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The MIT Concert Band was founded in 1948 by students that wished to form a musical group with an emphasis on performing music that was written for band, as opposed to arrangements of orchestral compositions. The band was directed for fifty-one years by Conductor Laureate John D. Corley, who made the band widely known for its performance and commissioning of original compositions for winds. In December of 1953, the MIT Concert Band became one of the first ensembles to devote itself entirely to original works for winds in the belief that the wind band is an important and unique means of musical expression, and that its repertoire is deserving of performance.
