Did you ever play in a school band? Is your clarinet gathering dust in your closet? Whether you last played 20 minutes ago or 20 years ago, you are invited to join friends and strangers in Sousapalooza!
Since its start in Chicago in 2011, Sousapalooza has highlighted Make Music Day around the country. Each June 21, hundreds of wind band players – from rusty amateurs to accomplished orchestral musicians – have gathered in parks and plazas to sightread the quintessentially American music of The March King, John Philip Sousa.
This year, thanks to generous support from the Levitt Family Foundation, Sousapaloozas are being organized from coast to coast in honor of America’s 250th birthday. Three Levitt concert series – in Dyersburg TN, Shenandoah Junction WV, and St Johnsbury VT – are among those taking part on June 21.