US military band hosts workshop, concert at Umana Yana

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the United States Embassy hosted a music workshop and concert at Umana Yana earlier this month featuring a six-member Military Band based in Florida.

The band which comprised bass, woodwind, piano and percussionist musicians came to participate in the embassy’s Fourth of July celebrations, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. They accepted the ministry’s invitation to interact and share their skills with local musicians and music students.

According to the ministry, the band conducted a workshop at the Umana Yana on July 2 with elementary training in saxophone, trumpet, trombone, keyboard and bass guitar.  “One hundred local participants from