About
Who we are
Triangle Pride Band, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is an ally and community band program in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area of central North Carolina. We welcome all interested adults (18+), regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, or ability, to join us in uplifting our community through music.
Triangle Pride Band consists of four main performance groups:
- Symphonic Concert Band
- Jazz Band
- Marching/Pep Band
- Chorus
All groups are non-auditioned geared for most skill levels with rehearsal and performance schedules that accommodate working North Carolinians. Triangle Pride Band welcomes all community members to enjoy our accessible and seasonal performances such as concerts, parades, and pop-up pep band events. You can find us yearly at our fall and spring concerts, Out! Raleigh Pride Festival, Durham Pride, Raleigh’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Raleigh Night Markets, and many other venues as we collaborate with local event coordinators.
Our approach
Our Mission
The Triangle Pride Band is committed to providing accessible, high quality music experiences to the LGBTQ+ community and their allies in central North Carolina. We aim to strengthen our community through sharing our love of music and promoting social equality, arts education, and queer visibility.
Our Vision
Our vision is to lift up our community through music in an accepting environment for all.
The Triangle Pride Band is committed to providing accessible, high-quality music experiences to the LGBTQ+ community and their allies in central North Carolina. We aim to strengthen our community through sharing our love of music and promoting social equity, arts education, and queer visibility.
Through our modalities of performance groups, we welcome you to bring artistic expression and music performance back into your life. As musicians move on to their adult lives they often lose chances to rehearse and perform. Triangle Pride Band exists to fill that gap for local area musicians to pick up their instruments again.
Our History
Triangle Pride Band was recognized and confirmed as a Member Band of Pride Bands Alliance (Formerly Lesbian and Gay Band Association LGBA.) This recognition was significant that Triangle Pride Band was building local value and recognized as a contributing member to a larger national group of Pride Bands.
Triangle Pride Band was recognized and confirmed as a Member Band of Pride Bands Alliance (Formerly Lesbian and Gay Band Association LGBA.) This recognition was significant that Triangle Pride Band was building local value and recognized as a contributing member to a larger national group of Pride Bands.
After a few years of no LGBT focussed music ensemble Jason Morley set forth on a mission to create a new ensemble. Our story starts off with a handful of musicians meeting in View Bar auditorium at Legends Nightclub. They rehearsed and planned to build a band program designated for LGBTQ+ adults who needed a chance to perform once again. Hundreds of volunteer hours by Jason and fellow members were spent formalizing the organization's mission and being granted the 501(c)3 nonprofit status.
Before Triangle Pride Band existed there was a previous local pride band, North Carolina Pride Band.
The NC Pride Band, was an inclusive organization uniting communities through a shared love of music. Formerly known as the NC Pride Marching Band, or NCPMB, the NC Pride Band was comprised of a marching band, a concert band and a jazz ensemble. Founded in 1987, The North Carolina Pride Marching Band was formed as a lesbian drum corps using traditional Latin and African hand drums. In 1996, the band took a new direction and formed as a standard marching band with brass and woodwind instruments, and marching percussion.
Walk Down Memory Lane:
Our 1st Rehearsal: August 3rd, 2016
The Organizational Founder: Jason Morley (he/him) on back left
Our 1st Pride Event with Charlotte Pride Band: August 20th, 2016
Members of the Atlanta Freedom Band supporting us at the Charlotte Gay Pride. We tabled here to spread awareness of our newly formed organization under the Pride Band’s Alliance umbrella.
Our 1st St. Patty's Parade in Downtown Raleigh: March 11th, 2017
Marching in the St. Patty’s Parade in Downtown, Raleigh NC.
1st Symphonic Band Concert: January 26th, 2019
Our 1st Symphonic Band concert at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Raleigh, NC.
New Artistic Director (Alex Alberti): January 2020
Alex Alberti (he/him) first Symphonic Band rehearsal at Longleaf School of the Arts.
Alex's 1st Symphonic Concert: November 13th, 2021
Artistic Director Alex’s 1st Symphonic Band concert at Pleasant Grove UMC.
Bailey Rose becomes Associate Artistic Director: March 2022
Bailey Rose (he/him) started to help out conducting our Symphonic band and was later on hired as our associate artistic director where he conducts Symphonic band with our Artistic Director Alex Alberti (he/him) and then taking over the Marching ensemble as well.
Adding the Jazz Band to our Core Ensemble: March 2023
Chuck E. Stanley was hired to take over our newly formed jazz Band in 2023. They played their 1st concert with the Symphonic Band on March 18th, 2023.
Jazz Band's 1st standalone concert: July 15th, 2023
Associate Artistic Director Chuck E. Stanley’s 1st Jazz concert at the Burning Coal Theatre Company.
Added the Triangle Pride Chorus/ 1st Rehearsal: April 10th, 2025
We added the Triangle Pride Chorus in 2025! Annie Roncolato (she/they) serves as our new Chorus director (right front). This is their 1st rehearsal!