The Royal Marines Band is the musical wing of the Royal Navy. It currently consists of five Bands and its headquarters is the Royal Marines School of Music at HMS Nelson in Portsmouth dockyard.
The modern history of the Service, though, begins late in the 19th century, when the task of forming a Royal Naval School of Music to provide Bands for the Royal Navy was assigned to the Marines, with the School being founded in 1903.
Today all Royal Marines Bands are required to provide every imaginable musical ensemble including orchestras, quartets and dance bands, as well as traditional Military (marching) Bands. To achieve this, all RM musicians, except solo specialists, are required to attain an above-average standard on both a string and a wind instrument.
At present, there are a total of five Royal Marine Bands:
Band of HM Royal Marines, Portsmouth
Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth
Band of HM Royal Marines, Scotland HMS Caledonia, Rosyth
Band of HM Royal Marines, HMS Collingwood (replacing the Band of Britannia Royal Naval College)
High from the summit of a craggy cliff,
Hung o’er the deep, such as amazing frowns
On utmost Kilda’s shore, whose lonely race
Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds,
The royal eagle draws his vigorous young
—James Thomson (1700–1748)
Band of HM Royal Marines, Commando Training Centre Royal Marines
Royal Marines is a world class military band renowned for its musicianship and precision marching. The development of music in the Royal Marines is inextricably linked with the evolution of British military bands. Lively airs and the beat of the drum enabled columns of marching men to keep a regular step.
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