Episode 533, The President's Own

​What world-class ensemble, still performing today, was once led by John Philip Sousa?  This week on Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate the birthday of the US Marine Corps Band with an entire show performed by “The President’s Own.”  Join us for the festivities, here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Sound Off
  John Philip Sousa
  US Marine Band, Lieutenant Colonel Jack Kline
Commando March
  Samuel Barber
  US Marine Band, Gerard Schwarz

Over the Hills & Far Away
  Percy Aldridge Grainger
  US Marine Band, Colonel Michael J. Colburn
Sunflower Slow Drag
  Scott Joplin
  US Marine Band, John R. Bourgeois
Ballad for Band
  Morton Gould
  US Marine Band, Colonel Michael J. Colburn
The Circus Band
  Charles Ives
  US Marine Band, Timothy Foley
For "The President's Own”
  John Williams
  US Marine Band, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Fettig
Finale from "Symphony No. 3”
  Aaron Copland
  US Marine Band, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Fettig
God of Our Fathers
  George W. Warren
  US Marine Band, Colonel John R. Bourgeois
The Marines' Hymn
  Jacques Offenbach, arr. Donald Hunsberger
  US Marine Band, Gerard Schwarz