Mission

The purpose of Saxton’s Cornet Band is to re-create the sounds, appearance, and conduct of brass bands during the antebellum and Civil War eras. The band’s guiding principles will be historical accuracy based on thorough research and understanding of period resources; musical excellence ensured by careful recruiting of personnel and thorough rehearsal; professionalism in its operations; and performance in a manner that is both entertaining and educational. The band will operate as a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation.

About

Saxton’s Cornet Band recreates the sounds, appearance, and conduct of brass bands during the antebellum and Civil War eras.  Their programs are full of energy and are very entertaining both musically and visually.  The performance is a complete historically accurate concert experience from the mid-nineteenth century, complete with dramatic readings and period humor in addition to the excellent music.

The modern day Saxton’s Cornet Band is named for one of the most popular and long-lived ensembles that performed in Kentucky for over sixty years from before the Civil War period into the early twentieth century.  The original band’s founder was Henry Saxton of Lexington, Kentucky who organized the band and kept it performing in Lexington playing concerts, dances, parades and funerals. 

Reorganized in 1989, the Saxton’s Cornet Band of today strives to maintain the spirit and high standards set by the original ensemble.  Saxton’s Cornet Band is a Kentucky and National treasure.  They have performed for the inauguration of President George W. Bush and for the National Park Service at sites around the country including Gettysburg National Military Park.  They have played aboard the steamboats Delta Queen and Belle of Louisville, and in historic performing arts centers from Keokuk, Iowa to Chillicothe, Ohio-and in bandstands as far a field as Glen Falls, NY and Sutton, MA.  Saxton’s performs regularly at the Great American Brass Band Festival in Danville, KY and is visiting artist at the Conner Prairie Museum and at the Ohio Historical Society.  Saxton’s has been featured on the silver screen as well, in the Turner films “Gettysburg” and “The Day Lincoln Was Shot.”  Saxton’s Cornet Band has also toured internationally with concerts throughout Taiwan including a performance at The National Concert Hall in Taipei.

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