The Marine Band's 25th Director Colonel John R. Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.), returns to guest conduct the band! These hour-long performances are free and open to the public, and feature selections of music that the whole family will love - patriotic marches, traditional wind band repertoire and exciting instrumental solos. Limited seating available - bring a chair or blanket and take part in this fun American tradition! Weather-related changes to the concert schedule will be announced on the Marine B

We’re touring the Northeast this October! Check out the list of dates & locations to find a Marine Band concert near you. Free tickets will become available in the coming weeks. Details: https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Tour/ | "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

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

Happy 245th Birthday, Marines! // U.S. Marine Band performing The Marines' Hymn on March 14, 2016, at The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Md. Conducted by then-Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig. http://www.marineband.marines.mil/ | "The President's Own" United States Marine Band