WABASH - Considered by music critics to be one of the most versatile and inspiring organizations in the world, the United States Army Concert Band and Soldiers Chorus will make its way to the Honeywell Center April 11 at 3 p.m.
This concert, sponsored by Big R, is free to everyone with no tickets needed for entry.Since its formation in March 1946, the Army Band has appeared in all 50 states and in more than 30 countries on four continents. The organization's four performing components, the Concert Band, the Soldiers' Chorus, the Jazz Ambassadors and The Volunteers, each travel more than 100 days annually. Tours include formal public concerts, school assemblies, educational outreach programs, festivals, and radio and television appearances.
From Boston to Bombay, Tokyo to Toronto, the Army Band has thrilled audiences of all ages for more than half a century. As the premier touring musical representative for the United States Army, this internationally acclaimed organization travels thousands of miles each year presenting a variety of music to enthusiastic audiences throughout the nation and abroad. Through these concerts, the band keeps the will of the American people behind the members of the armed forces and supports diplomatic efforts around the world.
More than six decades as the military's most traveled musicians have earned them the title "The Musical Ambassadors of the Army".
