Issue 02 The Post Horn The Newsletter of the Camborne Town Band Music Society VOLUME 1 ISSUE 2 J U N E 2 0 1 3 Editor: Mackenzie takes the helm Nick Wills Following the departure of David the West of England Bandsman’s we have a tremendous team to Hamilton to pursue a Musicians Festival in Bugle direct our performances over the career in the British Army, Cam- His return has been welcomed by coming year.” borne Band has announced the ap- Band and Chairman, Nick Sanders, Kevin added; “It’s a great pleas- INSIDE THIS pointment of a new Resident Musical who stated, “We are very pleased to ure to accept the invitation to I SSUE: Director, Kevin Mackenzie. Kevin have been able to secure the ser- return to the team at Camborne as studied in Yorkshire for a BA (hons) vices of Kevin once more for the Musical Director. This is a great Mackenzie 1 in Band Studies and also achieved an opportunity to work with a for- takes the ABRSM and LRSM in performance on ward thinking band on some Helm the euphonium, gaining a distinction exciting collaborations and musi- in both. During his time at Univer- cal projects. There are few bands Hitchens 3 sity in Yorkshire, Kevin was a mem- with the heritage and history of Return ber of the double National and Euro- Camborne and it is an honour to pean Champions Brighouse and be appointed to this role." Rastrick Band under Alan Withing- Bugle Results 4 ton. This will be Kevin’s second stint Kevin’s first conducting engage- in front of Camborne after previously Kevin Mackenzie ment with the Band was the conducting the band between 2008 George Lloyd Centenary Concert in National 6 St Ives earlier this month. The & 2011. During his initial tenure Camborne Band. His first stint with with Camborne, the band secured a Band would like to take the op- Success us was a great success and every- number of high profile contest suc- portunity to thank David Hamilton one is looking forward to working cesses and qualified to make two for all his hard work over the past George Lloyd 8 with him once again. We are sure appearances at the National Finals, year and wish him every success that together with John Berryman Concert as well as a hat trick of victories at in his new career in the military. Player Profile 9 Lee Trewella Bugle Success for Camborne Juniors Future Dates 9 Camborne Junior Contest Band, nel Edward Bolitho OBE, who also The Band certainly enjoyed their directed by Alan Pope, had yet enjoyed the competitive atmos- Bugle appearance as earlier in the more success, competing in the phere. The talented youngsters of day they won the Fourth Section West of England Bandsmen's Festi- West of England Fourth Section title thanks to a lovely rendition of val in Bugle. The contest was adju- Area champions showed that they Eric Ball’s Petit Suite de Ballet, dicated by Cory MD Philip Harper are in cracking form ahead of their aided by the excellent ‘Best Player’ who composed two of the test trip to Cheltenham as they ended contribution from euphonium pieces used on the day, whilst runner-up in the Third Section player David Wilton presentations were made by the from a performance of Gilbert More on page 4. Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, Colo- Vinter's Vizcaya. 2 P A G E 2 Camborne return for Hitchens Camborne Band is very perform two similar gala bandsman is unquestion- pleased to announce the concerts; one held in the able." signing and return of top famous Leeds Town Hall, Chairman Nick Sanders Euphonium player John and the other in Inverness. added: “This is a major Hitchens. A former Princi- coup for Camborne. We pal of the Band and Eupho- have seriously high ambi- nium Champion of Great tions and want to perform Britain in 94 and 98, John at the very highest levels brings a wealth of experi- both in concerts and on ence to the Camborne ranks contest stages. Signing a after a period of rebuilding. player of John’s calibre He is in constant demand as will certainly help us to do a soloist and has performed this.” John added: "I’m in many concerts through- very happy to join the out the country as well as in Band. They are ambitious France, Germany, Holland and I feel that I can get the and Switzerland. In 1998 most out of my playing. John performed as a soloist Camborne MD Kevin The band work very hard in the Queen Elizabeth Mackenzie said, "I’m ex- and I am looking forward Hall, London in a concert cited to build further on our to playing at the very high- hosted by Donald Sinden to talented group, adding one est level again with Cam- an invited audience that of the most experienced borne." included Joan Plowright, players; he’s going to be a Maureen Lipman and Sir John made his concert de- real asset to the band, his Andrew Davis. The follow- but at the George Lloyd commitment as a player and ing year he was invited to Centenary Concert. Camborne Youth play for OCS Delegates Old Cornwall Society Champions no less than seven times at the National Youth delegates gave a standing Brass Band Contest in Manchester, the players beguiled an audi- ovation to young Cornish ence of some 250 who were representing a total membership of brass band champions at 2,700. the start of their summer Hosted by Camborne OCS secretary Ivor Corkell introduced festival. president David Thomas, FOCS president Duncan Paul Mat- Camborne Youth Band thews, Camborne mayor Mike Champion and Grand Bard Mau- opened a day of entertain- reen Fuller, who exhorted members to recall the wishes of OCS ment and debate at the founder Robert Morton Nance to hold on to the "Cornish spirit". event, which saw mem- Citing a number of ways to do this, Mrs Fuller included teach- bers of 46 OCS branches ing Cornwall's history in schools and learning key Cornish gather at Pool Academy. words and phrases. The festival included visits to places of local Under conductor Alan interest and Camborne OCS arranged trips to Gwithian, Heart- Pope their playing, which lands, King Edward Mine Museum, Rosewarne Duchy College, included a sparkling xylo- Camborne town centre and Treslothan for an insight into the life phone solo by Charlie of miner poet, John Harris. Hodge, wowed the audi- ence and set the tone for The musicians and singers of Proper Job brought the day to an the day. end with Cornish songs, dialect tales and a rousing rendition of Trelawny. THE POST HORN 3 P A G E 3 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 2 32nd Constantine Brass on the Grass Camborne Band along with Helston, St Keverne and Pendennis Band performed in this years Constantine Brass on the Grass evening. Played to a capacity audience in the Grand Marquee, Camborne was the fourth band to entertain a very receptive and enthusiastic audience led for the evening by John Berryman. Camborne started it’s set with a new composition from the pen of Black Dyke horn player Jonny Bates. Tortuguero 6 is a Latin inspired work composed for the RNCM Festival of Brass. The Band then moved on to Michael Garasi's arrangement of Fu- niculi-Funicula Rhapsody, which is a work unique to Camborne and the Brass Band of Central Florida. The soloist for the evening was Principal Cornet Darren Hendy, choosing to play the classic cornet solo The Nightingale by Harold Moss. Darren gave a very pol- ished performance of this piece and the band accompaniment was sympathetic to the soloist. Camborne then slowed the pace down with the beautiful Mist of the Forest. It is the atmospheric penultimate movement of Gareth Wood’s extended suite Brass Trium- phant, which was written for the Cory Band as part of their 125th anniversary cele- brations in 2009. It was also used as the first section area test piece this year. To close the Band played Respighi’s March from The Pines of Rome, arranged by Howard Snell, which has become very popular with brass band audiences across the world. After a quiet beginning, where the marching soldiers can almost be heard approaching from the distance, the volume and tension increases all the way to the grand final chords. Shostakovich's Folk Festival proved a popular encore showing great skill and no small amount of flair which brought the concert to a triumphant close. Congratulations and Au Revoir We would like to congratu- back in Cornwall he has helped Cam- late Jeremy Meddows- borne to qualify for the British Open Taylor on his appointment Senior Cup and conducted Heyl Band of Music Teacher at Wells to 5th in the West of England area Cathedral School. Jeremy this year. We wish him every success will take up his new posi- for the future with his appointment as tion in September and has principal percussionist with the Flow- already moved up to Bath to ers Band of Gloucester. be near his new place of work. In his short time 4 P A G E 4 West of England Bandsman's Contest Third Section: Test Piece: Vizcaya (Gilbert Vinter) 1. Heyl Town (Shaun Marsden) - 182 2. Camborne Junior Contest (Alan Pope) - 179 3. Tadley Concert Brass (Paul Chapman) - 178 Best Player Award: Adrian Allen - Solo Cornet (Heyl Town ) Fourth Seciton: Test Piece: Petit Suite De Ballet (Eric Ball) 1. Camborne Junior Contest (Alan Pope) - 180 2.