Principal Cornet

Richard Rowe

Richard is the current principal cornet player of the band. He has been in the band since March 2002, having re-starting playing after a 22 year absence. His former positions in the band have been Repiano and 2nd Cornet. Richard is married with two children. In the past, Richard has played with Camborne Junior Band, St.Keverne Band, Redruth Town Band and Camborne Town Band. He gave up playing due to other commitments at the age of 17. In 2008, he contested with Mount Charles band on tutti solo cornet at the Regionals, the Grand Shield, Bugle, the English National championship in Preston and the national finals at the Royal Albert Hall, which he rates as one of his most memorable banding moments. He enjoys DIY and watercolour painting in his spare time. In the future, he would like to continue to be involved in the re-building and development of the band.

Solo Cornet

Ian Hooper

Ian is 2nd man down in the band. He has previously played Soprano, Euphonium, Baritone and Principal Cornet for us. As well as playing for Lanner, he has also played for Redruth and Camborne band respectively. His most memorable experience is playing at the Albert Hall where he has previously made 7 appearances. He has achieved 3 Hat Tricks at Bugle contest with Camborne.

 Solo Cornet

 Lee Rouse

Lee has been with the Band since he started to play the cornet at the age of 10 and is the most senior member of the band. He started as all cornet players down on 3rd cornet and is now playing 3rd man down on the front row. In his early days he also attempted to play soprano but returned to cornet through his own choice. He has on one occasion been trusted to play principal cornet on the contest stage but after the experience decided that once was enough. He has also held most positions on the Band Commitee and is presently the Bands Chairman. He says that he has no time for hobbies but does enjoy socialising and going out to the Bands regular 'curry nights'. His favourite piece of music has always been The Flora Dance and says he will never get bored of playing it.

Sharon Hooper

Sharon currently plays 4th man (or woman!) down on the front row. She has appeared with Camborne town band in the national finals at the Royal Albert Hall four times and has won the Royal Trophy at the Bugle contest six times. Her favourite test piece is Pagannini Variations. She is married with a son. In the past she has played for the City of Truro band and the St Agnes band. She then joined Lanner for eight years before joining Camborne in 1999. Sharon then had a brief spell out of banding before rejoining Lanner earlier this year.