the end of the Second World War, there were no mounted bands left in the U.S. Other bands Beginning in the 1880s, the United States Army Corps of Engineers maintained a band at the U.S. Army Engineer School (then the Engineers School at Willets Point, New York). Then, it was led by Swiss immigrant Julius Hamper, and was dissolved in the early 1900s after over 20 years of service in Washington D.C. Former service-wide bands include the Military Intelligence Corps Band, the Signal Corps Band and the Army Ground Forces Band. The Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra was the only symphonic orchestral ensemble to operated in the United States Army, operating from 1952 to 1962. The U.S. Army All-American Marching Band was an army-sponsored civilian marching band that recruited from high school senior musicians from 2007 to 2019. See also Marine Corps Musician Enlistment Option Program Navy Music Program List of United States Air Force bands United States Coast Guard Band United States military bands British military bands Canadian military bands Directorate of Music References Bands of the United States Army Lists of United States Army units and formations