Biography

SSG Noah Mennenga, from Cottage Grove, WI, joined "Pershing's Own" in 2025. Mennenga received his Bachelor of Music from Oklahoma State University and his master's from the Hochschule Luzern (Switzerland) on a Fulbright Study/Research Grant. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2024. SSG Mennenga won both the National Trumpet Competition Undergraduate Division and the International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition in 2018, and has appeared with Festival Strings Lucerne, the Colorado Symphony, and the Sinfonieorchester Luzern. His influential teachers include Dr. Ryan Gardner, Huw Morgan, Immanuel Richter, John Aley, and Jeff Wohlbach. SSG Mennenga began his Army career with the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps in 2022.