The CWA’s musical year 2024 finished in triumph with the traditional packed Christmas concert held at Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Corsham on Saturday 21st December. 2024 was a very busy year including its highlight of a week’s tour to Corsham’s twin town Jargeau and nearby Orléans in central France. The bands also gave spring and summer concerts and took part at events such as Corsham Fun Run, Middlewick House Open Garden, a Taste of Corsham, Corsham summer fête, Corsham Street Fair and Corsham Christmas lights switch-on.
This was an exceptional year which even included a public recording session in October at Corsham Town Hall. We are in the process of making these recordings public on the recordings page of this website.
All these events and busking in the centre of Corsham during the Christmas period have enabled the association to raise funds which will be used to further the aims of the CWA, namely the purchase and upkeep of instruments and the provision of lessons and band practices and thus improve the musical education of young people in and around Corsham. Additional funding came from Corsham Town Council, the Late Lord Methuen Fund, ASDA in Melksham and Corsham Fun run. We would to thanks all our sponsors who have supported us in 2024.
This support has enabled CWA to extend now to four bands:
- Beginners band
- Training band
- Spectrum band
- Youth Concert Band.
The association is now an associate member of Wiltshire Music Connect and offers weekly instrument lessons in the following local schools:
- Years 4 and 5 – Corsham Regis
- Years 5 and 6 – Churchfields The Village School, Atworth
- Years 2 to 6 – Corsham Primary Broadwood Ave.
Perspectives for 2025
This year, the CWA has also joined Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire Music Trust as an Associate Member and as part of this will offer the following instrument lessons at the following venues in 2025:
- Year 3 – Corsham Regis: Strings
- Years 4 and 5 – Corsham Regis: Brass and Percussion
- Years 5 and 6 – Churchfields The Village School, Atworth: Brass and Woodwind
- Years 4 to 6 – Heywood School: Woodwind
- Years 2 to 6 – Corsham Primary Broadwood Avenue: Brass and Woodwind
- Year 5 – Queens Crescent School: Chippenham Brass
We would also like to thank in advance the sponsors who have committed to supporting us in 2025:
- Box Parish Council
- Corsham Town Council
- Wiltshire Council Area Board
- Jack Lane Trust
- Chippenham Borough Lands Trust
- The Late Lord Methuen Trust