Founded in 1862 by Ramon Llopis, the work was continued by his son and later by his grandchildren Ramon and the maestro José Mª Llopis. It is therefore over 150 years old. In 1940 the band had 50 musicians and, in 1975, it became part of the Federación de Sociedades Musicales de la Comunidad Valenciana (FSMCV).
Currently, the Society is chaired by Jesús Castellar Garcerà and has 700 memberships, 126 federated musicians and a Music School, directed by Jesús Orón García, with 374 students and 35 teachers.
In recent years, the Symphonic Band has performed numerous concerts in the Comunidad Valenciana, in Valencia, Manises, Llíria, Castelló, Vinaròs, Alicante, etc., and also in other cities such as Reus, Mallorca, Pontevedra, Tarragona, Oviedo, Tarnos (France), Insbrück (Austria), Manziana (Italy), etc.
Band awards in recent competitions:
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• 2004 – 1st Prize and Honorable Mention, Division Three, CXVIII CIBM “Ciutat de València”
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• 2005 – 1st Prize and Honorable Mention, Division Two, Certamen de Bandas de Música de la Comunitat Valenciana.
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• 2007 – 2nd Prize in the Division Two of the CXXI CIBM “Ciutat de València”.
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• 2009 – 1st Prize in the Division One of the Certamen Provincial de Bandas de Música de la Diputación de València.
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• 2010 – 1st Prize in the Division One of the Certamen Internacional de Bandas de Música “Vila de Altea”.
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• 2012 – 1st Prize and Honorable Mention, Division One, Certamen Provincial de Bandas de Música de la Diputación de València.
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• 1st Prize and Honorable Mention in the Division One in the Certamen de Bandas de Música de la Comunitat Valenciana.
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• 2015 – 1st Prize in the Special Division of the Certamen Provincial de Bandas de Música de la Diputación de València.
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• 2017 – 1st Prize in the Division One of the 131 CIBM “Ciutat de València”.
Since 2019, Ximo Tarín Micó is the music director.
In 2010 he finished his clarinet studies at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) with Josep Fuster and Joan Enric Lluna. Until 2016, he was a regular collaborator of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona, as a clarinetist.
Between 2008 and 2013 he was resident composer at the Jove Orquestra Simfònica Diaula, where under the baton of Alfons Reverté, he premiered the orchestral works Aforismes, Danses Valencianes and others.
He has received commissions from groups such as Barcelona Clarinet Players, Duet’tot sols, TetraBrass Bcn Ensemble, Quintet Frontela, 2AZ1 Duo, Casino Musical de Godella, La Artística Manisense, as well as other emerging artists.
In 2015 he was awarded the prize of the 1r Concurs de Composició per a Octet de Trombons de Catalunya with the work Vuit Soldats de Varsòvia and, in 2021, with the Rosa d’Or de la Pau from the Castellitx de Algaida awards (Mallorca ) with the work Música de la cort dels hòmens.
In 2014 he finished his studies in conducting at the Conservatori Superior del Liceu with Manel Valdivieso, Francesc Prat, Guerassim Voronkov and Daniel Mestre. This same year he founded the Jove Orquestra Barcino, of which he is the music director until 2016.
Between 2016 and 2018 he studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in the city of Tilburg (The Netherlands) where he studied the Wind Band Conducting Master with the professors Hardy Mertens (with whom he also develops his facet as a composer), Henrie Adams and Jan Cober.
He conducted the Harmonie St. Michael van Thorn (Netherlands) in his final recital, in which he premieres his Symphony No. 1.
In February 2019 he conducted the Banda Municipal de Música de Palma, as a guest conductor, and as of September he was appointed music director of the Banda de la Societat Musical La Primitiva de Rafelbunyol.