SGT James VanZandt

Sergeant James Van Zandt joined the 36th Infantry Division Band in 2014 and serves as trombonist in both the Lone Star Concert Band and the Heart of Texas Brass. SGT Van Zandtfirst enlisted in Air Force in 1997 after winning an audition with the United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC.
In his civilian life, SGT Van Zandt is on the music faculty at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX serving as Director of  Bands and teaching applied low brass students.

SGT Van Zandt received his bachelor of music education from the University of Texas, his Masters in conducting from the University of Michigan, and returned to the University of Texas for his doctorate in trombone performance in 2018.