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Welcome to Our 2025-2026 Season!
Rehearsals are held at the Vienna Community Center Sunday evenings at 6:00 pm. Please arrive by 5:45pm and bring your stand and instrument. No audition required. We are open to all adults in the greater Vienna area.
The board of the Vienna Community Band is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Skaggs as the Conductor of the band for the 2025-2026 season.
Andrew J Skaggs has had a long and varied career in music. Born into a musical family in Ashland, KY, Skaggs was exposed to a wealth of classical, jazz, Broadway, and pop records in his parents’ collection, and was instantly mesmerized. After showing promise as a singer, composer, and trombonist, he chose to pursue a career on the trombone, and for more than three decades he has performed in a wide array of styles and venues. Although much of his early career focused on jazz, rock, R&B, and Salsa, Skaggs would go on to hold positions in the Charlotte Symphony and the South Carolina Philharmonic, and make guest appearances with dozens of orchestras around the country.
He began conducting when a friend and mentor suggested he audition for the role of Enlisted Conductor for the US Navy Band, where Skaggs serves as a trombonist. Despite some trepidation, he auditioned and was awarded the position, which he held for an astonishing 15 years, from 2010 to 2025. In that time he has conducted chamber groups, wind ensembles, orchestras, and choruses in works from standard classics to world premieres.
Mr. Skaggs is an active composer, recitalist, and educator. He is currently on the faculty at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and is a proud member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). He lives in Springfield, VA with his wife Megan and their two sons.
Andrew J Skaggs has had a long and varied career in music. Born into a musical family in Ashland, KY, Skaggs was exposed to a wealth of classical, jazz, Broadway, and pop records in his parents’ collection, and was instantly mesmerized. After showing promise as a singer, composer, and trombonist, he chose to pursue a career on the trombone, and for more than three decades he has performed in a wide array of styles and venues. Although much of his early career focused on jazz, rock, R&B, and Salsa, Skaggs would go on to hold positions in the Charlotte Symphony and the South Carolina Philharmonic, and make guest appearances with dozens of orchestras around the country.
He began conducting when a friend and mentor suggested he audition for the role of Enlisted Conductor for the US Navy Band, where Skaggs serves as a trombonist. Despite some trepidation, he auditioned and was awarded the position, which he held for an astonishing 15 years, from 2010 to 2025. In that time he has conducted chamber groups, wind ensembles, orchestras, and choruses in works from standard classics to world premieres.
Mr. Skaggs is an active composer, recitalist, and educator. He is currently on the faculty at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and is a proud member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). He lives in Springfield, VA with his wife Megan and their two sons.
Recent Performances
Memorial Day May 25th, 2026 American Legion Post #180
9-11/Patriot Day 2025 - Freeman Store Vienna
Naturalization Ceremony June 2025
Vienna Community Center 
Walk on the Hill April 2025
Holiday Stroll, Freeman Store, Vienna VA December 28
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Join the Band
The Town of Vienna Community Band is welcoming new musicians in all sections, especially clarinets, bassoons, oboes, and bass clarinets.
If interested, please attend any 6:00 pm rehearsal on Sundays at the Vienna Community Center (120 Cherry St SE, Vienna, VA).
If interested, please attend any 6:00 pm rehearsal on Sundays at the Vienna Community Center (120 Cherry St SE, Vienna, VA).
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The Vienna Community Band is funded in part by the Town of Vienna, American Legion Dyer-Gunnell Post 180, and Arts Fairfax,
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