I Corps Band Explained

Unit Name:56th Army Band
Dates:8 July 1991-Present
Country: United States
Type:Military band
Role:Public duties
Command Structure:I Corps
Garrison:Fort Lewis, Washington
Garrison Label:HQ
Nickname:Heartbeat of America's Corps
America's First Corps Band
Fightin' 56th
Battles:World War II
Korea War
Commander1:Chief Warrant Officer Robert Bruns
Commander1 Label:Bandmaster and conductor

I Corps Band or America's First Corps Band (officially referred to as the 56th Army Band) is an American military band maintained by the United States Army and is attached to the Army's I Corps in United States Army Forces Command. It is currently one of two Army bands in the Pacific Northwest, the other being the 133d Army Band (Washington Army National Guard) based at Camp Murray. The 56th is currently based at Joint Base Lewis–McChord outside of Tacoma, Washington.

Ensembles

These ensembles include:

Performances

Outside ceremonial performances, the band also performs throughout the Tacoma community, which frequently include K-12 schools as well as community concerts and parades. A member of the band often performs at the regimental ball of the Military Police Corps in Tacoma, Washington.[2] It also performs at the annual international band concert with the Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific and Navy Band Northwest at the Bremerton Performing Arts Center.[3] Being a music entity, the jazz band of the I Corps Band has performed on multiple media networks such as KNKX, which is the National Public Radio's jazz-based radio format for the Seattle metropolitan area.[4] [5] In May 2014, during a concert by the band that was streamed live at a high school in Oswego, Illinois, the band held a Q&A with the local students who saw the band during an assembly.[6] In the summer of 2016, it performed at a memorial service in Enoggera, Queensland, Australia as part of the Talisman Saber exercise.[7]

Lineage

The lineage of the band is as follows:[8] [9] [10]

Unit honors and accolades

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bold and Brassy: The 56th Quintet - Focus - Northwest Military - Home of The Ranger, NW Airlifter & Weekly Volcano. Northwestmilitary.com. 20 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Regimental Ball honors 77 years of Military Police Corps. Army.mil. 20 November 2021.
  3. Web site: International Military Band Concert. Washingtoncenter.org. 20 November 2021.
  4. Web site: 56th Army Jazz Band - "So What" | Jazz24 . 2019-10-17 . 2019-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191003091654/http://www.jazz24.org/2015/07/56th-army-jazz-band-so-what/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Live Studio Session: 56th Army Jazz Band - Be All That You Can Be-Bop. 10 July 2015. Knkx.org. 20 November 2021.
  6. Web site: JBLM's 56th Army Band performs live (Sort of) for Ill. School . 2019-10-17 . 2019-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191017002142/http://www.nwguardian.com/2014/05/15/17963/jblms-56th-army-band-performs.html . dead .
  7. Web site: America's First Corps Band playing at the Memorial Walk. Pacom.mil. November 20, 2021.
  8. Web site: 56TH ARMY BAND : JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON : History : Lineage. Bands.army.mil. November 20, 2021.
  9. Web site: 56TH ARMY BAND : JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON : History : Summary. Bands.army.mil. November 20, 2021.
  10. Web site: Thurston County Fair Entertainment . 2019-10-17 . 2019-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191017002141/https://www.co.thurston.wa.us/fair-entertainment/entertainers-2018/56th-army-band.htm . dead .

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