Grafton Cornet Band

 

The schedule for our 160th year is set. Our spring rehearsals this year are April 12, May 3, and May 17. Those are Sunday afternoons 2:00-4:00 with a refreshment break.

This is the best time to find out more about playing with the historic GCB. All players from anywhere with any band experience are welcome. It's a grand 160-year tradition in Grafton.

We have professional direction under Glen D'Eon, director of bands at Fall Mountain High School and recipient of the NH Music Educators Assoc. (NHMEA) Distinguished Music Educator of the Year award in 2017. Click the Schedule link in the navigation for the finalized schedule.

1989 Townshend Common Accident project. Thirty-five years later, it's time to document the accident on the Townshend Common on August 5th, 1989. A runaway car drove through the band, hospitalizing nineteen and bruising a dozen others. It has never been told beyond the brief newspaper articles. It's not a happy story, but it's a moving story of community, generosity, and resilience. The living memory is slowly disappearing. For instance, Mary Pill, in the hard-hit flutes, who broke a leg, died in May 2024. So we're inviting first-person accounts and other memories. For now, you can contact us on the Contact page. Watch this space for progress on the project.

The Grafton Cornet Band welcomes all to our series of free summer concerts. We play all sorts of traditional band music as we have for 159 years. Our concerts are informal, so bring chairs or a blanket and maybe a picnic. On rainy days, we play in the beautiful Community Church (white clapboard) in Grafton. More information…