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Conducted by Assistant Director Capt. Ryan J. Nowlin, the Marine Chamber Orchestra will kick off its 2017 Summer Series with Antonio Vivaldi’s well-known and oft performed work, The Four Seasons, Opus 8, featuring concertmaster Staff Sgt. Karen Johnson as violin soloist. Following Vivaldi’s famous work, the orchestra will perform Max Richter’s The Four Seasons Recomposed, a reconstruction of Vivaldi’s music, using only a small portion of the original work, but in a type of loop similar to dance music. This piece will feature assistant concertmaster Master Sgt. Regino Madrid as violin soloist. There will be no pre-concert ensemble performance prior to this concert. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 17 at Northern Virginia Community College's Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va. Free, no tickets required. - Conducted by Assistant Director Capt. Ryan J. Nowlin, the Marine Chamber Orchestra will kick off its 2017 Summer Series with Antonio Vivaldi’s well-known and oft performed work, The Four Seasons, Opus 8, featuring concertmaster Staff Sgt. Karen Johnson as violin soloist. Following Vivaldi’s famous work, the orchestra will perform Max Richter’s The Four Seasons Recomposed, a reconstruction of Vivaldi’s music, using only a small portion of the original work, but in a type of loop similar to dance music. This piece will feature assistant concertmaster Master Sgt. Regino Madrid as violin soloist. There will be no pre-concert ensemble performance prior to this concert. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 17 at Northern Virginia Community College's Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va. Free, no tickets required.

On July 14, 2016, the Marine Latin Jazz Ensemble performed at Glen Echo Park in Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Amanda Simmons/released) - On July 14, 2016, the Marine Latin Jazz Ensemble performed at Glen Echo Park in Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Amanda Simmons/released)

On July 22, 2015, the Marine Band performed a Summer Fare concert at the U.S. Capitol. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Kristin duBois/released) - On July 22, 2015, the Marine Band performed a Summer Fare concert at the U.S. Capitol. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Kristin duBois/released)

On Aug. 29, 2015, Free Country performed at National Harbor in Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Kristin duBois/released) - On Aug. 29, 2015, Free Country performed at National Harbor in Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Kristin duBois/released)

The National Gallery of Art’s new exhibit, America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting (May 21 through August 20, 2017) asks what American collectors make of France in the eighteenth-century, the period during which the nations were each other’s closest allies. On the exhibit’s opening day, the Marine Chamber Orchestra will present works by noted French composers Jean-Phillippe Rameau and Jean-Marie Leclair, as well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s stunning tribute to Paris, his Symphony No. 31 in D, setting the tone to appreciate these seventy eighteenth-century paintings from collections across America. The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 21, in the National Gallery of Art's West Garden Court in northwest Washington, DC. Free admission. - The National Gallery of Art’s new exhibit, America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting (May 21 through August 20, 2017) asks what American collectors make of France in the eighteenth-century, the period during which the nations were each other’s closest allies. On the exhibit’s opening day, the Marine Chamber Orchestra will present works by noted French composers Jean-Phillippe Rameau and Jean-Marie Leclair, as well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s stunning tribute to Paris, his Symphony No. 31 in D, setting the tone to appreciate these seventy eighteenth-century paintings from collections across America. The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 21, in the National Gallery of Art's West Garden Court in northwest Washington, DC. Free admission.

Coordinated by violinist Staff Sgt. Chaerim Smith, the concert features several ensembles from “The President’s Own,” including a cello and piano duet, string quartets, and a clarinet and harp duo. The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 14, in John Philip Sousa Band Hall at the Marine Barracks Annex in southeast Washington, DC. Free admission and parking. - Coordinated by violinist Staff Sgt. Chaerim Smith, the concert features several ensembles from “The President’s Own,” including a cello and piano duet, string quartets, and a clarinet and harp duo. The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 14, in John Philip Sousa Band Hall at the Marine Barracks Annex in southeast Washington, DC. Free admission and parking.

This program explores the connection between the human voice and instruments, with some works featuring the voice itself intermingled with the many instrumental sounds of the wind ensemble. Selections include Gustav Holst’s classic Second Suite in F for Military Band and Edward Elgar’s arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, transcribed for band by Captain Ryan J. Nowlin. Also included is Joseph Schwantner’s and the mountains rising nowhere; William Bolcom’s Three Cabaret Songs, featuring mezzo-soprano Gunnery Sgt. Sara Sheffield; and James Stephenson’s Symphony No. 2, Voices, which was composed specifically for “The President’s Own.” The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at Northern Virginia Community College's Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va. Free admission and parking. - This program explores the connection between the human voice and instruments, with some works featuring the voice itself intermingled with the many instrumental sounds of the wind ensemble. Selections include Gustav Holst’s classic Second Suite in F for Military Band and Edward Elgar’s arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, transcribed for band by Captain Ryan J. Nowlin. Also included is Joseph Schwantner’s and the mountains rising nowhere; William Bolcom’s Three Cabaret Songs, featuring mezzo-soprano Gunnery Sgt. Sara Sheffield; and James Stephenson’s Symphony No. 2, Voices, which was composed specifically for “The President’s Own.” The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at Northern Virginia Community College's Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Va. Free admission and parking.