Onstage, kids tapped their feet, pursed their lips and puffed out their cheeks. In the audience, parents and band directors puffed out their chests. About 200 musically talented junior high students ...

Needles, Calif. — AS the desert sun slides behind the mountains and the temperature dips, members of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribal Band assemble in a parking lot to rehearse. Mothers with clarinets to ...

Residents of the Coulee Region will have a very special and historic musical opportunity when the New Sousa Band makes a scheduled appearance in Westby on Wednesday, May 10. More than 100 years ago, ...

John Philip Sousa had been a conductor since 1878 and had been a musician since about 1861. The Famous Sousa Band, his own organization, has been in existence for nearly forty years and for the twenty ...

The Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band boasts certain standout qualities that make them among the wackiest bands around. For instance, the 40-member band, which plays marching music, will not march under ...

When New Holland Band director Kenneth Laudermilch takes the stage at Fulton Opera House this weekend, not only will he be conducting the music of John Philip Sousa, but he also will be holding the ...