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Jari Villanueva, Music Director
Jari Villanueva holds degrees from The Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins
University and Kent State University. Since 1985 he has sounded Taps over 2,000 times at
Arlington National Cemetery and other cemeteries as a bugler with The United States Air Force
Band, where he also serves as an Assistant Drum Major. Considered the country’s foremost
authority on US military bugle calls and the bugle call Taps, he was responsible for moving the
bugle used at President John F. Kennedy’s funeral from The Smithsonian to Arlington, where it
remains on display in the Visitor Center.
Jari is the author of Twenty-four Notes That Tap Deep Emotions: The Story of America’s Most
Famous Bugle Call. He has published numerous articles on the history of US bugle calls and brass
bands of the Civil War and is currently working on a book on the subject. His articles have been
published in the International Trumpet Guild, NY Brass Conference for Scholarships, The
Washington Times, The Washington Post, and The Navy Times, and he wrote the introduction to
Bandstands to Battlefields: Brass Bands in 19th Century America, by Brian Smith. Jari has been
interviewed numerous times for newspapers and radio and TV programs across the country and
was featured in a History Channel segment on the origin of Taps, a CBN segment on the 140th
anniversary of the creation of the call and a radio essay for Boeing’s "Forever New Frontiers"
Radio Essays Series. He was also a consultant to the designers of the American Heritage Field
Trumpet, a bugle made by the Getzen Company. Many of Jari's articles and much additional
information on Taps, bugles, and buglers throughout history can be found on his website at www.
tapsbugler.com.
An active Civil War re-enactor, Jari sounds bugle calls for Co. D, 3rd US Regular Infantry and has
served as Federal Principal Musician for major re-enactments including the 140th Antietam and
140th First Manassas. He is co-founder and director of The Federal City Brass Band and 26th
North Carolina Regimental Band, which perform Civil War era music on original 19th century
instruments, and is the Artistic Director of the National Association for Civil War Brass Music, Inc.
In 2001 Jari served as assistant to the music supervisor for the movie "Gods and Generals,"
sounded bugle calls for the soundtrack, and appeared as a bugler in several scenes. With the late
Don Hubbard, Jari was a co-founder of the Eastern Field Music School (2002-03), and he
frequently gives presentations and demonstrations on bugling and field music of the Civil War era.
Jari is a free-lance musician and accomplished arranger with many published selections to his
credit. His arrangement of "Goin' Home" was featured in the movie "A Clear and Present Danger,"
and was heard world-wide during the State Funerals of former Presidents Ronald Reagan and
Gerald Ford. Jari also serves on the faculty of the Music Department at the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County, where he is Director of Bands. He lives in Catonsville, Maryland, with
his wife Heather. Contact Jari at jvmusic@erols.com.
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Tim Ertel, Fife
Fort McHenry Guard Field Music, 1st Maryland Infantry Regt./ Nat’l Regiment
For twenty-five years, Tim has been re-enacting Civil War battles and participating in living history
programs with the National Regiment’s 1st Maryland Infantry Unit. In 1987, he began playing his
fife in the National Regiment’s ranks. Since that time he has formed and directed two historically
accurate musical units, the Old Line Field Music in 1990 and The Patapsco Guard Field Music in
2000, which became The Fort McHenry Guard Field Music volunteer Fife and Drum Corps in
2004.
As director of the Fort McHenry Guard Fife and Drum Corps, Tim works with his musicians to
ensure they are trained to perform music from the Civil War and the War of 1812. His unit
supports Fort McHenry National Park and Historic Shrine’s programs both locally and around the
country. In the summer of 2007, the group traveled to Canada to participate in the Grand Tactical
at Fort Niagara, N.Y.
In 1997 Tim produced a CD with The Old Line Field Music called “Bully For You” which was a
compilation of music from various sources such as Col. Harts, Howes, Rileys, and Bruce and
Emmetts manual. He is currently working on another CD release in time for Fort McHenry’s
bicentennial in 2014. Contact Tim at smoothbores.canister@verizon.net.
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Jeb Hague, Fife, Drum
Jeb is a 2005 graduate in Music Education from The Pennsylvania State University. While at Penn
State, he played in the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Centre Dimensions Jazz Ensemble, the Penn
State Blue Band, and various chamber ensembles. Jeb has been a re-enactor for over 20 years,
playing fife, drum, and bugle. He has performed with the Camp Chase Fifes and Drums, the
Maryland Line Field Music, the Regimental Fifes and Drums of Fort Delaware, and the 28th
Pennsylvania Regimental Brass Band. He can also be seen playing fife, drum and Bb cornet in the
movie Gods and Generals. Since 2006, Jeb has been a fifer with The Old Guard Fife and Drum,
3rd US Infantry, Ft. Myer, VA. He also performs on Bb and Eb cornet with The Federal City
Brass Band and 26th North Carolina Regimental Band. Contact Jeb at jhague13@gmail.com.
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Douglas Hedwig, Bugle
Douglas Hedwig is an original member of the Federal City Brass Band and 26th North Carolina
Brass Band, and Vice President of the National Association for Civil War Brass Music, Inc. He is
Professor of Trumpet and Director of Brass Instrument Studies at Brooklyn College of The City
University of New York, and previously served on the Music History Faculty of The Juilliard
School. For 27 years he served as Trumpeter with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New
York City. As Music Director & Trumpeter of the Metropolitan Brass Quartet he recorded three
albums, and toured internationally to critical acclaim: "A model of infectious spirit, and dashing
virtuosity" - Musical America. In 1986 he became the first trumpeter to be awarded the Doctor of
Musical Arts Degree in the history of the Juilliard School.
Dr. Hedwig has been the recipient of awards and honors from the U.S. Department of State,
Fulbright Foundation, New York City Fire Department, City Council of New York, and The
National Endowment for the Arts. He has recorded over 50 internationally distributed albums -
early music, chamber music, band, and orchestral idioms - and has performed recital /lectures for
The International Trumpet Guild Conference, The New York Brass Conference, Historic Brass
Society, Bad Saeckingen Trumpet Museum, and Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Orvieto Musica, a chamber music festival in central Italy.
His most recent CD release is "The Art of the Posthorn" on the MSR Classics label (MS 1184):
"Hedwig's performance radiates music, even through the most challenging registers and
passages...he is an excellent player in every sense." - International Trumpet Guild, June 2007.
Formerly Civilian Bugler for the New York City Fire Department, Doug had the honor of sounding
Taps for the families of many fallen NYC Firefighters in the months following the events of
September 11, 2001. Douglas Hedwig is Commander and Conductor of the 89th Army Band, "The
New York Guard Band." He received his Commission as Captain in the NY Guard in August 2007.
Contact Doug at dhedwig@gmail.com.
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Joe Korber, Fife
Joe Korber has been fifing on Long Island for over 25 years. He began fifing in the Yankee
Tunesmith Fife and Drum Corps, which he went on to instruct as well as instructing The
Prince-Wynne Colonial Fife and Drum Corps. He has been teaching fife since 1980. He is
currently the Principal Musician and fife instructor of the 119th NYSV as well as the Principal
Musician of the National Regiment. Joe also plays with the Bethpage Colonial Fife and Drum Corps
and is the Pipe Major of the N. Y. C. Department of Correction Pipe Band. Contact Joe at
fifer119@yahoo.com.
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David Loyal, Drum
David Loyal has been drumming since the age of 9, and has been reenacting with the 28th Mass
Co. B and the Liberty Rifles from the time he was 11. David attended the first Eastern Field Music
School in 2002 in the intermediate class, where he was truly inspired by his instructors to become
a better musician. Using the practice techniques that he learned from his instructor Bill Maling,
David began a journey through the art of rudimental drumming that continues to this day.
In 2003 David started taking lessons with a former 3rd US Infantry (The Old Guard) snare
drummer, Rick Ruddle. That year David came to the Field Music School once again, and was
placed in the advanced class. There, instructor George Carroll tested him for a rank advancement,
and David earned the rank of 'Master Drummer' in George Carroll's International Field Music
ranking system. For the 2004 season, David was asked to instruct at Field Music School, which he
enjoyed very much as a chance to pass on the skills that he had learned.
David attended the Company of Fifers and Drummers Junior camp under the instruction of Jim
Clark, and has also served as the drum sergeant for the performance of this 80-member corps.
David has gained a well rounded knowledge of many forms of percussion, from taking Afro-Cuban
and Brazilian drum instruction from Kevin Powell, to attending DCI drum corps auditions, rehearsal
weekends, and clinics. David has played with Camp Chase Fife and Drum Corps, Independence
Fifes nd Drums, Monumental City Fife and Drum Corps, various reenacting corps, and is a
founding member of the Maryland Line Field Music.
Since 2004, David has been a member of The Old Guard Fife and Drum, 3rd US Infantry, Ft.
Myer, VA. Contact David at rudimentaldrum@gmail.com.
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Kara Loyal, Fife
Contact Kara at fifer1775@hotmail.com.
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Jason Maines, Drum
Jason Maines has been drumming on Long Island for over 30 years. He started with the Yankee
Tunesmiths of NY. Later he would be the director and drum instructor of the Yankee Tunesmiths.
He has also performed with many fife and drum corps on the East coast. Jason has been a
re-enactor for over 7 years with the 119NY and the National Regiment. He is the lead drummer
with the 119NY and National Regiment and also serves as drum instructor for the 119NY. He also
plays with the Colonials of Bethpage and the Veteran Corps of Artillery SNY. Contact Jason at
drum119@optonline.net.
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George Rabbai, Bugle
George Rabbai’s first national recognition as a trumpeter came when he joined the Woody Herman
Orchestra, touring with the orchestra as a jazz soloist for two years at jazz festivals and concert
halls throughout the United States and abroad, and recording with Herman on the Concord and
Toshiba EMI labels. His premier CD, "Lemon Drop," was released in 1997 on DBK Records, and a
second album, “In Good Company” was released the following year. Rabbai was selected as part
of the Woody Herman All-Star small group, performing with artists like Sal Nistico, Jake Hannah,
Nat Pierce, George Duvivier, Scott Hamilton and Count Basie tenorman Frank Wess. He has also
performed as a soloist with the Concord Jazz All-Stars and has recorded with jazz greats Hank
Jones, Rufus Reid and Mel Lewis for the Naxos label. Rabbai worked for several years as a soloist
behind vocalist Rosemary Clooney, and is featured on her “Demi-Centennial: A Girl Singer’s
Golden Anniversary” television special for the Arts and Entertainment network. Most recently
George has been working with vocalist Michael Feinstein and is featured jazz soloist on Feinstein’s
double CD, “Romance on Broadway and Romance on Film.” George has also recorded with
Margaret Whiting and was featured with Tony Bennett on his television special, “Tony Bennett
With Love.”
George’s lyrical trumpet sound is featured in the soundtrack of "Baseball," a film by Ken Burns,
which first aired nationally on PBS in 1994. He can also be heard in Burns’ epic documentary "The
West."
Admired for his tone, phrasing and swinging style, Rabbai infuses his performances with humor
and personality. His performing engagements have included Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall
and the famed Rainbow Room, as well as European jazz festivals, New York City’s St. Regis Hotel
and many East Coast jazz clubs. An active jazz performer and educator, he is currently on the
faculties of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts and The Maynard Ferguson Institute of Jazz at
Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. He makes frequent appearances at area schools as a
jazz clinician, festival adjudicator and featured artist. Contact George at mwrabbai@verizon.net.
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Stephan Southard, Drum
Stephan Southard is an accomplished musician with over twenty years experience playing trumpet,
fife, whistle, snare and bass drum, and other instruments. As a member of the Fifes and Drums of
Yorktown, Stephan studied under George P. Carroll and graduated from the corps with the rank of
Principal Musician. From 1994-97, and again in 2000, Mr. Southard continued with the Yorktown
corps as Assistant Music Master, providing instruction in the areas of music theory, fifing,
drumming, marching, drum majoring, and the history of martial music. In this capacity, Mr.
Southard arranged and composed numerous medleys and percussion arrangements, as well as
choreographed performances and field shows.
Before becoming a professional Firefighter/Medic, Stephan shared his historical knowledge and
musical talents as a museum educator with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the
Jamestown Yorktown Foundation. Mr. Southard has performed as a balladeer in the taverns at
Colonial Williamsburg, as a member of the Colonial Williamsburg Dance Troupe, as an actor in
various stage and television productions for Colonial Williamsburg and the BBC, and with various
professional fife and drum corps, including Williamsburg Field Musick.
Mr. Southard is certified with the International Association of Field Musicians as a Drum Major
(snare and bass), and as a Fife Sergeant. He has performed in a variety of venues including
Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, and for numerous national and state dignitaries.
Over the past fifteen years, Stephan has participated in Revolutionary and Civil War reenactments
with such organizations as the 64th Regiment of Foot, York County Militia, Continental Marines,
and the 3rd US Regular Infantry Company D 1861-1865.
Mr. Southard is looking forward to sharing his experience and passing the art of fifing and
drumming on to others. Contact Stephan at ssouthard409@cox.net.
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Chuck Woodhead, Bugle
Chuck is a former First Trumpet in the Clemson University marching and concert bands. A retired
Navy Lieutenant Commander and Desert Storm Veteran, he holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy.
Currently he is the Chief Bugler for the 1st Division of the Army of Northern VA (ANV) and the
Military District of Mississippi as well as the 125th OVI. He has served as the Bugler for the
Hunley crew's Memorial Ceremony at White Point Gardens in Charleston and Chief or Co-Chief
Bugler for many of the major 140th Anniversary events. Contact Chuck at shirleybw@msn.com.
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The 26th North Carolina Regimental Band
The 26th North Carolina Regimental Band is one of the most renowned bands of the Civil War era.
Based in Salem, NC, the band was made up of Moravian musicians who enlisted in the early spring
of 1862 and served until the last week of the war, when they were captured during Lee's final
retreat from Petersburg towards Appomattox Courthouse. They took part in many major
campaigns, including Gettysburg, where they are recorded as having performed “polkas and
waltzes” during the height of the battle to bolster the morale of the Confederate troops. Their
music, from the only known complete set of original Confederate band books in existence today,
has enriched the repertoire of dozens of bands since it was re-discovered in the late 1950s and
recorded by the late Dr. Frederick Fennell and his Eastman Wind Ensemble.
While many of today’s Civil War bands perform selections from the band books of the 26th North
Carolina, The Federal City Brass Band has researched not only the music but also the incredible
history of this band, which was said to be one of General Robert E. Lee's favorites. Concerts by
the re-created 26th North Carolina Regimental Band include music of the Moravian heritage of the
original musicians and selections from their wartime repertoire, along with excerpts from original
band members' personal diaries and other contemporary written accounts of the 26th North
Carolina and its band throughout the War Between the States.
The reproduction uniforms worn by the 26th North Carolina Regimental Band are meticulously
based on the only known photograph of the original band during the War, taken in July, 1862. We
have used contemporary descriptions of the band and museum examples of original Confederate
uniforms as additional references. Uniforms are custom patterned by Alison Ragland of Greenbelt,
MD and sewn by Heather Faust. Kepis are by Greg Starbuck of Lynchburg, VA. Buttonholes for
the reproduction NC state seal buttons are all hand stitched. Jean cloth (70% wool, 30% cotton,
guaranteed to fade just like the original) was produced by Ben Tart of Newton Grove, NC using
natural vegetable dyes and actual recipes from the Fries Mill of Salem where the band’s original
fabric was produced in 1862.
In 2008, the 26th NC Regimental Band will participate in two major 145th Gettysburg re-enactment
events, and will strive to re-ceate some of the battlefield scenarios in which the original band took
part. Their presence at the National Civil War Field Music School will also commemorate the
original band's service in the lines at Petersburg, VA in 1864-65. Contact the 26th NC Regimental
Band at federalcitybrassband@erols.com.
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