Upcoming USMB events

[Tom Holtz]

Shameless plug follows:

Mark Thiele will be performing Arutunian's Tuba Concerto with the Marine Band on Wednesday, July 23, 8:00 pm, on the West Terrace of the United States Capitol. The Marine Band Tuba Quartet will be performing on the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center in D.C. on Saturday, August 2, at 6:00 pm. Tomorrow night (Thursday, July 17th,) the Marine Dixieland Band is playing at the Sylvan Theater (next to the Washington Monument) at 8:00 pm. I'm bringing the helicon.

Last but not least, if you know somebody who's got an extra ticket, or come down right before the concert starts at 8:00 and get an unclaimed seat, the Marine Band is celebrating it's 210th birthday with John Williams on the podium in the Kennedy Center concert hall. He's conducting a program of numerous film scores, including "1941", "The Reivers", and "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind." No, the mothership-shattering-glass solo isn't in there, but it's a wicked chart nonetheless. Cameron Gates has the big solo in "The Reivers" and John Cradler gets the call from "Jaws." We just read down a new arrangement of a piece from the new Indiana Jones movie this morning, and several pieces on the concert will be performed to film clips on the big screen. We're using Williams' version of the National Anthem that he conducted during Game 1 of the World Series last fall.

Hope some of you can join us!

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[kingrob76]

Shameless plug follows:

Mark Thiele will be performing Arutunian's Tuba Concerto with the Marine Band on Wednesday, July 23, 8:00 pm, on the West Terrace of the United States Capitol. The Marine Band Tuba Quartet will be performing on the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center in D.C. on Saturday, August 2, at 6:00 pm. Tomorrow night (Thursday, July 17th,) the Marine Dixieland Band is playing at the Sylvan Theater (next to the Washington Monument) at 8:00 pm. I'm bringing the helicon.

Last but not least, if you know somebody who's got an extra ticket, or come down right before the concert starts at 8:00 and get an unclaimed seat, the Marine Band is celebrating it's 210th birthday with John Williams on the podium in the Kennedy Center concert hall. He's conducting a program of numerous film scores, including "1941", "The Reivers", and "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind." No, the mothership-shattering-glass solo isn't in there, but it's a wicked chart nonetheless. Cameron Gates has the big solo in "The Reivers" and John Cradler gets the call from "Jaws." We just read down a new arrangement of a piece from the new Indiana Jones movie this morning, and several pieces on the concert will be performed to film clips on the big screen. We're using Williams' version of the National Anthem that he conducted during Game 1 of the World Series last fall.

Hope some of you can join us!

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Tom -

Were his charts arranged for band by him, or by USMB staff?

[Dean E]

. . . (Thursday, July 17th,) the Marine Dixieland Band is playing at the Sylvan Theater (next to the Washington Monument) at 8:00 pm. I'm bringing the helicon. . . .

Tom, It promises to be a wonderful evening, and I will be there. Thanks so much for the notice.

[Leland]

I'll get down to watch you guys by the monument.

Sunday's the big concert, then; if it sounds like rehearsal did today, it's not going to disappoint.

[Tom Holtz]

Stupid late thunderstorm took out the dixie concert tonight. Sucks. I'm hoping we can get a Millenium Stage appearance later this year, though. Sorry if you came downtown for nada tonight. We didn't get the word until after 6:00 that the mixing board got rained on.

The John Williams music was arranged by Steve Bulla, Paul Lavender, and Jay Bocook. Each had several charts to transcribe for this concert. No pulling punches allowed. Steve Bulla is our arranger, Paul Lavender and Jay Bocook come straight from Hal Leonard. All the charts are great, and they're freakin' hard. Needs a large band, and everyone gets a good workout.

[Leland]

I figured that the rain had something to do with it. There were a few people down there, and I told them to not expect the regular band but you guys instead -- and that the rain probably would mess with the electronics.

If it were us, we'd be stuck standing on the bus 'till the last minute.