For nearly half a century, he led the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band, a mainstay of celebrations including the presidential inaugural parade.
Kenneth Force, who became a standard-bearer of military pageantry during nearly half a century as director of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band, a mainstay of ceremonies and celebrations including the president’s inaugural parade, died Oct. 7 at a nursing facility in Rye, N.Y. He was 83.The cause was complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, said a former student, Marianne Lepre.
At the Merchant Marine Academy, Capt. Force modeled his band, its music selection and its marching style on those of the Royal Marines. “That’s something you just don’t see in the United States,” said his successor at the academy, Lt. Cmdr. Bob Nixon, who is now retired. He performed with the Radio City Music Hall orchestra and on Broadway while attending the Manhattan School of Music, where he wrote his master’s thesis on British band concepts.
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