Getting to play this at the region band concert was such a blessing. I really felt connected as it was the one year anniversary of my aunts passing and knowing what this song was originally written for, I cried
@@requep so there was this kid in high school who was suffering from brain cancer and the hospital couldn’t heal him or her. So Randall made this song called choose joy because there can be happiness in mostly everything and happiness is also a choice. And he made this song to remember that person
Yes, that’s the story. And “Choose Joy” was the theme she chose for her battle with cancer! She is my niece (really my husband’s niece). Thanks for appreciating the song. ❤
@@thesweetslumberpodcast5018i had mr standridge as a clinician for a band program recently and i was so moved by this student’s story. i hope you and your family is doing well💕
What Randall did with this peice is truly amazing. When my director read the director's notes my section leader almost started crying because the girl this song was written aboit played saxophone so this piece truly means a lot to us saxophones.
We got to play this at our middle school honors band concert. And we rocked it, but for someone who’s played a lotttt of Randell Standridges songs. Let me just say, he’s an amazing composer
@@randallstandridge Thank you for inspiring me to make music, thank you for being such a kind composer, and thank you for making hundreds of thousands of people enjoy life just that little bit more with your music!
i am so honored for mr. randall standridge to be our conductor for this and (not) alone at the ohio northern university honors festival. thank you again mr standridge, i still got the folder with your autograph!!
Dear Randall Strandrige, This happened recently (December 21) we played this piece for Midwest our school was named Krimmel Intermediate Symphonic Band. You listened on some parts of the piece and told us that it was very good. That made everyone feel calm and excited for the concert. I am a French horn who is in the seventh grade and got 1st chair in regions. I really enjoyed this piece and Choose joy was the best opener for a Midwest clinic performance
I just came from a concert in which Middle Schoolers performed together with the Municipal Band, and this was their closing theme. What a wonderful song! It really touches your heart and soul. I was not familiar with it, is one of my new favourites. Thank you for such an amazing composition.
Thank you for writing this amazing piece for Nicole and her family. It is an amazing gift to them and to each of us, her extended family. We love that her story is being shared through this beautiful, celebratory piece. We were so excited when our kids’ school in Iowa played it last year and we will get to hear it this weekend in an honor band performance. I can’t wait to hear and feel Nicole’s joy again! This is an eternal tribute to an extraordinary girl.
My 7-8th grade band teacher had us do this song (while also introducing the audience to our ONLY district band maker, a clarinet) and we sounded better than the actual song
Very inspiring commentary to describe an awesome piece. We are playing this at our own CMEA festival this year, and it is one of the best pieces we're going to play for our symphonic band!
We played this in my band class and the director had this whole talk with us about how he met Randall Standride in real life once and he’s super buff. Like talking for like 5-10 minutes about how buff the composer is
Thank you so much, Randall. This song has helped me get through really tough times, you're a beautiful composer, and without you my time in band wouldn't have been the same.
My band was going to play this song originally. We all voted and ended up choosing one of your older songs, Ruckus, to play instead. I'm in love with this song, but I think Ruckus matches some of our other songs better. I would have had to play the chimes for this. It seems stressful but fun at the same time!
This might be one of my favorites from you, Mr. Standridge! Exciting, fast, and exuberant are just a few ways of describing this. I think everyone deserves to be happy. This piece is an example of something I go by: If you're having a tough day, there's always something to look forward to. Fantastic job!
I'm in 9th grade at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High and have had the privilege of learning this song. I play trumpet and am trumpet 2 for this song and it's incredible playing this song and hearing how my class has progressed playing it. We are now perfecting it for our spring concert and it is my favorite song to play. I'll follow up with how we did when we play it at our concert :)
i played this song about a year ago at music in the parks in hersheypark, and dang. this brings back so many good memories, despite it just being a year ago. this piece is probably the only reason we won 😭
I get to play this in my final High School winter concert. Definitely a fitting piece to begin the end of my formal music education. It has also overtaken Riverside Overture by Robert Sheldon as my favorite piece that I have played.
When we got this piece my director told us the story behind it. That spiraled into a long conversation in the middle of class. At the time I was really debating on quitting band because I was always stressed about doing well. Here’s what he said that stuck with me- “I don’t care how well you play it, I just want you to have fun. Band should bring you joy.” And now I live by these words everyday, “choose joy”
Just played this at a university honor band. Definitely the best piece of day and was a blast to play (trumpet btw)! Gotta say this piece also takes a record of the most tiring piece to play for me 😅
I performed this once at all district, and heard it at UNCP honours band. I even have my copy signed by you. Definitely one of my favorite pieces to exist
I am playing this for my winter concert on the 27th. As a trombone player, I am very happy that the trombone has such amazing parts in this song (and terrified because they are HARD 😭)
Played this as a Euph! For Dixie Band Camp. I loved the piece, stressed out over the last page because I wasn't used to playing that fast 😭 I did cry, but that's not the point. I loved it. My first 3 page piece to ever play aside from my Runner year marching show: "Only This Way Tells"
We are playing this song on our spring concert. This also was the second piece we played at the Upper Cumberland Concert Festival back in March and got a Superior rating on. This is the 4th Randall Standrodge piece I have played in the past 2 years.
I love this so much. We're playing this for one of our concert band pieces in the spring at my high school, and I've been practicing it non-stop since we first sight read it (which was yesterday). It's so fun and I just really enjoy listening to it and playing it. Not to mention the project it's a part of (which my band teacher often mentions in class).
My band is learning Choose Joy and a trumpet player behind me said “I choose violence”😂 It’s a fun piece but difficult ngl Edit: We played it tonight and it was so fun. Such a great piece!
I’m playing this in band right now and I can’t wait to perform it. My first concert on a piccolo😁. Can’t wait till the piccolo sounds good. And I’m tune😅
I really love the chord textures on this. The harmonies are absolutely sublime, and during the half note part all of the resolutions are absolutely phenomenal
I’m totally forcing myself to watch these videos so I at least have some type of practice for District and then I’ll practice tomorrow, but I can already tell this’ll be fun-
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Getting to play this at the region band concert was such a blessing. I really felt connected as it was the one year anniversary of my aunts passing and knowing what this song was originally written for, I cried
Yes!! Playing this at region was such an amazing experience
Did you play for TPSMEA??
Did you play it for TMEA middle school region band? If so what Instrument do you play
@@Peter2lo no I played it for ATSSB high school region. And trumpet!
@@Charlesr3618did you play this in region 21 symphonic? I was 5th horn!
As someone who knows the meaning behind this song, I was literally holding back tears because how sad it was😭
what is the meaning behind it?
@@requep so there was this kid in high school who was suffering from brain cancer and the hospital couldn’t heal him or her. So Randall made this song called choose joy because there can be happiness in mostly everything and happiness is also a choice. And he made this song to remember that person
Yes, that’s the story. And “Choose Joy” was the theme she chose for her battle with cancer! She is my niece (really my husband’s niece). Thanks for appreciating the song. ❤
i played it in a program with standridge as the clinician, i cried every time we rehearsed it
@@thesweetslumberpodcast5018i had mr standridge as a clinician for a band program recently and i was so moved by this student’s story. i hope you and your family is doing well💕
What Randall did with this peice is truly amazing. When my director read the director's notes my section leader almost started crying because the girl this song was written aboit played saxophone so this piece truly means a lot to us saxophones.
Nicole was really special. Glad she inspired you! So glad this piece was written for her!
I love the quotation of Ode to joy in there. After reading the program notes and listening to it again I teared up a bit. This is an amazing piece.
I dont hear how its similar to ode of joy??
measures 150-153 are a direct quote of ode to joys main motif :) @@Lollipopmix729
@@Lollipopmix729 0:54 has a chimes part that references it for a bit.
@@mlgamer5979ahhh I finally hear it ty!
@@Lollipopmix729also at 2:37 and going forward
Randall, from a former band kid who performed a lot of your pieces, you never disappoint with your work and it’s always incredibly fun to play.
The songs I've played from him are brave spirit and armory which are some of my favorite songs
We got to play this at our middle school honors band concert. And we rocked it, but for someone who’s played a lotttt of Randell Standridges songs. Let me just say, he’s an amazing composer
Although the should try and make a slow song 😂
He has made a slower song " fields of clover"
Honors? Ha. I'm in blessing program. We played violin peices on trumpets and trombobes.
im glad they put the warning that no percussionists were harmed in this piece
You're welcome. 😜
@@randallstandridge Thank you for inspiring me to make music, thank you for being such a kind composer, and thank you for making hundreds of thousands of people enjoy life just that little bit more with your music!
HA HA you think this one should have a warning label check out JS jig that one should have the label saying no percussionist were harmed
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I may not have this piece, but after the first 10 measures I definitely want it
Awesome! I'm glad you like it! Good doge!
This is the last piece we are playing with our seniors, going to cherish it forever!
That’s awesome!
god dammit now i'm crying. its my senior year and realistically my last year in band, i'm so not ready for it all to be over lol.
My 7/8 band is playing this,and every time I see your name on our music I get excited because I know it’s going to be beautiful.
This is probably the best piece of music I have played in band ❤ I will never forget this piece
i am so honored for mr. randall standridge to be our conductor for this and (not) alone at the ohio northern university honors festival. thank you again mr standridge, i still got the folder with your autograph!!
Thank you, I hope it was a good experience!
2:09 to 2:33 is my absolute favorite, just a beautiful key change and progression into the Eb at the end
YES
“No percussionists were harmed in the making of this video” 😂
I've played a lot of Randall Standridge songs, but this one is definately my favourite.
The metronome my band teacher played is permanently ingrained in my brain for this song
I played this today at honors band on trumpet on the year anniversary of my friend passing what an amizing piece
Wow that’s really special. ❤It was written for my husband’s niece. I love hearing that it was meaningful for you.
This is TRUE representation of Grade 3 music.
Dear Randall Strandrige,
This happened recently (December 21) we played this piece for Midwest our school was named Krimmel Intermediate Symphonic Band. You listened on some parts of the piece and told us that it was very good. That made everyone feel calm and excited for the concert. I am a French horn who is in the seventh grade and got 1st chair in regions. I really enjoyed this piece and Choose joy was the best opener for a Midwest clinic performance
This song is truly the greatest song of all time I cry when I hear that solo. Such an amazing piece that I was lucky enough to perform
Which solo
@@The-official-grindel probably chimes
Which one
Randall strandige thank you for the best concert band comp song of all time
last year, this was our band's theme song, as our goal was to choose joy!
I remember playing "Affirmation" last year, and now we are playing this song. It feels like a perfect and equally epic sequel.
We did affirmations for a black history program and this song for our spring concert and we’re only an 8th grade band in so nervous.
I just came from a concert in which Middle Schoolers performed together with the Municipal Band, and this was their closing theme. What a wonderful song! It really touches your heart and soul. I was not familiar with it, is one of my new favourites. Thank you for such an amazing composition.
I am playing this for my hs uil concert :3
I played this is my 8th grade band class and hearing this brought back so many memories
I loved playing this song in my wind ensemble. We ended up winning 4th in the state with this song in our set and that made school history.
Wow!
Thank you for writing this amazing piece for Nicole and her family. It is an amazing gift to them and to each of us, her extended family. We love that her story is being shared through this beautiful, celebratory piece. We were so excited when our kids’ school in Iowa played it last year and we will get to hear it this weekend in an honor band performance. I can’t wait to hear and feel Nicole’s joy again! This is an eternal tribute to an extraordinary girl.
Thank you. It was my honor to write a piece to celebrate her life and her family. Many people can relate to this story.
my 8th grade band is playing this at the NSBA in March!!
i love being the clarinet soloist in this! i love playing this piece and im very excited to perform it for districts!!
2:10 is such an amazing part, coming from a 2nd alto sax!! Just sounds so beautiful, I love the contrast from the other parts of the song!
Are you going to gcbda by any chance..
@elikoopman never heard of it, what is it
I really like 2:12-2:34
beautiful and precise execution from Standridge
My 7-8th grade band teacher had us do this song (while also introducing the audience to our ONLY district band maker, a clarinet) and we sounded better than the actual song
playing this at band clinic this weekend. i love this piece sm!!!
My 8th grade class is learning to play this and we love jt
Playing this for our next concert and still learning it, personally I love it all including the trumpet and low brass/low reed parts
I might be cooked with the last trombone part😅
I. LOVE. THIS. PIECE
Very inspiring commentary to describe an awesome piece. We are playing this at our own CMEA festival this year, and it is one of the best pieces we're going to play for our symphonic band!
We played this in my band class and the director had this whole talk with us about how he met Randall Standride in real life once and he’s super buff. Like talking for like 5-10 minutes about how buff the composer is
This piece was actually originally commissioned by my band for a past drum major, thank you for honoring her so wonderfully.
Thank you so much, Randall. This song has helped me get through really tough times, you're a beautiful composer, and without you my time in band wouldn't have been the same.
This song is so beautiful
My band was going to play this song originally. We all voted and ended up choosing one of your older songs, Ruckus, to play instead. I'm in love with this song, but I think Ruckus matches some of our other songs better. I would have had to play the chimes for this. It seems stressful but fun at the same time!
playing this at KMEA was literally the best. felt so special
This might be one of my favorites from you, Mr. Standridge! Exciting, fast, and exuberant are just a few ways of describing this. I think everyone deserves to be happy. This piece is an example of something I go by: If you're having a tough day, there's always something to look forward to. Fantastic job!
One of my favorite pieces. Played this for Honors Band last night! It was so good 😭
I'm in 9th grade at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High and have had the privilege of learning this song. I play trumpet and am trumpet 2 for this song and it's incredible playing this song and hearing how my class has progressed playing it. We are now perfecting it for our spring concert and it is my favorite song to play. I'll follow up with how we did when we play it at our concert :)
you got this!!
i played this song about a year ago at music in the parks in hersheypark, and dang. this brings back so many good memories, despite it just being a year ago. this piece is probably the only reason we won 😭
I’m playing this song for my concert, AND I GOT THE FLUTE SOLO!!!! I’M SO HAPPY OMGGG 😭
I LOVE the staccato eighth note part for the law brass and low winds at 107 (go bari❤)
Also thank you for another banger
I get to play this in my final High School winter concert. Definitely a fitting piece to begin the end of my formal music education.
It has also overtaken Riverside Overture by Robert Sheldon as my favorite piece that I have played.
i know its not written but i love how you can hear what sounds like one of the horns taking the last 5 notes up an octave lol
I played this in band last year and now that i’m doing online i’m starting to relearn it again
I just got the Mallet 1 piece today (I was voluntold 🙄) and thx to this l learned half the song already 😁
Yo I’m also mallet 1
@@The-official-grindel glock and whip gang 🤘🏽
@@Justinwithaneoh yeaaaa 🎉
I’m mallet 2 but still get the whip. I’ve never been happier
WAIT SAME!!!!
When we got this piece my director told us the story behind it. That spiraled into a long conversation in the middle of class. At the time I was really debating on quitting band because I was always stressed about doing well. Here’s what he said that stuck with me- “I don’t care how well you play it, I just want you to have fun. Band should bring you joy.” And now I live by these words everyday, “choose joy”
🤓😊
Love this!!!
This song was such a Joy to play 😁
I tear up to this song every time
Great song and so glad we got to play it for my Christmas concert!
from salyards middle school where he wrote seige, i got to play this before it was published and is still my favorite piece to play
Soaring at 79 is so heavenly
Yall Randall was my band directors best friend in high school!!
Just played this at a university honor band. Definitely the best piece of day and was a blast to play (trumpet btw)! Gotta say this piece also takes a record of the most tiring piece to play for me 😅
This song breaks my fingers but I really like it
I have this piece and it is one of my favorite pieces of music I got.
This was a absurdly incredible piece to play at massed bands and i love the inspiration from ode to joy
I played this in 8th grade this past year, and it's my favorite piece I've ever played
Just got this piece like a week ago. Trombone 1 is so fun to play
Love this piece on euphonium
Especially the part in the second page I’m the only euphonium in my band and it’s my solo now
I performed this once at all district, and heard it at UNCP honours band. I even have my copy signed by you. Definitely one of my favorite pieces to exist
I love this so much! So happy!!!
I am playing this for my winter concert on the 27th. As a trombone player, I am very happy that the trombone has such amazing parts in this song (and terrified because they are HARD 😭)
After hearing another band play this, i think i have some work to do before we can go to our next big concert 😲
Played this as a Euph! For Dixie Band Camp.
I loved the piece, stressed out over the last page because I wasn't used to playing that fast 😭 I did cry, but that's not the point. I loved it.
My first 3 page piece to ever play aside from my Runner year marching show: "Only This Way Tells"
We are playing this song on our spring concert. This also was the second piece we played at the Upper Cumberland Concert Festival back in March and got a Superior rating on. This is the 4th Randall Standrodge piece I have played in the past 2 years.
We are playing this at our spring concert too
Some of the kids in band with me played this piece during the summer and one person played this at midstate band last year.
Tonight is my band concert. Choose Joy is the second piece we are playing. Wish me luck!😊
I played this today at my UIL concert, such a good song, love how he snuck the beethoven melody in, overall very complex, but awesome song
im so excited to play this for competition, i play mallet 2! also loved playing the nine on the chimes two years ago for my concert, beautiful music
update: we got a one overall and we’re going to states!! :)
I play the mallet one! I’m so excited to play the slap stick part, it’s my favorite but congratulations!!!
For anybody wanting to practice the flute solo specifically, it's on RUclips as well. Just search Choose Joy Flute Solo
I play Tuba and I had to play the Flute solo during one of our concerts in the middle of my part because our flutes were dookie 😭
@joekillian3739 Ah man. I love playing the flute, but being forced to because of that sucks
@@Microbiology_Nerd yeah it was actually really fun, I will admit. But I’d rather just stick to playing Tuba lol.
@@joekillian3739 It really is so much fun. Nothing compares to your own instrument though. Mine was always the flute, and I doubt it'll change
I love this one
Thank you! Maybe if I work harder you can like all the other ones as well. :)
@@randallstandridge I haven't listened to a song written by you that I don't like
Playing this at contest, can't wait to get 1st place with this piece!
So glad I got to play this in 8th grade
I like the last line: No percussionists were harmed in the making of this video...
As a 5’3 percussionist playing the chimes part I can say…I had a crate to stand on just to play the part fast enough lol
sight read this after a school from our shared band concert played this song and it was so fun to play!, i hope we can play it in our spring concert
Getting to play this as a concert in band and a graduation for highschool
I love this so much. We're playing this for one of our concert band pieces in the spring at my high school, and I've been practicing it non-stop since we first sight read it (which was yesterday). It's so fun and I just really enjoy listening to it and playing it. Not to mention the project it's a part of (which my band teacher often mentions in class).
As the mallet 2 player I am outraged but still excited for my performance on Saturday
I played this song for UIL and we got perfect ones. This song is just amazing.
This song is cool❤
i just played this piece at a competition with my band! we won first for three different sections including overall btw 😉❤
My band is learning Choose Joy and a trumpet player behind me said “I choose violence”😂 It’s a fun piece but difficult ngl
Edit: We played it tonight and it was so fun. Such a great piece!
average high brass player:
(this post was made by the trombone gang)
We played this at Dover Eyota and it was a lot of fun, great work as always Randall Standridge
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m playing this in band right now and I can’t wait to perform it. My first concert on a piccolo😁. Can’t wait till the piccolo sounds good. And I’m tune😅
I really love the chord textures on this. The harmonies are absolutely sublime, and during the half note part all of the resolutions are absolutely phenomenal
We played this earlier tonight. This was my favorite out of the 4 pieces.
Update: I’m now playing this for my school’s spring concert.
My school were playing speed mirage photo finish paradise awaiting not alone and choose joy
Somewhere in Texas: Oh yeah! We played this in the sixth grade band!
I got my bd to let our class play this song yayayy cuz I love it sm
I’m totally forcing myself to watch these videos so I at least have some type of practice for District and then I’ll practice tomorrow, but I can already tell this’ll be fun-
Eeeeyyy, I was right- I did actually practice
As a part of the 8th grade symphonic band playing crash cymbals for this song, I love it
"no precussionists were harmed"
I ended up playing the timpani and percussion 4 parts at the same time
i have played 3 pieces from you reign, choose joy , and with every winters breath and every song has been great
Out of all the pieces you've written, this is the best one ive heard, this is insane
I played this in my band class in 8th grade and it was so fun