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- 1999 · United States Marine Band
Composer · 1854 - 1932
John Philip Sousa
- Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma National Intercollegiate Band, Jason Fettig
- The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
- Lake Braddock High School Concert I Band, Lake Braddock High School Symphonic Band
- Chantilly High School Concert Band, Chantilly High School Symphonic Band, Chantilly High School Symphonic Winds
- James Madison High School Wind Symphony, James Madison High School Symphonic Band
- Langley High School Symphonic Band, Langley High School Wind Ensemble, Langley High School Wind Symphony
- McLean High School Wind Ensemble, McLean High School Symphonic Band
- Washington and Liberty High School Symphonic Band
- Yorktown High School Symphonic Band
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Symphonic Band, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Symphonic Wind Ensemble
- Liberty Middle School Symphonic Band, Liberty Middle School Concert Band
- All-State High School Wind Ensemble, Rebecca Phillips
- The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, J.M.S.D.F. Band Tokyo, Japan Air Self-Defense Force Central Band
- Keith Brion, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra
Biography
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) was an American composer and band leader whose name is almost synonymous with marches. Trained in music in his youth and educated in the Marine Corps Band, Sousa composed his first march at 16. Throughout his career, he was renowned for his rousing patriotic marches, such as The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Washington Post, and The Liberty Bell. But Sousa was also successful as a composer of operettas, including El Capitan and The Bride Elect. With the Sousa Band, he toured around the world to great critical acclaim and received honors from heads of state.