America's Musicians

I planned to be an accountant. Although I don’t remember why accounting, or who influenced me, it was an easy profession...

How did I, a person of Colombian peasant heritage, end up in the U.S Air Force Band of the West?...

In the old days, new soldiers were told, “If the Army wanted you to have a wife, they would have...

U.S. Navy Musician 2nd Class Kent Grover, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), plays the saxophone during...

Musician First Class Ian Dobie How does an avid outdoorsman and violinist from land-locked Boise, Idaho, become interested in joining...

Staff Sergeant Devin Thomas has served as the saxophone instructor at the U.S. Army School of Music (USASOM) Virginia Beach,...

I always considered myself lucky I never wanted to do anything else but music. Even as I write this, I am...

Musician First Class William Ledbetter On Dec. 12, 2021, at the Eichelberger Performing Arts Center in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Musician First...

First Lieutenant Darren Lin, percussionist and newest assistant director “The first time I conduct the Marine Band in the White...

Master Sergeant Leigh Lafosse When I think about how I became a clarinet player for The United States Army Band...