Alcàsser Music Band was born in 1863 under José Balanzá Herrera's management, following a Town Council initiative.

It was conducted by Esteban Marí Riera in 1870 and by Salvador Llácer Hernández, under the name "Banda Primitiva de Alcácer", in 1903. In 1927 it was taken over by Martín Llácer Llácer, and another band, El Porvenir de Alcácer (La Nova) Music Cultural Centre (Ateneo Musical de El Porvenir de Alcácer (La Nova)), was organised in parallel and conducted by Amadeo Gascó Camarena (1928-1933). In view of this, the "Banda Primitiva" changed its name to Alcácer (La Vella) Music Union (Unión Musical de Alcácer (La Vella)).

The two bands eventually decided to bury the hatchet and merge under the name "Santa Cecilia de Alcácer". The band was conducted by Mariano Puig, who was succeeded by Mauricio Izquierdo Gómez in 1961. In 1973, Francisco Font Fenollosa took over the conducting and obtained important prizes in various contests throughout Valencia. The Gold Medal obtained in the concert and marching sections at Kerkrade (Netherlands) in 1981 is particularly worth mentioning.

In 1989 Francisco Fort Fenollosa reassumed the conducting of the band and toured Austria with it in 1990. In 1993, with Pascual Martínez Martínez at its head, the Band obtained the following prizes (among others): "Gran Premio de España" first prize (1995); first prize and gold medal in the concert section, and second prize and silver medal in the marching section, in Kerkrade Contest (1997).

From April 1998, the band was conducted by José Manuel Beltrán Bisbal, who obtained prizes including one at Loures (Portugal, 1999), first prize in the Special Section of the Certamen de Valencia contest (2000); second prize at Vila d'Altea International Contest (2000); and first prize at the 4th Aranda de Duero International Music Band Contest (2003).

José Manuel Beltrán Bisbal

He began his studies at the age of 8 in Santa Cecilia Music Society (Cullera), and continued them in Valencia Higher Conservatory of Music, where he completed the Higher Stage of Flute studies in 1985. He has also attended improvement courses with Maestros José Olivar, Istvan Matiuz, Christian Cheret, Trevor Wye and Ida Ribera. He has worked with Tenerife Symphonic Orchestra, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, Madrid Symphonic Orchestra and the Spanish National Orchestra.

In 1991 and 1992, he combined his duties as Professor of Valencia Symphonic Orchestra with studying Choir Conducting under Eduardo Cifre. After that, he studied Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, Analysis, Composition and Orchestra Conducting under maestros José María Cervera Collado and José Cervera Lloret.

The bands he has conducted as guest conductor include Santa Cecilia Symphonic Band and Santa Cecilia Symphonic Youth Orchestra (both of them in Cullera), Cullera Professional Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Valencia University Philharmonic Orchestra, Cervera Lloret Chamber Orchestra, Juan Bautista Cabanilles Orchestra (Algemesí) and Palma de Mallorca Municipal Band, among others. As regular conductor, he has been in charge of Santa Cecilia Youth Band (Cullera) and the Symphonic Band of Sueca Music Cultural Centre Society (Banda Sinfónica de la Sociedad Ateneo Musical de Sueca).

He currently teaches Flute at Cullera Professional Conservatory of Music, conducts the Aragon Young Musicians' Festivals (encuentros de jóvenes músicos de Aragón), and heads both Alcàsser Music School and Alcàsser Santa Cecilia Music Society Symphonic Band.