About Us:

Concert Band In the early 1970s, a group of musicians started forming the current band to carry on the traditions of the earlier pioneer organizations. The initial idea was to gather a small group together and to create a Germany Band; five interested musicians responded. One idea fed another and the group grew over time into a full-sized concert band culminating in the present pool of some 70 member musicians.

In 1971, the members rehearsed in the gym at the Seven Hills School with their first conductor, George Peavy. Two of the early members were Keith Cantrell, a noted entrepreneur and Harold George, who played in the1950's Grass Valley band. It is interesting to note that George Peavy's father invented the "Peavy," a well-known logging hand tool. Some of the early members of that initial group were Frances Comstock, Ernie Harries, Bill Barnhart and Everett Currier.

The band looks forward to continuing to entertain the citizens of Nevada County, and to fulfilling its charter enthusiastically as a significant participant in Nevada County's civic ceremonies.