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Navy Band Great Lakes
 

Great Lakes Navy Band - Wind Ensemble
Wind Ensemble
The Wind Ensemble plays a wide variety of music including patriotic favorites, movie music, marches, Americana, Broadway showstoppers, and traditional wind band literature. The Wind Ensemble is particularly well suited for audiences of all ages and regularly performs for public outreach concerts, regional festivals, educational outreach concerts and clinics, and cultural events.
 
Great Lakes Navy Band - Ceremonial Band
Ceremonial Band
 The Ceremonial Band performs patriotic music and marches while representing the United States Navy at official ceremonies, public patriotic events, and educational outreach performances and clinics.

 
Great Lakes Navy Band - Horizon
Horizon Popular Music Group
“Horizon” Popular Music Group entertains audiences with pop music including today’s Top 40 hits, Classic Rock, Motown, Rhythm and Blues, Country, Funk, and Jazz. The Popular Music Group performs public outreach concerts and educational outreach concerts and clinics, and it is particularly well suited to entertain recruiting age audiences.
 
Navy Band
Parade Band
The Navy Band Great Lakes Parade Band is in high demand to participate in street parades across the Midwest.




Navy Band - Jazz Combo
Jazz/Protocol Combo
The Jazz/Protocol combo plays a variety of music from jazz standards to unique arrangement of contemporary popular music to support military protocol engagements, educational outreach concerts and clinics, and public concerts.
 
Great Lakes Navy Band - Brass Ambassadors
Brass Ambassadors Brass Quintet
The Brass Quintet performs a wide range of music including classical standards, light jazz, marches, and patriotic favorites. The Brass Quintet is well suited for military and civic ceremonies, public concerts, and educational outreach concerts and clinics. 



Fair Winds - Woodwind Quintet
"Fairwinds" Woodwind Quintet
The Woodwind Quintet performs a wide range of music including classical standards, marches, and patriotic favorites. The Woodwind Quintet is well suited for small military and civic ceremonies, public concerts, and educational outreach concerts and clinics. 
Great Lakes Navy Band - Side Boys
"Liberty Call" Brass Band
 The “Liberty Call” Brass Band entertains audiences with a wide variety of music from New Orleans style brass band favorites to unique takes on today’s Top 40 hits. The Brass Band performs public outreach concerts and educational outreach concerts and clinics, and it is particularly well suited to entertain recruiting age audiences.


Comprised of forty-five professional musicians, Navy Band Great Lakes provides musical support for military and public engagements throughout an 11-state area of responsibility including all or parts of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. These musicians perform more than 550 missions per year through support for military ceremonies, student education, and public performances. Navy Band Great Lakes large ensembles include the Wind Ensemble, Ceremonial Band, Parade Band, and popular music group Horizon, while small units include the Brass Quintet, Woodwind Quintet and Jazz Combo. Navy Band Great Lakes also provides bugling and solo vocalist to support permissible events. Please take some time to become familiar with our different groups by clicking on the appropriate photograph above.

 

Last updated: July 30th, 2025


 

 
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