The Marine Forces Reserve Band provides musical support for military ceremonies and other official functions, Marine Corps community relations events, and Marine Corps personnel procurement programs. Each member of the Marine Forces Reserve Band is an active duty Marine and a graduate of Marine Corps Recruit Training and Marine Combat Training, underscoring the motto “Every Marine a Rifleman.”
The brass band is one of our most recognizable and energetic groups within the band. Well known for displaying individual talents through instrumental solos and improvisation. Their style is drawn straight from the musical influences of New Orleans’ Dixieland jazz. The ensemble consists of trumpets, saxophones, trombones, sousaphone, and various percussion. The brass band requires no electric amplification and thus is a highly mobile ensemble, perfect for playing in festivals, parades, outdoor concerts and many televised performances, such as the Rex Mardi Gras Ball and Fox 3 “Celebration in the Oaks” event. In addition to frequent performances around New Orleans’ historic and famed French Quarter, the brass band has also performed in Washington, DC at 8th & I. In the summer of 2010, they also participated in Operation Shared Accord in Mozambique, Africa.
