Free Country on the Mall and at the Harbor
August 20, 2015 — This week the Marine Band’s contemporary country and pop music ensemble, “Free Country,” will perform at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26, on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol and Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument. The ensemble will also perform at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29, in the plaza at National MORE
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2015 National Tour
August 14, 2015 — Since John Philip Sousa first took “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band on tour in 1891, the ensemble has regularly traveled across the country to bring the strains of “The Stars and Stripes Forever” and programs of substantial concert works to every corner of the United States.This fall, the Marine Band will travel 3,920 miles MORE
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Summer Fare Spotlights Ol' Blue Eyes and Green's Vaudeville Rags
August 14, 2015 — The Marine Band’s program for this week’s Summer Fare performance is a band lover’s dream with Assistant Director 1st Lt. Ryan J. Nowlin conducting John Philip Sousa’s marches “Our Flirtation” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Morton Gould’s “American Salute,” John Williams’ Star Wars Suite, and George W. Warren’s “God of Our Fathers.” But MORE
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Marine Big Band and the 70th Anniversary of WWII
August 7, 2015 — In a special tribute to our veterans who served so valiantly in the Great War, “The President’s Own” Marine Big Band will perform a concert at 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 16, at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The performance is free and no tickets are required. The program will include snippets of radio broadcasts from the 1940s MORE
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Final Summer Orchestra Concert Features Hidden Gems
August 7, 2015 — The Marine Chamber Orchestra’s Summer Series will conclude with a concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 15, at Northern Virginia Community College’s Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va. Conducted by Director Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, the program features four somewhat lesser-known orchestral works, but truly hidden MORE
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Perspective from the Podium
August 7, 2015 — “The President’s Own” has hosted many guest conductors throughout its 217 year history, but this week’s Summer Fare performances on Aug. 12 and 13 will feature one of its own. Tuba player Gunnery Sgt. Mark Thiele will lead the band for three selections: Antonín Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, Opus 92; Frank Ticheli’s “Amazing Grace,” and George and Ira MORE
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