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==History== | ==History== | ||
The band is a descendant of many military bands that operated inside the [[Madras Presidency]] and the larger [[British Raj]]. One of these include the [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] Band (now the Madras Corporation Band), which was established in 1813 as a result of a letter to the Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief of [[Fort St. George, India|Fort St. George]] by a [[British Army]] Colonel, who urged the formation of military bands among the native regiments of the [[East India Company]] as a means "of improving the appreciation of European | The band is a descendant of many military bands that operated inside the [[Madras Presidency]] and the larger [[British Raj]]. One of these include the [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] Band (now the Madras Corporation Band), which was established in 1813 as a result of a letter to the Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief of [[Fort St. George, India|Fort St. George]] by a [[British Army]] Colonel, who urged the formation of military bands among the native regiments of the [[East India Company]] as a means "of improving the appreciation of European | ||
music amongst the Indian population".<ref> | music amongst the Indian population".<ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/music/opencmscontent.aspx%3Fid%3D66f27991-c625-4d2b-9baf-e3b343e9abd2&ved=2ahUKEwiri9PK1ITnAhWbLc0KHXCcDssQFjALegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw12cfnmwVN6Z9Mtc-qCYyu4</ref><ref>{{cite journal | jstor=834506 | title=The Madras Corporation Band: A Story of Social Change and Indigenization | last1=Booth | first1=Gregory D. | journal=Asian Music | year=1996 | volume=28 | issue=1 | pages=61–86 | doi=10.2307/834506 }}</ref><ref>Scott, ?, Letter to the Military Secretary for the Commander-in-Chief, Fort St. George, in Madras General Orders, | ||
Military Files, British Government Document, in Booth, op.cit., p.63.</ref> Around the same time, the [[Tanjore]] Royal Band was created by decree of [[Serfoji II]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Padmanabhan | first=Geeta | title=Five facts about The Madras Corporation Band | website=The Hindu | date=2016-02-09 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/five-facts-about-the-madras-corporation-band/article8214109.ece | access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref> Units such as the [[Madras Rifle Corps]] maintained platoon sized fire and Drum Corps.<ref name="Wilson">History of the Madras Army by Lieutenant Colonel William John Wilson, 1883</ref> The band in its current form was raised in 1951 as a brass band, just four years after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]]. Over the years, it has evolved to also include other aspects of music.<ref>{{cite web | title=Madras Regiment Symphony Band of Indian Army to perform at IIMA | website=DeshGujarat | date=2018-02-16 | url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2018/02/16/madras-regiment-symphony-band-of-indian-army-to-perform-at-iima/ | access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref><ref> | Military Files, British Government Document, in Booth, op.cit., p.63.</ref> Around the same time, the [[Tanjore]] Royal Band was created by decree of [[Serfoji II]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Padmanabhan | first=Geeta | title=Five facts about The Madras Corporation Band | website=The Hindu | date=2016-02-09 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/five-facts-about-the-madras-corporation-band/article8214109.ece | access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref> Units such as the [[Madras Rifle Corps]] maintained platoon sized fire and Drum Corps.<ref name="Wilson">History of the Madras Army by Lieutenant Colonel William John Wilson, 1883</ref> The band in its current form was raised in 1951 as a brass band, just four years after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]]. Over the years, it has evolved to also include other aspects of music.<ref>{{cite web | title=Madras Regiment Symphony Band of Indian Army to perform at IIMA | website=DeshGujarat | date=2018-02-16 | url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2018/02/16/madras-regiment-symphony-band-of-indian-army-to-perform-at-iima/ | access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref><ref>https://seminar.iima.ac.in/assets/upload/media/19393918420180216_Indian%2520Army%2520(MADRAS)%2520Regiment%2520Symphony%2520Band%2520to%2520perform%2520at%2520IIMA.docx&ved=2ahUKEwjm2Ny42PTnAhUYnZ4KHVIPCtw4ChAWMAR6BAgGEAE&usg=AOvVaw3CqbHJr3zGpvRzLEQCfEFY {{dead link|date=June 2020}}</ref> In 1994, the band won an award for its marching performance in the [[Delhi Republic Day parade]] on the [[Rajpath]], of which it is an annual participant. It would win the same award again in 1996 and in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | last=Krishnaswamy | first=Murali N. | title=Heroes from the hills | website=The Hindu | date=2012-09-17 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/heroes-from-the-hills/article3906763.ece | access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref> | ||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||