The AMC Banda de Música de Puertollano gave its first concert on 24 November 2013. It was formed after the disbandment in May 2013 of the Banda Municipal de Música de Puertollano, which had been created in 1880. Starting from nothing (without instruments, uniforms, archive, director or rehearsal space), the Band began a hard journey in which it has managed to give more than 150 concerts, most of them organized by the Association. In its short but intense history, the Band has won numerous awards, including First Prize and Honorable Mention at the Certamen Nacional de Bandas de Música “Ciudad de Cullera” in April 2023, the Second Prize in Division Three at the CIBM “Ciudad de Valencia” in July 2019, the Second Prize at the CIBM “Villa de Altea” in 2015 and the First Prize at the Certamen Regional de Bandas de Música “Villa de Mota del Cuervo” in 2015 and 2017. Moreover, its principal conductor has won the Best Conductor Prize four times.

In 2016 the Band participated in the Banda Sinfónica de Madrid’s “Bandas al Fresco” concert cycle in the Parque del Buen Retiro, as well as in different wind band summits across Spain such as those in Bailén, Getafe, Manzanares, Linares and Aldea del Rey.

José Manuel García Pozuelo has been the Band’s Principal Conductor since 2016. Ángel Parla, a protégé and transcriber of Pablo Sorozábal, is the Band’s Honorary Director. He was the Director of the Banda Municipal de Música de Puertollano for 33 years. He also founded the local conservatories of music and dance and the Coral Polifónica de Puertollano. The guest conductors who have led the AMC include Andrés Salado, Juan Pablo Valencia, Jan Van der Roost, José Alberto Pina, Ramón Garcia i Soler and David Rivas.

José Manuel García Pozuelo was born in Ciudad Real on 21 June 1982. He has a degree in Orchestra and Choir Conducting, a degree in Clarinet, a master’s degree in Musical Innovation and Research and a degree in Music Education. He has also furthered his training in conducting with Ferrer Ferrán, Jan Van der Roost, Jan Cober and Dima Slobodeniouk, among others.

In his work as a director he has given more than 150 concerts in just 8 years in many different places in Spain, such as Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Jaén, Burgos, Murcia, Alicante, Valencia and Madrid. Particularly notable is his ongoing participation in wind band summits and contests both in Spain and overseas at which he always achieves excellent results.

The many prizes he has received include:

• - Prize for the Best Conductor at the 2nd Certamen Regional de Bandas de Música "Villa Mota del Cuervo" (2015).
• - Prize for the Best Conductor at the 4th Certamen Nacional de Bandas de Música "Villa de Olivares" (2017).
• - Prize for the Best Conductor at the 6th Certamen Regional de Bandas de Música "Villa Mota del Cuervo" (2019).
• - First Prize and Honorable Mention, and Prize for the Best Conductor at the 75th Certamen Nacional de Bandas “Ciudad de Cullera” (2023)

He has also recorded various records as principal conductor with the AMC Banda de Música de Puertollano, such as Alma de pasodoble and Castillos y Leyendas.

He currently teaches clarinet and wind band at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Puertollano. He is a member of the Kairós Clarinet Quartet, the Principal Conductor of the AMC Banda de Música de Puertollano and the Principal Conductor of the Banda Sinfónica de Música de Miguelturra. He is also the Academic Director and founder of the Escuela de Dirección de Banda “Ángel Parla”, Honorary Director of the K-Classic Orchestra (South Korea) and an active member of the Sociedad Musical Giuseppe Verdi (Mexico).