John Philip Sousa Foundation
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The John Phillip Sousa Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of band music internationally. The foundation administers a number of projects and awards supporting high quality band performance, conducting, and composition.
The foundation is named for John Phillip Sousa, a prominent composer of American band music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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[edit] Projects
Projects of the Sousa Foundation include funding for the main stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., honor bands, conducting competitions, awards for outstanding performing ensembles, and bringing attention to historic sites in band history. Many of the foundation's awards are funded through an endowment from Louis and Virginia Sudler, and are collectively known as the "Louis Sudler Awards of Merit".
[edit] The Sousa National High School Honors Band
Founded in 1981, the Sousa National High School Honors Band is an ensemble made up of roughly 100 high school junior and senior musicians, selected from the top applicants worldwide. The band performs biennially in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is conducted by former United States Marine Band conductor Col. John R. Bourgeois.
[edit] The Sudler Flag of Honor
The Sudler Flag of Honor is an award bestowed to identify, recognize and honor high school band programs internationally that have demonstrated particularly significant high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years. No school may win the award twice under the same director. The official description of a deserving band is:
The band must have achieved and maintained a high standard of excellence in the concert area over a period of several years. The concert band will have placed itself in situations where there has been opportunity for evaluation by qualified persons or has been rated "superior" at state, regional, or national levels in concert activities. The band program must offer its participants a complete and balanced program of musical activities including concert, solo, ensemble, and marching areas. The band should have performed at regional, state, national, and professional meetings of significance. These can include but are not limited to state music conventions, regional or national MENC meetings, and state or national band association conventions. The director must have been incumbent in his/her position for at least seven years, including the current year. A number of the students in the band should have participated in district and all-state honor bands or similar all-area groups.
The following are the recipients of the Sudler Flag since its inception in 1983:
- 1983 - Alice High School Band, Alice, Texas
- 1983 - Bell High School Band, Hurst, Texas
- 1983 - Georgetown High School Band, Georgetown, Texas
- 1983 - North Hills High School Band, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1983 - Papillion-Lavista High School Band, Papillion, Nebraska
- 1983 - Richardson High School Band, Richardson, Texas
- 1983 - Wheat Ridge High School Band, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
- 1984 - Berkner High School Band, Richardson, Texas
- 1984 - Glenbard East High School Band, Lombard, Illinois
- 1984 - Hardaway High School Band, Columbus, Georgia
- 1984 - Oconomowoc High School Band, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
- 1985 - Clear Lake High School Band, Houston, Texas
- 1985 - Grand Ledge High School Band, Grand Ledge, Michigan
- 1985 - South Lakes High School Band, Reston, Virginia
- 1985 - Stevens High School Band, Rapid City, South Dakota
- 1985 - Valparaiso High School Band, Valparasio, Indiana
- 1986 - J.J. Pearce High School Band, Richardson, Texas
- 1986 - Lakeland High School Band, Lakeland, Florida
- 1987 - Auburn High School Band, Auburn, Alabama
- 1987 - Lake Highland High School Band, Dallas, Texas
- 1988 - Duncanville High School Band, Duncanville, Texas
- 1988 - Lassiter High School Band, Marietta, Georgia
- 1988 - Mason City High School Band, Mason City, Iowa
- 1989 - Coronado High School Band, El Paso, Texas
- 1989 - James Madison High School Band, Vienna, Virginia
- 1989 - Sumter High School Band, Sumter, South Carolina
- 1990 - Herndon High School Band, Herndon, Virginia
- 1991 - Marian Catholic High School Band, Chicago Heights, Illinois
- 1991 - Pearl City High School Band, Pearl City, Hawaii
- 1991 - Robert E. Lee High School Band, Midland, Texas
- 1992 - J. Robinson High School Band, Fairfax, Virginia
- 1993 - Lakeland High School Band, Lakeland, Florida
- 1993 - George Marshall High School Band, Fairfax, Virginia
- 1994 - Clements High School Band, Sugar Land, Texas
- 1994 - Lake Braddock Secondary School Band, Burke, Virginia
- 1994 - The Colony High School Band, The Colony, Texas
- 1994 - Westfield High School Band, Houston, Texas
- 1995 - Woodson High School Band, Fairfax, Virginia
- 1995 - Spring High School Band, Spring, Texas
- 1996 - Norcross High School Band, Norcross, Georgia
- 1997 - Klein Forest High School Band, Houston, Texas
- 1997 - Langham Creek High School Band, Houston, Texas
- 1997 - Owasso High School Band, Owasso, Oklahoma
- 1997 - Westmoore High School Band, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1998 - Jack C. Hays High School Band, Buda, Texas
- 1998 - Westlake High School Band, Austin, Texas
- 1999 - Irmo High School Band, Irmo, South Carolina
- 2000 - Leon High School Band, Leon, Florida
- 2000 - J.J. Pearce High School Band, Richardson, Texas
- 2000 - McLean High School Band, McLean, Virginia
- 2002 - Buchholz High School Band, Gainesville, Florida
- 2003 - North Hardin High School Band, Radcliff, Kentucky
- 2003 - The Woodlands High School Band, The Woodlands, Texas
- 2004 - Dobyns-Bennett High School Band, Kingsport, Tennessee
- 2004 - Lloyd V. Berkner High School Band, Richardson, Texas
- 2005 - J. Robinson High School Band, Fairfax, Virginia
- 2005 - Parkview High School Band, Lilburn, Georgia
- 2007 - Friendswood High School Band, Friendswood, Texas
- 2007 - Harrison High School Band, Kennesaw, Georgia
The Sudler Flag of Honor is typically considered to be the highest award a high school band can achieve. Sudler Flag laureate bands are automatically included on the Historic Roll of Honor.
[edit] The Sudler Cup
The Sudler Cup is an award bestowed to identify, recognize and honor junior high and middle school concert band programs that have demonstrated particularly significant high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years. The official description of a deserving band is:
The band must have achieved and maintained a high standard of literature in the concert area over a period of several years. The concert band will have placed itself in situations where there has been opportunity for evaluation by qualified persons or has been rated "superior" at state, regional, or national levels in concert activities. The band should have performed at regional, state, national, and professional meetings of significance. These can include but are not limited to state music conventions, regional or national MENC meetings, and state or national band association conventions. The director must have been incumbent in his/her position for at least seven years, including the current year. A number of the students in the band should have participated in district and all-state honor bands or similar all-area groups. The total program of music should exemplify what is considered a sound viable, music education program for this level of endeavor.
The following are the recipients of the Sudler Cup since its inception in 1985:
- 1985 - Morehead Junior High, El Paso, Texas
- 1985 - Ashville Junior High, Asheville, North Carolina
- 1985 - Gunn Junior High, Arlington, Texas
- 1985 - Oconomowoc Junior High, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
- 1986 - Adamson Junior High, Rex, Georgia
- 1986 - Southwestern Junior High, Lakeland, Florida
- 1987 - Morrow Junior High, Morrow, Georgia
- 1988 - Scottsbluff Junior High, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
- 1989 - Richardson North Jr. High, Richardson, Texas
- 1989 - David Crokett Junior High, Odessa, Texas
- 1990 - Murchison Middle School, Austin, Texas
- 1990 - Thoreau Intermediate School, Vienna, Virginia
- 1990 - Westwood Junior High, Dallas, Texas
- 1992 - McAdams Middle School, Dickinson, Texas
- 1992 - Wm. Adams Junior High, Alice, Texas
- 1993 - Highlands Intermediate School, Pearl City, Hawaii
- 1993 - Hodges Bend Middle School, Houston, Texas
- 1994 - DeSoto West Middle School, DeSoto, Texas
- 1994 - Pittman Middle School, Hueytown, Alabama
- 1995 - Prairie Middle School, Hutchinson, Kansas
- 1995 - Herndon Middle School, Herndon, Virginia
- 1997 - Nimitz Jr. High School, Odessa, Texas
- 1997 - Robinson Middle School, Fairfax, Virginia
- 1997 - The Colony Middle School, The Colony, Texas
- 2000 - Space Center Intermediate School, Houston, Texas
- 2002 - Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, Virginia
- 2003 - Robert Frost Middle School, Fairfax, Virginia
- 2003 - Grisham Middle School, Austin, Texas
- 2005 - Holub Middle School, Houston, Texas
- 2005 - L.J Alleman Middle School Lafayette, Louisiana
[edit] The Sudler Trophy
The Sudler Trophy is an award bestowed on one university marching band each year. No school may be honored with the award twice. The official description of the trophy is:
The purpose of the Sudler Trophy is to identify and recognize collegiate marching bands of particular excellence who have made outstanding contributions to the American way of life. The Sudler Trophy is awarded annually to a college or university marching band which has demonstrated the highest musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas, and which has made important contributions to the advancement of the performance standards of college marching bands over a period of years.
The following are the recipients of the Sudler Trophy since its inception in 1982:
- 1982 University of Michigan
- 1983 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1984 The Ohio State University
- 1985 Florida A&M University
- 1986 University of Texas at Austin
- 1987 University of Oklahoma
- 1988 Michigan State University
- 1989 University of Kansas
- 1990 University of Iowa
- 1991 Arizona State University
- 1992 Northwestern University
- 1993 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- 1994 James Madison University
- 1995 Purdue University
- 1996 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- 1997 West Virginia University
- 1998 University of Massachusetts Amherst
- 1999 Texas Tech University
- 2000 University of Georgia
- 2001 Texas A&M University
- 2002 Louisiana State University
- 2003 University of Alabama
- 2004 Auburn University
- 2005 Pennsylvania State University
- 2006 University of Arkansas
- 2007 Indiana University
[edit] The Sudler Shield
The Sudler Shield recognizes outstanding high school marching bands.
The following are the recipients of the Sudler Shield:
- Show and Marchingband Kunst & Genoegen[1] - Leiden, Netherlands
- L.D. Bell High School - Hurst, Texas
- Collins Hill High School, Suwanee, Georgia
- Owasso High School, Owasso, Oklahoma
- Allen High School, Allen, Texas
- Seminole High School, Seminole, Florida
- John Overton High School, Nashville, Tennessee
- Clovis High School, Clovis, California
- Paul L. Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky
- Fred Beyer High School, Modesto, California
- Duncanville High School, Duncanville, Texas
- Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky
- Newton Local High School, Pleasant Hill, Ohio
- Cambridge High School, Cambridge, Ohio
- Federal Hocking High School, Stewart, Ohio
- Godwin High School, Richmond, Virginia
- Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky
- North Hardin High School, Radcliff, Kentucky
- Pope High School, Marietta, Georgia
- Tenri Seminary High School, Nara, Japan
- Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights, Illinois
- Pupuk Kaltim School, Bontang, Kaltim Indonesia
- Mountain Crest High School, Hyram, Utah
- Mt. Juliet High School, Cynthiana, Kentucky
- Enterprise High School, Enterprise, Alabama
- Norwin Sr. High School, North Huntington, Pennsylvania
- Sumter High School, Sumter, South Carolina
- Coronado High School, El Paso, Texas
- McGavock High School, Nashville, Tennessee
- Lassiter High School, Marietta, Georgia
- John Overton High School, Nashville, Tennessee
- Manzano High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Clinton High School, Clinton, Mississippi
- Neuces Canyon High School, Barksdale, Texas
- Broken Arrow High School, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
- Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Westfield High School, Spring, Texas
- James F. Byrnes High School, Duncan, South Carolina
- Aimachi Marching Band, Honda City, Japan
- Yokohama Marching Band, Yokohama, Japan
- Kashiwa City High School, Kashiwa City, Japan
- Kennesaw Mountain High School, Kennesaw, Georgia
- James Bowie High School, Austin, Texas
- Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas
- Langham Creek High School, Houston, Texas
There are only ten high schools worldwide that have received both the Sudler Flag of Honor for concert band and the Sudler Shield for marching band:
- Sumter High School, Sumter, South Carolina
- L.D. Bell High School - Hurst, Texas
- Duncanville High School, Duncanville, Texas
- Lassiter High School, Marietta, Georgia
- Coronado High School, El Paso, Texas
- Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights, Illinois
- Westfield High School, Spring, Texas
- Owasso High School, Owasso, Oklahoma
- North Hardin High School, Radcliff, Kentucky
- Langham Creek High School, Houston, Texas
[edit] The Sudler Silver Scroll
The Sudler Scroll recognizes and honors those community bands that have demonstrated particularly high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years, and which have played a significant and leading role in the cultural and musical environment in their respective communities.
Those community concert bands which have won the award include:
- Northshore Community Band, Evanston, Illinois (1987)
- Lawrence City Band, Lawrence, Kansas (1988)
- Kiel Municipal Band, Kiel, Wisconsin (1990)
- Tacoma Symphonic Band, Tacoma, Washington (1990)
- Allentown Band, Allentown, Pennsylvania (1990)
- Naperville Municipal Band, Naperville, Illinois (1991)
- Sarasota Mobile Home Band, Sarasota, Florida (1993)
- Austin Symphonic Band, Austin, Texas (1993)
- Racine Municipal Band, Racine, Wisconsin (1994)
- Lansing Concert Band, Lansing, Michigan (1994)
- Texas Wind Symphony, Arlington, Texas (1995)
- Medalist Concert Band, Bloomington, Minnesota (1995)
- Kent Stark Concert Band, Canton, Ohio (1996)
- Scottsdale Concert Band, Scottsdale, Arizona (1996)
- Ridgewood Concert Band, Ridgewood, New Jersey (1996)
- Tara Winds Concert Band, Hampton, Georgia (1996)
- Coastal Communities Concert Band, San Diego, California (1997)
- Lakeland Civic Band, Kirtland, Ohio (1997)
- Twin City Concert Band, West Monroe, Louisiana (1997)
- San Jose Wind Symphony, San Jose, California (1998)
- Corpus Christi Wind Symphony, Corpus Christi, Texas (1998)
- Community Band of Brevard, Brevard, Florida (1999)
- Lafayette Concert Band, Lafayette, Louisiana (1999)
- Virginia Grand Military Band, Arlington, Virginia (2000)
- Allentown Band, Allentown, Pennsylvania (1990)
- Lafayette Citizens Band, Lafayette, Indiana (2001)
- Pensacola Civic Band, Pensacola, Florida (2002)
- Tempe Wind Ensemble, Tempe, Arizona (2002)
- Atlanta Wind Symphony, Atlanta, Georgia (2003)
- Houston Symphonic Band, Houston, Texas (2003)
- Penn Central Wind Band, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (2004)
- City of Fairfax Band, Fairfax, Virginia (2004)
- West Michigan Winds, Muskegon, Michigan (2005)
- Knightwind Ensemble, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2005)