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Shaun Thomas Memorial |
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The memory of Shaun Thomas is to be perpetuated in a trust fund which has been set up by The Cornwall Music Service, supported by Trevada Music. The Fund will annually present an instrument to the young brass player in the Cornwall who is judged to have the most outstanding ability and potential.
The presentation of the first Shaun Thomas Memorial Award, a Conn trombone, was made on July 1st by John Harries, Head of The Music Service, to 13 year old Morrision Cole at a special Assembly at his School, Penryn College. The presentation was attended by Morrision’s parents, Ramon and Miranda, as well as Shaun’s widow Gayle, her two children and Shaun’s mother, Margaret, with representatives of the Brass Band movement in Cornwall.
At the presentation Morrision used his new instrument to play a Sonatina for Trombone by Serocki, which he is at present preparing for his Grade 8 examination. He was a pupil of Shaun’s and plays with Pendennis Brass from Falmouth as well as being a member of The National Children’s Brass Band, The Cornwall Youth Orchestra and National Children’s Orchestra. He was accompanied on the piano by Jill Harries, Head of Music at the College, which is a hotbed of music making of all kinds. In introducing the presentation to the pupils and guests the Head Teacher, Marie Hunter, spoke of Shaun’s outstanding talents as a euphonium player, conductor and teacher and aptly summed him up as, “a real motivator of young people”. It is good to know that the name of this self effacing giant of music will continue to be remembered in a way he would surely approve of. |