Yakima Valley Community Band
Director - Joshua Parrill (Bio)
Yakima Valley Community Band
Director - Joshua Parrill (Bio)
Begun in 1919 as the Yakima City Band, the Yakima Valley Community Band has a long tradition of providing live music to the communities of the Yakima Valley through free public concerts. The band performs throughout the year for various community celebrations and festivals, but is best known for its summer series of band concerts called "Concerts In The Parks." The band is a volunteer non-profit organization supported by Yakima Valley community businesses and individuals.
The Yakima Valley Community Band is a concert band that draws its name and membership from the fertile Yakima Valley in Central Washington. Musicians range in age from junior high school students to retirees, and include current and former Yakima Symphony members, music educators and amateur musicians from up and down the valley. Band members love to present music to their community as a year-round band.
In the Fall of 2022, the Yakima Valley Big Band was created by a group of musicians in the Yakima Valley Community Band. This group is smaller than the concert band and fills their repertoire with jazz, big band, and swing music.
The purpose of the organization is to perform, promote, and further live concert band music. The band is organized exclusively for educational, charitable, scientific and literary purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Constitution, the YVCB shall not carry on any activities that are not in furtherance of one of these purposes.
The YVCB mission:
The Yakima Valley Community Band, 501(c)3 organization, which has existed since the early 20th century, is an integral part of the Yakima entertainment scene.
