SVCB : About The Band

The Spring Valley Concert Band was founded in 1994 as a bona fide not-for-profit corporation with an IRS 501(c)3 tax exempt determination, and this is the only band of its kind in the area. Our purpose is to bring together musicians who enjoy playing music with audiences who enjoy listening to the music that only a concert band can offer.

Our repertoire includes classical, contemporary and ethnic/folk music. We enjoy performing patriotic tributes, overtures, marches, polkas, show tunes, novelty pieces and seasonal favorites. We try to choose selections that will appeal to our diverse audience members, and we often feature guest artists.

The members of the Spring Valley Concert Band volunteer a combined total of over 5,000 hours a year preparing for performances, and we were recently recognized as the 2004 "Volunteer-of-the-Year" organization by the Village of Schaumburg for our efforts to share our music with the "forgotten" residents of Veterans hospitals and senior nursing/rehab centers.

Conductor Trey Johnson hails from Fort Worth, Texas, but now calls Chicagoland home. He is currently conductor of the Spring Valley Concert Band and assistant conductor of the Harper College Wind Symphony. Former conducting positions include the Round Lake Area Community Band and the Texas Christian University Community Concert Band, and he has conducted several musical theater productions. Trey made his conducting debut at age 17 with the Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth.

In addition to his conducting activities, Trey maintains a busy schedule as a horn player and private teacher. He is principal horn of the Harper Symphony, a member of the Chicago Horn Quartet, hornist with the Antioch Brass Quintet, has performed as a substitute/extra musician with orchestras in Texas, the Chicago area and Canada, and performs in pit orchestras for musical theater productions.

For five years Trey was a member of the U.S. Navy Music Program, and was assigned to Navy Band Great Lakes here in the Chicago area and the U.S. SIXTH Fleet Band in Naples, Italy. While in Italy he frequently performed with the NATO Concert Band. His duties in the Navy included performing in the Wind Ensemble, Brass Quintet. He also performed in and was Drum Major/Conductor for the Ceremonial Band, and was an associate conductor of the Wind Ensemble.

Trey attended Texas Christian University, holds a Bachelor's degree from Thomas Edison State College and is currently a graduate student in Brass Pedagogy at Northeastern Illinois University.

John M. Snow was the conductor of the Spring Valley Concert Band from 1999 - 2009. He is a Music Education graduate of the University of Illinois and an accomplished musician in his own right. He has been a band director in middle and high schools and we were extremely fortunate to have had him as our conductor for a decade. We all sincerely appreciate his time, dedication and love for our group.