Military Music Competence Center

The Military Music Competence Center (Komp Zen Mil Music) is the organizational unit of the military music of the Swiss Army . It is responsible for the training of military music cadres and soldiers, as well as for the use of recruit games, WK games and the orchestras of the Swiss Army Game.

The competence center belongs to the army branch and reports to the Deputy Commander of the Army. The Comp Zen Mil Music is led by Colonel Philipp Wagner .

Recruit games

Every year around 240 recruits complete their recruit school (RS) with the Swiss military music. You will be trained to become trumpeters, tambours or drummers for 21 weeks. All graduates receive an instrumental diploma from the Swiss Brass Music Association or the leading course certificates from the Swiss Drum and Pfeiffer Association (STPV). You will be divided into one of the WK games or a formation of the Swiss Army game.

There are three recruit games, one for each RS start.

WK games (troop games)

Each troop match bears the name of a large unit (brigade or territorial region). Anyone familiar with the organization of the Swiss Army will look in vain for the names of the reserve units. The opinion is very clear that troop games only bear the name of active associations, hence the three military games of the army. Each year the following 16 WK games (8 wind orchestras (A) and 8 brass bands (B)) perform a repetition course (WK) of three weeks each:

• Fanfare militaire forces terrestres ouest (B)
• Mil Spiel Heer Nord (A)
• Mil Spiel Army East (A)
• Fanfare militaire brigade infantry 2 (A)
• Mil Game Infantry Brigade 5 (A)
• Fanfara militare brigata fanteria montagna 9 (A)
• Mil Spiel Mountain Infantry Brigade 12 (B)
• Fanfare militaire brigade blindée 1 (B)
• Mil Spiel Panzerbrigade 11 (B)
• Fanfare militaire région territoriale 1 (A)
• Mil Game Territory Region 2 (B)
• Mil Game Territory Region 3 (B)
• Mil Game Territory Region 4 (B)
• Mil Spiel Logistics Brigade 1 (B)
• Mil Game Command Support Brigade 41 (A)
• Mil Game Air Force (A)

Swiss army game

The orchestras of the Swiss Army Game perform at national and international events. The commander of the Swiss Army Game is Colonel Philipp Wagner.

The peculiarities of these formations lie on the one hand in the outstanding musical level and on the other hand in the special gala uniforms that each formation has.

• Symphonic wind orchestra (conductor: Oberleutnant Gaudens Bieri)
  • Swiss Army Strings
• Swiss Army Big Band (lead: Edgar Schmid (since 2015), Johannes Walter (2012–2015), Pepe Lienhard (1995–2011))
• Representation orchestra
  • Swiss Army Central Band (lead: Major Aldo Werlen )
  • Drum formation (Head: Adjutant Philipp Rütsche )
• Swiss Army Brass Band (lead: Major Fabrice Reuse (since 2013), Philippe Monnerat (2007–2013), Andreas Spörri (1995–2007))
• Swiss Army Concert Band (leader: vacant, Major Christoph Walter (2000–2012))

Web links

• Website of the Competence Center for Military Music

Individual evidence

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