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The United States Marine Band is the premier band of the United States Marine Corps. Established by act of Congress on July 11, 1798, it is the oldest of the United States military bands and the oldest professional musical organization in the United States. Today, the Marine Band includes the Marine Chamber Orchestra and Marine Chamber Ensembles.
The oldest extant United States military band is the United States Marine Corps Band, formed in 1798 and known by the moniker "The President's Own". The U.S. armed forces field eleven ensembles and more than 100 smaller, active-duty and reserve bands.
Schoepper directed "The President's Own" (as the Marine Band is known) at the inaugurations of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. Schoepper was in charge of the band for 17 years. He took the full band on 18 concert tours, during which he estimated that it played before some 12 million people.
He served twice as leader of the United States Marine Band—briefly in 1816-1817 and then from 1818 to 1827. He first succeeded William Farr (1799–1804) and Charles S. Ashworth (1804–16) as acting Leader/Drum Major from Oct. 17, 1816 to Dec. 10, 1817, until the new Leader/Drum Major John Powley enlisted.
The last piece Sousa conducted while leader of the Marine Band was "Hail, Columbia". [6]: 17 [10] At the White House lawn, he was presented with the baton as token of the respect and esteem of the bandsmen. [3]: 55 The presentation was made by Walter F. Smith, a member of the Marine Band who was resigning with Sousa to join his new band.
A detachment of "The President's Own", the U.S. Marine Band, appears with First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2015.. A premier ensemble is a certain class of military band in the United States armed forces that exist to promote the U.S. military to the public at large, to support state ceremonies, and to preserve the heritage of American ...
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations [11] through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special ...
English: The United States Marine Band performs Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), composed in 1905 and first published in 1906. Performed on March 27, 2022, in the John Philip Sousa Band Hall at Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.. Performers: MGySgt Karen Grimsey (harp)