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Annual Memorial Day Concert at Wolf Trap to Honor Centennial of Women Marines May 15, 2018 — “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will return to the Filene Center at Wolf Trap for its annual Summer Blast Off performance with fireworks at 8 p.m., Sunday, May 27 in Vienna, Va. The gates open at 6:30 p.m. for lawn and in-house seating and free parking is available. Marine Band Director Col. Jason K. Fettig will conduct the concert, as he MORE

Winter/Spring Marine Chamber Series Concludes May 15, 2018 — The Winter/Spring Chamber Music Series will conclude at 2 p.m. (EDT), Sunday, May 20, with a performance highlighting the small but mighty string section of “The President’s Own.” The concert will take place at the John Philip Sousa Band Hall in southeast Washington, D.C., and live online at www.marineband.marines.mil and MORE

Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration Concert May 9, 2018 — The year 2018 marks the 100th year of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, so this Sunday the Marine Band will honor the American icon with a concert titled “To Make Us Proud: A Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration.” The concert will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 13, at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va. The MORE

Chamber Music Series Continues with Five Pieces May 3, 2018 — The Marine Band’s Chamber Music Series returns at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 6, with a brass quintet, woodwind quintet with piano, and string ensembles performing music by Antony Holburn, Joseph Haydn, Joseph Horovitz, Bryce Dessner, and Leopold Smit. The concert is free and will take place at the John Philip Sousa Band Hall at the Marine Barracks Annex MORE