More than 150 students from across the state will converge in Lawrence today to participate in the Kansas John Philip Sousa State Honor Band.

The band will give a free concert at 2 p.m. today at the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive. Martin Bergee, a Kansas University music and dance professor, will be a conductor.

Nearly 350 students from across the state originally auditioned, and 30 Lawrence students made the cut.