Description of residency activities

Young People's Concerts - Present Marcus Neiman & The Sounds of Sousa Band for your beginning band students (school district or county wide), or, as some presenters do, for a grade level or building assembly.Assembly programs normally run a call period (45 to 60 minutes) and can be developed to introduce the instruments of the concert band, correlate with the curriculum (the science of sound, biology of music, architecture of music, or the history of John Philip Sousa.In all cases, study guide material are made available in advance to the presenter.

Workshops - full ensemble workshops are available and consist of working with the presenter's ensemble on stylistic interpretation of music performed during the 1890-1930s concert band era.Many presenters also desire an in-depth workshop on performing the marches of John Philip Sousa as he did.

Masterclasses - activities are available on every instrument.These sessions cover topics of tone production, technique, technical aspects of playing, interpretation, and demonstration such as each instrument.We encourage you to make additional suggestions on how we might better address your individual needs.

Director clinics and workshops - inservice activities available on historic performance styles for Sousa marches, programming in the style of the Sousa Band, and music selection.Additional workshops are available in grant-writing and corporate fundraising techniques.

Find out more about John Philip Sousa's life:

• Portuguese Immigrants in the United States feature John Philip Sousa.
• University of Illinois Sousa Archive Library contains not only information on Mr. Sousa, but also information on Herbert L. Clarke, A.A. Harding, Mark H. Hindsley, Harry Begian, and related articles.
• Most Famous Band tells about the famous Sousa Band 

Related information:

• J.W.Pepper offers information about the original “Sousaphone.” Broken link, here is a nice one 
• Advocate Messenger brings the lyrics to “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
• Barnes and Noble books on Mr. Sousa.
• Ceremonial Music Online: All the MP3s and RealAudio files you need to make ceremonial music tapes for all branches of the US military. The National Anthem, service songs, Taps, The Stars and Stripes Forever, more. From the USAF Heritage of America Band. 
• Welcome to Sousa Quest by Kim Buday (Ball State University)  "Sousa Quest".

Band Sites related to John Philip Sousa:

• Keith Brion and His New Sousa Band
• United States Marine Band
• Dallas Symphony Winds         

Sousa's Band, Johannesburg, S. Africa, 1910-1911