Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

While Sousa maintained ties with Masonry throughout his life, this march highlights ties to the Shriners. It is dedicated to the Almas Temple and Imperial Council, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Washington D.C. This Brass Quintet arrangement was made using “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band’s The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa score as found at https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Complete-Marches-of-John-Philip-Sousa/. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine was composed in 1923, and the referenced edition was made Public Domain in 2020. The piece is catalogued as Volume 6, No. 98. Section titles (such as “First Strain” and “Trio”) follow the measure numbers provided by that edition. Each instrument follows its full-band part as often as possible, the only exception being Trombone covering the Euphonium/Baritone part. Because of this, Euphonium/Baritone would make a suitable substitute.