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The John Philip 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 Philip Sousa, a prominent composer of American band music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Successor to the Sousa Memorial Committee, the organization was reorganized as the John Philip Sousa Foundation in 1980 with support from Louis Sudler, a Chicago real estate developer and arts patron for whom many of the foundation's awards are named.^[2]^[3]

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".

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.

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 following are the recipients of the Sudler Flag since its inception in 1983:

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.^[6]

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:

Sudler Trophy

The Sudler Trophy is an award bestowed on one university marching band every other year, and was an annual award from 1982 to 2007. Described by a Los Angeles Times reporter as "[t]he Heisman Trophy of the collegiate band world",^[9] the award does not represent the winner of any championship, but rather a band surrounded by great tradition that has become respected nationally. No school may be honored with the award twice. According to the official description of the trophy:

The following are the recipients of the Sudler Trophy since its inception in 1982:

The Sudler Shield

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.

The Sudler International Composition Competition

The Sudler International Composition Competition is a biennial competition for wind band composition.

Sousa/Ostwald Award

References

1. ^¹{{cite web | url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/311/311004374/311004374_201608_990.pdf | title=John Philip Sousa Foundation | date= | website=Foundation Center | accessdate=19 February 2018 }}
2. ^Paul E. Bierley, John Philip Sousa: American Phenomenon (Alfred Music Publishing, 2001), {{ISBN|978-0-7579-0612-1}}, p, 207. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QcabC2avFLsC&lpg=PA207 Excerpt available] at Google Books.
3. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/28/obituaries/louis-c-sudler-89-savior-of-a-symphony.html "Louis C. Sudler, 89, Savior of a Symphony"], The New York Times, August 28, 1992.
4. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=49
5. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=49
6. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=49
7. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=27
8. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=27
9. ^Deborah Schoch, "The game's other score: Football matters on New Year's Day, sure, but a second set of rivals will march onto the field in Pasadena: the schools' bands." Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2006.
10. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=39
11. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=39
12. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=20
13. ^http://www.sousafoundation.net/Default.aspx?ID=15