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The Marine Band has played at every inauguration since Jefferson. It s one tradition that will carry on this year.
Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post
Jan. 19, 2021
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1of8Col. Jason Fettig conducts the United States Marine Band during a rehearsal Tuesday for Inauguration Day at the Marine Barracks Annex in Washington.Photo by Will Newton for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
2of8Col. Jason Fettig conducts the United States Marine Band during a rehearsal Tuesday for Inauguration Day at the Marine Barracks Annex in Washington.Photo by Will Newton for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
Inauguration features music by SIUE teacher
Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com
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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to supporters, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. Show MoreShow Less
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EDWARDSVILLE Music composed by Dr. Kimberly K. Archer will be part of Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden.
Archer, a professor of Music Composition at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, titled the work “Fanfare Politeia.” Selected to be performed by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, the work is translated from Plato’s Latin term for “Republic” and celebrates America’s traditions of a free and fair election, and of a peaceful transfer of power.
/PRNewswire/ "The President s Own" United States Marine Band will participate in the Inauguration of the President of the United States on Jan. 20, 2021..
Once upon a time, in the spring of 1911, a 14-year-old boy embarked on the ship Madonna from Naples, Italy. Per the instructions of his mother Francesca, his destination was Ellis Island, America. Luigi was never to see his siblings, his parents nor his homeland again.
The combination of desperation and dreams, plus the promise that America held for peasant farmers in Calabria, was reason enough to make the hopeful journey.
Shortly after his arrival in Pittsburgh, he enrolled in a correspondence school to learn the English language. Soon Luigi was working at a brickyard and then later in a power plant for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
After a long break from composing, Steven Bryant found himself struggling to write music again. He discovered that he couldn't force the music, that when he turned inward and just listened, he was able to write the music he wanted to hear, music intended to spread joy. On today's show, hear the United States Marine Band perform "Radiant Joy" by Steven Bryant.