United States Coast Guard Band

06/06/2026

Tomorrow’s concert in Leamy Hall, “Homeward Bound,” celebrates the careers of two of our veteran members on their last performances at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
CAPT Adam Williamson and MUC Megan Sesma are both retiring this summer, and to commemorate the occasion, Kevin Day has written a brand new concerto for harp which will be premiered tomorrow and professionally recorded later this week. Join us at 2pm in person or online at: https://youtube.com/live/ejNidWjqZ8I?feature=share

06/04/2026

Many thanks to the Seabury Community in Bloomfield, CT for hosting our Chamber Players concert this past weekend. We enjoyed getting to know you and make music for you! 🎶

05/27/2026

🎶 Join us for our next concert in Leamy Hall on June 7 at 2pm! 🎶

The concert marks CAPT Williamson’s final concert in Leamy Hall before his retirement in July! It will also feature retiring harpist MUC Megan Sesma on the world premiere of Kevin Day’s Harp Concertino, a work that she commissioned for the occasion.

The full Band will also be highlighted on David Maslanka’s tour-de-force Symphony No. 4; vocal soloists MU1 Allison Landstedt and MU1 Samuel West will also be featured.
The concert will be live streamed on YouTube.

Please note that REAL IDs are required to get on base the US Coast Guard Academy.

05/25/2026

On this Memorial Day, we recognize the US Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, who died in the line of duty on September 27, 1942 at Guadalcanal. While evacuating 500 Marines from the beach, Signalman First Class Munro shielded the Marines from enemy fire with his own boat, sacrificing his life. The crew carried on and successfully retrieved the Marines off of the beach.

This video features our brass quintet performing the Coast Guard hymn at Munro’s memorial in Cle Elum, Washington.

05/20/2026

Congratulations to the Class of 2026 on their graduation today to become Ensigns in the US Coast Guard!

05/12/2026

Attention local music educators!

Registration is now open for our 38th annual School Concert Series this October! These age-tailored, free performances allow students to experience an educational and entertaining hour-long concert. Each performance combines music, visual elements, and storytelling to help students gain a deeper appreciation of music and the Coast Guard.

To view School Concert dates and access registration forms, please visit our website here: https://www.uscg.mil/Community/Coast-Guard-Band/School-Concerts/

05/06/2026

Welcome MU1 Gianluca Farina and happy first rehearsal!
We are so grateful MU1 Farina is jumping into playing so soon (he hasn’t even been issued a uniform yet!) after moving from Charlotte, North Carolina just yesterday. Before enlisting in the Coast Guard, he was a member of the Charlotte Symphony. Welcome aboard, shipmate! 🎺

05/04/2026

We are honored to be a part of featured performances at the Texas Bandmasters Association conference this summer!

TBA is delighted to officially announce that the United States Coast Guard Band will be featured in performance this summer!

The United States Coast Guard Band is the premier band representing the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security. The 55-member ensemble has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in the nation, including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. The Band also has a rich history of performing internationally: it is especially honored to have been the first American military band to perform in the former Soviet Union, with concerts in Leningrad and the surrounding area in 1989. In 2008, the Coast Guard Band became the first premier American military band to perform a concert tour of Japan.

Based at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, the Coast Guard Band frequently appears in Washington, DC, at presidential and cabinet level functions on formal and informal occasions. Historic events include National Christmas Tree lighting ceremonies, the American Bicentennial Celebration with President Gerald Ford, World War II Fiftieth Anniversary events in England, and Inaugural celebrations for every President since Herbert Hoover.

We are delighted to welcome them back to TBA and we know you won't want to miss their concert at TBA this summer!

05/03/2026

Our concert will begin at 2pmET on base the USCG Academy and on livestream from our YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/pZeKSrcQbyg?si=vhjBQyrzC8sUb_Ex

The gate on Deshon St is open!

📣 We’re back! 📣
We can confirm that our concert on base the US Coast Guard Academy is on for May 3rd at 2pm! The concert will also be live-streamed on our YouTube channel.

Come enjoy works by Nicole Piunno, Aaron Copland, Richard Strauss, and Edward Elgar, with marches by EF Goldman and JP Sousa. The previously scheduled Schoenberg Variations are now a portion of the Enigma Variations by Elgar.

Please note that REAL IDs are required for base access to the USCG Academy. Come join us!

05/02/2026

Join us this Sunday, May 3rd at 2pm in Leamy Hall on the campus for our first public concert of the calendar year, “Coast to Coast!”
We are so excited to feature two incredible soloists on Aaron Copland’s “Quiet City,” MU1 Alison Marseglia on trumpet and MU1 Laura Yawney on English horn 🎶