Jim Keene

Lt. Col. Jim Keene
Lt. Col. Jim Keene

Lt. Col. Jim Keene commands the United States Military Academy Band, West Point, New York, where the band has been in continuous residence since 1817. A Native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lt. Col. Keene previously served as Commandant of the Army School of Music at Norfolk, Virginia. Lt. Col. Keene’s military service has also included duties at The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” Washington, DC.; the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus, Heidelberg, Germany; and the Army Ground Forces Band, Atlanta, Georgia.

Jim also ranks among Professor Carol’s former graduate students and even has a connection to that wagon that keeps showing up in photos.