TWENTY-FOUR ranks of the Band Corps have successfully completed the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Grade Three Musician Course.

The ten-week course covered various areas, including values, bar lines, time signatures, notes on stave, instrumental studies, band drills, tonic triads, performance directions, rests, ties, dots, accidentals, semitones, and tones, among others.

The ranks are now equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively and efficiently function within the GDF Military Band.
Warrant Officer Class Two, Maurees Skeete, copped the prize for Best Graduating Student. Privates Jamal Spencer and Martin McGarrell claimed the prizes for Runner-up Student and Best Instrumentalist, respectively.

Staff Officer One General Eight (SO1G8), Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.) Ramnauth Parsram, in brief remarks to the graduates, urged them to continue practising and improving their mastery of their musical instruments. He expressed the hope that they would continue to serve in the Band Corps throughout their careers and never lose their love for music.
Meanwhile, 13 ranks of the Guyana National Reserve have completed the introductory phase of the musician course and will continue training and practical assessments to bring them up to the required musical standard.