INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS
Agrupació Musical de Veterans de la Ribera del Xúquer HISTORIAL DE LA BANDA The Agrupación Musical "Ribera del Júcar" was created by a group of people who wanted to show their passion for music and who all lived in towns on the bank of the Júcar river. In April 1995, its founder and first president, Fernando Parrilla Barbero, took the first steps toward creating the band. He quickly secured the help of the first founding members, a sizeable group which included their first conductor, Salvador Navarro Ripoll. Little by little more musicians joined, all of them motivated by a love of music. The band is composed of musicians from L'Alcudia, Alcira, Algemesí, Carlet, Catadau, Llombai, Alfarp, Poliñá del Xúquer, Albalat, Guadassuar, Alcántara del Xúquer, Corbera, Benifayó, Alginet, Benimodo, Montroy and Benicull. In its short history, the band has received great praise at the numerous concerts it has given all over the Valencian Region and in Leganés, a well-known town in Madrid. The group is made up of about 55 musicians and has been conducted in benefit concerts by the prestigious, internationally-famous conductor Francisco Grau Vegara, when he was the conductor of the Band del Rey, and the eminent Valencian conductor, Enrique Garcia Asensio. Salvador Navarro Ripoll, Amadeo Mateu and German Nogués Suey were its first principal conductors. The band then decided to hire novice conductors so it could act as a trampoline for their careers. The first of this group was José Grau Benedito. He was followed by Rafael Doménech Vives, the brother of the current conductor, and until recently the band was conducted by David Moltó Romero. All of these young conductors gained maturity and assurance from their experience with the band. This year a young musician from L'Alcudia, Óscar Doménech Vives, took over as conductor. We hope he profits from his time with us and we give him all our support. BIOGRAFÍA DEL DIRECTOR Óscar Doménech VivesOscar Domenech Vives was born in L'Alcudia in 1984. He started studying music when he was 7 years old at the Asociació Musical "La Filarmónica Alcudiana" of L'Alcudia. He later went on to study for a music degree at the Professional Music Center of L'Alcudia, specializing in horn and tutored by Enrique González Ortega. In 2007 he gained his advanced music degree in horn from the Alicante "Óscar Esplà" Superior Conservatory of Music, where he was taught by Antonio Antolín Polo. He has recently finished his master's degree in primary school education at the University of Valencia.He has attended numerous instrumental master classes with teachers such as Eric Terwilliger, Manuel Pérez, Bruno Schneider, Vicente Zarzo, Miguel Torres, Oscar Sala and Guido Corti. He has also completed training courses for music school teachers. As an instrumentalist he has been member of the Band of the Federation of Music Societies, he has been a guest performer with the National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia and the Youth Orchestra of the Valencia Region. In 2004 he began studying band conducting with Rafael Sanz Espert, principal conductor of the Madrid Municipal Band, with whom he continues to perfect his conducting technique. He has arranged several pieces for band, horn group, brass quintet, saxophone orchestra and percussion groups. He has also composed a pasodoble for symphonic band. In the field of teaching, he has taught horn at the music school of the Unión Musical of Alcoi. He is currently the conductor of the Agrupación Musical Veteranos of la Ribera del Júcar and he has taught Musical Language, Choir and Ensemble at the Professional Music Center of L'Alcudia since 2009. |
