The year 2020 started out pretty much like every other of the Band’s previous ninety-eight: cold. The only difference was that the group’s first rehearsal of the year had to…

You might think that there would be little or no connection between the Municipal Band and the Charlottesville Fire Department, but in fact there is a long and distinguished connection…

First of all, let’s make it absolutely clear that the Municipal Band has never, as a group, either joined the military or fought in any battles. War has touched the Band…

If you were to mention the names Giuseppe Creatore or Patrick Gilmore to a group of average Americans today, you would probably receive shrugs or blank stares of incomprehension. Say…