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The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus performs a variety of music including traditional choral music, sea chanteys, patriotic fare, opera, Broadway and contemporary music.\u00a0 The chorus is frequently found at the center of our most important national events.\u00a0 They have played a vital role in comforting the nation in times of mourning, including appearances at memorials for the astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia, the presidential wreath laying ceremonies at the United Airlines flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance at the National Cathedral in Washington after the events of 9\/11.\u00a0 The chorus participated in the funerals for former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon.\u00a0 They have appeared at the Kennedy Center Honors and with the National Symphony Orchestra for the nationally televised\u00a0National Memorial Day Concert<\/em>\u00a0at the U.S. Capitol.\u00a0 In addition, the group has appeared on Larry King Live, Fox and Friends and CBS This Morning, performed at the 2014 Super Bowl, as well as at the premiere of the movie\u00a0Pearl Harbor<\/em>.\u00a0 The Sea Chanters chorus has performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir under the direction of Mack Wilburg, as well as noted choral directors Dale Warland and Donald Neuen, and has also performed with the Kansas City Symphony, the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Perry Como, Marian Anderson, Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie.\u00a0 For more information, visit\u00a0www.navyband.navy.mil<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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