Sixty young musicians will gather just after Christmas in Truro for the Cornwall Youth Brass Band Christmas Residential Course.

Under the baton

This year they will come under the baton of Dr Robert Childs for four days intensive rehearsal before undertaking three high profile concerts.

The band will work on a number of compositions, including Simon Dobson’s evocative ‘Penlee’, used recently at the Swiss National Brass Band Championships in Montreux, as well as music by Derek Bourgeois and Edward Gregson.

The band will also perform Paul Patterson’s 'Countdown' written in 1975 for the National Youth Brass Championship4BR

Countdown

The band will also perform Paul Patterson’s ‘Countdown’ written in 1975 for the National Youth Brass Championship, as well as Philip Harper’s ‘The Kingdom of Dragons’.

The band will perform this work as part of their appearance at the 2011 Festival of Brass series at the Royal Northern College of Music at the end of January.