Christopher J. McFarlane of Williamsville, New York, joined the United States Marine Band in 1994. MSgt McFarlane began his musical instruction at age nine. After graduating from Williamsville South High School, he earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1990 and a master’s degree in music in 1993 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He studied with Timothy McGovern, William Ludwig, Bernard Garfield and Sidney Rosenberg. He has performed with the Baton Rouge Symphony in Louisiana.
