About

The Treasure Valley Community College Bands are community oriented and will reflect positively on the the College and the various communities represented by it's members. 

The concert band will perform at least once per term; Fall, Winter, and Spring. There are currently no summer activites scheduled.

Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, OR. The ensembles rehearse on stage in the Meyer McLean Performing Arts Theater. Concert band is at 6pm and jazz ensemble is at 7:40pm. Rehearsal ends at 9pm.

The bands are open to post-high school community members. There are exceptions, of course, subject to the instrumentation needs of the ensembles. The band director will make decisions regarding high school student involvement on a case by case basis.

The concert band will play high quality wind ensemble literature that showcases the talents of the membership.

The jazz band will perform a mixture of standard big band literature as well other musical styles in the modern jazz ensemble idiom. 

This blog is designed primarily as a source of communication between the director and members.

The bands are under the direction of Joel Williams. Mr. Williams is in his first year directing the TVCC ensembles. He taught band at Fruitland High School in Idaho for 28 years with a total of 32 years of band instruction in the state. Mr. Williams is a brass player. His main instrument is the french horn. 

Mr. Williams lives in Fruitland, Idaho with his wife Amy who plays flute in the concert band.