INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS
Unión Musical Santa Cecilia De Villar Del Arzobispo HISTORY OF THE BAND Various sources show that the band was founded before 1868. In 1926 the band divided into "La Vieja" and "La Nueva" but in 1964 they merged again to form the current band under the leadership of their first director, Amador Martínez Faubel, and first president, Vicente Martínez Tomás. The association has its own premises, with a concert hall and music school, and about 100 musicians, 110 pupils and 16 teachers. Particularly worthy of note are the band's performances in Innsbruck, the Palau de la Música in Valencia, Peñíscola, Teruel, the Monastery of El Puig, the San Miguel Festival in Lliria, the 4th Iberian Festival for Amateur Bands in Loures, the Albacete National Wind Band Festival and the Llíria Banda Primitiva Spring Festival. The band's many prizes include the first prizes they won in Campo de Criptana in 1976 and 1996, and in Segorbe in 1983; 5 first prizes and honorable mentions in the CIBM "City of Valencia" in 1992, 1995, 1998, 2004 and 2007; two first prizes in the Kerkrade WMC in 1993 and in 2005; and, most recently, first prize and honorable mention in the Villa d'Altea International Wind Band Contest in 2008. They have also made several recordings, including: their performances at the contests in Valencia, Kerkrade and Altea; Plaza Mayor with the RTVE label; in 2004, together with the youth band, a CD to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the merger of the bands; and recently a CD of music "to dance to". The band's directors have included Amando Blanquer, Rafael Villarejo, Ferrer Ferrán, Francisco Hernández Guirado, Juan Pablo Hellín and Enrique Artiga Francés. Since 2009, Eduardo Nogueroles Bermúdez has been the band's head conductor. BIOGRAPHY OF THE CONDUCTOR Eduardo Nogueroles BermúdezEduardo Nogueroles Bermúdez was born in Meliana and completed his further specialist studies in tuba, direction and composition in the conservatories of Jávea, Valencia, Madrid and Perpignan (France), in Arizona State University (USA) and the Royal Schools of Music (England), with teachers such as Miguel Moreno, Mel Culbertson, Sam Pilafian, Harvey Phillips, Pablo Sánchez Torrella, Tomás Gilabert, Andrés Zarzo and Ferrer Ferrán.As an instrumentalist he has been a member of the Region of Madrid Student Orchestra, the JONDE, and currently works with numerous Spanish orchestras. He won prizes in the Albany International Tuba Competition (New York) and the Xátiva Brass Competition. Since 1996 he has offered recitals and taught courses and master classes throughout Spain. In 2000 he recorded the CD, "Escenas Latinas". Since 2003 he has been a Conn-Selmer artist. He has directed the following bands: the "Lira" of San Miguiel de Oia, "La Lira" of Vilfamés and the UM of Aldaia, with which he won several prizes in contests and competitions. He has also been a member of the jury for the Spanish Young Musicians Contest and the Director of the Vigo International Tuba Festival. As a composer he has carried out commissions for The Sir Aligator's Company, the "Lira" of San Miguel de Oia, the Unión Artístico Musical of Almàssera and the Vitoria Municipal Band, as well as for soloists such as Juanjo Munera, Lluís Andrés and Vicent Alberola. He was a finalist in the 1st "Villa de Ortigueira" Iberoamerican Composition Contest for Wind Band. His music has been recorded on various CDs and since 2013 it is released exclusively on the Potenza Music label (USA). He currently divides his time between teaching, composing and directing. He teaches tuba at the Valencia Professional Conservatory of Music, is a soloist with Grup Instrumental de Valencia, President of the Spanish Tuba and Saxhorn Association (AETYB) and Director of the Symphony Band of the UMSC of Villar del Arzobispo. |
