
The Empire Marching Elite
The Empire Marching Elite is a full community marching band that presents traditional HBCU style marching arts in the Big Apple! Our rehearsals take place at Big Apple Leadership Academy for the Arts, located at 1014 Gates Ave, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11221. We offer horns, percussion, majorette dance, and flag corps. There is no tuition or registration fees to join our program. Simply click Register here!


Wil Hylton
Director of Performing Arts

Bantu Bemoam
Band Director

Nasiyah Wallace
Director of Auxiliary

Legend Parker
Director of Percussion

Frankie Dascola
B-Band Instructor

Altonio Stewart, Jr.
Percussion Instructor

Kevin Stewart
Percussion Composer
