When Sol Kaufman and his friend Ed Joachim seriously began to consider forming the Municipal Band in the late winter and spring of 1922, they doubtless discussed many important questions.…

You will perhaps remember from an earlier History Moment Municipal Band founder Sol Kaufman’s regrets in the winter of 1922 that Charlottesville had no band that could lead parades and…

First of all, the Band at sea doesn’t refer to any uncertainty its players may sometimes feel when they’re learning a particularly difficult new piece of music, even though they may occasionally…

Everyone who has lived in Charlottesville or Albemarle County for any length of time probably knows the story of Jack Jouett, sometimes known as the “Paul Revere of the South”.…