Tour Director

Sergeant Major Darrin Blume §

SGM Darrin Blume served in the 1st Army Band and the 2nd Infantry Division Band. SGM Blume earned a B.A. at Salisbury University and a M.S. at Central Michigan University.

Educational Activities Coordinator

Sergeant First Class Jason Stephens

SFC Jason Stephens earned a M.A. at Florida State University and a B.M.E. at the University of South Florida. He served in the 392nd Army Band. SFC Stephens worked as a middle school band director, tuba player for Walt Disney World, and adjunct professor of Tuba at Troy State University.

Concert Band and Soldiers' Chorus Tour Coordinators

Master Sergeant David L. Bullman Jr.

MSG David Bullman served in the 8th Infantry Division Band, 1st Armored Division Band, 323rd Army Band, and 76th Army Band. He was deployed in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. MSG Bullman is pursuing a degree at the University of Maryland.

Sergeant First Class Michelle Laska

SFC Michelle Laska served in the 10th Mountain Division Band and the 229th Army Band. SFC Laska earned an A.A. in music education at Essex Community College and attended Towson University and the Armed Forces School of Music. She is currently pursuing a B.S. at the University of Maryland University College.

Jazz Ambassadors Tour Coordinators

Sergeant First Class Adam Getz

SFC Adam Getz served in the 389th Army Band at Aberdeen Proving Ground and the 8th Army Band in Seoul, Korea. He earned a BFA in Music from Lock Haven University and a MBA from Liberty University.

Sergeant First Class Heather Van Beek

SFC Heather Van Beek served in the 101st Airborne Division Band at Fort Campbell, the 8th U.S. Army Band in Seoul, the USAEUR Band in Heidelberg, the 389th Army Band at Aberdeen Proving Ground, and the U.S. Army Signal Corps Band at Fort Gordon. She has also served as 1st Recruiting Brigade Band Liaison. SFC Van Beek holds a BM in clarinet performance from the University of Wisconsin–Superior.

Volunteers Tour Coordinators

Sergeant First Class John Lake

SFC John Lake served in the 392nd Army Band, the 8th Infantry Division Band, the 1st Armored Division Band, the 229th Army Band, the 62nd Army Band, the 76th Army Band, and the 9th Army Band. He earned an AST in Computer-Aided Drafting and Design at York Technical Institute and is currently pursuing a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Alaska-Anchorage.

Design and Production

Master Sergeant Scott C. Vincent (Webmaster)

MSG Vincent attended the New England Conservatory of Music and earned a B.M. at Louisiana State University. MSG Vincent performed as principal timpanist with the Newton Symphony Orchestra, and as percussionist with the Baton Rouge, Maryland, and Annapolis Symphony Orchestras and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.

§ = Element Leader