Military Band Summer Concert Schedule 2011

Washington, DC Military Band Concerts

Altissimo is pleased to provide information on the summer concert series of the Washington Based Service bands. Just a reminder that we have great recordings of all of the bands listed below in our NEW SUMMER CATALOGUE

ENJOY

Washington, DC has enjoyed a tradition of live military band concerts since 1863. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force bands perform on alternating days throughout the summer. Concerts are free and no tickets are required. These performances honor those who have served our country and seek to inspire American patriotism. Read more about Military Bands.

U.S. Navy Band – Mondays 8 p.m.
On the West Front of the U. S. Capitol Building
June 6, 13, 20
July 25
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Special Concert: Memorial Day – Sunday, May 29 at 7 p.m.

and on Tuesdays, 8 p.m.
at the Navy Memorial
June 7, 14, 21, 28
July 5, 19, 26
August 9, 16, 23, 30

U.S. Air Force Band – Tuesdays, 8 p.m
on the West Front of the U. S. Capitol Building

June 7, 14, 21, 28
July 5, 12, 19, 26
August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

U.S. Marine Band – Wednesdays 8 p.m.
On the West Front of the U. S. Capitol Building
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
July 6, 13, 20, 27
August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

and on Thursdays, 8 p.m.
at the Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
July 7, 14, 21, 28
August 4, 11, 18, 25

and on Fridays, 8:45 p.m.
at the Marine Barracks Washington, 8th and I Streets, SE
June 3, 10, 17, 24
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
August 5, 12, 19, 26

U.S. Army Band – Fridays 8 p.m.
On the West Front of the U. S. Capitol Building
June 3, 10, 17, 24
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
August 5, 12

Twilight Tatoo – Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
At Fort Lesley J. McNair, 4th Street and Maine Avenue, SW.
May 4, 11, 25
June 1, 8

An Air Force Band album has hit the charts! Congrats to SMSgt Joe Jackson and the USAF Airmen of Note on this exciting accomplishment!! “Cool Yule” is available on iTunes from Altissimo here.

The following announcement was posted on the USAF Band’s website (view original post here).

“Cool Yule Climbs the Charts!”
by Master Sgt. Brian McCurdy
The USAF Band

1/31/2010 – BOLLING AFB, D.C. — In January, “Cool Yule”, the latest release from the Airmen of Note, climbed to number 2 on the jazz chart of JazzWeek. JazzWeek is the definitive Jazz and Smooth Jazz national radio airplay chart–a weekly report of the top fifty Jazz and Smooth Jazz recordings played on radio stations across the United States and Canada.

Senior Master Sgt. Joe Jackson, the Music Director of the Airmen of Note, was overwhelmed with the massive appeal of the recording. “The public and media response to ‘Cool Yule’ has exceeded our expectations, and has exceeded any of The Air Force Band CD projects any of us here in the Note have been involved with,” he said.

To hear what all of the buzz is about, you can download two of the tunes from “Cool Yule” from our website. “Up on the Housetop” (arranged by Master Sgt. Alan Baylock), and “Auld Lang Cha Cha Cha” (arranged by Sgt. Jackson) are currently available. While you’re there, you can navigate other downloads available from The USAF Band.

Congratulations to the Airmen of Note on this terrific accomplishment!

We at Altissimo! think it’s only appropriate to recognize those who’ve made a significant contribution to the musical world, and if it’s military music, even better to recorgnize them. This month we’d like to introduce you to someone we think is pretty special. Our contributor, Jack Kopstein, sent us an email about Virginia Allen. She is a former army band director who now works at the Juilliard School of Music, building up the future of music by educating the talented youth of the new generation.

See the following biography at her website, viginiaallen.com

Virginia Allen is the Associate Dean for Administration at The Juilliard School in New York City, where she previously taught conducting, co-founded and conducted the Juilliard Trombone Choir, and served as Executive Director of the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies. She is a former faculty member at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She was also Artistic Director of the Sun Valley Summer Music Workshops in Idaho, where she founded and conducted the Sun Valley Youth Orchestra.

A former conductor in the U.S. Army Bands Program, Miss Allen was a pioneer for women in military bands. She was the first woman to command and conduct an active duty military band that included women when she was appointed Principal Conductor of The U.S. Army Forces Command Band in Atlanta. As the Associate Conductor of The U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point, she was the first woman conductor of that historic organization, as well as the Cadet Glee Club and Cadet Band. She also performed on stages from the Hollywood Bowl to Europe as the first woman conductor of the Army’s premier touring ensembles from Washington, D.C., The U.S. Army Field Band and The Soldiers’ Chorus. Her military career included an assignment as the Department of the Army Staff Bands Officer in Washington, D.C., where she managed over 100 Army bands and band activities worldwide.

Miss Allen frequently guest conducts, adjudicates and teaches master classes in the U.S. and internationally. She conducted Joseph Alessi, Principal Trombonist of the New York Philharmonic, and The Juilliard Trombone Choir on a compact disc recording released by the International Trombone Association in 1999 and now available as Beyond the End of the Century through Summit Records. Miss Allen collaborated with Mr. Alessi again another Summit recording, Trombonastics.

As a composer and arranger, her music has been premiered, performed and recorded by members of the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Washington Opera Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, The Juilliard Trombone Choir, The U.S. Army Band, The U.S. Army Field Band, and The U.S. Military Academy Band. Her music has been published by Carl Fischer, Southern Music, Ludwig Music, and TRN Music. A member of ASCAP, she is a Board Member for the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) and a former Board Member for the Conductors Guild.

Miss Allen studied French horn and conducting and earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music degree in Performance from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and a Diploma in Wind Conducting from the University of Calgary. She also completed an internship in Performance Activities at Juilliard. She is currently completing her Doctor of Education in the College Teaching of Music at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City.

Copyright VirginiaAllen.com

We here at Altissimo love our Fans! Recently a very dedicated fan named Jack Cottone sent us some pictures of his Military collectibles display. He was gracious enough to include Altissimo CDs in his display so we of course want to display these to all of you!

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