1st Brigade Band Performance Highlights

Over the past forty or more years the 1st Brigade Band has garnered many honors and can point to significant achievements based on its' unique presentation of music and history. The band has traveled extensively throughout the Midwest: East to Atlanta, GA, Columbia, SC and several National Battlefield Parks and West to Ft. Laramie, WY. Our recorded music has been featured on all major commercial and public TV networks. Many of the National Historic Sites use 1st Brigade music in their prerecorded programs. Here are some highlights of performances and uses of recorded music over the past years.

1986

City of Columbia Bicentennial, Columbia, SC

1987

100th Anniversary of Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, IA, including performance for Vice-President George Bush

Recorded music used in The Divided Union, A&E Production

1988 to 2001

Battle of Pea Ridge Reenactment Weekend, Keokuk, IA

1988

Recorded music used in The New Historians, Journal Films, Chicago, IL

1990

Reenactment of the "Grand Review of the Troops", Washington, D. C.

Recorded music used in Wisconsin Minutes, Wisconsin Public Television

1991

Governor's Review of the Desert Storm Troops (Parade), Madison, WI

1992

Bi-Annual Convention of the USS Wisconsin Association, Milwaukee, WI

1993

Grand Opening of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison, WI

1995

A Nation Transformed: The American Civil War Symposium sponsored by the Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, WI

Lincoln/Douglas Debate Reenactments, Ottawa and Freeport, IL (televised by C-Span)

1995-1996

President Hayes Birthday and Civil War Encampment, Fremont, OH

Hayes home

1996

Recorded music used in Civil War Journal, A&E Production

Recorded music used in Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War

Recorded music used in Illinois Adventure, Public Television

1997 and 1999

Wisconsin State Assembly Inaugural Ceremony, Madison, WI

1997

Iowa Bandmasters Annual Convention, DesMoines, IA

50th Anniversary Celebration of the Milwaukee Civil War Roundtable, Milwaukee, WI

1998

Appearance in IMAX/3D film Mark Twain's America, produced and directed by Stephen Low

Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial Costume Gala, Monona Terrace, Madison, WI

Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Great Brass Band Festival, Oshkosh, WI

"The 1st Brigade Band Goes Home for the Weekend", Monroe & Brodhead, WI

The Wade House Civil War Weekend Reenactment, Greenbush, WI

1999

American School Band Directors Association National Conference, Brookfield, WI

2000

25th Anniversary of the Brodhead Historical Society, Brodhead, WI

Opening of the exhibit Picturing Lincoln: The Changing Face of America's 16th President at the Northern Indiana Center for History, South Bend, IN

Concert for the Civil War Institute, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI

2001

Wisconsin State Fair - 150th Year Celebration Day, West Allis, WI

Milwaukee Veteran's Day Parade, Milwaukee, WI

The Exquisite Risk of Civil War Brass - documentary by Dan Senn

2002

Mason City, Iowa - 64th Annual North Iowa Band Festival, Grand Opening of Meredith Willson Museum in Music Man Square, and Meredith Willson 100th Anniversary Celebrations

Rhythm & Booms 4th of July Celebration in Madison, Wisconsin

2003

Recorded music used in Wake Island, A&E Documentary Production

2003 to Present

Milwaukee, WI - Soldier's Home Foundation "Reclaiming Our Heritage" Event

2004

HMMF Hosts the Summer 2004 Meeting of the Wisconsin Bandmaster's Association

2005

Milwaukee, WI - Irish Fest, Henry W. Maier Festival Grounds

Madison, WI - Rededication of Camp Randall

Wausau, WI - Wausau Area Performing Arts Foundation: Lively Arts Series, Grand Theatre

2006

Northfield, MN - Northfield, MN - Joint Conference of the Historical Brass Society and Internationale Gesellschaft Erforschung und Foderung der Blasmusik
"A Grand Festival and Academic Symposium of Vintage Wind Band Music"

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