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United States Navy Band

Date of Performance

07. 18(Thu) / 20:00 ~ 21:30

Conductor
  • Cmdr. Charles “C.S.” White · U.S. Navy Music chief staff officer

  • Cmdr. Robert “Seph” Coats · U.S. Navy Music, U.S. Navy Band commanding officer

Band SNS

Program

  • Roman Carvnival Overture (10”00)
    - Hector Berlioz
  • Hands Across the Sea (02”00”)
    -
    John Philip Sousa
  • commissioned work (world premiere) (07”00”)
    -
    Jennifer Jolley
  • commissioned work (world premiere) (10”00”)
    - Jens Lindeman
  • March from Symphonic Metamorphosis (05”00”)
    - Paul Hindemith
  • Forged By the Sea (09”00”)
    - Stacy Garrop
  • Move On (04”00”)
    - Stephen Sondheim / arr. Christopher Buchanan
  • Concerto for Wind Ensemble (20”00”)
    - Kevin Day
Introduction

The United States Navy Concert Band, the premier wind ensemble of the U.S. Navy, presents a wide array of marches, patriotic selections, orchestral transcriptions and modern wind ensemble repertoire.

As the original ensemble of the Navy Band, the Concert Band has been performing public concerts and participating in high-profile events for more than 98 years.

In addition to national concert tours and an extensive local concert season, the Concert Band has been featured internationally at military tattoos and festivals in Oslo, Norway, Stockholm and Quebec City, Canada.

In 1996, the band was honored to participate in the 300th Anniversary of the Russian Fleet in St. Petersburg, Russia, and in the Baltic International Festival of the Fleets in Kaliningrad, Russia.

Recognized as one of the finest wind ensembles in the world, the Concert Band is in constant demand by the nation's foremost musical education organizations, such as the American Bandmasters Association and The Midwest Clinic.

Conductor

  • Cmdr. Charles “C.S.” White · U.S. Navy Music chief staff officer

Cmdr. Charles "C.S." White, a native of Arnold, Maryland, entered the Navy in 1991 and served in US Navy Bands from 2006~2024. He reported to his current assignment as chief staff officer, U.S. Navy Music, in May 2024. His military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (2 Awards), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3 Awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (3 Awards), and numerous unit and campaign awards.
 

  • Cmdr. Robert “Seph” Coats · U.S. Navy Music, U.S. Navy Band commanding officer

Cmdr. Robert “Seph” Coats, joined the Navy's premier musical ensemble in Washington, D.C., in 1997 as a bass instrumentalist. Coats received his commission as a limited duty officer bandmaster in 2008, and he assumed command of U.S. Navy Music and the U.S. Navy Band in 2024. His military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (5 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (2 awards) and numerous unit and personal awards.

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