INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS
Banda de la Corporació Musical de la Pobla de Vallbona HISTORY OF THE BAND The Corporació Musical of La Pobla de Vallbona came into being in 1860 thanks to Juan Lázaro y Blasco, a teacher, the secretary of the town council and the Santiago Apóstol Church organist. A great music-lover, he came up with the idea of creating a local band. With this purpose, he taught sol-fa to young people in the town, to whom he passed on his enthusiasm for music. Four years later, on 2 February 1864, the "Corporació Musical de la Pobla de Vallbona" band was officially founded. Over its long history, the band have won various prizes, including:
They also perform in all the public celebrations in La Pobla de Vallbona which involve music such as parades, processions and local religious festivities. They also play in the concerts sponsored by La Pobla de Vallbona Town Council to celebrate various special occasions: San Sebastián, Women's Day, 9 October and Virgen del Rosario, Santa Cecilia and the Christmas concert. Today the Corporació Musical is made up of the following groups:
Francisco Javier Castellano GómezFrancisco Javier Castellano Gomez was born in Benisanó, where he started studying the bass saxhorn and slide trombone in the Llíria Unió Musical as a pupil of Rafael Tortajada Durá.He continued his studies in the "Joaquín Rodrigo" Superior Conservatory in Valencia where he was taught by Joaquín Vidal, Antonio Soriano and José Miguel Miñana, and received qualifications in Advanced Saxhorn Teaching, Advanced Slide Trombone teaching and the end of course prize for saxhorn. He has attended various saxhorn and trombone courses with renowned instrumentalists such as Vicente Costa, Steven Mead, Jacques Mauger, Ricardo Casero and José Antonio Rubio. Since October 1996 he has held the permanent post of Saxhorn Soloist Assistance Teacher for the Valencia Municipal Band, with which he has been collaborating since February 1992. He holds the Cultural Merit Medal of the City of Valencia, awarded by Valencia City Council. He has also been given the 2003 Academia Tercer Milenio prize, awarded by the Academia Mundial de Ciencias, Tecnología, Educación y Humanidades. As an instrumentalist, he is a member of the Consolat de Mar Saxhorn Quartet and regularly collaborates with brass ensembles such as Grupo de Metales Vents de Valencia and other Spanish orchestras and bands, giving concerts and recitals as a saxhorn soloist, including one at the Palau de la Música in Valencia as part of the 24th Composers' Summit, organized by COSICOVA, in 2012. He has attended numerous courses in orchestra and band conducting, taught by professionals such as Enrique García Asensio, Pablo Sanchez Torrella and Rafael Sanz Espert. He has directed the Cor Social de la Unió Musical of Llíria, the wind band of Sociedad Musical "La Popular" of Pedralba, the wind band of the Sociedad Musical "La Familiar" of Benisanó and since 2011 he has been the director of the wind band of the Corporació Musical of Pobla de Vallbona. |
