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Personnel Bio

MU1 Samuel West
MU1 Laura PirruccelloBaritone vocalist, Musician 1st Class Samuel West, from Kaysville, Utah, is one of the newest members of the Coast Guard Band. Before joining the band, he studied at Brigham Young University, where he will receive a bachelor's degree in vocal performance in April 2026. At BYU, he performed with the BYU Concert Choir and BYU Singers, traveling to Guadeloupe, Argentina, Chile, and China. He studied under the guidance of Shea Owens and was a principal performer in the university's opera program. In 2025, he received the Ray Samuelson Award in the BYU Young Artists of Voice Competition. In 2023, Samuel was a young artist in the Taos Opera Institute in Taos, New Mexico.