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25.01.2022 RAN Band WA were proud to support the memorial for our WWII submariners recently in Albany. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy
24.01.2022 The Department of Defence celebrate NAIDOC Week annually in July to recognise and celebrate the history, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Stra...it Islander peoples. This year, the National NAIDOC Committee postponed the national celebrations in response to COVID-19 to 8-15 November. The NAIDOC Week theme for 2020 is 'Always Was, Always Will Be'. This theme recognises that Indigenous Australians have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years, and continue to do so. The 2020 National NAIDOC Poster, Shape of Land, was designed by Tyrown Waigana, a proud Noongar and Saibai Islander, has previously been named as one of WA’s best new and emerging Indigenous artists. Tyrown’s artwork tells the story of how the Rainbow Serpent came out of the Dreamtime to create this land. It is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime. The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land. Photo: The Shoalhaven chaper lead of the Defence Aboriginal Torris Strait Islander Network (DATSIN) Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Jorde Lenoy, during a Boomerang throwing Cultural Immersion workshop held at HMAS Albatross, Nowra. Photographer: LSIS Jarrod Mulvihill Commonwealth of Australia
23.01.2022 Dont miss all the coverage from around the fleet in your latest edition of Navy News. In this edition: New DCN: Plans to take Navy forward - Page 2 Back home: HMAS Canberra returns home after deployment - Page 4 RIMPAC: Exercise wraps up - Page 10-11... Click on the link below, or copy and paste https://www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/ into Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox or your favourite internet browser. Note: Navy News does not open in Internet Explorer. When you open the edition, you can choose to read either the article view (better on mobile) or flip-book view. Click the icon (top right of the online page) and select from the categories listed. Alternatively, please try the mobile-friendly link: https://navynews.partica.online/navy-news/responsive
22.01.2022 Royal Australian Navy Band Melbourne is excited to be supporting Knox Carols once again, helping to spread the Christmas spirit virtually this year! Click the link below to find out more. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand
21.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday!! Check out this flashback to our Royal Australian Navy Band Sydney Admirals Own Big Band performance Live at Australian Institute of Music 2016! #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YourADF #AOBB #BigBand #AIMMusic #ICYMI #OurPeople
20.01.2022 #ICYMI Our Chief of Navy reflects on Teddy Sheean ahead of a momentous week for the RAN.
20.01.2022 Check out this great shot of ABMUSN Brendan McKee playing his Sousa on parade at the Royal Australian Navy Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus. The Graduation Parade for General Entry 386 Shipp Division was held on the Recruit School parade ground on Thursday 19 November 2020. #DYK Shipp Division was named in honour of Leading Seaman Aircrewman Noel Ervin Shipp, who served in Vietnam with the Second Contingent of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight in September 1968 an...d died while engaging the enemy under heavy fire. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #RANBand #AusNavy #ProudToServe #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic #Parade #Ceremonial #Friyay
19.01.2022 Royal Australian Navy Band musicians were major players at this year's ADF ARRTS program, along with colleagues from Australian Army Band and Air Force Band. ARRTS (Arts for Recovery, Resilience, Teamwork and Skills) is a four-week program held at the University of Canberra’s Inspire Centre that supports personnel affected by physical and/or mental injury. The healing power of music is widely known and participants were mentored and encouraged by the musicians in learning to ...play new instruments, as well as developing their vocal talents. This helped them rebuild their confidence and experience the exhilaration of performing in front of family and friends in a spectacular showcase concert on November 26, which was streamed to families over the Internet. The next ADF ARRTS program will be held in May 2021. Shown after the concert (L-R) are: Leading Seaman Sam Sheppard (keyboards), Private Liz Cherry (vocals), Able Seaman Chris Thompson (drums), Able Seaman Winston Weng (bass), and Corporal Lee Webb (guitar). #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #RANBand #AusNavy #YourADF #ProudToServe #OurPeople #OurCommunity #PowerOfMusic #Capability Defence Force School of Music Defence Australia
19.01.2022 (L-R) POB Jordon Bradshaw, proud Dunghutti man, internationally renowned Didgeridoo Master William Barton, Murri man who is a Kalkadungu descendant, and Director of Music Navy, LCDR Cassandra Mohapp, RAN. The trio paused for a photo following the powerful performance of William Barton’s piece Remembrance on-board HMAS Parramatta IV, Sydney during NAIDOC Week 2020.
19.01.2022 (L-R) Policewoman Senior Constable Sarah Kayes, Leading Seaman Musician Svetlana Yaroslavskaya, Sergeant Graham Burr, Lieutenant Robert Christian and AFP Senior Constable Chris Angus work together at Sydney Airport as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist to help Defence Members transfer to their quarantine hotel in Sydney. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YourADF #OpCOVID19Assist
19.01.2022 Members of RAN Band Sydney supported the launch of Legacy Week recently at the Cenotaph, Martin Place. Note: Activities were carried out in accordance with Whole of Government restrictions. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand
18.01.2022 Here are some wonderful shots of the RAN Band SA Jazz Ensemble, who performed at the 151st Open Day of the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron, Outer Harbour, back on the 7th November! The event is steeped in tradition, whereby members of the club hop into their vessels, and provide a flotilla spectacle on the River Torrens! In attendance were the Governor of SA, His Excellency, The Honourable Hieu Van Le, and Commanding Officer NHQ-South Australia, Commander Alistair Cooper, RAN. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #RANBand #AusNavy #ProudToServe #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic #Jazz #Flashback Governor of South Australia - Government House Royal Australian Navy
18.01.2022 #MusicianMonday this week features the RAN Band Sydney Bandmaster, Chief Petty Officer Grant Metcalfe. In a career spanning over 20 years, CPO Metcalfe's contribution to the band has been considerable! This week, in his role as Drum Major, Chief Metcalfe will march out the band at HMAS Creswell Royal Australian Naval College in support of #NEOC63 pass out celebrations. "Since joining in 1999, I have experienced a fantastic career as a musician in the Royal Australian Navy. ...I am a saxophonist and woodwind player by trade and have an interest in jazz improvisation, performance and music arranging. A 21 year career has encompassed everything from performing at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, overseas, for the 60th Anniversary of the Battle of Greece and Crete in 2001, to operational deployments in Iraq. In 2004, I participated in the Anzac Exchange program - an exciting three month posting with The Royal New Zealand Navy Band. In 2007 I deployed on HMAS Sydney IV with an RAN Band contingent for her assignment to the west coast of the United States and Canada. 2009 presented the opportunity for me to lead a technical production team on Tour De Force Timor Leste 16. The RAN Band has given me incredible studio recording opportunities through the recording of CD’s for wind band, jazz ensembles and big bands. The band has also been featured live- to- air on a number of ABC broadcasts and recordings". To listen to CPO Metcalfe featuring as part of the #AOBB check out; https://bit.ly/AOBB-Compositions and https://bit.ly/AOBB-StraightAhead "Other memorable events include participation in the ADF Marching Band for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2012 in Scotland and performing at the 2014 ANZAC Service in Turkey. The performance opportunities provided through being a Navy Musician is too long to list fully! From 2012 I was posted as an instructor to the Defence Force School of Music which provided an amazing opportunity to collaborate with and learn from expert civilian and Defence music educators from both Australia and overseas. The RAN has also provided opportunity for supported part time external study. In 2005 I enrolled as a student at the University of New England, AU and graduated with a Bachelor Music/ Bachelor of Teaching in February 2011. A posting and promotion was offered in 2018 and I moved to Adelaide, taking up the position of Bandmaster of the reserve RAN Band SA. Following an exciting 2 years I was offered the opportunity to return to Sydney as Bandmaster RAN Band Sydney, a position I currently hold". To find out more about RAN Band Sydney, check out; www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/navy-band/sydney #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #ProudtoServe #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic #OurPeople #OurStory #Saxophone #Woodwind #Jazz #DrumMajor
18.01.2022 Warning for Indigenous Australians. This post may contain imagery of deceased persons. #FlashbackFriday! In 2005 members of the RAN Band deployed as part of Tour de Force Solomon Islands 3 (TDF SI3), the third and largest in a series of concerts arranged for the troops deployed to the Solomon Islands at the time.... The Australian Defence Force sponsored by the Forces Advisory Council on Entertainment put together a tour party including indigenous super-group Yothu Yindi, actress/model Annalise Braakensiek, and comedian Chris Franklin. Members of the RAN Band Melbourne, and Australian Federal Police Rock Band "Short Notice" accompanied the performers on this Tour de Force, following a tradition of entertaining troops deployed on overseas operations dating back to pre-Vietnam days. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #ProudtoServe #YourADF #PowerofMusic #OurPeople #TourDeForce #Deployment Royal Australian Navy Defence Australia
17.01.2022 Its #MusicianMonday again and we are excited to feature our first RAN Band Queensland member, LSMUSN Gemma Tilly! I am Leading Seaman Musician Gemma Tilly from the Royal Australian Navy Band Queensland. I play trombone and sing across the various styles of jazz, swing, rock and pop. I heard about the Navy Band through a friend and duet singing partner. Her father was in the Navy so we started getting experience with the band whilst in high school. It was a great bunch of peo...ple and the exposure to a big band was fantastic so I joined as soon as I turned 17 and 9 months. I was lucky enough to get a transfer to RAN Band QLD when I moved to Brisbane for university. Since then the band has been a big part of my life I finished uni, pursued a career in human resources, lived in America, married, had two kids, and moved to the Gold coast. The reserves have been flexible enough to work around my hectic life and changes for the last 17 years! The job has taken me to all over Australia to some of the most picturesque places (Navy bases always offer waterfront views)! Ive also been lucky enough to to perform the Anzac Day Dawn Ceremony at ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli. Other highlights have been performing the Australian National Anthem at Suncorp Stadium, working with all my colleagues Australia wide for the International Fleet Review 2013, and performing at the The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Sydney. I am always amazed at the experiences that the Navy has given me. There have been many occasions where I pinch myself and wonder how I got to be at the most stunning, random, unique or life-changing gigs. There arent many people that get to swing on stage with a full big band! Since picking up a boarding house of 70 kids when I married my husband, having two kids myself and moving an hour away from base Ive found it more challenging to balance the balls. However, I am lucky to have a really adaptable multi-skilled colleagues who always manage to cover for me should I not be able to do a gig. A few years ago I was asked to speak as a Navy representative as a International Womens Day Breakfast. I told the room of young women - there are so many opportunities in the Navy, so many of them you wont even know about until join, youll never know where youll end up or where it will take you. That to me is the most exciting part. To keep up-to-date with RAN Band QLD, follow us on FB, and to find out more about the band, check out: www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/navy-band/queensland #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #ProudtoServe #YourADF #RANReserve #OurStory #OurPeople #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic #Ceremonial
16.01.2022 Throw up a goffa as we feature our first RAN Band Officer this #MusicianMonday! Read on to share in the story of our current Assistant Director of Music - Navy, Sub-Lieutenant Nathanael Maxwell! My name is Nathanael Maxwell and I am privileged to be one of the Band Officers in the Royal Australian Navy. Before commissioning I spent 6 years in RAN Band Sydney as a euphonium/trombone player. Since completing the New Entry Officers Course at HMAS Creswell Royal Australian Na...Continue reading
16.01.2022 HMAS Cerberus is nicknamed ‘Cradle of the Navy’ and since its official opening 100 years ago, the establishment has provided basic training courses for Navy’s newest Sailors at the Royal Australian Navy Recruit School. Hundreds of RAN Band members have passed through the Cerberus gates to commence their Navy career at Recruit School, and our newest member ABMUSN Matthew Hurditch is no different. Ordinarily, Musician trainees then go on to complete the Musician Initial Entry ...Training (MIET) course at the Defence Force School of Music (DFSM), Simpson Barracks. However, AB Hurditch, along with other recent joiners, has attended the MIET course via distance learning whilst remaining in situ at HMAS Cerberus. Whilst on course trainees are instructed by DFSM staff and Navy Band mentors in specific military band training components such as marching band drill and techniques, military side drumming, ensemble performance, music theory and other unique tenants of military music life. The course forms the basis for learning that continues throughout a Navy Musician’s career. AB Hurditch said I enjoyed getting back to playing after Recruit School training and learning new skills, such as parade drumming. It has also been an opportunity to refresh some of the music theory knowledge from prior studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney". "I am really looking forward to playing with a professional wind band again", AB Hurditch explained, (after not having done so for seven months). He brings a wealth of performance experience to the Navy Band, having worked with the Corrective Services NSW Band and the NSW Police Band. AB Hurditch joined RAN Band Sydney this week! The band wishes him a warm welcome, congratulations on completing the MIET course and all the very best with his first posting! #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic #OurPeople #ProudtoServe #Euphonium #BrassSection #OurStory #Capability
16.01.2022 #WATCH|| Check out the first episode in our special new series #NavyMusicWriters! The series showcases our #AusNavy Musicians who arrange and compose their own music. This music is regularly played by the band at ceremonies, parades and concerts and is an integral contribution to evolving Australian culture and to our Thinking Navy, Fighting Navy, our Australian Navy!! This first Navy Music Writers clip features CPOMUSN Martyn Hancock, CSM, sharing how his journey as a mil...itary musician has led to arranging and composing his own music. Stay tuned to see more from CPO Hancock as we head into a very special week for Navy! Footage Capture: LSMUSN Dorian Broomhall Production: LSMUSN Gary Honor #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #RANBand #ProudtoServe #MilitaryMusic #MlitaryBand #Composer #Arranger #PowerofMusic #OurPeople #OurCommunity #Arts #Culture #Tradition Royal Australian Navy Defence Force School of Music Defence Australia The Bands of HM Royal Marines
15.01.2022 RAN Band Queensland were proud to support the recent VP Day 75th Anniversary Commemoration at Queensland Maritime Museum. Watch this space for more information about the commemorative live stream on October 25th! Note: These activities were carried out strictly in accordance with Government restrictions. ... #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand
15.01.2022 At 1130 (AEDST) today, the Governor-General will present the insignia of the Victoria Cross for Australia to the family of Ordinary Seaman Edward 'Teddy' Sheean. Watch at: www.facebook.com/GovernorGeneralAustralia//1384664231864848 or through our page.
14.01.2022 Today the RAN Band celebrates the promotion of its newest Band Officer! Congratulations to Sub-Lieutenant Daniel McIlvride, who in a ceremony at HMAS Cerberus Wardroom received his commission from CO HMAS Cerberus, CAPT Michael Oborn, CSM! SBLT Mcilvride will soon begin his training which will include completing the New Entry Officer Course at HMAS Creswell and the Band Officer course at the Defence Force School of Music. This is an important moment for the band and sees SB...LT McIlvride set on a path to become a leader of our organisation. SBLT McIlvride has enjoyed seven years performing trombone as a member of RAN Band Melbourne. He has brought a wealth of experience to the band having performed with musical icons such as John Foreman and Rhonda Birchmore, as well as arranging for the network TV show Dancing with the Stars. SBLT McIlvride has deployed to Afghanistan and in HMAS Adelaide as part of IPE/RIMPAC 2018, functioning as a sound and lighting technician in addition to his role as an instrumentalist. Although he is swapping the trombone for the baton SBLT McIlvride hopes to remain active in the civilian music scene as a trombonist. Watch this space for the full Navy News article coming soon! #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YouADF #ProudtoServe #OurPeople #Promotion #CareerPath #BandOfficer Royal Australian Navy Defence Force School of Music Defence Australia
14.01.2022 Dont miss all the coverage from around the fleet in your latest edition of Navy News (https://navynews.partica.online/navy-news/responsive) In this edition: - A letter from CDF: Options explored for pay and conditions Page 2 - In action around the clock: Navy conducts a night RAS Page 3 - Creativity at the coalface: Innovative thinkers are saving lives and boosting capability Page 10-11... Click on the image below, or copy and paste https://www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/ into Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox or your favourite internet browser. NOTE: Navy News does not open in Internet Explorer. When you open the edition, you can choose to read either the article view (better on mobile) or flip-book view. Click the icon (top right of the online page) and select from the categories listed. Alternatively, please try the mobile-friendly link: https://navynews.partica.online/navy-news/responsive See more
14.01.2022 ABMUSN Vladimir Shvetsov plays bass drum during the homecoming of HMAS Canberra at Fleet Base East, Sydney.
14.01.2022 #MusicianMonday This morning we are featuring our first Reserve (part-time) Musician, although it hasnt always been this way for POMUSN Tom Bastians... My name is Tom Bastians and I am a part-time musician/member of Royal Australian Navy Band South Australia. In my day job, I work as the Senior Manager, Box Office and Customer Service for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO)....Continue reading
12.01.2022 WATCH|| A special broadcast from the Shrine of Remembrance yesterday - Ray of Light, featuring the beautiful sounds of our RAN Band Melbourne Woodwind Quartet. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #RemembranceDay2020 #Remembrance #LestWeForget
12.01.2022 RAN Band personnel are being deployed in support of #OpCOVID19Assist across VIC and NSW. Here, POMUSN Christopher Palamountain carries out duties at a Vehicle Control Point in Victoria. ADF medical personnel are contributing to the testing regime at multiple locations around Melbourne. ADF personnel are also supporting planning teams and more are working with Victoria Police at metropolitan police control points. The support is at the request of the Victorian Government. ... The ADF is contributing to the whole-of-Government response to the #COVID19 pandemic with a range of personnel and logistics support. Defence has prepared responses to a variety of contingencies through the Emergency Management Australia-led response. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YourADF
12.01.2022 Its time for another #MusicianMonday and today we are featuring LSMUSN Julian Foord! My name is Julian Foord and I am a Leading Seaman Musician in the Royal Australian Navy Band. I am a pianist in the RAN Band Melbourne based at HMAS Cerberus. I have been in the band for eight years, the first two in Sydney and the rest here in Melbourne. After completing a Bachelors degree in music performance at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), I worked as a piano tu...tor and freelance musician where I toured around Australia and overseas. I had very little knowledge of military bands until a friend joined and told me what they were all about. The appeal of a salary-based income and the opportunity to play a variety of music styles was enough to convince me to join. Fortunately a position soon became available and I successfully auditioned. As a jazz specialist, I am most at home in our big band and smaller jazz ensemble, but I also play in our wind and rock bands. On parade I am a member of the drum corps or sometimes play the bell lyre. Ive relished the challenge of learning new instruments and having various ensembles on hand to write and arrange for, as performing my original compositions was not something I thought Id be able to do in this band. After being promoted to Leading Seaman, I became the Work Health & Safety (WHS) Representative for our unit. As part of our bands safety team, I am one of the people responsible for ensuring our work practices are safe and compliant with all regulations and legislation. I am a member of the Navy Football Association. By football I mean the true football which you may know as Soccer. We run training camps and participate in various civilian and Inter-Service competitions. Last year I spent some time at sea onboard HMAS Choules as part of Extended Regional Engagement-South West Pacific (ERE-SWP). Our mission was to improve relations with our Southwest-Pacific neighbours and the band was a key part of this, performing in various ports and functions onboard the ship. It was difficult being away from my family for an extended period of time, but it was an invaluable learning experience and opportunity to directly see how my role fits in with the broader Navy. (Check out LS Foord performing in Samoa as part of ERE-SWP here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=880601555653300) As well as touring all over Australia, I have also been fortunate enough to perform internationally in China and at the Villers-Bretonneux Anzac Day service in France. I enjoy the camaraderie, tradition and non-standard working hours that this job offers. The high calibre of musicians that I get to work with and variety of performance opportunities inspire me to be the best musician I can be! #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AUSNavy #YouADF #ProudtoServe #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic #OurPeople #TYFYS #Piano #Pianist #Jazz Royal Australian Navy
11.01.2022 The band continues to support the fleet across the country. Here, LEUT Brian OKane conducts RAN Band Sydney as they give a rousing farewell to HMAS Stuart departing Fleet Base East recently. Note: This activity was carried out strictly within Government restrictions. #ServinginHarmony #AusNavy
11.01.2022 Welcome home HMAS Arunta II!! RAN Band WA is proud to have supported this long-awaited homecoming following a successful five-month regional deployment!! During her 164 days at sea, Arunta concluded three months on a regional presence deployment as part of a five-ship task group in October, taking part in a series of Southeast Asia and Pacific engagements, which included several successful multilateral training exercises. Arunta briefly returned to Darwin for a logisti...cs visit before embarking on a further seven-week East Asia deployment. This welcome was extra personal for LSMUSN Kirsten Robinson who was reunited with her husband, Arunta sailor LSMT Grant Robinson!! Imagery: LSIS Ernesto Sanchez #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #RANBand #AUSNavy #ProoudtoServe #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic #Homecoming #OurPeople #OurCommunity
10.01.2022 #MusicianMonday week four features a stalwart member of the RAN Band and 2019 Kirsty Jones Award recipient ABMUSN Chris Thompson! My name is Christopher Thompson. Im a percussionist/drummer in the Royal Australian Navy Band Sydney and Ive been in the Navy for 15 years. My main roles are military side drummer on parade, percussionist in the wind band and drummer in the rock band - Sea State Seven. I first joined the Navy Band way back in 1988 after seeing the band perform... in my home town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. After talking to a number of the musicians after the performance, I was convinced it would be a great way of life. The following year I auditioned and was accepted. After my recruit training I spent 12 months at the Defence Force School of Music, then 3 years in RAN Band Melbourne at HMAS Cerberus, followed by 2 years posted to RAN Band Sydney. After my initial 6 year contract I decided to leave the Navy and pursue my musical aspirations outside which I did for 12 years. For 10 of those years I was a member of Enormous Horns - one of Australias hardest working show bands. It was an invaluable experience as a musician/drummer playing 5 to 7 nights a week and touring Australia and the world. One of the best parts about playing in the Navy Band and the Navy in general are the friendships you make. Even though it had been 12 years, I still had regular contact with friends I made in the band. One of those friends mentioned that the Navy Band was looking for a drummer mainly for the Rock Band. After much consideration I left the Enormous Horns, re-joining the Navy Band in 2005, and havent looked back since. Ive been involved in 3 major sea deployments which have taken me all over the world. While very challenging at times for a musician, it was extremely rewarding playing to people of all walks of life. Music really is the universal language. Ive had a long career as a military musician and Im extremely proud to wear the uniform and extremely proud of what we accomplish as military musicians. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #ProudtoServe #YourADF #OurPeople #Drummer #Drums #Percussion #PercussionSection #MilitarySideDrum #Capability #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic
10.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday! As we head into the weekend, heres one last flashback to the 2016 launch of the RAN Band Admirals Own Big Band album Straight Ahead! This clip from the performance of Give Me The Simple Life features ABMUSN Andrew Crago on alto sax!! Download & listen to the full track FREE at: https://bit.ly/AOBB-StraightAhead or on SoudCloud at: https://bit.ly/GiveMeTheSimpleLife... (Mobile & tablet users require the SoundCloud app). Visit our website; www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/navy-band for our full discography and to find out more about the RAN Band! The album Straight Ahead was recorded in 2016 by our premier Admirals Own Big Band, and features the song Give Me The Simple Life by Reuben Bloom, lyrics by Harry Ruby and arranged by our own POMUSN Matthew Booth! Thinking of joining? Check out; www.navy.gov.au/join-ran-band Video: LS Gary Honor Footage taken from the Admirals Own Big Band Straight Ahead album launch at Coogee Diggers 2016. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YourADF #ProudtoServe #RAN #Band #AOBB #BigBand #Military #Music #saxophone #sax #Solo #Live #Gig #Album #Launch #Discography Royal Australian NavyDefence Australia Oaklands Productions Coogee Diggers
10.01.2022 RAN Band Sydney has been honoured and inspired to have artist Garry Purchase, a Dharawal man, decorate the band studio in Indigenous murals! Mr Purchase, engaged through a Defence COVID-19 Assist small businesses stimulus package, has himself been a musician, and has long family ties to the Royal Australian Navy. All of Mr Purchase’s art at the studio represents the past and present and has generated a profound cultural and visual connection in a building also dedicated to co...nnection through music! Imagery; LSIS Leo Baumgartner #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #NAIDOCWeek2020 #art #artist #mural #indigenous #indigenousart #COVID19 Dream On By Garry Purchase
09.01.2022 RAN Band Sydney supported the homecoming of HMAS Canberra this week in addition to having a significant number of musicians deployed on Op Covid-19 Assist. The band played the ship into Fleet Base East, Sydney as it returned from a nearly three-month deployment comprising multilateral training exercises as part of a Task Group, maritime integration with Army elements and a successful search and rescue in the Pacific. To find out more about HMAS Canberra and her crew, check ou...t; https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-canberra-iii Imagery: ABIS Benjamin Ricketts and LSIS Leo Baumgartner #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #ProutoServe #Homecoming #YourADF
09.01.2022 Members of the RAN Band continue to support #OpCOVID19Assist across VIC and NSW. RAN Band Sydney Musicians Sveltana Yaroslavskaya and Racheal Byrnes are deployed to Sydney International Airport processing arrivals. Other members of RAN Band Sydney are posted to hotels around the city receiving quarantine arrivals. The support is part of Operation COVID19 Assist (JTF629), the Australian Defence Forces Operation supporting the response by Australian governments to the COVID 1...9 pandemic. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YourADF #ProudtoServe #Capability #Coronavirus
08.01.2022 #MusicianMonday this week features an integral member of RAN Band Sydney, ABMUSN Vitaliy Rayitsyn! My name is Vitaliy Rayitsyn and I have had the privilege to be in the Royal Australian Navy Band as an ABMUSN for 18 years. I play double bass and bass guitar in different ensembles: Wind Band, Jazz Ensemble, occasionally Big Band and Rock Band. I also play drums and cymbals on parade. As I come from a classical background my primary role is playing in our wind band. However,...Continue reading
07.01.2022 Today is round 2 of #MusicianMonday and we are excited to feature one of our newest members, oboist ABMUSN Donna Chung! Like many of the musicians in the Navy Band, I have a diverse and cosmopolitan background I was born in Hong Kong, raised in Melbourne, and lived and studied in Europe. Though my love for music has sometimes made life a struggle, it has also broadened my horizons and given me the ability to speak more than five languages. I began learning the oboe whe...Continue reading
05.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday!! This morning we are flashing back all the way to yesterday afternoon! The RAN Band congratulates Sub-Lieutenant Claire Ham on her commission and successful transfer to Training Systems Officer! Claire is the second band member in as many months to navigate such a career change!... Claire joined the Royal Australian Navy as part of GE138 in February 1997. She posted to RAN Band Sydney, where she remained for the duration of her full time career, performing on flute, piccolo and vocals. Highlights include supporting HMAS Torrens for her final operational deployment, and performing at the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games. Claire discharged in 2001 and spent the next 14 years teaching and performing, as well as selling flutes and raising children. Claire returned to Recruit School in 2015 and re-qualified as a Reserve Musician. While based in Hobart, she worked with the Navy Community Engagement Cell and eventually became the regional coordinator for Tasmania. Concurrently she served as a Careers Coach at Defence Force Recruiting, and continued her Musician role with RAN Band Tasmania. Upon her husbands posting to Sydney, Claire continued to work as a Careers Coach at Defence Force Recruiting Sydney. It was while working here that she was motivated to apply for the role of Training Systems Officer, successfully passing her Officer Selection Board in May 2019. During the first half of 2020, Claire transitioned to full-time member and completed sponsored university study in order to qualify for the Training Systems role. Claire has always maintained that being part of the Navy Band has been "the best job in the world". While she sad to be leaving the organisation, she has no regrets, and is excited to be focusing her efforts on developing Navys capability. Now commissioned, Claire will commence the New Entry Officers Course - #neoc63 at HMAS Creswell Royal Australian Naval College. BZ from us all in the band Maam, and the best of luck as you set sail on this new career path! Photo: The newly promoted SBLT Claire Ham, with her husband WOMUSN Mark Ham and their daughters (L-R) Bridget and Mia. #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YourADF #OurPeople #Promotion #CareerChange #Capability #Training
04.01.2022 Exciting to see the recent promotion of our own Sub-Lieutenant Daniel McIlvride advertised across Defence socials! BZ once again Sir! Read the full story: https://bit.ly/NavyTune #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YourADF
04.01.2022 Its #MusicianMonday again and today we are featuring the wonderful ABMUSN Laura Nichols! My name is Laura Nichols and I am an Able Seaman vocalist in the Royal Australian Navy Band Tasmania. I officially commenced working with the Royal Australian Navy Band in 2013. However, my beginnings with the band actually started in 2010, when I worked with RAN Band Sydney for 3 months as part of my ADF Gap Year Program. I was lucky after serving on HMAS Darwin to receive the posting,...Continue reading
03.01.2022 #MusicianMonday this week follows our first #NavyMusicWriters episode and features the multi-talented Chief Petty Officer Musician Martyn Hancock, CSM! Be sure to stay tuned to the Royal Australian Navy Facebook page tomorrow for a very special new Hancock arrangement! "I am CPO Martyn Hancock and I’m currently the Bandmaster in charge of the RAN Band Tasmania. Although a tuba player and wind band composer by trade, I’m thoroughly enjoying the energy and fun of running on...Continue reading
03.01.2022 Our musicians are proud to deploy as part of #OpCOVID19Assist, reinforcing our role within Navy. Click the link to read the full article and find out more about the roles our members have been conducting as part of the operation. #ServinginHarmony #AusNavy #NavyBand #YourADF #NavyDaily #Coronavirus #Capability Victoria Police HMAS Cerberus
03.01.2022 RAN Buglers, together with their ADF counterparts, will sound the Last Post around the country today in time honoured remembrance. Lest We Forget. Pictured: ABMUSN Racheal Byrnes with members of HMAS Brisbane III ships company.
02.01.2022 To celebrate Fathers Day, wed like to share with you a few of our serving fathers with their children. From our family to yours, wishing all the dads out there a safe and happy Fathers Day 2020!
02.01.2022 This week #MusicianMonday features the first member from Royal Australian Navy Band Western Australia - LSMUSN Tiana Horlock! The reserve band in Perth are a fantastic and committed team who, directed by only two full-time Musicians, support HMAS Stirling, Fleet Base West, Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce and the wider state, in addition to their civilian jobs! My name is Tiana Horlock. I am a Leading Seaman Musician with the RAN Band WA. I learned about the RAN Band t...hrough my time with the Australian Navy Cadets. I spent my entire adolescence as a cadet and had many great experiences through the organisation. Part of that was doing work experience with the band as a side drummer. We performed many ceremonial sunsets and marching displays and the experience had me hooked. In 2010, when the time was right for me, I joined the Navy Band as a Reservist. When I joined I was primarily a side-drummer, but I also played the piano. I spent the early years of my service developing my skills in the different styles the band played with the support of mentors with many years experience. This experience served me well when a series of retirements led to me being the sole pianist for the band. It was at this time that we also had a reduction in vocalists so I was given the opportunity to perform as a backing vocalist. I love playing and singing at the same time so, while it was challenging, I really enjoyed it! It also led me to become part of a smaller ensemble within the RAN Band WA, which focused on contemporary music. With new members now joining the band, and my recent promotion to Leading Seaman, my position in the band has taken on a new direction. I now have the opportunity to mentor junior members of the band in both keyboard and side drum, whilst also drawing from their musical experience. I chose to be a Reserve Musician as it offered balance between my civilian life and music. When I joined I was working full time in administration and playing music was a hobby. The band offered me a place to play music while allowing me to continue my other chosen work. In time, the members of the band became my family and social group and they continue to be my support network of friends. Now I am married with two small children, and I am still able to offer my service to the band. I still get to enjoy playing music and watching and being a part of the changes that time brings. At this moment in my life, the best part by far is watching my children embrace the music and sense of pride that my being in the RAN Band WA has brought into our home. To find out more about RAN Band WA, check out; www.navy.gov.au/ab/organisation/navy-band/western-australia Thinking of joining? https://www.navy.gov.au/join-ran-band #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy #YourADF #ProudtoServe #MilitaryBand #MilitaryMusic #OurPeople #Music #Musician #Piano #Vocalist #MilitarySideDrum #RANReserve
02.01.2022 With #RemembranceDay2020 approaching, this weeks #MusicianMonday features one of our seasoned buglers, ABMUSN Luke Glasson. AB Glasson will be sounding the Last Post as part of the Remembrance broadcast from the Shrine of Remembrance this Wednesday. My name is Luke Glasson. I am an Able Seaman Musician and have been in the Royal Australian Navy Band since 2018, currently posted to RAN Band Melbourne. I transferred from the Australian Army Band after 17 years of full-time serv...Continue reading
01.01.2022 A throwback from our friends at Devonport Jazz! #ServinginHarmony #NavyBand #AusNavy
