Stadacona Band of Maritime Forces Atlantic

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Stadacona Band of The Royal Canadian Navy
La Musique Stadacona de la Marine royale canadienne
Reserve navale.jpg
Active1940-Present
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
BranchNaval ensign of Canada.svg  Royal Canadian Navy
Type Military band
Size35 members
Part of Maritime Forces Atlantic
Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia
Website http://stadband.ca/index.html
Commanders
Commanding OfficerLieutenant (Naval) Brad Ritson
Notable
commanders
William Gordon

The Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy is a Canadian military band in the Royal Canadian Navy based in Halifax. It serves as official military band of the Maritime Forces Atlantic Command (MARLANT). It is one of six regular force military bands in the Canadian Forces. It provides musical accompaniment for ceremonial requirements of the East Coast Navy. [1] The Stadacona Band usually performs at the Halifax dockyard to take part in the welcoming naval vessels. For over 75 years, the band's performances have been seen members of the Royal Family, the Governor General of Canada, the Prime Minister of Canada, foreign heads of state, and Canadian naval officials. [2] The band has provided music for all graduation activities in the area. [3]

Contents

History

In the summer of 1942 the original Stadacona band was divided into three parts, with one section going to HMCS St. Hyacinthe, another to HMCS Cornwallis and the remainder to HMCS Avalon. In October of that year another military band was formed for the ship. In 1943, part of the Stadacona band went to serve as aboard HMCS Protector at Sydney, Nova Scotia. [4] In 1967, the band was one of three naval bands represented in the 1967 Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo. [5] [6] The Stadacona band absorbed the Royal Canadian Artillery Band (Coastal) and members of the HMCS Cornwallis Band following the 1968 Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces.

In September 2017, a member of the band composed what is now the service march of the Canadian Coast Guard. [7]

Directors of Music

Ensembles

The band at a sunset ceremony in CFB Greenwood in August 2013. Sunset Ceremony 2013 (9510544554).jpg
The band at a sunset ceremony in CFB Greenwood in August 2013.

A four-piece combo from the Stadacona Band toured Norway, Sweden, and Denmark in 1981. [12]

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