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Sunday, May 15 at 2 p.m., NOVA, Alexandria, Va. This concert explores how images and imagination are turned into music, with inspiration taken from ancient ballads, painting, sculpture, poetry, photographs, and film. Each of the works presented on this program began its life as a very personal study and interpretation by the composer. Yet music possesses the potential to move well beyond the images that inspire it, becoming living art that evolves with each performance and brings with it the invitation to create new pictures within the mind of the listener. The concert is free and no tickets are required. Free parking is available - Sunday, May 15 at 2 p.m., NOVA, Alexandria, Va. This concert explores how images and imagination are turned into music, with inspiration taken from ancient ballads, painting, sculpture, poetry, photographs, and film. Each of the works presented on this program began its life as a very personal study and interpretation by the composer. Yet music possesses the potential to move well beyond the images that inspire it, becoming living art that evolves with each performance and brings with it the invitation to create new pictures within the mind of the listener. The concert is free and no tickets are required. Free parking is available

LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Sunday, May 8 at 2 p.m. (EST), Sousa Band Hall, Washington, D.C. Coordinated by pianist Gunnery Sgt. AnnaMaria Mottola, this Latin jazz infused concert will feature music by such artists as Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, Tito Puente, Oscar Hernandez, Consuelo Velazquez, Heraclio Fernandez, Wayne Wallace, Michel Camilo, Airto Moreira, and Nova & Jory.STRING ENSEMBLES: Sunday, May 22, at 2 p.m. (EST), Sousa Band Hall, Washington, D.C. Coordinated by violist Gunnery Sgt. Tam Tran, the all-strings program will feature multiple ensembles, from solo violin to string quintet and sextet. Selections include Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, Opus 4, Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 1 in E, Opus 1, and Robert Schumann’s Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Strings, Opus 44.Both concerts are free and no tickets are required. Free parking is available. Both concerts will stream live on the Marine Band website. - LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Sunday, May 8 at 2 p.m. (EST), Sousa Band Hall, Washington, D.C. Coordinated by pianist Gunnery Sgt. AnnaMaria Mottola, this Latin jazz infused concert will feature music by such artists as Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, Tito Puente, Oscar Hernandez, Consuelo Velazquez, Heraclio Fernandez, Wayne Wallace, Michel Camilo, Airto Moreira, and Nova & Jory. STRING ENSEMBLES: Sunday, May 22, at 2 p.m. (EST), Sousa Band Hall, Washington, D.C. Coordinated by violist Gunnery Sgt. Tam Tran, the all-strings program will feature multiple ensembles, from solo violin to string quintet and sextet. Selections include Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, Opus 4, Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 1 in E, Opus 1, and Robert Schumann’s Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Strings, Opus 44. Both concerts are free and no tickets are required. Free parking is available. Both concerts will stream live on the Marine Band website.

Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. (EST), UMD, College Park, Md. This special joint concert marks the centennial of the first world war and will examine major concert works from the period, including selections from Maurice Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, Gustav Holst’s The Planets, and Charles Ives’ “From Hanover Square North,” as well as rarely performed works by Edward Elgar and Frank Bridge. The two ensembles will be joined by solo vocalists from both “The President’s Own” and the University of Maryland to explore the conflict through music, poetry, and imagery. Guest curated by University of Maryland musicologist Dr. Patrick Warfield, this program is an artistic and intellectual collaboration between two of the finest professional and academic musical forces. The concert is free and no tickets are required. Free parking is available. - Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. (EST), UMD, College Park, Md. This special joint concert marks the centennial of the first world war and will examine major concert works from the period, including selections from Maurice Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, Gustav Holst’s The Planets, and Charles Ives’ “From Hanover Square North,” as well as rarely performed works by Edward Elgar and Frank Bridge. The two ensembles will be joined by solo vocalists from both “The President’s Own” and the University of Maryland to explore the conflict through music, poetry, and imagery. Guest curated by University of Maryland musicologist Dr. Patrick Warfield, this program is an artistic and intellectual collaboration between two of the finest professional and academic musical forces. The concert is free and no tickets are required. Free parking is available.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT: MEET THE BAND: Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. (EDT), NOVA, Alexandria, Va. This year’s Young People’s Concert will lead the audience on an exploratory journey to discover all the incredible musical colors made by the concert band by introducing the instruments, their families, and all the silly, fun, and beautiful sounds they make. From woodwinds to brass to percussion, the band will demonstrate the differences in the instrumental families through such examples as Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, John Williams’ music from Star Wars, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee,” and John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” The colorful concert is catered to children and families but open and entertaining for all! The concert is free, no tickets are required. Free parking is available. - YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT: MEET THE BAND: Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. (EDT), NOVA, Alexandria, Va. This year’s Young People’s Concert will lead the audience on an exploratory journey to discover all the incredible musical colors made by the concert band by introducing the instruments, their families, and all the silly, fun, and beautiful sounds they make. From woodwinds to brass to percussion, the band will demonstrate the differences in the instrumental families through such examples as Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, John Williams’ music from Star Wars, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee,” and John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” The colorful concert is catered to children and families but open and entertaining for all! The concert is free, no tickets are required. Free parking is available.

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m. (EDT), Sousa Band Hall, Washington, D.C. Coordinated by bass trombonist Master Sgt. Karl Johnson, the concert will feature various ensembles, including harp solos, a wind octet with percussion, a trombone ensemble, and a clarinet, violin, cello, and piano quartet performing Olivier Messiaen’s deeply profound Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time). Messiaen composed the entire piece while a prisoner of war during World War II and performed the work for the first time in Stalag 8-A with three follow inmates. The eight movement quartet was inspired by several verses in the tenth chapter from the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The concert is free and no tickets are required. Free parking is available. The concert will also stream live on the Marine Band website and YouTube channel. - CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m. (EDT), Sousa Band Hall, Washington, D.C. Coordinated by bass trombonist Master Sgt. Karl Johnson, the concert will feature various ensembles, including harp solos, a wind octet with percussion, a trombone ensemble, and a clarinet, violin, cello, and piano quartet performing Olivier Messiaen’s deeply profound Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time). Messiaen composed the entire piece while a prisoner of war during World War II and performed the work for the first time in Stalag 8-A with three follow inmates. The eight movement quartet was inspired by several verses in the tenth chapter from the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The concert is free and no tickets are required. Free parking is available. The concert will also stream live on the Marine Band website and YouTube channel.

When it comes to the historical knowledge and performance of marches, the United States Marine Band is considered a prime resource, especially for those written by John Philip Sousa. That’s why during the month of March, “The President’s Own” will be hosting “Sousa’s March Mania,” a tournament pitting 32 marches against each other for the Marine Band online community to determine which one is the favorite. Every day through April 4, marches will compete head to head while Marine Band friends and fans vote which ones advance in the tournament. Participants can listen to the competing marches below, download and print a tournament bracket, and vote for favorites on the Marine Band facebook page, www.facebook.com/marineband. The champion march will be announced on April 5. In order to win "Sousa's March Mania" you must obtain a perfect bracket, completed prior to the start of the first game at 8 a.m. on March 10 (honor system). The winners of “Sousa’s March Mania” will be named “The March King” for a day! If you are a winner, please notify Marine Band Public Affairs on April 5 through social media or by email at marineband.publicaffairs@usmc.mil.http://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/sousasmarchmania - When it comes to the historical knowledge and performance of marches, the United States Marine Band is considered a prime resource, especially for those written by John Philip Sousa. That’s why during the month of March, “The President’s Own” will be hosting “Sousa’s March Mania,” a tournament pitting 32 marches against each other for the Marine Band online community to determine which one is the favorite. Every day through April 4, marches will compete head to head while Marine Band friends and fans vote which ones advance in the tournament. Participants can listen to the competing marches below, download and print a tournament bracket, and vote for favorites on the Marine Band facebook page, www.facebook.com/marineband. The champion march will be announced on April 5. In order to win "Sousa's March Mania" you must obtain a perfect bracket, completed prior to the start of the first game at 8 a.m. on March 10 (honor system). The winners of “Sousa’s March Mania” will be named “The March King” for a day! If you are a winner, please notify Marine Band Public Affairs on April 5 through social media or by email at marineband.publicaffairs@usmc.mil. http://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/sousasmarchmania