Concert Band
Concert Band, October 2024
Wind Symphony
Wind Symphony, October 2024

Two Bands, One Mission

Verona Area Concert Bands (VACB) provide opportunities for community members to make music. Through regular rehearsals and concerts in the Verona, Wisconsin area, VACB educates, inspires and entertains participating musicians and audiences alike. We aim for high musical and technical standards, perform works for concert band from many musical genres, and support a vision of music‐making as a lifelong activity.

VACB logo with 'we heart band' banner

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Since our founding, it has been our mission to provide opportunities for community members to make music together.

Our members come from diverse musical backgrounds, ranging from musicians who are continuing their love of playing in high school and college‐level bands to members who have earned degrees in music education and performance.

With our non-auditioned Concert Band averaging 85-95 performers and our auditioned Wind Symphony of about 60 members, we continue to be thrilled with the high level of interest in participating!

Upcoming Concert Digital Album Artwork

Home and Away

Aug

7

7:30 PM

Thursday, August 7, 2025

VAHS Performing Arts Center

Free Admission

Concert Band

Heidi Joosten

Excelsior Overture

David R. Gillingham

Be Thou My Vision

Jack Stamp

Bandancing

Pierre La Plante

Prairie Songs

Erika Svanoe

Tutued Toucan Can-can

John Philip Sousa

Wisconsin Forward Forever

Wind Symphony

Samuel R. Hazo

Arabesque

Pavel Tschesnokoff arr. Bruce Houseknecht

Salvation is Created

Catherine Likhuta

Home Away from Home

Satoshi Yagisawa

Machu Picchu

Dennis Llinás

La Chancla

About

About Us

Verona Area Concert Bands is comprised of two all-volunteer wind bands that each present four concerts per year.

Rehearsing year‐round under the direction of Music Director and Principal Conductor Eric Anderson and Associate Conductor Dan Joosten, VACB bands perform a wide range of repertoire from concert band classics to contemporary compositions of new composers of wind band repertoire.

Founded in 2010, the Verona Area Concert Bands proudly enjoy the enthusiastic support of musicians and audience members from Verona, Madison, and their surrounding communities in south central Wisconsin.