Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
January 15, 2014 — It was a typical December day at the White House—seventeen members of the Marine Orchestra played for a formal luncheon in their special full dress uniforms as Mrs. Roosevelt entertained guests in the Blue Room. But that day the Imperial Japanese Navy attached a U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, thus making Dec. 7, 1941, “a day which will live in MORE
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January Audio Includes Sousa March and Marine Chamber Orchestra
January 15, 2014 — January’s Director’s Choice audio download features the Marine Chamber Orchestra’s recent performance of Edvard Grieg’s Suite for Strings, Opus 40, “From Holberg’s Time.” The five-movement suite is based on the Baroque dance forms that were popular during the lifetime of one of Scandinavia’s greatest literary figures, Ludvig Holberg. Grieg utilizes MORE
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Chamber Concert and Open House
January 15, 2014 — “The President’s Own” will once again welcome patrons in from the cold for an afternoon of chamber music, refreshments, and docent-led tours of its Hall of Presidents. The 2 p.m. recital on Jan. 19 coordinated by French horn player Gunnery Sgt. Jennifer Paul will include small chamber ensembles performing Gerard Schwarz’s edition of Johann Ernst MORE
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Orchestra Concert: Happy Viennese New Year!
January 10, 2014 — Marine Band Director Col. Michael J. Colburn will celebrate the “Waltz King,” Johann Strauss II, with the Marine Chamber Orchestra’s “Happy Viennese New Year!” at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 12. “We’ve saluted the March King for more than a decade,” he said. “So I thought it was high time to salute the Waltz King as well, especially since his music has MORE
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Quintets Perform in Your Neighborhood
January 10, 2014 — This week members of “The President’s Own” will join forces with musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra to present a joint concert as part of “NSO in Your Neighborhood,” an initiative to connect the NSO and its musicians to the residents of Washington, D.C. A Marine Band brass quintet will play alongside members of the NSO 7:30 p.m., MORE
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Cellist Master Sgt. Diana Fish Retires
November 20, 2013 — In a ceremony held in the Santelmann Orchestra Hall at the Marine Barracks Annex in Washington, D. C., on Nov. 12, Marine Band Director Col. Michael J. Colburn retired assistant principal cellist Master Sgt. Diana Fish. He also awarded her the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal in recognition of her 21 years of service and such MORE
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Marine Band at 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address
November 20, 2013 — On Tuesday Nov. 19, “The President’s Own” retraced its historic steps as it traveled north for the 150th Anniversary of the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. Marine Band Director Col. Michael Colburn led the band in a special observance of President Abraham Lincoln’s immortal “Gettysburg MORE
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Pianist Retires
September 23, 2013 — He played the piano for four commanders in chief, six commandants of the Marine Corps, more than 50 state dinners, and innumerable official White House functions. And after 22 years in the Marine Band, pianist Master Gunnery Sgt. Robert Boguslaw has retired from “The President’s Own.”Boguslaw joined the Marine Band in 1991 and was often the MORE
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Congressional Medal of Honor Concert
September 23, 2013 — This Friday, Sept. 20, the Marine Band will perform a special concert at Gettysburg National Military Park inPennsylvania in conjunction with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s (CMOHS) annual convention.This year marks the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and of the Battle ofGettysburg, where 63 men MORE
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Marine Band historian retires after 39-year career
September 9, 2013 — WASHINGTON⎯In a formal ceremony on Aug. 23 at the Marine Barracks Annex, Marine Band Historian Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael Ressler will retire from the U.S. Marine Corps after 39 years of active duty service. He has served as a euphonium player, librarian, chief librarian, support staff section commander, and, since 2008, the band’s first-ever MORE
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