Calendar

A full schedule of public performances by ensembles of "The President's Own"

2025 summer concerts:

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Select a date below for more information.

Events are free and open to the public, tickets not required. Programs subject to change.

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OCTOBER 4 | Marine Chamber Ensemble at Mount Vernon

Location: Mount Vernon Smith Auditorium

Date & Time: Saturday, Oct. 4 at 3 p.m.

Program: View Here

Description: Join the Marine Chamber Ensemble for a performance titled “Parades, Plows, Parties & Parlors." The concert will take audience members through the vibrant musical sounds of Mount Vernon, to Scottish folk songs and finishing off with Georg Philipp Telemann Quartet in D minor.

OCTOBER 12 | Marine Chamber Ensemble at Christ Church and Washington Parish Capitol Hill

Location: Christ Church and Washington Parish Capitol Hill

Date & Time: Sunday, Oct. 12 at 2 p.m.

Program: Coming Soon

Description: Join the Marine Band for a journey across "The Brass Spectrum" with works by Vitaly Bujanovsky, Steven Christopher Sacco, Vincent Persichetti and Anthony Plog! A brass quintet rounds out the program with a performance of Robert Elkjer's Tribute to Frank Sinatra, including “Strangers in the Night,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “My Way” and “New York, New York.”

OCTOBER 16 | Marine Chamber Ensemble at Levine Music

Location: Levine Music

Date & Time: Thursday, Oct. 16 at TBD

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Description: The Marine Band’s Fall Chamber Music Series continues with a concert featuring two contemporary compositions alongside a theatrical work by influential composer Igor Stravinsky. The program includes Ivan Trevino’s Driven, James Stephenson’s Suite from Vignettes and Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat. Trevino’s Driven, a percussion duo, “requires each player to simultaneously perform on a mallet instrument while also navigating a kick drum and snare drum.” Stephenson’s Suite from Vignettes is a technical and energetic piece scored for trumpet and percussion. Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat – The Soldier’s Tale – explores the dark themes of war, littered with allegories and intentional instrumentation to convey a striking story.

The concert is free to attend and will be followed by a master class.

OCTOBER 25 | Marine Chamber Ensemble at Ingleside at Rock Creek

Location: Ingleside at Rock Creek

Date & Time: Saturday, Oct. 25 at TBD

Program: Coming Soon

Description: Coming Soon

NOVEMBER 8 | Free Country at Washington National Cathedral

Location: Washington National Cathedral

Date & Time: Saturday, Nov. 8 at 4 p.m.

Program: Coming Soon

Description: Join “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band’s ensemble “Free Country" for a Veteran's Day concert at Washington National Cathedral. The program will include a variety of patriotic and celebratory musical favorites honoring those who have served in the Armed Forces.

This concert is free to attend, but ordering tickets in advance is recommended. Get tickets here.

Friday Evening Parades:

Dates: Fridays, May - August

Location: Marine Barracks Washington, 8th & I Streets SE, Washington, DC 20390

Special Note: Reservations required. Please visit the Marine Barracks Washington website for parade reservations and complete information.

Description: Since 1957, Marine Barracks Washington, the "Oldest Post of the Corps," has held Friday Evening Parades to publicly showcase the pride, professionalism and esprit de corps of Marines worldwide. At these ceremonial dress parades, guests witness the finest display of military precision and excellence, including musical performances by "The President's Own" United States Marine Band and "The Commandant's Own" United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, and impressively choreographed rifle drill executed by the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. Following the ceremony, guests have the opportunity to meet Marines involved in the parade, as well as take photos with the Marine Barracks bulldog mascot, Chesty XVI.