The Orange Community Chorus and Band, Inc.
The Orange Community Chorus and Band is an eighty-member ensemble that performs in and around Orange, VA. The group performs separate chorus and band concerts as well as joint concerts throughout the year.
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The groups were organized to provide an opportunity for and encouragement to anyone in our community who is of high school age or older to play or sing in a large ensemble or choral group.
Over the course of a year, there are a total of 7 or 8 scheduled performances by the band and/or chorus in the spring, summer, fall and Christmas season. The band also provides music for the Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day Ceremonies conducted by the local American Legion Post in Orange, Virginia.
New members are always welcome. If you would like to join us, click on the membership info button above for more information.
If you don't sing or play an instrument, but love good music, you are invited to join us at one of our up coming concerts. Click on the concert schedule button above for more information.
Chorus Director
Albert E. Packard
Albert Packard holds a BA in Music from the University of Maine and BS in Education from Gorham State College with graduate studies in choral conducting from Boston University and the Academy of Music in Vienna, Austria. He taught public school music and performed in professional summer stock theater for eighteen years. He has sung in or directed church choirs for over forty years. Currently he is director of Music Ministries at the Orange Presbyterian Church.
Band Director
Charles Torian
Charles Torian is a native of Hampton, Virginia and holds B.S. degree in Music from Frederick College in Portsmouth, Virginia; and a Masters degree in Music from Virginia Commonwealth University. Charles attended the Navy School of Music and as a member of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington D.C. was designated as Oboist and Solo English Hornist. He taught band at several high schools from 1966 - 1990 in Virginia and Tennessee. From that time until now he has been employed as Music Director in a few United Methodist Churches including those in Boonesboro, MD; Oakton, VA; and finally at Aldergate U.M.C., Charlottesville, VA where he and wife, Theresa, served as Co-Music Directors from August 1998 until December 2008 In addition to his current responsibilities as Director of the Orange Community Band, he plays Principal Oboe in the Charlottesville Municipal Band where he also serves as one of the two Assistant Conductors.