June 2, 2022

United States Navy Band

Farmer

Chief Musician Antje Farmer, of Redmond, advanced to the rank of senior chief petty officer in the United States Navy May 25, during a promotion ceremony among friends, family and shipmates. As one of five chiefs in the United States Navy Band selected for advancement to senior chief, Farmer joins a prestigious list of just 2% of sailors that will reach the rank of E-8 throughout their career in a total force that exceeds 330,000 personnel.

“I could not be more proud of those selected for promotion. These individuals represent the best our command has to offer and the future of the Navy Band looks bright with these folks moving into more senior leadership positions” said Captain Kenneth Collins, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy's premier band. Keeping with tradition, select family members and shipmates ceremoniously removed the chief collar insignia of their sailors and replaced them with their newly earned senior chief devices.

Farmer joined the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus in 2005 as a soprano vocalist. Prior to joining the Navy, she completed a bachelor of music in vocal performance and pedagogy from Brigham Young University and returned to her home state to complete a master's of music, cum laude, at the University of Washington. She also studied at the Musik Hochschule in Graz, Austria, for one year, and was engaged as an opera singer at the Tiroler Landestheater opera house in Innsbruck, Austria, for the 2003-04 season.