The members of these bands come from all over the CF, coming from units in the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force, and Royal Canadian Navy. The branch controls all RCN and RCAF bands through the Naval Operations Branch and the Air Operations Branch respectively.[3] The music branch as a whole is responsible for fostering morale in the CF and providing musical support for all aspects of military life and for official military ceremonies, including guards of honour for dignitaries.[4]
The Directorate of History and Heritage is a sub-department of the Department of National Defence that is responsible to the Chief of Military Personnel (CMP) for providing personnel and technical advice regarding the Music Branch.[5] It was founded on 1 September 1996 by merging the Canadian Forces Music Centre and the Directorate of Military Traditions and Heritage.[6] On 1 April of the following year, the Music Centre was made part of the Directorate. The directorate has 7 sections, with the musical section making up DHH 7.[7]
Its specific roles include:
Developing and managing Music Branch policy
Evaluating musician qualification level
Provide advice and guidance on human resources including recommending the relocation of personnel and the recruitment for the Music Branch
Recommending the authorization of official music, marches and calls
The DHH Music Staff is the official leadership of the DHH and the Music Branch that formulates Music Branch policy and carries out its roles. The order of precedence is as follows:
The branch traditionally had no military marchpasts by virtue of military customs.[8] Recently, it adopted Canada on the March by Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Jaeger as its march past.
Music Division
The Canadian Forces Logistics Training Centre Music Division is the training institution of the Music Branch that offers a curriculum of instruction to potential musicians in the CF.[9] Part of the Royal Canadian Logistics Service, it is the de facto successor to the Canadian Forces School of Music. It is located in Building E-51 at CFB Borden. It consists of a concert hall, 47 practice studios, 10 teaching studios, a library, and four classrooms.[10]
music, branch, canadian, forces, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, too. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Music Branch is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces CAF It is primarily composed of band musicians and also deals with the selection and musical training of its recruits The branch encompasses all the military bands in service in the Canadian Armed Forces It is roughly the equivalent to the Royal Corps of Army Music CAMUS in the British Army 1 2 Music BranchBranche de la musiqueThe Regimental Pipes and Drums of The Calgary Highlanders is one of many voluntary pipe and drum bands administered by the Music Branch of the CF Active1968 PresentCountry CanadaBranchCanadian ForcesTypeCF Personnel BranchPart ofDirectorate of History and HeritageHeadquartersNational Defence Headquarters OttawaMarchCanada on the MarchCommandersMusical SupervisorLieutenant Colonel Charles GaudreauMusic Branch CWOChief Warrant Officer Heidi TwellmannChief of StaffMajor Eric GagnonNotablecommandersLieutenant Colonel Stephen MurrayMajor Patrick Picard It is composed of 15 Voluntary bands 6 Regular Force bands 53 Primary Reserve bandsThe members of these bands come from all over the CF coming from units in the Canadian Army Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy The branch controls all RCN and RCAF bands through the Naval Operations Branch and the Air Operations Branch respectively 3 The music branch as a whole is responsible for fostering morale in the CF and providing musical support for all aspects of military life and for official military ceremonies including guards of honour for dignitaries 4 Contents 1 Directorate of History and Heritage 2 Military Tattoos 3 Traditions 3 1 March 4 Music Division 5 Supervisors of Music 6 See also 7 Order of precedence 8 External links 9 ReferencesDirectorate of History and Heritage EditThe Directorate of History and Heritage is a sub department of the Department of National Defence that is responsible to the Chief of Military Personnel CMP for providing personnel and technical advice regarding the Music Branch 5 It was founded on 1 September 1996 by merging the Canadian Forces Music Centre and the Directorate of Military Traditions and Heritage 6 On 1 April of the following year the Music Centre was made part of the Directorate The directorate has 7 sections with the musical section making up DHH 7 7 Its specific roles include Developing and managing Music Branch policy Evaluating musician qualification level Provide advice and guidance on human resources including recommending the relocation of personnel and the recruitment for the Music Branch Recommending the authorization of official music marches and callsThe DHH Music Staff is the official leadership of the DHH and the Music Branch that formulates Music Branch policy and carries out its roles The order of precedence is as follows Supervisor of Music Music Branch Chief Warrant Officer Music Branch Chief of Staff CF Music Branch Standards Advisor Pipes and Drums Advisor and Standards Master Warrant Officer Brass and Reed Standards Master Warrant Officer Music Branch Auditions CoordinatorMilitary Tattoos EditThe Music Branch handles all CF Military Tattoos around the country including the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo the Fortissimo Sunset Ceremony and the Canadian International Military Tattoo The first tattoo to be managed by the branch was the Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo in 1967 which was the world s largest travelling show Traditions EditMarch Edit The branch traditionally had no military marchpasts by virtue of military customs 8 Recently it adopted Canada on the March by Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger as its march past Music Division EditThe Canadian Forces Logistics Training Centre Music Division is the training institution of the Music Branch that offers a curriculum of instruction to potential musicians in the CF 9 Part of the Royal Canadian Logistics Service it is the de facto successor to the Canadian Forces School of Music It is located in Building E 51 at CFB Borden It consists of a concert hall 47 practice studios 10 teaching studios a library and four classrooms 10 Supervisors of Music EditClifford Hunt 1964 1968 Charles Villeneuve 1980 1984 Commander George Morrison 1984 1990 11 Lieutenant Colonel Gaetan Bouchard Lieutenant Colonel W Scott Attridge 12 Lieutenant Colonel Peter Chan 2017 2020 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gaudreau 2020 Present See also Edit War portalCanadian military bands Personnel branch Authorized marches of the Canadian Armed Forces Navy bands in Canada List of Royal Canadian Air Force BandsOrder of precedence EditPreceded byLegal Branch Band Branch Succeeded byPersonnel Selection BranchExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Military bands of Canada Canadian Forces Recruiting Canadian Forces and Department of National DefenceReferences Edit Canadian Forces Music Branch Canadian Forces Music Branch 11 January 2018 Dress instructions Section 2 Bands and music branch members 11 September 2018 DHH Music www cmp cpm forces gc ca Archived from the original on 8 September 2009 DHH DHH Music www cmp cpm forces gc ca Archived from the original on 3 October 2009 The Last Word Essays on Official History in the United States and British Commonwealth 2003 ISBN 9780313310836 History and structure 9 June 2017 Canadian army presents latest manifestation of a country s cultural inferiority complex 7 June 2013 CFLTC Music Division summer concerts Concerts d ete de la Division Musique du CILFC Borden Citizen Canadian Forces Logistics Training Centre 10 July 2019 Conductor Chester Brass Band https www cfmws com en AboutUs Library PublicationsandPresentations SOF Pages Acknowledgements and Credits aspx Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Music Branch Canadian Forces amp oldid 1112460912, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
