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The
San Gabriel Valley Concert Band is looking for a new
sponsor. Our 20+ year
releationship with the El Monte-Rosemead Adult
School has come to an end, and we are on hiatus
until we can find other sponsorship. If you have suggestions, please contact
us.
A True Community BandOur
History
 The San Gabriel Valley Concert Band
is continuing the tradition of community bands which
began with westward expansion in the 1800s. As soon as
a town was able to erect a band shell and start a
community band, the townspeople knew that civilization
had arrived.
Since
1940, the San Gabriel Valley Concert Band has served
local Southern California communities with fine
concert band music. Semi-Professional, amateur and
retired musicians come from the far reaches of the San
Gabriel Valley and beyond to play with the concert
band. The band's repertoire includes a variety of
styles. In addition to traditional marches, the band
plays classical
transcriptions, big band songs, show tunes and pieces
written specifically for concert band, both
traditional and modern.
Our Director
 Michael Drange,
the present director is a graduate of California State
University Los Angeles. He began his musical training
at age six in Morgantown, West Virginia, where he
studied piano. He began playing saxophone in the 5th
grade and now holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Saxophone Performance from Cal State Los Angeles,
where he studied with Dr. Jeffrey Benedict. He also
has a Master of Music Degree in Commercial Music
Composing and Arranging. He has studied conducting
with Dr. Thomas Miyake, Dr. William Belan and Dr.
David Buck. In addition to his duties as the director
of the band, Mr. Drange teaches instrumental and
choral music in the Garvey School District in Rosemead
California where he was named Teacher of the Year in
2006.
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