The sponsor used a remote-controlled drone camera and other high-tech equipment to record a synopsis of the performance in HD ("SW 32nd St. Navy Brass Band Recap"). You can feel the community environment of veterans, the local civilians in a military-dominated city, and their families gaining that sense of community through music and by the uniquely military nature of its transmission.
As with the nature of the military, the specific band members rotate in and out with their tours of duty but the main instrumentation played remains, the show continues to go on, and the 32nd Street Brass Band lives on (Reichow 2017). Much with any musical culture, the main repertoire remains homestead but each new addition may add one’s own ornamentations or influence and the performance may evolve over time keeping up with the times (Reichow 2017). …show more content…
They maintain employment in the more standard, larger Naval ceremonial and marching bands as needed (Reichow 2017). The 32nd Street Brass Band and the other individual subsets: a Concert Band, a Showband West, a Popular Music Group, "Destroyers," the VIP Reception Combo, Seabreeze, and the Woodwind Quintet offer the bandmates more flexibility and creativity in their artistic expressions aiding in retention and in individual and community satisfaction (Reichow 2017). The musical goal of this group is to share an energy and excitement in community and comradery with the local communities and also to extend a positive image of the Navy to those civilians who do get to experience the musical performances (Reichow
As with the nature of the military, the specific band members rotate in and out with their tours of duty but the main instrumentation played remains, the show continues to go on, and the 32nd Street Brass Band lives on (Reichow 2017). Much with any musical culture, the main repertoire remains homestead but each new addition may add one’s own ornamentations or influence and the performance may evolve over time keeping up with the times (Reichow 2017). …show more content…
They maintain employment in the more standard, larger Naval ceremonial and marching bands as needed (Reichow 2017). The 32nd Street Brass Band and the other individual subsets: a Concert Band, a Showband West, a Popular Music Group, "Destroyers," the VIP Reception Combo, Seabreeze, and the Woodwind Quintet offer the bandmates more flexibility and creativity in their artistic expressions aiding in retention and in individual and community satisfaction (Reichow 2017). The musical goal of this group is to share an energy and excitement in community and comradery with the local communities and also to extend a positive image of the Navy to those civilians who do get to experience the musical performances (Reichow