Obra libre: "In The Spring, at the time when Kings go off to
the war" de David. R. Holsinger.
Thanks to the
efforts of Manuel Palomo, a local doctor, the band was formed in September
1928. In the band’s first performances some 32 instrumentalists played under
the baton of Royo. Three years later, Juan Eiroa became director and under his
leadership the band organised ambitious and lyrical performances. After various
successions, Agustín Espinosa directed the band from 1943 until 1963, with a
brief interval under Eduardo Vila from 1948 to 1951. In 1963, the Union Musical
contracted José Castelló as director – and during his leadership the band
sometimes performed in public under the name ‘Los Bohemios’. José María Ferrer
directed the band when it won second prize in the provincial competition of
1981. Since 1988, the band has been directed by a local musician who began
playing clarinet in the Pau Monfort band. The band incorporated as a musical
company in 1992 and now boasts 285 members, with 50 musicians in the band, and
a school of music with eight teachers and 75 students. The band offers a wide
programme of concerts, solo performances, chamber music, as well as exchanges
and performances in other towns. In 1998 the band won first prize in the third
section of the provincial and regional competitions, as well as second prize in
the third section of the Valencia International Music Band Contest. A year
later, the band went on to win first prize and a special prize as the best band
in the Comunidad Valenciana in the third section of the Valencia International
Music Band Contest. Last year, the band was invited by Radio Nacional de España
to perform in the second cycle of concerts at the Palau de la Música in
Valencia. In the same year, the band also won first prize in the third section
of both the provincial and Valencian competitions.
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