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Derek Lance started in his position as Territorial Music Secretary on January 1, 2017 after spending the last five years working in the THQ Music Department. He was also recently appointed as the Bandmaster of the New York Staff Band after spending fourteen years in the solo cornet section.Prior to working for The Salvation Army, Derek was a member of the trumpet section of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point.  During his time there, he was the Principal Trumpet of the Concert Band and was featured multiple times as a soloist.Derek has had the privilege of studying at two of the finest music conservatories in the world, the Juilliard School in New York City and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.  At these institutions, he had the opportunity to study the trumpet with Mark Gould and David Bilger.  As an orchestral musician, he has performed under such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Otto-Werner Mueller, Christoph Eschenbach, Mstislav Rostropovich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Yuri Temirkanov and Sir Simon Rattle, and with such groups as the New Jersey Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.As a Salvation Army musician, Derek has been blessed to minister in music around the world with many fine Army bands.  As a soloist, Derek has been featured with the Amsterdam Staff Band, the Boscombe Citadel Band, the Montclair Citadel Band, the PenDel Brass, the Hamilton Temple Band, the Canadian Staff Band, the Greater New York Youth Band, and the New York Staff Band.Derek and his wife, Lorena, attend the Spring Valley Salvation Army Corps in New York with their daughters Isobel and Caroline where he is the Corps Sergeant Major.