Music of Annapolis
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The music of Annapolis, Maryland, played a major role in the music history of the United States during the colonial era and has since produced a number of notable musical institutions and groups.
Caricature featuring the Tuesday Club's comic orchestra from The history of the ancient and honorable Tuesday club, ca 1755. From the collection at the John Work Garrett Library.
The band Good Charlotte, originally from nearby Waldorf, moved to Annapolis in 1998
David Dixon Porter, Superintendent of the Academy, modernized the Band.
The United States Naval Academy Band was officially founded in November 1852. Previously, there had been a band since the founding of the Naval Academy in 1845, consisting of a fifer and a drummer. Th
Music of Annapolis
…Annapolis has also been home to the funk rock band Jimmie's Chicken Shack, SHAED (formerly known as The Walking Sticks) and the band Good Charlotte. The United States Naval Academy Band, the longest-lasting music group in the United States Navy and the third-oldest active-duty military band in the country, was founded in 1852, though…
A United States Naval Academy Band musician plays a service song prior to the kick-off of a season home-opener football game, which pitted the Navy Midshipmen against Duke Blue Devils.