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History of the Band (click on thumbnail for full-size view)
The Banda Regione d'Italia, the predecessor of the present-day Leominster Colonial Band in a 1911 photo. Gaspare Bisceglia, founder and first conductor of the band, is at the center of the front row. ;window.reload('pictures.htm','self')){kind=spacer} In this undated early photograph, the Banda Regione d'Italia is pictured on the grounds of the Lancaster St. School. Maestro Bisceglia can be found precisely in the center of the photo, gazing to the left. ;window.reload('pictures.htm','self')){kind=spacer} This 1980 photograph shows the band pictured on the Leominster Common, along Park St. in front of the Vietnam Memorial. Conductor E. Vincent Bisceglia is 3rd from the left in the front row, and current conductor Steven Piermarini is 4th from the left in the 2nd row. ;window.reload('pictures.htm','self')){kind=spacer} Assistant Conductor Steven Piermarini leads the band in this 1983 photo, showing the bandstand before the current structure was built. Long-time clarinetist Roger Pascarelli is seen in the foreground at left, and tenor saxophonists Judy (Manatt) Piermarini and Norm Koski can be seen just above the children who are enjoying the music on the steps. ;window.reload('pictures.htm','self')){kind=spacer} Taken in February of 2004, this formal photograph shows the slightly smaller edition of the band on the City Hall stage after recording "Marcia Sinfonica." ;window.reload('pictures.htm','self')){kind=spacer} Don Villoni, grandson of noted Italian-American band composer Domenico Villoni, presents conductor Piermarini with one of his grandfather's hand-engraved printing plates ;window.reload('pictures.htm','self')){kind=spacer} Santa Claus makes his appearance at our 2005 Christmas concert at Leominster City Hall |
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