singular mission to “perform music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.” The band’s repertoire, therefore, is subject to the president’s tastes ...

The United States Marine Band was founded ... center at Strathmore, near Washington, 22 students who had lost their chance to play tuned up with the military band veterans for the concert that ...

Last weekend, millions of Americans learned that the United States Marine Band, known as “The President ... been the case in the past. But in a post 9/11 world, the U.S. military has ...

John Abbracciamento, a retired Marine Band trumpeter, answered the call-out and joined the group in Washington. “I challenge anyone, literally anyone, to come to me and say that having this concert ...

According to the Washington Post, the concert was replaced with "May the 4th Be With You: Marine Band at the Movies." Despite the cancellation, Dorsey says he was happy with the way the veteran ...