Sergeant First Class Nicholas Caluori joined the West Point Band in 2006. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Florida State University as a student of William Capps, and a Master of Music from Southern Methodist University as a student of Gregory Hustis. He has spent summers with the National Repertory Orchestra and National Orchestral Institute, and has performed with the Albany Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Tallahassee Symphony, and The Who. Some highlights of his time in the band include performing with the New York Philharmonic, playing for the openings of Yankee Stadium, Sarasota Patriot Plaza, and Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, as well as performing in ceremonies at Ellis Island and at the United Nations General Assembly. Sgt. 1st Class Caluori went into the family business of music. His father and uncle were career horn players in the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in Washington D.C. He is proud to carry on that tradition with his wife, fellow SMU alumna, West Point Band principal horn, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Caluori.
