Marine Band to perform at Lebo high school
As part of its 100th national concert tour, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Mt. Lebanon High School Auditorium. The concert, sponsored by Mt. Lebanon High School, is free.
In the style of the band’s 17th director, John Philip Sousa, who initiated the concert tour tradition in 1891, Marine Band Director Col. Jason K. Fettig has chosen a diverse mix of programs from traditional band repertoire and Sousa marches to instrumental solos and a salute to the Armed Forces.
The Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Founded in 1798, the band has performed for every U.S. President since John Adams. Known as “The President’s Own” since the days of Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band’s mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Free tickets are available (limit four per request) at www.marineband.ticketleap.com/pittsburgh or by calling 202-433-5809. Ticket holders must be seated by 7:15 p.m.; nonticket holders will be admitted at that time. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.