Honor Band
January 24-26, 2025
Conductor: Captain Michael P. Flynn
Captain Michael P. Flynn is the Associate Conductor and Operations Officer of the United States Air Force Academy Band located at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Capt. Flynn earned his commission and was a distinguished graduate from Officer Training School in 2019 at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Captain Flynn’s previous assignment was as Flight Commander and Associate Conductor of the United States Air Force Band of the West, San Antonio, TX. Prior to his commission as an officer in the USAF, Capt. Flynn was a university professor in academia as the Director of Bands and Brass Instruction at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, CO, Director of Bands at Sheridan College, Sheridan Wyoming, and Director of Bands and Western Music Specialist at the Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim National Conservatory of Music located in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Israel.
Captain Flynn maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician, and has led performances in 33 countries. He also conducted the first ever performance of both the First Suite and Second Suite for Military Band by Gustav Holst in Bethlehem and Ramallah, Israel, and in Damascus, Syria during a concert tour in 2011. As an orchestral trumpet player, Lt Flynn has performed with symphonies and bands across the globe under conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Daniel Barenboim, Marin Alsop, Eduardo Marturet, Jeff Tyzik, Jerry Junkin, Frank Batisti, Eugene Corporon, and Garry Green.