Leadership

Lieutenant Commander Christopher S. Cornette

Director, Navy Band Great Lakes

A native of the Seattle area, Lt. Cmdr. Cornette studied Horn Performance with Jeff Snedeker at Central Washington University. While there, he was recruited by the Director of the 560th Air National Guard Band and served for two years as their principal hornist before securing a conditional release from the Air Force to join the Navy in 1997.

Master Chief Musician Jay Loose

Assistant Director, Navy Band Great Lakes

Master Chief Musician Jay Loose hails from Somers Point, New Jersey. He is a 1995 graduate of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management in addition to studying trumpet. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1997, and upon completion of Recruit Training in Great Lakes, Illinois, he reported to the Armed Forces School of Music in Virginia Beach, Virginia for the Basic Music Course.