Staff Sergeant Benjamin Lostocco joined The U.S. Army Field Band in November 2024. Prior to his enlistment, he worked as a freelance musician in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area where he performed with the National Philharmonic, the Apollo Orchestra, Opera in Williamsburg, and the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra. SSG Lostocco graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Music in 2017 and hails from Newington, Connecticut.