Jari Villanueva


		Jari Villanueva

	Jari Villanueva holds degrees from The Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University and Kent State University. He retired from the United States Air Force where he served 23 years as a ceremonial trumpeter, drum major and staff arranger with The United States Air Force Band in Washington DC. He sounded Taps over 3000 times at Arlington National Cemetery and other cemeteries as a military bugler. Villanueva's military awards and decorations include the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, State of Maryland Commendation Medal and the Maryland Defense Force Recruitment Ribbon. In 2008 Villanueva received a commission as a Major in the Maryland Defense Force where he serves as the director of the Maryland Defense Force Band. He served as Director of Bands at UMBC from 1998-2010, and also served as Director of the Johns Hopkins University Band from 2008-2010. Since February 2008 Villanueva has served the State of Maryland as Director of Veterans Affairs for the Maryland National Guard. He leads and directs the Maryland National Guard Honor Guard providing Military Funeral Honors for Maryland Veterans. Considered the country’s foremost authority on US military bugle calls and the bugle call Taps, Jari 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. He 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. Jari has been interviewed numerous times for newspapers and radio programs across the country and was featured in a History Channel segment on the origin of Taps as well as a CBN segment on the 140th anniversary of the creation of the call. Many articles and much additional information on Taps, bugles, and buglers throughout history can be found on his website at www.tapsbugler.com. He is a member of the American Legion Post 109 in Arbutus, Maryland, the Air Force Musicians Association, the Maryland Historical Society, the Maryland Military Historical Society, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and an associate member of the Society of the Honor Guard – Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He is also the director of TAPS150, an organization formed to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the bugle call Taps to take place in 2012.

He is also an active Civil War re-enactor, sounding bugle calls for Co. D, 3rd US Regular Infantry. He is co-founder and director of The Federal City Brass Band and 26^th North Caolina Regimental Band which performs Civil War era music on original 19th century instruments. In 2001 Jari served as assistant to the music supervisor for the movie Gods and Generals and also sounded bugle calls for the soundtrack and appeared as a bugler in several scenes. He was a consultant to the designers of the American Heritage Field Trumpet, a bugle made by the Getzen Company. He lives in Catonsville, Maryland, with his wife Heather.

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