Announcements:
Our Spring Fundraiser is underway! Visit http://blacksburgcommunityband.org/support.html for more information.
Please continue to arrive by 7:15 to get settled before the downbeat at 7:30! If MCPS is closed, rehearsal is cancelled.
Join our email listserv for updates: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bbcb-mail
The Blacksburg Community Band recommends that members be vaccinated and boosted for Covid.
Please continue to arrive by 7:15 to get settled before the downbeat at 7:30! If MCPS is closed, rehearsal is cancelled.
Join our email listserv for updates: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bbcb-mail
The Blacksburg Community Band recommends that members be vaccinated and boosted for Covid.
Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship: In Honor of Ed Schwartz
The Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship was created to foster the desire in high school students to become lifelong musicians regardless of the profession they choose to pursue. The scholarship provides the recipient with financial support that can be used to instrument purchase or repair, music lessons, or tuition. It is open to students currently in grades 9-12 who reside in Montgomery, Pulaski, Floyd, and Giles Counties and the City of Radford who play a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument in a music program.
2 $500 Scholarships will be awarded at the Blacksburg Community Band's Spring Concert.
If you would like to contribute to Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship please print and submit the scholarship fundraising letter.
2 $500 Scholarships will be awarded at the Blacksburg Community Band's Spring Concert.
If you would like to contribute to Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship please print and submit the scholarship fundraising letter.
2023 recipient of the Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship:
This year’s winner is Laura, a senior trumpet player from Blacksburg High School. She has been the principle trumpet in the BHS Symphonic Band for the past 2 years. She has served as Band Captain and featured soloist in the BHS Marching Band. She was selected by audition to perform in the Virginia Senior Regional Orchestra as Principle Trumpet, All-District Band, All-County Band, the Virginia Tech Honor Band, the West Virginia University Jazz Honor Band, and the 2023 Honor Band of America. She has been eligible for All-Virginia Honors for three years.
In her spare time, she is a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, and the Tri-M Music Honor Society at BHS, she tutors fellow students, plays both piano and trumpet for church services and youth groups, and has been a member of the BHS Swim and Dive Team for 4 years. She was also a member of the Blacksburg Community Band during the spring and summer of 2022.
In her spare time, she is a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, and the Tri-M Music Honor Society at BHS, she tutors fellow students, plays both piano and trumpet for church services and youth groups, and has been a member of the BHS Swim and Dive Team for 4 years. She was also a member of the Blacksburg Community Band during the spring and summer of 2022.
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