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The Marine Band Albany is one of the Twelve Marine Bands
worldwide. Formed in 1989, this band has already added its name to the proud Marine
tradition. The band travels throughout the United States and
abroad fulfilling its mission of providing music for military
ceremonies, community relations, recruiting programs, and other
official events. The band demonstrates a wide range of versatility in its
ability to perform in a variety of forms. Ensembles within the organization include marching band,
concert band, jazz ensemble, jazz combo, Dixieland band, show
band, and brass and woodwind quintets. The Sturgis Falls audience will receive a diverse musical
experience from talented members of these ensembles.
To
ensure each Marine musician possesses the versatility and
competence demanded of them by the Corps, an applicant to the
Marine Music Program must complete a challenging screening process
that includes auditions, enlistment, recruit training, Marine
Combat Training, and formal training at the Armed Forces School of
Music in Norfolk, Virginia. While
required to maintain a high degree of musical skills, Marines Band
members are first, and foremost, Marines. They are highly skilled, well-disciplined and trained to
assume the task common to all members of the Corps, that of a
Marine rifleman.
The
few good men and women who comprise the Marine Band Albany are the
proud bearers of a heritage dating back to the whistling fifes and
rolling drums of the first Marine music in 1775. A long-standing tradition of excellence and service to
country and Corps is the legacy that they embrace.
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are the few, the proud, the Marines! |
