From Boston to Baghdad, Tokyo to Toronto, The United States Army Field Band has been thrilling audiences of all ages for more than 65 years. As the premier touring musical representative of the United States Army, this internationally-acclaimed organization travels thousands of miles each year, telling the Army story and honoring American Soldiers and Veterans at home and abroad. Through its world-class concerts, the Army Field Band fosters the support of the American people for the Armed Forces and supports diplomatic efforts around the
world.

Since its formation in March 1946, the Army Field Band has appeared in all fifty states and in more than thirty countries on four continents. The organization’s four performing
components—the Concert Band, Soldiers’ Chorus, Jazz Ambassadors, and The Volunteers—each travel more than 100 days annually. Tours include formal concerts, school assemblies, chamber recitals, educational clinics, festivals, and radio and television appearances.

The United States Army Field Band is considered by music critics to be one of the most versatile and inspiring musical organizations in the world. Its members, selected by highly
competitive audition, represent some of the finest musical talent in America. More than 65 years as the United States military’s most traveled musicians have earned the Army Field Band the title “The Musical Ambassadors of the Army.”

Genre-crossing composer/percussionist John Hollenbeck, renowned in both the jazz and newmusic worlds, has gained widespread recognition as the driving force behind the unclassifiable
Claudia Quintet, GEORGE, and the ambitious John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, groups with roots in jazz, world music, and contemporary composition. He integrates his deep interest in contemporary composition and spiritual practice into a musical language that is as accessible and expressive as it is advanced.
He has earned six GRAMMY nominations for: Best Jazz Large Ensemble Album for his albums “Songs You Like a Lot”, “All Can Work”, "A Blessing" and “eternal interlude”; for his composition
“Falling Men” from Shut Up and Dance; and for his arrangement of Jimmy Webb’s “The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress” from Songs I Like a Lot. He has worked with many of the world's leading musicians in jazz including Bob Brookmeyer, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, and is well known in new-music circles for his longtime collaboration with Meredith Monk and for his work with Ensemble Cairn of France.
John’s most notable awards include a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship, the 2010 ASCAP Jazz Vanguard Award, and a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. He has created an extensive body of work including commissions by Bang on a Can All-Stars, Ethos Percussion Group, University of Rochester, Melbourne Jazz Festival, Orchestre National de Jazz, and Frankfurt Radio Big Band. He was professor of Jazz Drums and Improvisation at the Jazz Institute Berlin
from 2005-2016 and joined McGill University Schulich School of Music’s faculty in 2015.

Known as "The Band of the Nation's Capital", from 2003-2013, The 257th Army Band was considered by audiences as one of the most entertaining military bands in the country.  




We create 'bands' in an instant and write/record  music on the spot - live, with people in recovery from drug/alcohol addiction, mental health issues, wounded veterans, and more!  Here you go BAM! 

Washington State 133d Army National Guard Band. Citizen-Soldiers serving our state and country

Cave Music / ˈkāv myo͞ozik / It's like House, but its more wild, more jagged, more free, more natural to live in.

My music is influenced by the natural and man-made world around me. All sounds can be mixed with traditional musical tones to create an expression which cannot be made with words alone.

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