Attention Aspiring Musicians!

Euphonium soloist Alison Emily Miserendino was the winner of The United States Air Force Band's 2010 Colonel George S. Howard Young Artist Competition. This year's competition is for woodwind instrumentalists in grades 9-12. Applicants from all over the country submit recordings of themselves playing a specified selection for their instrument. Finalists are then invited to a live audition in Washington, D.C., to perform for the competition committee in January 2011. The winner will be flown to Washington, D.C., with one chaperone to perform with The USAF Band in February or March 2011.

USAF Band Guest Artist Series

Lt. Col. Alan Sierichs leads Melinda Doolittle and the Air Force Orchestra during The USAF Band’s Guest Artist Series 2010 at DAR Constitution Hall. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Litvin)

USAF Band performs with American Idol

The United States Air Force Band performs with Melinda Doolittle, American Idol finalist, Feb. 21 at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, D.C. The performance was the first of the Band’s 2010 Guest Artist Series. The next performance in the series will be March 7 in DAR Constitution Hall with the Canadian Brass. For more information on the Guest Artist Series and the USAF Band visit www.usafband.af.mil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)

USAF Band performs with American Idol

The United States Air Force Band performs with Melinda Doolittle, American Idol finalist, Feb. 21 at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, D.C. The performance was the first of the Band’s 2010 Guest Artist Series. The next performance in the series will be March 7 in DAR Constitution Hall with the Canadian Brass. For more information on the Guest Artist Series and the USAF Band visit www.usafband.af.mil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)

USAF Band performs with American Idol

The United States Air Force Band performs with Melinda Doolittle, American Idol finalist, Feb. 21 at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, D.C. The performance was the first of the Band’s 2010 Guest Artist Series. The next performance in the series will be March 7 in DAR Constitution Hall with the Canadian Brass. For more information on the Guest Artist Series and the USAF Band visit www.usafband.af.mil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)

USAF Band performs with American Idol

The United States Air Force Band performs with Melinda Doolittle, American Idol finalist, Feb. 21 at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, D.C. The performance was the first of the Band’s 2010 Guest Artist Series. The next performance in the series will be March 7 in DAR Constitution Hall with the Canadian Brass. For more information on the Guest Artist Series and the USAF Band visit www.usafband.af.mil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon)