West Point Band

Specialties

The West Point Band is the Army’s oldest musical organization and continues to provide world-​class music to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets and to serve as ambassadors of the United States Military Academy and the Army to local, national, and international communities. Our innovative programs and performances are enjoyed across the globe through regular television, radio, and recordings. The West Point Band traces its lineage back to a single drummer and fifer left to maintain the tradition of military music at West Point after the Revolutionary War. Over the next 200 years, the band evolved into one of the most capable and versatile professional performing groups in the world.

History

Established in 1817.

As the senior premier musical representative of the United States Army, the band has appeared at numerous historical events. It performed at dedication and rededication ceremonies of the Erie Canal; at the St. Louis, Chicago and New York World’s Fairs; Grand Central Station, the Statue of Liberty, and at the battlefield at Gettysburg; for the funerals of Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin D. Roosevelt as well as the inaugurations of numerous presidents. Additionally, the West Point Band has collaborated with some of the finest musical ensembles in the country, including the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Pops. Members of the West Point Band have also been showcased at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center The Today Show, 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, A&E and documentaries occurring on the History and Discovery Channels, and even featured on their own national broadcast of «A West Point Holiday Show» on Fox News during the holidays in 2011, 2012, and 2013.