The Concert Band and Soldiers' Chorus [Image 2 of 3]

FORT MEADE, MD, UNITED STATES

03.25.2014

Photo by Master Sgt. Robert McIver 

The United States Army Field Band

The Concert Band is the oldest and largest of the Field Band's four performing components. This elite 65-member instrumental ensemble, founded in 1946, has performed in all 50 states and 25 foreign countries for audiences totaling more than 100 million. Tours have taken the band throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, the Far East, and India. The group appears in a wide variety of settings, from world-famous concert halls, such as the Berlin Philharmonie and Carnegie Hall, to state fairgrounds and high school gymnasiums. The Concert Band regularly travels and performs with the Soldiers' Chorus, together presenting a powerful and diverse program of marches, overtures, popular music, patriotic selections, and instrumental and vocal solos. The Soldiers' Chorus is the vocal complement of The United States Army Field Band of Washington, DC. The 29-member mixed choral ensemble travels throughout the nation and abroad, performing as a separate component and in joint concerts with the Concert Band of the "Musical Ambassadors of the Army." The musical backgrounds of Soldiers' Chorus personnel range from opera and musical theatre to music education and vocal coaching; this diversity provides unique programming flexibility. In addition to presenting selections from the vast choral repertoire, Soldiers' Chorus performances often include the music of Broadway, opera, barbershop quartet, and Americana. This versatility has earned the Soldiers' Chorus an international reputation for presenting musical excellence and inspiring patriotism.

• Date Taken: 03.25.2014
• Date Posted: 03.25.2014 17:05
• Photo ID: 1194634
• VIRIN: 140325-A-ZZ999-001
• Resolution: 4800x2400
• Size: 8.36 MB
• Location: FORT MEADE, MD, US