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The U.S. Army Field Band moved north into Utah. SSG Teresa Alzadon brings down the house with her rendition of "Glitter and Be Gay." One of the night's guest student musicians in scenic Cedar City, Utah. SSG Christy LaBarca chats with a student from Utah State University. This young man is turning the tables on MSG Rob McIver. See all of Rob's great concert photos on our Flickr site. Next -- on to Idaho!
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The U.S. Army Field Band presented another great concert, this time in Las Vegas. We didn't have 99¢ shrimp cocktails or all-you-can-eat buffets but we did have a great rendition of "Something to Talk About" featuring SSG Tracy Labrecque with the sax section as her back-ups. Flutist SSG Sean Owen has great focus. Another standing ovation. After every concert, audience members flock to meet and talk with Soldiers. These young Americans...read more
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The U.S. Army Field Band, the Musical Ambassadors of the Army, is moving north from the scorching heat of the Arizona desert. As the altitude increases, the temperatures are decreasing but audience enthusiasm is staying high. Captain Leonel Peña conducts the band in Wickenburg, AZ. Every concert has a featured instrumental soloist. Master Sergeant Scott Cameron solos on the tuba. Kingman, AZ was the site of a real audience favorite, a wonderful duet...read more
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The U.S. Army Field Band is rolling across the state of Arizona telling the Army Story. We often have student musicians sit in with the Concert Band. In Sierra Vista the Soldiers' Chorus was joined by some young vocalists. We often have local color guards present The Colors. So close to Fort Huachuca, we were sure to get a great Army JROTC Color Guard. At Sun City West, over 2500 people turned out for a great concert under the stars. The next...read more
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After a delay of three days waiting for the President to sign the FY 11 budget deal, the Musical Ambassadors of the Army, The U.S. Army Field Band, is finally back on the road telling the Army Story. SSG Kasumi Leonard performs with a local high school student during a concert in Coolidge, AZ. SFC Mack McLaughlin, our audio engineer, mans the digital mixing board. SFC Chad Martin conducts some backstage covert surveillance. In Tucson, AZ we played in a...read more
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I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my colleagues this week, Staff Sergeant Jeff Prosperie. He is a really great guy with an interesting background. I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did! Staff Sergeant Jeff Prosperie arrived to the West Point Band as a member of the Hellcats in December of 2006. In addition to his duties as a Hellcat, he also performs with the percussion ensemble, steel band, and concert band. Jeff is a World Snare Drum Champion and is the only individual...read more
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In almost every field there are ways to poke fun of your colleagues in an innocent way (anyone remember the episode of Seinfeld where they make fun of podiatrists not being "real" doctors?). We have this too in the band, and the easiest instrument to make fun of (in my opinion) is the saxophone. This weekend we celebrated the saxophone by hosting the North American Saxophone Alliance (yes, that's right... NASA). I actually had a lot of fun, all joking aside. We had a guest...read more
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Arctic Bandmaster: Inspiring and Motivating Our Nation's Youth
March 13, 2011
By: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jeffrey Price
Your 9th Army band is busy performing over 50 musical missions this month. We are playing for Soldiers and families all around Army Alaska. This month we are taking time to enter our schools to participate in Music in our Schools Month, as well as a few other activities that have us in front our Nation's future leaders. You may ask why we do this? It's simple, we are Soldiers serving and representing Soldiers. We serve our country with music. We hope by our...read more
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Being a military musician boils down to 2 things: passion and service. We love music, we love our country, and we want to give all that we have to encourage the military and the community with the skills we have. We are Soldiers, Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsman serving and representing each one of you with music. Military Music is important. Military musicians are currently stationed around the world in harms way… away from their families serving where we...read more
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Lunch with Grammy Award winner and West Point Band member Brandie Lane
March 11, 2011
By: Staff Sergeant Kristen Mather
This past Tuesday, I went to lunch with our publicity specialist, Chrissy Clark, and our GRAMMY AWARD WINNING sound engineer, Brandie Lane! We all were working that morning for the Young People’s Concert that the West Point Band hosts annually. I played in the Concert Band and also with Quintette 7, Chrissy took photos of the performance and talked to the kids, and Brandie ran the sound. The concert was attended by hundreds of local students, between 4th and 7th grade....read more
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