United States Marine Band to Perform Free
Concert
at Tilles Center
3 p.m., Sunday, November 9 - Tickets Required
The United States Marine Band - which provides music for the President of
the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps - will bring nearly
200 hundred years of musical history to Long Island when it performs a free
concert on Sunday, November 9, 1997 at Tilles Center for the Performing
Arts.
The concert begins at 3 p.m. and is open to the public free of charge.
Tickets are required. Tilles Center is located on the C.W. Post Campus of
Long Island University, Northern Boulevard (Route 25A), Brookville. The
concert is sponsored by the School of Visual and Performing Arts at C.W.
Post.
Rich in History: Founded in 1798, the United States Marine Band is America's
oldest professional music organization. Named "The President's Own"
by Thomas Jefferson, the rich history of the Marine Band spans centuries,
wars and the term of every president since John Adams. Today, "The
President's Own" United States Marine Band offers a unique blend of
traditional concert band and contemporary wind ensemble music.
Led by Lt. Col. Timothy W. Foley, the "The President's Own"
United States Marine Band performs more than 600 commitments annually, with
over 200 of those at the White House. President Clinton, known to sit in
with the Marine Band musicians on several numbers, declared, "The band's
precision and discipline serve as a standard for aspiring musicians throughout
the nation." The United States Marine Band is known for its "glowing
richness," and was proclaimed "the best in the world" by
The Washington Post.
Ticket Information: Free tickets for the United States Marine Band concert
are available only by mail on a first-come, first-served basis. Send a self-addressed
stamped envelope to:
United States Marine Band Tickets
Dean's Office, School of Visual and Performing Arts
Long Island University
C.W. Post Campus
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, New York 11548-1300
Please do not call the Tilles Center Box Office. Tickets are only available
through the mail. For concert information call (516) 299-3400.
Exhibit Honors Sousa: An exhibit, titled "The Art of John Philip
Sousa," will be held in conjunction with the concert. Sousa served
from 1880 to 1892 as the 17th Leader of the United States Marine Band. Photographs,
sheet music, programs, manuscripts, recordings, and memorabilia chronicling
the life and music of this great American composer will be on display from
Nov. 2 to Dec. 23 at the Hillwood Art Museum on the C.W. Post Campus. The
exhibit will be open from noon to 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 9, the day of the concert.
For information call the Hillwood Art Museum at (516) 299-4073.
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail cwpostpr@aurora.liunet.edu | 
