Bugling: Foundations for Success
October 20, 2026
7pm EST
Presented by John Connors
Join the FMSA as John Connors discusses, demonstrates, and explains in detail bugling for historical events and ceremonies.
John Connors is a native of northeast Ohio and has been active in historical reenacting for over twenty years.
John has served with the 122nd Army Band of the Ohio National Guard since 2007.
To better understand the lineage of bugling in the Army, he has spent years researching Civil War buglers (efforts that remain ongoing), collecting bugles, and interpreting the role as a living historian bugler for 1st Section Horse-drawn Artillery, The Liberty Rifles, and other reenacting organizations.
John has performed with the Camp Chase Fifes and Drums, the 6th Ohio Mounted Buglers, at the D-Day Ohio reenactment as a WWII bugler and continues to bring period field music to audiences across the nation.
John currently serves as the Sergeant-at-Arms for the Field Music School Association.
He holds degrees in music from the University of Akron, Duquesne University, and Ohio University.
John resides in Columbus, OH with his wife, daughter, two cats, and two dogs.
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