BBC Music Day comes to Cornwall!

BBC Music Day comes to Cornwall

On Friday 3^rd June, Cornwall will be in the spotlight as BBC Music celebrates its second annual BBC Music Day.

The Cornwall Music Education Hub has partnered with BBC Music, White River Place, St Austell Bay Radio and St Austell Town BID to offer a day of free interactive music making workshops and performances from 10.30 until 5.00 in St Austell Town Centre. The Rig, a team of professional musicians and experienced workshop leaders, will be bringing their fun and creative installations to White River Place which will allow visitors to explore weird and wonderful ways of making music. Local brass specialist, Anna Minear, will offering a free introductory brass workshop for visitors to try out learning a brass instrument. And for those who prefer singing, there will be the opportunity to take part in the Big Cornish Sing in Aylmer Square at 3.00. Newquay based A Capella vocal group, Oll an Gwella, will lead a massed sing-a-long of traditional Cornish tunes and sea shanties for everyone to join in.

Alongside the workshops, St Austell will be hosting free performances to entertain visitors to the town. Cornish folk ensemble, Dalla, will be performing in the stage marquee in Aylmer Square on the Friday morning whilst Penzance-based band, Kabasa, will be performing their trademark vintage Latin American sounds during the afternoon. On Fore Street, there will be pop up performances by local young groups throughout the day.

St Austell Performances

Aylmer Square

10.30 and 12.00: Dalla

13.15 and 16.00: Kabasa

14.15: Whirlwinds and St Austell Youth Band

15.00: Oll an Gwella lead ‘The Big Cornish Sing’

Fore Street

11.00 and 11.30: Samba de Roselando

12.00: The Alley Cats

13.45: Pigs in Blankets and D13

St Austell Workshops

South Square

10.30 – 12.30: The Rig Interactive Music Installation

12.30 – 14.00: Beginner Brass Workshop

14.30 – 16.30: The Rig Interactive Music Installation

In addition to the activities in St Austell Town Centre, the BBC Concert Orchestra will be performing a family-friendly concert at the Hall for Cornwall in Truro alongside the Cornwall Family Orchestra and Chorus. Tickets for this concert have been offered free to local families and the concert will be broadcast live on Radio 3.

The finale of the day will be the concert by BBC Music Day Ambassadors, Duran Duran, at the Eden Project. The concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 as part of a four-hour special hosted by Sara Cox from 8pm to midnight. The concert will also feature in a BBC One special programme broadcast later that weekend. BBC One’s The One Show will also be broadcast live from the Eden Project in the build-up to the concert.