Sri Lankan military bands

The band participates in main social and cultural events, including formal state visits and military parades.

It maintained a marching tom-tom band that consists of flutes and seashell horns piping military music.

Today a special ensemble, which reports to the Sri Lanka Navy, wears the uniforms worn by these guardsmen.

At the end of their performance, a lone member notably sung Katyusha, a famed Russian patriotic song.

[8] It primarily performs at different ceremony such as the farewell of foreign and domestic ships,[9] including those from Australia, [[China|China[citation needed]]] and the United States.

The All Island Western Band Competition Camp at the Rantambe Cadet Training Center is organized annually by the NCC.

[14] Shavendra Silva, the current Acting Chief of Defence Staff as well as Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, was a notable alumni of the Bands of the NCC.