"The Thunderer" by John Philip Sousa | The Concert Band of The U.S. Army Field Band

The Concert Band presents "The Thunderer" by John Philip Sousa, led by our deputy commander Lt. Col. Domingos Robinson. Composed in 1889, "The Thunderer" is one of Sousa's most famous compositions. Known as the "March King," Sousa composed over 130 marches for band throughout his lifetime. Do you have a favorite Sousa march? Let us know in the comments!
Video by Master Sgt. Jared Morgan
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[@betsyhall5094]

Love John Philip Sousa!!!! His marching music was so wonderful!!!!! Nothing like it before or after!!!

[@joelima3967]

Sousa marches are the best.

[@nancykeller3273]

The Michigan marching bands have disciplined

[@matthewjahnke6956]

@@joelima3967 Always legendary.

[@dfirth224]

Souza toured the country in the early 1900s.

[@Kjdjrh]

Sousa will always be the inner-sanctum of the embodiment of the Spirit of America 🇺🇸

[@celsocosta5463]

Verpp

[@judithrowe7881]

I marched to Sousa mar hes throughout my grade school years because the Catholic school sisters played this music for all the many & frequent fire drills. I can still picture the precision marching of the older students coming down the stairs from the 2nd floor, meeting & taking each of the younger student's hands & marching together in perfect lines, out the 3 doors of that school!

[@marthaclark7227]

Absolutely fantastic!!! The best band playing the best band music!!! Hurray for John Philip Sousa!!!

[@carolemiller6308]

Thanks to all who put this video presentation together of J. P. Sousa's "The Thunderer". I have played this piece for close to forty years with the trombone section of the Plymouth Community Band. Keep up the good work.

[@ThinkHarderPlz]

Top tier. It doesn’t get much better than this. Bravo.

[@MichianaFisherman]

Took me back to school when we played those songs in junior high. That was a long time ago. Thanks

[@cwlovesniibah2578]

Very nice rendition of this wonderful Sousa March! Thank you for your service, ladies and gentlemen of the US Army Field Band! Hip hip, hurray.

[@briannicholas2757]

Perfectly played. You guys are great. I graduated from Norwich University, the nation's oldest private military college, in 1987. I was a baritone horn and trombone player ( I could read both treble and bass clef) and The Thunderer was a mainstay for us. Every day at noon we played as the Corps of Cadets marched down to 2nd mess. The marches of John Philip Sousa were our constant companions. However on Friday the band got the chance to play some fun stuff, like the March from Hogan's Heroes , the drummers loved that. Or the March from the Bill Murray/ John Candy movie Stripes. I hope you all get to have a great Independence Day. Keep Rolling Along

[@BenRoberson-s8r]

I love how you can always hear the presence of the low brass. Makes it really fun to play and listen to.

[@brianbrino4310]

I simply love this band and their awesome music and interpreters! Thank you for the treat!

[@heidymangione3913]

beautiful march music Thank you for your commitment and performance,

[@CelsoLago-Paiva]

Wonderful march, the most beautiful and richest that Sousa composed! Exciting, lyrical, vibrant and emotional march of all times! Admirável interpretação! Unfortunately, there is a lack of technical performance data, which, for musicians and music admirers, is always interesting. (Celso do Lago Paiva, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

[@theblurjay2986]

I played this with a youth symphony a couple years back! Great piece, and as always, amazing performance!

[@salvatoresquadrito109]

Ho suonato con la mia bsnda musicale ed è bellissima !!Grandissimo Sousa!!Maestro grandioso. 🎼🎶🎶🎼🎼🎵🎶🎶Bravi e la musica aiuta a stare in armonia e bene con lo spirito!!

[@richardavellana6555]

Salute from the Philippines!

[@wesleyjaskulsky9414]

The Stars And Stripes Forever for me personally is one of Sousa's greatest music ever made and composed.

[@AlecNicholson]

these guys are TOO good. just TOOOOO good. in every way obviously, but especially for me the subtleties of the dynamics. that tuba decresc, for example. and the oboe... *swoon*. in a time where we have a lot of division, i think this inspires exactly the RIGHT sort of patriotism.

[@edmondscott7444]

RIP John Philip Sousa and his wonderful band.

[@soledadrayomena1921]

Qué hermosa orquesta los felicito muy lindo el tema Soledad Rayo desde mi hermosa patria Chilena los felicitó a todos ustedes ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@chunsuilueng9326]

請注意：視頻上的樂隊是管樂團，不是管弦樂團。管弦樂團必須有弦樂組在里面。

[@elainesandman9874]

THANK YOU! GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALL ! Thanks for posting

[@gregorylazatin9822]

🫶 from the All American D-Day band. you guys were awesome!

[@ArmyFieldBand]

We had a great time working with you all! Hope you enjoyed that amazing trip.

[@maxwelldownham235]

These musos clearly love what they do. Playing Souza is really as good as it gets. You don't have to be American to love this stuff.

[@StarPartners]

I have always Loved the “Stars & Stripes Forever”. Great stuff

[@TJMusicNerd]

It's not the Stars and Stripes!

[@stevetillcock7361]

Sousa was the American counterpart to England's Elgar for pomp and circumstance. Several presidents adored him.

[@ronscannell6942]

One of my favorite Sousa numbers.

[@dennisderr3478]

You guys are the BEST!

[@nancyadams9228]

I used to play the piccolo part! Nothing better than Sousa!

[@gearshifterg9756]

These musicians have one quality that high school and college marching bands do NOT have. Discipline. It's the discipline that brings this body together and deliver a quality performance.

[@DPBGMODELRAILROAD]

Plus many more years of experience!

[@NiksoGaming2000]

My middle school had discplinel

[@gearshifterg9756]

@@DPBGMODELRAILROAD Experience has to do with performance, discipline comes from self respect.

[@Harlem55]

The reason why is because half of the high school band does not fall under the category of seriously studying music beyond the highschool education and thats before you get to the fact that your average band director doesn't know about the relationship of sorts between Sousa and Glenn Miller (they both use woodwinds the same sort of ways - fast ornamental arpegios not slower than eigths) and then try tobmove on to Miller sans Sousa which is a mistake of sorts.

[@ThomasWLalor]

In High School we PLAYED WITH ENTHUSIASM -to make for our lack of discipline (lol)

[@curiouslyme524]

Awesome rendition! Thank you! Sousa was inspired by Austria's Strauss. I think I love this march from Sousa the best.

[@landoncooper4708]

My school played this this year with the Gladiator Brass

[@ericjacobson1089]

These are top-notch musicians in their chosen genre. I'm seriously sure that it's easier to get in to any of the US military acadamies than it is to enlist on one of these top military bands. Look at the sleeves of the musicians. and the lower sleeves. Lotsa rockers, eh? Lotsa "time served" marks, eh? Look at the shoulder of the band director :) Most recruiters, I guess, have zero clue about how many "recruiter bonus points" they get for signing a, perhaps, piccolo player as good as the one in this video. Recruiters hope to get much easier marks, like NAVY nukes or potential SEALS or people who know other languages than "American English" There's so few jobs in those top military bands, that there's only a few openings every year. Much respect to these musicians.

[@QuicknStraight]

As an ex-British serviceman, you guys do a great job, although I prefer the balance of sound of a typical British army band. Spent a lot of time marching round various squares to Sousa!

[@senhorsantos]

Amazing!

[@535tony]

A great March!

[@thardingau]

The standard of playing is excellent.

[@pattihamernik6250]

I love all Sousa marches but Invincible Eagle is my favorite due to its connection to my hometown Buffalo NY and I also play the Eb clarinet so that part is super cool to play

[@cbgbstew4072]

Ooh, I also love playing the Eb!

[@frederickwise5238]

Havent heard this snce H.S. band 1954, but i remember very note. Coronet 2nd chair.

[@JRLife]

Awesome!

[@p51amustang]

Great!

[@edcew8236]

As good a recording as I've heard. Nicely conducted and played.

[@MLMLW]

Great job! Army Strong!

[@Bill23799]

Liked , subbed, and served in US Army

[@rogermetzger7335]

This level of precesion in music is what makes these same soldiers so effective in battle.

[@ruthbenjamin5664]

Awesome trombone playing

[@sojibjoy-m4u]

Amin ❤️🌹🌹🌹🤝🎺🦅

[@ernestcassler2505]

❤❤❤ well done ❤❤❤

[@kegginstructure]

Now THIS is something I've not seen before - a "field band" with a bassoon AND a bass clarinet. (Of course they DID call it a "concert band" but those two instruments are a bit rare in a band playing march music.)

[@ArmyFieldBand]

The name “Army Field Band” has a different connotation in our history. It was originally inspired by the idea of going into the grassroots of America to tell the Army story- going “out into the field” in a manner of speaking. We just do that with standard concert band instrumentation.

[@Charliecomet82]

Doc Savage! Doc Savage!

[@BaltazarBaltazar-mf3ny]

best song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SuzanneMock]

Yay woodwinds!!!

[@kirbywaite1586]

You're dead if these don't alter your mood.

[@ricky-6657believe]

My compliments. I know if I had to play a wind instrument and March at the same time I would probably pass out.

[@wRevern]

Good job.

[@frankmartinez4856]

This always reminds me of the movie “Trapeze” w/ Tony Curtis 😬

[@doncatchpole]

Wow. Good one/

[@philipbrown8191]

0:21 are your army musicians also trained combat medics, as they are here in the UK ?

[@allenjones484]

Supposedly, playing inthe band is an "additional duty" to take place after your regular duties have been performed. Years ago. The commander of the California National Guard asked Chsrles Kreuter, a retired Army bandmaster, to form a band. Charlie said, "Yeah but there will be no addituoal duties." The Commander agreed, and that was the beginning of the 49th Division band, California National Guard. I had the privilege of playing (drums) with them for a couple of years.

[@terrenceprzybylski3226]

I feel like enlisting again in the army.

[@LazeriousWilliams]

Bassoon my love❤ 1:06

[@xaverpindl9729]

Das ich bei vielen Musikern das deutsche Schützenabzeichen sehe, daran ha ich mich gewöhnt. Das kenne ich ja. Aber welche Bedeutung hat dieser relativ große , entschuldigung für die Wortwahl, Button, auf der rechten Brusthälfte des Dirigenten, mit dem übergroßen "A". Vom A-Team kann er ja nicht sein denn dieses war, leider, Fiktion.

[@DomingoGarcias-bl7dp]

COMO SE LLAMA ESTA MARCHA CUAL ES EL NOMBRE.?

[@travisrobert9530]

Can someone in the US army music system tell me why there is no one below the rank of E6 in this band? Is this a more prestigious band than most military bands? How do the lower ranks get the necessary experience to rank with a band like this? Just asking, and thanks in advance for any enlightenment.

[@ArmyFieldBand]

We are one of the four music organizations with the “special bands” designation in the Army, and through a highly competitive audition process successful applicants begin their careers as Staff Sergeants. Both civilians and current service members audition to join organizations like us and the audition mirrors that of a professional orchestra.

[@michaelholden5131]

Was unaware that musicians were recruited at E-6 grade. More Masted Sergeants and Sergeants Major here than a Special Forces Battalion.

[@ArmyFieldBand]

Other MOSs requiring a certain level of prior civilian training are given similar treatment as part of the Army’s Acquired Skills Program.

[@petervanderwaart1138]

Back in 1969, I was in the First Division Band in RVN. Most of the band members (but not me) were university music majors, music teachers, or young professional musicians, and the like, either draftees or enlistees, all happy to stay out of the infantry per se. It was a good band, but nowhere near as good as the Field Band.

[@ceci7837]

👏👏👏👏👏💖

[@DiogoCarvalho-gz8xj]

Portugal 🇵🇹 USA

[@petervonuleniecki9828]

Sousa 🎉 Super omnia USA

[@bratzillla]

so bunny listened to this on full volume?? 😭😭

[@bengleiss9416]

He was the skrillex of his day

[@Bill23799]

This Band sure has some Brass.

[@ultra9349]

How is the second strain played on snare is my question, i’m performing this soon and it sounds like rim or shell but the actual music just has an x over certain notes and I have never seen that before

[@ArmyFieldBand]

Those x’s are interpreted as “stick shots” in this case-hope that helps!

[@ultra9349]

Thanks for the help

[@Hunter-yc4xi]

Can someone tell me why there is no one under the rank of E-6 in the band?

[@ArmyFieldBand]

The Field Band, as well as the other Army premiere bands, falls under the Civilian Acquired Skills Program. This grants members the rank of E-6 on entry.

[@eeshaharish]

nice

[@mr.boutdoorsmisadventures7464]

HOOAH

[@deepachu6583]

ooo real

[@wurly164]

I have this on my channel

[@Philobiblion]

Whoever can play the oboe should be at least a master chief or whatever.

[@lanagaylechandler1948]

👍💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

[@mr.d3200]

Why did John Philip Souza hate the French horn so much?

[@suzanneterrey4499]

The best march is St. Louis Blues by Glen Miller!!

[@poppimoore6]

came here for Bunny Corcoran

[@christopherhinton6456]

why are there no p f cs in the band all sargents

[@chitan256]

Where’s the baritone saxophone

[@ArmyFieldBand]

We’ll be getting a new Soldier for our saxophone section later this year!

[@chitan256]

Why did Master Sergeant Brian Sacawa quit the army

[@ArmyFieldBand]

He retired! Soldiers are eligible to retire once they hit 20 years of service.

[@ajsdjn3]

Play panama pacific march!!!

[@chunsuilueng9326]

蘇

[@IsaacSmelcZhan]

fairest of the fair

[@ultra9349]

I’m playing this at a concert soon as well on fantasy on a theme by sousa which is based off of fairest of the fair in my school’s wind ensemble

[@TheRisingEagle93]

Officers are not allowed to play instruments? That's dumb af

[@ArmyFieldBand]

Officers in the bands program mostly serve in conducting roles. That said, you’ll notice a warrant officer filling in on trombone in some of our more recent videos featuring the Jazz ambassadors!

[@TheRisingEagle93]

That's true, but I just completely disagree with this commissioned officer vs enlisted division. @@ArmyFieldBand

[@irishclarinet]

@@TheRisingEagle93 I don't understand your stance here? Officers do WAY more for the unit than just conduct the music. The responsibility of running a unit of this caliber is very taxing and the officers are excellent at performing both those very important duties AND being fine conductors.

[@TheRisingEagle93]

@@irishclarinet again. I just completely disagree with commissioned vs enlisted division

[@petebiddle7900]

Basic training , 1963 Ft. LEONARD WOOD to this music at our last parade

[@hamilcarbarca8659]

GO ARMY!

[@soledadrayomena1921]

Qué hermosa orquesta los felicito muy lindo el tema Soledad Rayo desde mi hermosa patria Chilena los felicitó a todos ustedes ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤