In his 1928 autobiography Marching Along: Recollections of Men, Women and Music legendary band master and March King John Philip Sousa wrote:  “Strange is the boy who doesn’t love…

          When Sol Kaufman and Ed Joachim began planning for a town band for Charlottesville in the spring of 1922, they faced many challenges and questions.  High among those questions…

It was a Saturday afternoon in 1941.  A young boy sat on the floor in front of his family’s console radio.  The United States Marine Band was presenting a concert…

Music Director Marlin Brown left Charlottesville and the Municipal Band for California in March 1957 after conducting the Band for six and a half years.  Once again the Band’s Board…