Bands HQ
The HQ is the main support wing of the SAF Bands. providing
logistical and administrative assistance to the operations and
training of all SAF Bands. It comprises of administrative staff, as
well as a Training Wing, whose function is to train musicians and
to prepare them for their duties in the main bands.
The SAF Bands HQ is led by the bands' Commanding Officer and Senior
Director of Music, MAJ Philip Tng.
Commanding Officer:
MAJ Philip Tng
Training OIC:
2WO Ong Wee Hong
Deployment OIC:
2WO Goh Poh Wah
Central Band (Concert/Parade)
Formed in 1994, the Singapore Armed Forces Central Band is the
premier band of the Singapore Armed Forces, and consists of a core
of professional regular musicians, supplemented by Full-time
National Servicemen (NSF) fulfiling their conscript duties.
The SAF Central Band is a versatile organisation, performing as a
concert band, a marching band as well as a ceremonial band. It is
further able to perform in a variety of smaller configurations, of
which include a brass quintet, a combo & stage band, ceremonial
fanfare trumpeters and a clarinet quartet.
The SAF Central Band is most often seen in the public eye at major
parades like the National Day and SAF Day parades. On a more
regular basis, the band stages three concerts a year as part of its
In Harmony and Chamber Repertory series.
Widely received by the public, these highly successful concerts aim
to bring the band's music closer to the masses. It also seeks to
build up the band's music repertoire into an extensive array of
styles and variety.
Through the years, the SAF Central Band has had the opportunity to
work with several distinguished conductors and soloists including
Frank Renton, Steven Mead, John Sharpley, Evelyn Glennie, Jan Van
der Roost, Toshio Akiyama, Yasuhide Ito, Eric Whitacre and Hardy
Mertens.
In recent history, the SAF Central Band has been representing
Singapore at international music festivals. These include the
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers street parade in Australia, Festival
International de Musiques Militaires in Saumur, France, as well as
the Kuala Lumpur Military Tattoo in Malaysia.
The SAF Central Band is led by Director of Music, CPT Chua Siong
Loo and Senior Director of Music, CPT Philip Tng.
Officer-in-Charge:
CPT Chua Siong Loo
Band Sergeant Major:
2WO Abdul Razak B M Noor
Parade Band A
The SAF Parade Band A was formerly known as the Singapore Infantry
Regiment (SIR) Band. With the restructuring of the bands in 1994,
the SAF Parade Band A evolved as one of the two Parade bands of the
Singapore Armed Forces.
The band's duties include most official parades like the monthly
Istana Changing of the Guards Ceremony, Officer Cadet School (OCS)
Commissioning Parades, Guard of Honour(GOH) Parades for visiting
dignitaries and other internal SAF ceremonies.
The SAF Parade Band A is mostly made up of Full-time National
Servicemen (NSF), supplemented by several specialists, and led by
Director of Music CPT Johnson Lee.
Officer-in-Charge:
CPT Johnson Lee
Band Sergeant Major:
SSG Maswan B Nawar
Parade Band B
Formerly the Republic of Singapore Air Force(RSAF) Band, the band
was subsequently renamed the second parade band of the Singapore
Armed Forces.
Co-sharing duties with the other parade band, the Parade Band B is
constantly on the go as they perform to dignitaries, officials and
the public.
They are most often publicly seen marching down Orchard Road for
the Istana Changing of the Guards Ceremony with the Provost
unit.
The SAF Parade Band B also regularly fulfils other SAF-wide
commitments like GOH Parades. Comprising of mostly Full-time
Natiional Servicemen, the SAF Parade Band B is led by Director of
Music CPT Muhd Yusri Bin Mohd Ali.