The Army Music Command () is an organization under the direct authority of the

Chief of Staff of the French Army The Chief of the Army Staff (french: Chef d'état-major de l'armée de terre, CEMAT) is the military head of the French Army. The chief directs the army staff and acts as the principal advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff on subjects concern ...

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Satory Satory is an area south of Versailles in France. It is mostly known for its military camp, housing: * Weapon-testing facilities of Nexter Systems * Barracks and facilities for Gendarmerie including the GIGN headquarters and the Mobile Gendarm ...

. It consists of a headquarters, 5 wind bands, a brass band and a string ensemble - the only one in the Armed Forces, distributed throughout French territory in the following cities:

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

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Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...

. These 6 bands include the following: *

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Parachute Band Parachute Band was a Christian worship band from Auckland, New Zealand, formed out of the New Zealand-based organisation Parachute Music. The band made pop/rock music and spanned over two generations of musicians. 1995–2006 The first Parac ...

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) These bands exclude the bands of unit regiments and military schools. It supports missions aimed at promoting music in military institutions but also in civil society. French army bands recruit from high-level professional instrumentalists. It trains musicians for the various army bands as well as musical conductors not just for the branches of the armed forces but also for armies of foreign countries.

History

Its origins date back to the creation, in 1792, of the Guard School of Music, the purpose of which was to train musicians for battle. In 1795, one of the emanations was the National Conservatory of Music for civilian musicians only. In 1836, the Guard School of Music became the Military Gymnasium, then, in 1965, a training and further training center for Army NCOs. In 1978, the Military Conservatory of Army Music was created to train and perfect the musical excellence of all of the Army's military musicians.

Other army bands

Outside of this framework, army bands include the following bands: *

Fanfare du 27e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpin The Fanfare du 27e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpin is a military band unit of the French Army. The band is attached the 27e bataillon de chasseurs alpins (27th BCA) and effectively serves as the regimental band of the Chasseurs Alpins, being that it ...

* Paris Fire Brigade Band *

French Foreign Legion Music Band (MLE) The Music of the Foreign Legion (french: Musique de la Légion étrangère, MLE), formerly known as the Principal Music of the Foreign Legion (french: Musique principale de la Légion étrangère) is a Military band of the French Foreign Legion. ...

*Fanfare du 9e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine *Fanfare du 6e Régiment du Génie *Fanfare de 1er régiment de chasseurs à cheval *Fanfare du 1er Régiment De Hussards Parachutistes *Fanfare du 2e Régiment De Hussards *Fanfare du 503e régiment du Train *Fanfare du 92 Régiment d'infanterie *Fanfare du 1er régiment de spahis *Fanfare Nouba du 1er Régiment de Tirailleurs *Fanfare du Régiment de Marche du Tchad *Fanfare du 1er Régiment Parachutiste d' Infanterie de Marine *Fanfare des Ecoles Militaires de

Draguignan Draguignan (; oc, Draguinhan) is a commune in the Var department in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (formerly Provence), southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department and self-proclaimed "capital of Ar ...

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School of Applied Artillery The School of Applied Artillery ( French: ''École d'application de l'artillerie'') is an applied military academy of the French Army. It is based in Draguignan. Pre-Revolutionary history During the 18th Century, there were several artillery scho ...

) Fanfare bands of military

lyceums The lyceum is a category of educational institution defined within the education system of many countries, mainly in Europe. The definition varies among countries; usually it is a type of secondary school. Generally in that type of school the th ...

(''lycee militaire'') are also operated in the following cities:

Autun Autun () is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Ro ...

La Flèche La Flèche () is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most po ...

Saint-Cyr-l'École Saint-Cyr-l'École () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM), which wa ...

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Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

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History

Other army bands

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