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06/18/2026
Thank you New Bedford for your support at the The Zeiterion last Sunday, it was a joy to make music for you! Also, BZ to MUC Megan Sesma for her last concert with the band after a long and successful career as our very first harpist đź‘Ź fair winds and following seas!
It’s , so we’re reminiscing on MU1 Sam West’s debut performance on Sunday!
He is the first male vocalist in Coast Guard Band history (!!), and we are so impressed with his rendition of “Go the Distance” from Hercules, arranged by our own MUC Sean Nelson.
Welcome aboard, MU1 West! 👏🎶🎤
06/09/2026
Join us tomorrow on the Old Saybrook Town Green!
Our Summer Concert Series, brought to you by the Old Saybrook Rotary kicks off Wednesday, June 10th on the Town Green with the United States Coast Guard Band! Show sponsored by Acton Public Library Foundation
CAPT Williamson’s final home concert at U.S. Coast Guard Academy featured this tour-de-force work by David Maslanka!
There are 2 more chances to see us perform it live:
Sunday June 14 at the Zeiterion New Bedford Theater in New Bedford, MA
And July 16 in San Antonio, TX at the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention.
Tomorrow’s concert in Leamy Hall, “Homeward Bound,” celebrates the careers of two of our veteran members on their last performances at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
CAPT Adam Williamson and MUC Megan Sesma are both retiring this summer, and to commemorate the occasion, Kevin Day has written a brand new concerto for harp which will be premiered tomorrow and professionally recorded later this week. Join us at 2pm in person or online at: https://youtube.com/live/ejNidWjqZ8I?feature=share
06/04/2026
Many thanks to the Seabury Community in Bloomfield, CT for hosting our Chamber Players concert this past weekend. We enjoyed getting to know you and make music for you! 🎶
05/27/2026
🎶 Join us for our next concert in Leamy Hall on June 7 at 2pm! 🎶
The concert marks CAPT Williamson’s final concert in Leamy Hall before his retirement in July! It will also feature retiring harpist MUC Megan Sesma on the world premiere of Kevin Day’s Harp Concertino, a work that she commissioned for the occasion.
The full Band will also be highlighted on David Maslanka’s tour-de-force Symphony No. 4; vocal soloists MU1 Allison Landstedt and MU1 Samuel West will also be featured.
The concert will be live streamed on YouTube.
Please note that REAL IDs are required to get on base the US Coast Guard Academy.
On this Memorial Day, we recognize the US Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, who died in the line of duty on September 27, 1942 at Guadalcanal. While evacuating 500 Marines from the beach, Signalman First Class Munro shielded the Marines from enemy fire with his own boat, sacrificing his life. The crew carried on and successfully retrieved the Marines off of the beach.
This video features our brass quintet performing the Coast Guard hymn at Munro’s memorial in Cle Elum, Washington.
05/20/2026
Congratulations to the Class of 2026 on their graduation today to become Ensigns in the US Coast Guard!
05/12/2026
Attention local music educators!
Registration is now open for our 38th annual School Concert Series this October! These age-tailored, free performances allow students to experience an educational and entertaining hour-long concert. Each performance combines music, visual elements, and storytelling to help students gain a deeper appreciation of music and the Coast Guard.
To view School Concert dates and access registration forms, please visit our website here: https://www.uscg.mil/Community/Coast-Guard-Band/School-Concerts/