CALENDAR/NEWS/EVENT PSA
“The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band To Perform in Los Angeles
Free concert at Cal State L.A. is the U.S. Marine Band’s
first stop in Southern California
BROADCAST DATE: Monday, Sept. 21, 2009
STOP DATE: Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
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Direct from our nation’s Capital, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band is coming to Cal State L.A. Featuring the music of “The March King” John Philip Sousa and much more, a Marine Band concert is an event for the entire family.
Cal State L.A. will present the United States Marine Band at its Luckman Theatre on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. While they last, free tickets are available by calling (323) 343-6600.
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Direct from our nation’s Capital, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band is coming to California State University, Los Angeles to present a free concert Friday, Oct. 23. Founded in 1798, the Marine Band has performed for every U.S. President since John Adams. Featuring the music of “The March King” John Philip Sousa and much more, a Marine Band concert is an event for the entire family.
Cal State L.A. will present the “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band at its Luckman Theatre on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. While they last, free tickets are available by calling (323) 343-6600.
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Background music to download: http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/audio_resources/index.htm
The United States 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 primary mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. According to First Lady Michelle Obama, “The Marine Band has been just a tremendous resource for us. They have such great range. They can play everything from jazz to country, and they’ve made every event at the White House a special one.” www.marineband.usmc.mil
Working for California since 1947: The 175-acre hilltop campus of California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 210,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six Colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to a unique university center for gifted students as young as 12. Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH- and Rockefeller-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a growing forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center. www.calstatela.edu