Membership has grown from thirty men to about eighty-two men and women of a variety of ages and professions. Among its members are architects, secretaries, bankers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, business people, homemakers, construction workers, accountants, musicians, students, and retired persons. The band performs approximately twenty concerts a year including six in the Downtown Mall Amphitheater during the summer months. The band always attracts large audiences for the Mall Amphitheater performances as well as for the annual Christmas and Spring concerts. Each year the band performs on July fourth for the naturalization ceremonies at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.
All concerts are open to the public and are free.
A variety of pieces is presented from the band's extensive library which includes marches, classical compositions, Broadway show tunes, folk music, contemporary works, light opera, and hits from the big band era. The band has traveled over one-hundred thousand miles throughout the East and South. As an official band of the Virginia Division, United Confederate Veterans, it took part in their annual reunions for many years. The band has served as honor guard for three Virginia governors and has played for six presidents of the United States and for the Queen of England. The band has had the pleasure of six music directors including Harry Lowe, Ernest Carr, Emil Rada, Marlin Brown, Sharon Hoose, and James Simmons, the current director.