Our Aims include developing talent from all
ages in both brass and percussion throughout our organisation
to allow the member to enjoy music performance. We also
want to allow the bands to compete at the highest possible
level, across the country raising the profile of the band
as well as the county of Cornwall whom we proudly represent
on our travels.
The Background of the organisation can be
traced back to 1779 as the Charlestown Regiment Volunteers
Band, and after several name changes became the Mount Charles
Band which we remain today.
A significant year for the band was 1984, which is when
we started an active youth policy and set ourselves some
realistic but challenging aims to produce home grown talent
and musicians from the surrounding areas.
Since those were set the bands have grown from strength
to strength, supporting and training numerous members from
beginner to proficient and some onto professional musicians.
Today the organisation is proud to have 3
bands who regularly meet to rehearse and develop our skills
and knowledge of brass playing, for the benefit of the local
and national public, as well as for ourselves.
There is much more information about the Senior, Youth
and Junior bands throughout this website, detailing exactly
what we are doing and how far we have progressed together.
The future certainly looks bright, with continued
hard work from the members and conductors we look forward
to many more years of music making at the highest level.
We hope that you find our site interesting and easy to
use, and we look forward to providing up to date information
about what the band is doing, the progress we are making
towards our aims and mission as well as letting you know
where we are performing across the county.
There will also be reports on how the band is performing
in contests against the finest brass bands across the country.
Many thanks for your interest
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Derek Thomas
Chairman
