Vineyard Haven Band Martha's Vineyard

WELCOME TO THE VINEYARD HAVEN BAND
A Vineyard Tradition since 1868

NEWS: Seeking Conductor for 2008 Season Interested?>

This is our one hundred and thirty eighth season of nearly continuous service to the community. Currently, the band is made up of amateurs (music lovers, in the best sense) and professionals, quite a few of them school band directors. We have students from seventh grade through graduate school, music teachers, active as well as retired, a NASA scientist, local farmers, laborers, hoteliers.

Originally, eighteen Civil War veterans (both blue & Gray) organized the Vineyard Haven Band Brass Band in 1868 in order to play at the West Tisbury Agricultural Association Fair, and also to earn side money by playing for "socials." As a "big band" of its era, also larger than many off- Island town and professional bands, it probably could not compete with the various brass bands imported for parades and concerts. In any case, the Vineyard Haven Band was considered "a bunch of noisemakers" according to late band historian Tom Bardwell's grand uncle Francis Vincent Pease.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.~ Miles Davis

Massachusetts, 02568 Phone: 508-645-3458	info@vineyardhavenband.org
Vineyard Haven Band, is a community supported 501(C)(3) Non-Profit charitable organization serving Martha's Vineyard since 1868. Your contributions are tax-deductible.