It was 1904.  Life for the folks of Charlottesville was going along pretty much as it had since the town was founded in 1762.  Homemakers busied themselves cooking and cleaning;…

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…

Almost every human activity can be affected by the weather. Baseball, gardening, picnicking, star gazing, you name it—they all can be at the mercy of Mother Nature at some point.…

When in June 1950 the Municipal Band’s third conductor, Emil Rada, stepped down from the podium for the last time and relinquished his baton as Music Director, the Band’s Board…