United States Navy Band
The band performs a broad range of music, including ceremonial ruffles and flourishes, classical, rock, jazz, and country.In 1956, Lt. Harold Fultz, then the band's assistant leader, organized a Navy School of Music group to sing chanteys and patriotic songs for the State of the Nation dinner.Next came trumpeters, drummers, and fifers who were carried on the early frigates to sound calls, give general orders, and perform at funerals and other ceremonies.The new unit became known as the "Washington Navy Yard Band" and was given rehearsal space near the power plant's coal pile.The increasing tempo of the band's duties led the bandmaster to seek more suitable quarters in the yard's "Sail Loft", and sailmakers were soon cutting and stitching their canvas to the rhythms of the music.In 1923, a 35-man contingent from the Navy Yard Band accompanied President Warren G. Harding on his trip to the Alaska Territory.[3] Held on a special stage located on the east side of the Capitol, the daily and weekly concerts ran without interruption from the 1930s until the early 1970s.[2] From 1929 to 1939, the United States Navy Band took to the airwaves with Arthur Godfrey on NBC's "Hour of Memories" radio program.The United States Navy Band has performed at the following ceremonies and events: This article incorporates public domain text from a U.S. federal government website.
United States NavyWashington Navy YardAnchors AweighMeritorious Unit CommendationsWashington, D.C.U.S. NavyU.S. governmentpresidential inaugurationsstate arrival ceremoniesstate funeralsstate dinnersruffles and flourishesclassicalcountrychamber musicSea Chantersshantyman's songfifersfrigatesNaval Academy BandAmerican Civil WarUSS KansasPresidential YachtMayflowerWarren G. HardingAlaska TerritoryNearer My God to TheeCalvin CoolidgeBoston PostThe Star-Spangled BannerCharles LindberghRichard E. ByrdSouth PoleNavy School of MusicAnthony A. MitchellKennedy Center for the Performing Arts1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collisionRalph M. GamboneArthur Godfreywar bondsArlington National CemeteryRobert TaylorGene KellyDrum Majorbearskin hatceremonial maceQuebec City ArmouryQuebec Music FestivalastronautJohn GlennJohn F. KennedyCarnegie HallIran Hostage CrisisStatue of FreedomUnited States CapitolKorean War Veterans MemorialWomen in Military Service for America MemorialFranklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialWright BrothersKill Devil Hills, North CarolinaVeterans of Foreign WarsKansas City, MissouriInternational Naval Reviewthe PentagonFreedom PlazaVictor SalviharpistWorld War IINew York PhilharmonicNBC Symphony OrchestraSalvi HarpsJohn Philip SousaHands Across the SeaThe Fairest of the FairWilliam WhitingEternal Father, Strong to SaveHector BerliozSymphonie fantastiqueJosef WagnerRoland F. SeitzRussell AlexanderCharles A. ZimmermannRobert BurnsAuld Lang SyneJulius FučíkTchaikovskySymphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36Carl Maria von WeberOberonJohn Clifford HeedDAR Constitution HallUnited States Capitol Buildingstate funeral of Ronald Reagan19-gun saluteSecretary of the NavyRay MabusPeter PaceChairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffRoyal 22e RégimentPepsi ColiseumFleet Band ActivitiesMusician (United States Navy)United States Armed Forces School of MusicUnited States military bandsUnited States Naval Academy BandUnited States Navy Steel BandThe Washington PostRCA Victorpublic domainUnder Secretary of the NavyChief of Naval OperationsVice Chief of Naval OperationsMaster Chief Petty Officer of the Navy4-star admirals1864–19592000–20092010–20192020–presentHouse Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection ForcesSenate Subcommittee on SeapowerStructureNavy ReserveFleet Marine ForceExpeditionary Combat CommandMerchant MarineActive ships