The TRACEN Band of the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown is seeking volunteer band musicians who play woodwind, brass, or percussion instruments.
Anyone who played in their high school or college band and can read music such as marches and Broadway style tunes is invited to rehearse with the band, said musical director Allen Wittig in a press release.
Rehearsals are from noon until 12:50 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Washington Auditorium at the Coast Guard Training Center.
The band is a combination of community volunteers (mostly seniors) and Coast Guard students attending the base for specialized training who volunteer with the band while stationed there, said Wittig. Its mission is to support military ceremonies on the base, he said, but the group also performs a few additional off-base community concerts “to keep things challenging and interesting.”
Since the number of students comes and goes, said Wittig, “our volunteer musicians are the backbone of the band.”
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