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USAF Band Announces 2011 Guest Artist Series! The United States Air Force Band is proud to announce the 2011 Guest Artist Series! The concerts will feature several star-studded talents: stars from the hit television shows "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Dancing With The Stars" on Feb. 20, and an artist from the world of country music on March 6. Concerts in the series take place at 3 p.m., with doors opening at 2 p.m. The performances will take place at historic Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in downtown Washington, D.C. Tickets are not needed. Read more... |
Welcome to "About Face", the newest feature of our newsletter, The Cadenza. We will be featuring the best of your comments and posts from our various Facebook pages. If you have not done so yet, we encourage you to become a "fan" of one of our facebook pages. You can also check out the pages of other groups, including the Air Force Strings and the Airmen of Note. Or, you can follow us on Twitter. Read more... |
 Upcoming Auditions Cornet/Trumpet - Concert Band Auditions Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2011 Clarinet - Concert Band Auditions Feb 7, 2011 Soprano - The Singing Sergeants Auditions Feb 14, 2011 Trombone - Ceremonial Brass Auditions Feb 22, 2011 Click here for more information on upcoming auditions. |
This year's holiday celebration featured the Concert Band, Singing Sergeants and Ceremonial Brass at Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in "The Best Gift of All". There were appearances by Santa and Mrs. Claus and even the Grinch! The audience was even given a rare opportunity to choose certain selections that were to be performed--a first for The USAF Band.
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Concert Band and Singing Sergeants Perform at VMEA
In November, the Concert Band and Singing Sergeants performed at the annual conference of the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) in Norfolk, Va. Chief Master Sgt. William Marr, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the Concert Band, was the featured instrumental soloist on the program performing Gunther Schuller's "A Tribute to Rudy". The Singing Sergeants took the stage for "Opera Live", a crowd-pleasing collection of selections from the world of opera. Master Sgt. Shani Prewitt was also featured in the program's finale, "Freedom". It was a privilege for The U.S. Air Force Band to represent the very best of the United States Air Force to the hundreds of students, educators and administrators at the annual VMEA convention.
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The United States Air Force Band is continually working to expand our archives and capture details of the historic music made throughout the years. "Recollections" was designed to enlist your help in this process. If you have any behind-the-scenes stories from these events or memories to share from the feature photographs, please email Band Historian Tech. Sgt. Tracey MacDonald at USAFBandHistorian@afncr.af.mil. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!
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To read newly-discovered background information pertaining to the photos we included in last month's Cadenza, please click here.
