The MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band is a component of the

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program at

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. The band is composed of service members who have become musicians under the training of the MusiCorps program.

Members and organization

The Wounded Warrior Band recruits wounded veterans who have learned or relearned how to play their instruments through the training of the MusiCorps program. Instruments include guitar, bass, keyboard, voice, and drums.

Performances

* Stand Up for Heroes 2012 and 2013.

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, and

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played with the MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band at this benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Soon after the performance, this benefit in 2013 raised over five million dollars. *Americans for the Arts. Yo-Yo Ma invited MusiCorps to perform with him at the Kennedy Center for Arts Advocacy Day. *Celebration At The Station 2013. The band performed with

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and the

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in front of 55,000 people. *Comedy Central's The Colbert Report. The MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band performed with Aaron Neville and Stephen Colbert during the show's Christmas Carol Week. *Grand Ole Opry. The MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band made its

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debut May 20, 2014.

References

External links

*{{official, http://www.musicorps.net Walter Reed Army Medical Center Rock music groups from Maryland