America's Musicians

Our Job is to Change Hearts and Minds and That is Her Why

Musician 1st Class Maria Mandico, a Colorado Springs native, was introduced to music through her first piano teacher; her grandmother. It wasn’t until the sixth grade that she chose the flute, inspired by her cousin Chief Musician Laura Pirruccello who currently serves as piccolo instrumentalist in the U.S. Coast Guard Band. “When I discovered the piccolo in...