SFC Jenna Taylor, Flute

MSG Meredeth Rouse, Oboe

MSG Aaron Scott, Clarinet

SSG Tom Reynolds, Bassoon

MSG Aaron Cockson, Horn

SFC Jenna Taylor joined The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in September 2022. A native of Jupiter, Florida, SFC Taylor began her musical instruction at age 6 and graduated from the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in 2011. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, from The Florida State University and a Master of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin. Her teachers include Marianne Gedigian, Eva Amsler, Sara Stout, and Karen Fuller. Prior to “Pershing’s Own,” Taylor performed with the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Band in Norfolk, Virginia, from 2018-2022, sharing stages with military ensembles from around the world, including France, Jordan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Among her many assignments at Fleet Forces Band, she performed as a member of the Woodwind Quintet, Flute & Guitar Duo, and was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Navy Good Conduct Medal, and the Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal. Taylor has appeared with the Central Texas Philharmonic and New World Symphony, and has spent summers at the Brevard Music Festival and National Music Festival.

MSG Meredeth Rouse joined The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" in 2009. She has been featured as a soloist with the Concert Band at the US Capitol and at George Mason University, and with the Orchestra at the Library of Congress. Rouse is also a member of the Woodwind Quintet. A former member of the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Princeton Symphony, the Binghamton Philharmonic, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, she has also performed as a guest with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Opera Boston, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Rouse holds a Bachelor's degree from the New England Conservatory. She completed a Master's degree in Orchestral Performance and a Professional Studies Certificate at the Manhattan School of Music, where she later served four years as oboe teaching assistant. Former faculty of Southeastern Louisiana University, she currently plays English horn for the Fairfax Symphony in Virginia.

Since arriving to The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own", MSG Aaron D. Scott has performed concerts, ceremonies, and master classes throughout the Washington, D.C., metro area and across the United States at notable halls such as the Kennedy Center, The Academy of Music, and Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In addition to the Concert Band, Scott performs with The United States Army Woodwind Quintet reaching communities and schools across the nation.Prior to his appointment to The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own", Scott served as principal clarinet of the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra in Warren, Ohio and was previously the second/E-flat clarinet. Scott also had the privilege of performing with The New World Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra.As an active chamber musician, Scott has also performed in a multitude of festivals throughout Europe and North America. Popular music festivals such as the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy, Sarasota Music Festival in Florida, Brevard Music Center of North Carolina, and Hot Springs Music Festival of Arkansas are some of his favorites.

MSG Aaron Cockson is a native of Foley, Alabama. After completing his undergraduate degree in music education at Florida State University in 1995, he taught elementary, middle, and high school music for several years before returning to FSU for his master's degree. He also found time between degrees to attend basic training and join the 151st Army Band in Montgomery, Alabama, where he served as principal horn. After completing his master's degree in horn performance, Cockson auditioned and won a position with The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" in 2001. In addition to being a member of the Ceremonial Band, he is the hornist in The U.S. Army Wind Quintet, and also serves as an Equal Opportunity Leader, a Voting Assistance Officer, and a Suicide Prevention team member.

SSG Thomas Reynolds joined The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" in 2019. Prior to his appointment to “Pershing’s Own,” he served as Co-Principal Bassoonist in the U.S. Coast Guard Band in New London, CT from 2011 to 2018. During his time in Connecticut, he was also Assistant Principal Bassoon in the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and was a regular guest with the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Since relocating to the Mid-Atlantic Region, he has performed with the Washington National Opera, the Reading Symphony Orchestra, and the York Symphony Orchestra. Reynolds is an active bassoon teacher and was the bassoon instructor at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, from 2017 to 2019. Reynolds holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His teachers include William Short, William Winstead, Jeffrey Lyman, Richard Beene, and Robert Williams.