The Charlottesville Band just released their performance schedule for this, their 102nd season. Check it out below.   March 23 (Saturday. It will be “Stage Alive!” at the Culpeper County High School Auditorium at 7:30 PM.   April 28 (Sunday). The Spring Concert at Dickinson Theater at PVCC at 3:30 PM.   June 11 (Tuesday). The Summer Concert at Martin Luther King, … [Read more...]

Our last port of call was Cozumel, a largely undeveloped Mexican Island in the Caribbean. Millions of tourists flock here to breathe in the tropical air, bask on pristine beaches, and  to explore the underwater beauty of hundreds of miles of coral reefs. Snorkeling is not my thing. I tried it once and the goggles betrayed me and allowed sea water to burn my eyes while the snorkeling tube kept … [Read more...]

Steve Layman, Music Director of The Charlottesville Band, announced that The Charlottesville Band’s 101st Holiday Concert will be held Sunday, December 10 at the Paramount Theater in Downtown Charlottesville at 3:30 pm – with FREE admission, naturally. Rumor has it that some of the current members played in that original concert, but that is unsubstantiated. Still, 101 years. That’s … [Read more...]

It’s fall and it’s time for The Charlottesville Band to return to PVCC’s Dickinson Theatre for its 101st Season Fall Concert on October 22 at 3:30 PM. The afternoon show will feature selection of light classical, popular, and jazz pieces, as well as Franz Doppler’s Andante and Rondo for Two Flutes, featuring guest soloists Angela Kelly and Christine Steele. PVCC’s Dickinson Theater is one of … [Read more...]

  The Charlottesville Band opens its Summer Season at Charlottesville’s outstanding historic theater on Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30 PM for the first of three performances at The Paramount this summer.  This performance will include our principal French horn player, Becky Allen, performing a portion of Mozart’s Horn Concert #3; Albemarle High School senior Lizzie Mayhood, reprising her … [Read more...]

  Contrary to rumors that be, the Charlottesville Municipal Band will not be playing on actual Batteau’s floating down the James River, but they will be playing in conjunction with the Batteau Festival in historic Scottsville. Scheduled for Wednesday evening, the band concert begins at 7:30 at Scottsville Canal Basin Square. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the concert of old favorites, new … [Read more...]

  After a long winter’s nap, the horns are awake, the drums stirring, and members of the Charlottesville Band are ready to rumble. Their first gig is just a few days away. Says Steve Layman, Band Director, “The Cville Band is excited to return to the PVCC Dickinson Auditorium to open our Centennial Season of nine live performances.  This program will feature the world premiere of three … [Read more...]

  Steve Layman, Band Director of the Charlottesville band, announced that the final Cville Band Concert of the summer will be on Tuesday, August 31 at 7:30 at the Ting Pavilion at 70 E. Main Street. “Cville Band comes home to the Downtown Mall, our traditional summer venue, for the final concert of the summer season,” he said. “The Band has prepared a fun program for the entire family, … [Read more...]

The Charlottesville Band (new name for the Charlottesville Municipal Band) is at it again. Coming off a year of Co-Vid inactivity, the Band will continue in its 99th Season Summer Concert Series with a performance at The Center at Belvedere, located at  540 Belvedere Boulevard off Rio Road near Dunlora on August 3 at  7:30 PM. . It will be Charlottesville Band’s first  performance at one of … [Read more...]

  After a long, totally unwanted break, the Charlottesville Municipal Band is getting back in action. As with all  outdoor concerts, rain will  cancel – but not CoVid! Steve Layman, Band Director, notes that there will be a Brass and Sax Quartet performing Sunday June 6 at 6:30 in. the. Amphitheater behind Dickinson PVCC.  It’s free to the public. On June 13 at 3:30, a Clarinet and … [Read more...]