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…

The Band’s first conductor, Harry Lowe, led the group from its inception in the late summer of 1922 until resigning from the Band in August 1940. The Band’s Board of Directors…