Girl Chorister Try-out Day!

Girls in Year 7 and Year 8 are invited to take part in Truro Cathedral’s annual ‘Be A Chorister For A Day’ event which takes place on Tuesday 12th November.

For further information please see the poster, below, or click here to visit the Truro School website page. Every girl chorister receives a 25% scholarship to Truro School, with means-testing for the rest if required, so selection is based purely on musical ability (as well as passing the school’s entrance requirements).

Some videos of the choir in action can be viewed below.

Fantastic Fundraising Effort!

On Saturday the 1st of November, Gareth Churcher (Head of Service for CMST) was invited to the final concert of the Summer lunchtime recital series at King Charles Church in Falmouth. To his delight he was presented with a cheque for £1,700 which is a donation towards CMST's aims and ambitions. Mr Michael White, who presented the cheque, has organised the recital series for many years now and the concerts have gone from strength to strength. Each week performing musicians give their time for free and the retiring collections are given to a nominated charity. For the past 4 years this charity has been CMST, meaning that close to £8,000 pounds has been donated to support CMST's charitable objectives.

CMST Head of Service, Gareth Churcher receiving a cheque from Mr Michael White

David Frost Composition Competition Winner Announced

Daniel Hall - Winner of the David Frost Composition Competition.

Cornwall Music Service Trust is delighted to announce the winner of the David Frost Composition Competition as Daniel Hall.

22 year old Daniel is currently studying at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and will receive a cash prize of £1000 for his work, written for Brass Band, entitled ‘Forgetting How To Feel: Safe In One’s Mind’. The composition can be heard by clicking the arrow, below.

This inventive, colourful work, full of memorable textures was judged by the panel as an outstanding and worthy winner.

Congratulations to Daniel and thanks to all who participated in the competition.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra perform in Launceston

A fantastic opportunity to hear a professional orchestra performing works by Haydn and Mendelssohn.

Cornwall Youth Chamber Choir Open Rehearsals - coming soon!

Concert of Operatic Arias this Saturday, Mylor Bridge.

On Saturday 7th September, Jacqueline Kershaw will be performing with the rising young London operatic tenor, James Bowers at All Saints Church, Bells Hill, Mylor Bridge. James will be performing some of the best-loved operatic arias as well as two exciting works in which he will be accompanied by Jacqueline on the horn and Clive Ellison on the piano. The first is the rarely heard Auf dem Strom by Franz Schubert and the second is Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. This is a hugely demanding work for both the tenor soloist and the horn player requiring the utmost technical skill. For any aspiring tenor, a first performance of this work is a rite of passage. Not only will James and Jacqueline be well up to this challenge, but Clive, on the piano, will coalesce an entire string orchestra under his more than capable hands.
Tickets for this concert (price £10 for adults or £5 for accompanied children under 19 years of age) will be available from August 9 and may be purchased from Mylor Stores or the Flushing Village Shop. Alternatively, they are available now online from the website carrickconcerts.org or by telephoning 01326 374237 direct. For more details please see the event page on Facebook.

Piano Recital by Duncan Honeybourne - this Saturday!

Places Limited! - Apply Now to CMST Music Summer School - August 5th, 6th and 7th 2019

Open to all ages! Application Form can be completed here.

CMST Summer 2019 Newsletter

Our Summer 2019 Newsletter is available to download here

Restormel Junior String Orchestra in concert - 'Spring' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Restormel Junior Strings Concert. 1st Movt Vivaldi Four Seasons 'Spring' Concerto with Mollie Leigh from Cornwall Music Service Trust on Vimeo.

Restormel Junior String Concert

Restormel Junior Strings will be playing at Mount Charles Methodist Church on Monday 15th July at 4.15pm conducted by Hywel Webley and accompanied by Jill Steer.

We have an extremely ambitious project!

We will be performing Hywel's arrangement of the first movement of Spring from Vivaldi's Four Seasons Violin Concerto with Soloist Molly Leigh which was written especially for the orchestra.

We will also be performing 2 more of Hywel's compositions together with some old favourites such as Postman Pat and Eastenders!

St Austell Chamber Orchestra welcomes new CMST staff

A year of rehearsals comes to an end for members of St.Austell Chamber Orchestra.

After working with the orchestra for 20 years we sadly say goodbye to Ben Hoadley, but look forward to welcoming Hywel Webley as our new member of staff in September.

Wishing everyone a well deserved summer break, see you all in September. Happy Holidays!