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Marching to a new drummer - military music in the 2nd Trump administration [1]
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Date: 2025-02-26
There is perhaps no band closer to the president’s ear than the U.S. Marine Band, long known as “The President’s Own.”
Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress, it’s the nation’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization, with a stated, singular mission to “perform music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.”
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Last week, “The President’s Own” quietly canceled a concert program originally billed as the “Equity Arc Wind Symphony.” The performance was to be the culmination of a “multiday music intensive with musicians from ‘The President’s Own,’” and high school musician fellows selected through auditions organized by the Chicago-based Equity Arc, a nonprofit organization that provides “specialized mentoring support for young BIPOC musicians” and “helps institutions take meaningful steps toward equity and inclusion.”
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