Coordinated by saxophone player Gunnery Sgt. Steven Temme, this chamber music series concert will focus on the life of Adolphe Sax and feature saxophone ensembles from the Marine Band, Navy Band, Army Band, and Air Force Band. The groups will perform Hector Berlioz’s Chant sacré and Apothéose from Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Opus 15; Marc Mellits’ Black; Jacques Ibert’s Allegro con moto from Concertino Da Camera; Paul Hindemith’s Konzertstück; John Philip Sousa’s March, “The Stars and Stripes Forever;” Jean Matitia’s The Devil’s Rag; and Rudy Wiedoeft’s Danse Hongroise. The concert is free and tickets are not required. The John Philip Sousa Band Hall is located at the corner of 7th and K Streets in southeast Washington, D.C. Free parking is available on 7th Street under the overpass.

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