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The Training Band of the Bundeswehr (german: Ausbildungsmusikkorps der Bundeswehr, AustMusKorpsBw) is the
Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...
's training music corps. It is responsible for training new musicians. It was created in Siegburg on 1 July 1960 and has been stationed in Hilden since 1969. It is subordinate to the other 13 music bands of the Bundeswehr and the
Military Music Center of the Bundeswehr The Military Music Center of the Bundeswehr (german: Zentrum Militärmusik der Bundeswehr, ZMilMusBw) is the office in charge of managing the military bands of the Bundeswehr. It was established on 25 August 2009 as part of a restructuring of the ...
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. Every year the training band goes on a concert tour to demonstrate the success of their training. The task of the training band is to pave the way for young musicians to become professionals and to prepare them for future service in the Bundeswehr. Many members of the vand come from the
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. It consists of a teaching staff, three officers and one
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, which coordinate and manage the training company, which offers can accommodate up to 150 musicians.


History

Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Deisenroth, known as a composer and arranger of numerous pieces of music and, in 1947, founder of the Hilchenbach Folk Music School, a predecessor of the South Westphalia Philharmonic, developed the concept for the military musical institution of the Bundeswehr in Siegburg. He created it on 1 July 1960. That November, Captain Ludwig Kühlechner became head of the training platoon and in December the first concerts took place under his leadership and that of his senior deputy, Sergeant Major Joseph Hoser. The following year, contracts were established with what is now the
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music ( is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music. History The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as ''Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln''. In 1895 Ger ...
. On 5 May 1969, the band was moved from Siegburg to the Waldkaserne in
Hilden Hilden is a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is situated in the District of Mettmann, west of Solingen and east of Düsseldorf on the right side of the Rhine. It is a middle sized industrial town with a forest and numero ...
. The first music officer cadets were trained in the band in 1978 and completed their studies at the music academy in
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. Colonel Michael Schramm (later the head of the Military Music Service of the Bundeswehr) was the first graduate of the school. The first female soldiers began their training in Hilden in 1991. The construction of a new training center in Hilden necessitated a temporary relocation of the band until April 2018 to the Bergische Kaserne in the Hubbelrath district, which was then in the process of being disbanded. Two new building is located on approximately 6,400 square meters of space, which includes, among other things, 140 accommodation rooms, 68 practice rooms and 34 classrooms A special feature is the polygonal part of the building in the middle of the building complex with two rehearsal rooms and sound studio.


Chiefs

* Captain Ludwig Kühlechner (1960–1962) * Captain Ernst Müller and Captain Joseph Hoser (1962-1967) * Lieutenant Colonel Fritz Wintermann (1967-1975) * Lieutenant Colonel Bernhard Höfele (1976–1978) * Lieutenant Colonel Andreas Lukacsy (1978–1980) * Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Hollmann (1980-1991) * Major Michael Schramm (1991-1995) * Major Walter Ratzek (1995-2001) * Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kuckertz (2001–2007) * Lieutenant Colonel Reinhard Kiauka (2007–2008) * Lieutenant Colonel Michael Euler (Since 2008)


See also

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Military bands of the Bundeswehr There are 15 military bands of the Bundeswehr, including those of the German Army, Air Force, Navy, and joint bands. Before 2009, the military musicians of the Bundeswehr constituted a joint specialist service, the Military Music Service (german: M ...
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Royal Military School of Music The Royal Military School of Music (RMSM) trains musicians for the British Army's fourteen regular bands, as part of the Royal Corps of Army Music. Until August 2021, the school was based at Kneller Hall in Twickenham, however it moved to HMS ...
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Canadian Forces School of Music The Canadian Forces School of Music, CFSM ( French language: École de musique des Forces canadiennes, EMFC) was an educational institution that supported the music branch and all Canadian military bands in the Canadian Forces. It was created ...


References

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