The W.D. Packard Concert Band is taking its “March” concert literally. Sunday’s performance will focus on the marches composed by John Philip Sousa, and each song will be directed by a Packard Band ...

If you knew Sousa -- Sousa's Washington (1854-1874) -- There's no business like show business (1874-1881) -- Semper fi (1881-1892) -- Sousa's peerless concert band ...

There are times when a composer's name comes to serve as a popular synonym for an entire genre of music. So it is with John Philip Sousa, the Washington, D.C.-born composer and conductor whose name ...

On Aug. 15, 1928, the Manitowoc Herald-News reported “America’s March King” John Philip Sousa and his band was to play “Two ...

What did Americans do before they twerked, twisted, hully-gullied, moonwalked, strolled, shimmied, madisoned, cha-cha'd, charlestoned, lindy-hopped, nae-naed, or did it Gangnam Style? They marched.

On March 16, 1917, 100 years ago this month, John Philip Sousa and his band performed in concert at the Academy of Music in Reading. “The celebrated March King and his distinguished organization of 50 ...