Although the first band was created in Pozuelo at the end of the s. XIX, it was not until 1990 when the La Asociación Músico-Cultural “La Lira de Pozuelo” was born.

In 2004 La Lira became a Foundation to support the educational and cultural work of the Association, offering a modern element of management.

In order to promote musical education, La Lira trains its young people in its own music school, which is located within the network of Official Centers of the Community of Madrid. It currently has more than 200 students, an initiation band of more than 90 students and a Gospel Choir of fifty voices.

The Symphonic Band maintains an intense activity in the effort to disseminate original band music, having premiered works by such relevant composers as Luis Serrano Alarcón, Gregory Fritze, David Rivas, Azael Tormo or Carlos Martín Jara among many others. Likewise, important invited conductors passed through the band's podium such as Bernardo Adam Ferrero, Luis Cobos, Johan de Meij, Abel Moreno or Pascual Balaguer among others.

Awards::
2006:

• - 1st Prize and Honorable Mention for Best Band in the Certamen Nacional de Bandas Ciudad de Cullera, València.
• - 2nd Prize, in the Division Two of the CXX Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música “Ciutat de València”.

2008:

• - 1st Prize in the III Certamen Nacional de Bandas Villa de Magallón, Zaragoza.

2010:

• - 1st Prize. Honor Division of the Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música "Ciutat de València".

2016:

• -- 1st Prize. Honor Division of the Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música "Ciutat de València".

Currently the association is chaired by D. Juan Pedro Álvarez.

1971 (Valencia). He began his musical studies of French horn at the CIM La Armónica “El Litro” school, continuing them at the CPM “San Rafael” in Buñol. He completed his higher studies at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, obtaining the End of Degree Honor Award and the highest marks in the higher studies of Chamber Music. He furthered his musical studies at the Stuttgart State College of Music, where he undertook postgraduate studies with Professor Radovan Vlatkovic.

1971 (Valencia). He began his musical studies of French horn at the CIM La Armónica “El Litro” school, continuing them at the CPM “San Rafael” in Buñol. He completed his higher studies at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, obtaining the End of Degree Honor Award and the highest marks in the higher studies of Chamber Music. He furthered his musical studies at the Stuttgart State College of Music, where he undertook postgraduate studies with Professor Radovan Vlatkovic.

In teaching practice, he has taught French Horn, Chamber Music and Orchestra at different conservatories such as Alcalá de Henares, Amaniel (Madrid) and Getafe.

It is worth noting his facet as an arranger in which he has done countless works for groups of all kinds, which have performed at such important events as the inauguration of the new Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid or the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Ha realizado numerosos cursos de dirección orquestal, dirección de banda, gestión, análisis musical y de pedagogía especializada, con profesores de reconocido prestigio.

As a musician and studio conductor, he has made numerous recordings for film and TV with the "Mad4Strings" orchestra. Titles like Klaus, Sordo, Bajo Cero, El Mundo es Vuestro, Mamá o Papá, Bajo el Mismo Techo, Centauro, etc., are a small sample of his work.