The 111th Cornwall Music Festival has been hailed a success with more than 1,000 people taking part.

The popular festival ran for a week at Truro Methodist Church. 

“The organising committee are delighted this year to report that the number of entrants has once again risen following the cancellation of the festival for two years because of the covid pandemic,” said a spokesperson.

“The festival continues to showcase the amazing talent that we have in Cornwall, whether it be music or the spoken word. 

“This year we were also delighted to include a visual art show of Year 8 work from Penair School in Truro. 

“Individuals, ensembles, choirs and orchestras travelled from the length and breadth of Cornwall to this annual celebration of the arts. 

“Schoolchildren in their hundreds brought to the stage wonderful storytelling performances, group speaking and public speaking as well as staggering individual performances of verse speaking and original poetry.

“Musically, the festival hosted performances of professional quality, from schools, youth ensembles and both adult choirs and ensembles. In total, well over       1,000 people took part this year.

“The festival is always reviewing the classes which are offered and attempts to keep the choice of classes current to trends in music and music education. 

“This year, for example, the festival began with a workshop for 255 primary children taken by the choral conductor Peter Hunt, creator of the Voiceworks series of books.

“In this workshop, the children sang together, worked on techniques and generally had a wonderful time. 

“School rock, pop and soul band entries proved very popular this year with entries of the highest quality.”

The spokesperson continued: “The festival is grateful to Truro Sinfonia for being our main guests, who together with some of the winners from last year, staged a most enjoyable opening night concert. The festival committee are already planning for next year’s festival which will be bigger and better, and will continue to offer more variety and opportunities for our community to share in the talent that we have in Cornwall.”