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The Marine Band performed a Summer Fare concert at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Rust/released) - The Marine Band performed a Summer Fare concert at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Rust/released)

Brass Quintet to Perform at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum in Fremont, Ohio. At 3 p.m., Saturday, May 28, the brass quintet will perform a concert on the veranda of the Hayes estate and will also provide music for the Centennial Celebration at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 29. - Brass Quintet to Perform at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum in Fremont, Ohio. At 3 p.m., Saturday, May 28, the brass quintet will perform a concert on the veranda of the Hayes estate and will also provide music for the Centennial Celebration at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 29.

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 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

The Marine Band performed the Young People's Concert: Meet the Band, which included an instrument petting zoo, on Sunday, April 24, at Northern Virginia Community College's Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va. (USMC photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Rust/released). - The Marine Band performed the Young People's Concert: Meet the Band, which included an instrument petting zoo, on Sunday, April 24, at Northern Virginia Community College's Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va. (USMC photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Rust/released).

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.