Slesvigske musikkorps


Slesvigske musikkorps is a Danish NATO military brass band based out of the base in Haderslev Kaserne, also home to the Schleswig Foot Regiment.
The band is made up of 17 members. 1 conductor, 4 cornet players, 2 Bb trumpet and flugelhorn players, 2 French Horns, 2 euphoniums, 2 trombone players, 2 tubas, and 2 drummers.
The band started in 1778 serving Prince Frederick VI of Denmark in Hessens Hof at Gottorp Castle. After the war in 1864, the Second Schleswig War, they played for several years for Kronborg Castle, which had become a military installation. After the reunification, they were garrisoned in Sønderborg. Finally, in 1953, they settled down in Haderslev.