Join the Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra as alumni from "The President's Own" perform two free concerts today! The free concerts feature former members of the band and guest conductors 25th Director Colonel John R. Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.), and 27th Director Colonel Michael J. Colburn, USMC (Ret.). Highlights of the orchestra concert at noon at the National Museum of the Marine Corps will include Aaron Copland's Hoe Down from Rodeo, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, John Philip Sousa's

"Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Marine Band" -- In honor of 50 years of women in the Marine Band, these two free concerts focus on the work of female composers and arrangers, and highlight some of the band’s many talented female musicians. Saturday, March 4 at 2 p.m. at Capital Turnaround in Washington, D.C., and Sunday, March 5 at 2 p.m. at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. Free, no tickets required. Program/details: https://express.adobe.com/page/RNUVDPM7lS8cc/#cel

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226K views · 4.6K reactions | #NeverForget -- "Amazing Grace" performed by "The President's Own" United States Marine Chamber Orchestra (traditional; arranged by Maj. Ryan Nowlin). | "The President's Own" United States Marine Band | Facebook

The United States Marine Band has been touring the country almost every year since John Philip Sousa first took the band on the road in 1891. The Marine Band Library has been intimately involved in tour preparation since those earliest days. The library is primarily responsible for preparing the sheet music that goes on tour—this year it’s 43 set-ups over 3 distinct concert programs. Each set-up contains about 30-35 unique instrumental parts, so there can be as many as 3,000 individual parts to