians interested in joining the Band an opportunity to observe the Band in action and talk to the local Team of Conductors and Tutors about the simple procedure required to join the Band.

The Band will be giving their End of Course Gala Concert, featuring Paul Richards, at St Michael’s Church Newquay, at 7pm on Monday 17th April. Admission is just £7, with children under 14 free of charge.

Full details of all the events can be found on the Band’s Web Site, www.cybb.co.uk or contact Publicity Officer, Phillip Hunt, 01752 843919, brassmanpgh@uwclub.net

County Youth Orchestras in Concert

April 3, 2017

This week sees the culmination of many months of rehearsals when the Cornwall Youth Orchestra (Friday 7th April) and the Cornwall Youth Wind Orchestra (Saturday 8th April) take to the stage in Truro Cathedral.

The two ensembles are supported by the Cornwall Music Education Hub. Tickets are available from the Hall For Cornwall box office on (01872) 262466 or via their website for only £6 or £3 for under-18's. (Click poster below to go to the relevant page to book tickets).

Cornwall Youth Brass Band invite prospective players

April 1, 2017

INVITATION FROM THE CORNWALL YOUTH BRASS BAND to prospective members.

Come and see the Band in action at our Open Day, Audition Day & Rehearsal on Saturday 15th April 2017, between 1-30pm and 4pm. This takes place as part of our Easter Course at Truro High School for Girls, Falmouth Road, Truro TR1 2HU.

See the band rehearse with Guest Conductor Paul Holland, Conductor of the Flowers Band, and Soloist, soprano Paul Richards.
Meet the Tutors and Trustees
See what the school is like - and where you would eat and sleep on a course

We will also be holding Auditions for new members during the day, for those wishing to join for our next season in September.

For more information about the Band and joining details and Auditions see our Web Site, www.cybb.co.uk or contact Roy MacKenzie on 01726 823295 to let him know you are coming or would like to Audition.

The Easter Course Gala Concert is at St Michael's Church Newquay on Monday April 17th at 7pm. Tickets are available at £7 each (children under 14 free) on the door from 6pm.

Cornwall Music Service Trust Pupil Of The Month March 2017

March 31, 2017

Cornwall Music Service Trust Pupil Of The Month - March Winner

Cornwall Music Service Trust’s (CMSTs) new Pupil Of The Month has really gathered momentum and we are delighted with the level of nominations that are being submitted and standard therein. Also it has been a pleasure for the panel to review some of the amazing work of the pupils but also to read the superb comments that are coming from the teachers.

This month's winner is Henry Shaw who is a relative newcomer to the Keyboard after only commencing lessons in September 2016. However in this short time he has demonstrated great commitment to his music making and is about to embark on his first Music Medal.

The panel were very impressed with his positive approach, his willingness to help others on their learning journey and his excellent organisational skills always ensuring he had all the right equipment ready for his weekly lessons.

Well done Henry on being awarded the March CMST Pupil of The Month, keep up the good work!

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra String Workshop

March 30, 2017

Resonate Strings, a string quintet made-up of members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, held a series of workshops with some of our young musicians today.

Further details can be seen on the Penrice Academy website here

CMST Spring 2017 Newsletter

March 30, 2017

CMST Spring 2017 Newsletter is now available

Viola Recital in aid of The Wave Project

March 30, 2017

We would like to share some information regarding a viola recital in aid of The Wave Project with Adam Pearson, Viola and Margaret De Valois, Piano.

Programme to include:

Joplin: The Entertainer

Rachmaninov: Vocalise

And more.

Margaret’s experience as a pianist and musician include singing with the London Philharmonic Choir; acting as Musical Director for Jesus Christ Superstar (London); Assistant MD for Spamalot (The Minack Theatre, Cornwall) plus performances at the Stable, Fistral. She is delighted to be working with Adam on her first classical recital in Cornwall.

Adam has been involved in music since a young age and continues to seek out new musical experiences. He has played in orchestras at the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican in London and recently made his first appearance as a cornet player with the Newquay Band. He was principal viola for the Elysian Festival Orchestra and will be performing in the Golowan Festival in Penzance in June, and Musique Cordiale, a two week festival in the South of France. He is delighted to be performing his first solo recital in Cornwall.

A Facebook for the event can be viewed here with more details and booking available on the eventbrite website.

Cornwall Flute Festival March 2017 - event photos

March 28, 2017

Over 50 flute players of all ages and abilities took part in the 2nd Cornwall Flute Festival on 25 and 26 March 2017. This event encompassed a whole weekend of inspiration, enjoyment and flute fun. Guests for the weekend were acclaimed flautist Katherine Bryan and renowned accompanist Tim Carey. Activities included workshops, warm up activities, rehearsals with piano, flute choirs, masterclasses, foyer performances, junior flute workshops, chamber music. Kate Whetter, CMST event organiser, said 'Katherine Bryan has really inspired our local flautists - it was wonderful to have such a high calibre flautist here in Cornwall teaching and performing"

The Saturday evening recital by Katherine and Tim was a highlight of the weekend. Their programme included works by Vaughan Williams, CPE Bach, Poulenc, Donizetti, Dvorak Gounod and Chopin.

#cornwallflutefest

Day One photos - Saturday

Day Two Photos - Sunday

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Cornwall Residency 2017

March 21, 2017

Cornwall Music Service Trust, in association with Cornwall Music Education Hub, are delighted to be actively involved in a forthcoming series of workshops, demonstrations and concerts by members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

From Sunday 26 March – Saturday 1 April Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will be making their home in Cornwall for an ambitious programme to include:

70 professional musicians
7 days of musical activities in 60 locations across Cornwall
3 ensemble concerts, 1 full orchestral concert, 50+ school visits, 2 tea dances, 1 Rusty musician event for 100+ local musician

For more information please click here

Alex Roche Classical Guitar Masterclass

March 10, 2017

Alex Roche (Birmingham Conservatoire) conducted a very successful Classical Guitar Masterclass for CMST at The Burrell Theatre.

Alex was very complementary regarding high standard of playing and performance. Students, parents and teachers all very appreciative of Alex's input and enthusiasm.