Royal Australian Navy Band
Royal Australian Navy Band | |
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Active | 1913; 111 years ago (1913) |
Country | Australia |
Branch | Royal Australian Navy |
Size | 101 full time members |
Garrison/HQ | Sydney |
Motto(s) | Serving in Harmony |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Commander Cassandra Mohapp[1] |
Insignia | |
Naval Ensign (1967–present) | |
Abbreviation | RAN Band |
The Royal Australian Navy Band (RAN Band) is the Royal Australian Navy's official musical branch. The band comprises two full-time detachments and four part-time detachments positioned across Australia, and is one of the few platforms in which Navy can deliver its message to the people of Australia. The current director of music is Commander Cassandra Mohapp.
History
In 1893, the New South Wales Naval Brigade Band comprised 22 personnel. Another of the very early naval bands was the Band of the Victorian Naval Brigade which was present (as a band of the Commonwealth Naval Force in 1901) at the arrival of the US Navy's "Great White Fleet" into Port Phillip Bay in 1908.
On 10 July 1911, King George V gave the Commonwealth Naval Forces the name of Royal Australian Navy.[2]
On 21 June 1913, six musicians (recruited in Melbourne) were sent to the United Kingdom to join up with a number of ex-bandsmen from the British Navy to form the Royal Australian Navy Band. The members of the band returned to Sydney on 4 October 1913.[3]
During WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, musicians of the band performed at concerts for Australian troops.[4]
Composition
Detachments
The different detachments of the band include:[5]
- RAN Band Melbourne (full-time)
- RAN Band Queensland (part-time)
- RAN Band South Australia
- RAN Band Sydney (full-time)
- RAN Band Tasmania (part-time)
- RAN Band Western Australia (part-time)
Ceremonial Drums[6]
The Ceremonial Drums of the RAN Band were commissioned by the Government of Australia on July 10, 1961 to mark the 50th anniversary of the band's naming. The set consists of eight side drums, two tenor drums and one bass drum.
Repertoire
The repertoire of the RAN Band includes but is not limited to:[7][8]
- Serving in Harmony
- Duke of York
- On The Quarterdeck
- March of the Royal Australian Navy
- Scipio
- The Middy
- Scrap Iron Flotilla
- Warship
- Waltzing Matilda
- Abide With Me
- Amazing Grace
- Crimond
- Deep Harmony
- Eternal Father
- O God Our Help
- Advance Australia Fair
- God Save The King
See also
- The Lancer Band
- Australian Army Band Corps
- Royal Australian Air Force Band
References
- ^ "The Royal Australian Navy Band, The First 100 Years - 1913-2013" (PDF). RAN Band Newsletter, June 2013, Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "The Royal Australian Navy Band, The First 100 Years - 1913-2013" (PDF). RAN Band Newsletter, June 2013, Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
External links
- Official Website
- Official Facebook page
- Official Youtube Channel
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- Commander Australian Fleet
- Director-General Maritime Operations
- Commodore Flotillas
- Warrant Officer of the Navy
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- Maritime Border Command
- Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine
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equipment
- Current fleet (Anzac-class frigate, Adelaide-class frigate, Collins-class submarine, Canberra-class landing helicopter dock, Bay-class landing ship, Armidale-class patrol boat, Huon-class minehunter, HMAS Sirius, Leeuwin-class survey vessel, Paluma-class motor launch, Young Endeavour, Cape-class patrol boat)
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