Saxton’s Cornet Band

Saxton’s Cornet Band is named for an ensemble that performed in Kentucky for over sixty years, from before the Civil War period into the early twentieth century. Organized in 1989, Saxton’s Cornet Band keeps alive the spirit and high standards of the original ensemble.

In 2000, Saxton’s Cornet Band performed at the Kentucky Ball for the inauguration of President George W. Bush, and in 2001 on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue. The band plays often at National Park Service sites, including Gettysburg National Military Park. The band has played aboard the steamboats Delta Queen and Belle of Louisville, in historic opera houses from Keokuk, Iowa to Chillicothe, Ohio, and in bandstands from New York to Indiana to Massachusetts.

A co-host band of the National Civil War Band Festival at Campbellsville, Kentucky, Saxton’s Cornet Band appears regularly at the great American Brass Band Festival in Danville, Kentucky. Film credits include the Turner films, Gettysburg and The Day Lincoln Was Shot.