My band played this about a year and a half ago (I guess it's not my band anymore since I'm in college now) but my band teacher had percussionists actually set up in the audience to make the helicopter noises echo across the entire auditorium and we had a slideshow going overhead. When we were finished there was like a two minute standing ovation. Definitely one of the best experiences in all my years in concert band.
Hayden T we did the same exact thing this weekend but we played it at Troy university where it was first played and we also had Robert W Smith narrate the song while we played
Our band did the same thing when I was in high school! Had a super long standing ovation and lots of tears. I actually had to text my band director last night and ask the name of this song because I wanted to hear it so bad. 😂
My highschool band was going to perform this piece right before the pandemic hit. I remember sight-reading this piece for the first time, and the percussion simulating the sound of helicopters gave me literal chills. Horn 2 was one hell of a part, but my section managed to get through it. We never got to perform this piece in the end, but my god this is going in the memory book.
we played this for our Veterans Day assembly this year and the whole school went silent for a good 30 seconds.. you could hear a pin drop.. then everyone started clapping and some people cried.. some parents and veterans came up to the band after and we're giving hugs and good jobs for like 20 minutes after the assembly was over
this is still one of my favorite songs I ever performed in all 10 years of my concert band experience...as a timpani player you don't generally get many earthshaking parts like this, and I think that's probably why I loved it so much
We actually did a marching band arrangement of this when I was in high school. So much fun. This song tells such a story and it was so much fun to convey that on the field.
My marching band instructor wouldve gutted it. im glad we only did it in regular band and not marching band! He was 10x better at conducting a normal band than he was teaching marching band
Ditto. We were a small band by all means, in a town of maybe 2500 at the time. But our director was great. Always held us to the highest of standards. I hated high school but I'd give up a whole lot to play in the band again. I played trumpet, first chair, from 5th to senior year. This will always be my favorite piece.
We played this in High School Band meant a lot to me as I had a Grandpa that was in Korea. Lest We Forget! 13th Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division.
What I appreciate about the trumpet part is that yeah you don’t play much, but you get admire the beauty of the song and listen, and when the trumpets play, you know it’s intense
We're playing this in 2016, and I play Euphonium, I love this piece so much!!!! I just switched from trumpet to euphonium, best decision I ever made, this piece is AMAZING!!!! 10/10!!!
I played the flute solos back in 2017, it was the most terrifying yet amazing thing I ever got to do. Today it still gives me goosebumps. It was the first time I ever used a b joint flute and on a brand new flute at the time ❤
I played this my senior year of high school, and I looooved it. I was first chair horn, so I ADORED the freaking solo. I'm going into my junior year of college, and I keep hoping that I'll get to play this piece again before I graduate, because I just love it.
i remember when our band did this 2 years ago back when i was in High. it was so epic because at several points there would be "gun fire" through random parts of the piece which (even though it's not in the original sheet music) in my opinion made this song just way more epic! either way this song is a brilliant piece! i miss playing it too!
2 years ago, my sophomore year, I played the English horn solo on my alto sax. I remember being so nervous to play it in front of so many people. Then the day came, and I played it. I made my band director cry, I don’t think I’ll ever forget that. Well here I am a senior in Highschool, and we’re playing this again, and of course I have the solo. I hope I can perform it as well as I did two years ago.
I was the only flute who could play shakuhachi, the wooden flute solo. My dude, I sucked. But I was the only one who could play the thing. You'll kill it the second time around.
I'm a fan of Korean stuff, Korean culture, and I love the interesting thing about the Korean war and I feel like this would be a great piece to play one year in my high school band.
My brother’s high school band just played this and had the drums all around the auditorium. It was so immersive and the dynamics were some of the best I’ve ever experienced. Totally transported me. So cinematic. The flute and wave machine intro/outro was so beautiful and serene as well
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our band just got it today and I almost started to cry, I play the piccolo piece and I'm afraid that I won't play it well enough to make it sound beautiful as this song deserves it to be
I play the Piano/Synth part for this song for my high school concert band and I love it. It is a very emotional yet very intense piece I just love playing it!
I had the honor of playing it (on snare) right after he wrote in the 2002 Texas All-State Symphonic Band. It brought him to tears as Anthony Maielllo directed it with Robert W. Smith watching us.
Epicoaster Dragoneater he was even kind enough to sign my copy of the music, that was when I was 13, I'm 22 now, I still have it and still means just as much to me as it did then.
I as a tenor sax player would like to say this piece was epically amazing and challenging but i rocked it and it was an epic senior year for me!!!!!! Class of 2009
***** Haha, I'm sorry for not giving you the solo Nick. I'm too stingy with my Horn parts, but I was proud of you last night. You've come a long way from blasting, I mean playing horn.
My band played this at our concert earlier this week, truely amazing peace to play and to listen too. its so moving and as a preformer you do get caught up in it. truely amazing
For the North Florida Honor Band, we're going to be having Mr. Smith actually conducting this song for our concert. Has me really excited to work with the composer, as we'll get some more insight into this piece. Can't wait to meet him tomorrow!
Rhos 'Sevai lol we performed it at Troy university today where it was first performed but instead of having Mr. Smith conduct Dr. Nagasone from Honolulu Hawaii conduct while Mr. Smith narrated it
In band we played this in middle school. For the helicopter sounds and guns we set up 6 bass drums on their sides in the audience. We flew the helicopter from back to front side to side and had a battle. That night we also played Pirates of the Caribbean. Both were college level. That was the last time those pieces were played. The next year they combined the middle schools and the band teacher retired. The only time the school had a standing ovation.
Loved playing this on my senior spring concert! First horn part was a blast and our percussionists did a wonderful job with staging around the auditorium!
I absolutely love this song. It will always be my fondest memory of music because I heard this song when I was in 8th grade about to go into high school, and it made me want to keep playing music once I got to 9th grade...and now as a senior, I got to play this song for the incoming students and inspire them with the song that inspired me all those years ago :)
Got to do this for Music in May, with other 150 other band members, and Robert W. Smith himself was invited to conduct us. When we went over this piece, he mentioned that he had some Morse code hidden in it. Of course, I can’t figure it out, but if anyone else knows, please tell me. Couldn’t get any sleep trying to figure it out.
Yes! Actually, there is an American and Korean folk song kinda squeezed in and they are played with the same notes and scale. This was Robert W. Smith’s way of saying. ”Hey, guys, we are so similar and the fact that we fight like this is so stupid”
I played this tune in Honor band my ninth grade year, the next year Robert W. Smith actually conducted our honor band and we played his score from the Odyssey. Great Memories!
My high school band played this piece for our veterans day concert, im a freshman and i play the flute, and this is one of my favorite pieces i've ever played, This or Watchmen, Tell Us of the Night, i encourage people to check that piece out, its absolutely beautiful! or Godspeed...so many pieces! Lovee
At a memorial service this year I got to year this played live. Those drums as helicopters are so much more effective live, a recording doesn't do it justice. The drums actually shook the area I was sitting in
I played this song in band my sophomore year of high school. Tonight was my last concert as a senior and needless to say, this song brings back memories :)
Also Tuba player here: i played it 4 years ago and i still remember it as one of my favourites especally the drums who simulate helicopters still give me chills
Played the Flute part for this, not the solo unfortunately. The subito allegro made me want to CRY! I ended up volunteering for a percussion sound effect it was so hard! Base drum helicopters for the win!
I've been wanting to play this since I heard it in 6th grade. I'm in 9th grade now...and pray everyday that I will play this beautiful piece before my high school career is over. But in Texas I don't think their UIL would accept this piece. I can always dream...as the french horn player I am :)
Freshman Year in High School and we are playing this. I play 3rd trumpet, and the second to last full line we have is a run of quarter and eighth notes. After practice I went up to my band teacher and said: "You know, this line is like 'Hey, you don't play very much in this song, so you're going to make up for it for playing this very obnoxious sounding run of notes at the end. Congrats" He laughed.
for sure! although i love mekong, it was a freaking nightmare for some parts. those runs will trip you up quick! your breath is just gone for after 20 something measures!
We are playing this at my school for a Veterans day concert on Friday. I get to play in the Helicopter. I play tenor sax as my main instrument and that part is flipping hard. But really fun.
We just got the piece today and I cannot wait to play this song for my spring concert! We each have a theme for each of our spring concerts and this year it's rememberance. For like the wars in the past and we are doing this piece (hopefully) I am overly excited to play it. I play the euphonium all my part has long whole notes and stuff like that.... 😑while the other people get the fun parts...
My band just played this in our concert 2 days ago and our teacher had to rearrange the piece because it would be too hard for us :/ but we did it! and our teacher had students go into areas of the audience with bass drum heads to make it a surround sound piece. honestly a really fun piece, even though i sucked at it lol (im in an 7th & 8th grade band, so just a bunch of 13 and 14 year olds lmao)
We are playing this in band and I love it's my favorite one yet!! I play the trombone and I think that my part is simple compared to others but it makes the piece sound great as my part is different then others in measure 114!
We are playing this song in my symphic band, It is so much fun to play. People always seem to hate songs with alot of ink on the paper, but in my opinion, I love paying difficult music with fast notes and hard fingerings......such as Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed....now that song is fun :D
I played Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed for a winter concert one year. Afterwards, the reaction from the audience was "that wasnt very christmasy" but as a horn player, it was a really fun song to play.
I would love to play this...espically being a french horn player in highschool. But being in Texas bands....contest comes into play...& i don't think we'd ever do this...
My band played this about a year and a half ago (I guess it's not my band anymore since I'm in college now) but my band teacher had percussionists actually set up in the audience to make the helicopter noises echo across the entire auditorium and we had a slideshow going overhead. When we were finished there was like a two minute standing ovation. Definitely one of the best experiences in all my years in concert band.
Hayden T we did the same exact thing this weekend but we played it at Troy university where it was first played and we also had Robert W Smith narrate the song while we played
Hayden T yoooo we're doing that for our preformance next week xD
Hope it all goes well!
Our band did the same thing when I was in high school! Had a super long standing ovation and lots of tears. I actually had to text my band director last night and ask the name of this song because I wanted to hear it so bad. 😂
We're going to have some on the stages and others walk in
My highschool band was going to perform this piece right before the pandemic hit. I remember sight-reading this piece for the first time, and the percussion simulating the sound of helicopters gave me literal chills. Horn 2 was one hell of a part, but my section managed to get through it. We never got to perform this piece in the end, but my god this is going in the memory book.
I play the alto sax. This song gave me so many hand cramps.
62 measures of pretty much the same thing 😭
Me with my clarinet part 😭😭
When I was a 8th grader, I got to have the honor of playing the alto flute solo. Such a beautiful and wonderful piece of music!!!!!!
I played it on the shakuhachi! A Korean wooden flute. You probably did way better on an alto, I never got to touch one of those until 10th grade
As a korean person the emotion in this piece get me every time. Beautifully composed.
My band added marching snares to simulate machine guns firing
Bobby Joe has we’re going that
That would be a neat idea, we’re playing this and we added 5 bass drums to simulate artillery fire
Those running 16th notes are killer but once you get them it's the coolest thing
Working on those rn
we played this for our Veterans Day assembly this year and the whole school went silent for a good 30 seconds.. you could hear a pin drop.. then everyone started clapping and some people cried.. some parents and veterans came up to the band after and we're giving hugs and good jobs for like 20 minutes after the assembly was over
This is such a viscerally powerful piece, especially for veterans. Good job.
this is still one of my favorite songs I ever performed in all 10 years of my concert band experience...as a timpani player you don't generally get many earthshaking parts like this, and I think that's probably why I loved it so much
This would make like the coolest marching band show ever
Yaaaaasssss
We actually did a marching band arrangement of this when I was in high school. So much fun. This song tells such a story and it was so much fun to convey that on the field.
My marching band instructor wouldve gutted it. im glad we only did it in regular band and not marching band! He was 10x better at conducting a normal band than he was teaching marching band
This has always been my FAVORITE concert piece. We played it when I was in high school. Still just as beautiful!
Ditto. We were a small band by all means, in a town of maybe 2500 at the time. But our director was great. Always held us to the highest of standards. I hated high school but I'd give up a whole lot to play in the band again. I played trumpet, first chair, from 5th to senior year. This will always be my favorite piece.
We played this in High School Band meant a lot to me as I had a Grandpa that was in Korea. Lest We Forget! 13th Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division.
+Ross R I salute your grandfather. He's partly the reason I'm not saluting Kim Jong Un instead.
My grandad was also in the Korean War! He's 90 now.
What I appreciate about the trumpet part is that yeah you don’t play much, but you get admire the beauty of the song and listen, and when the trumpets play, you know it’s intense
We're playing this in 2016, and I play Euphonium, I love this piece so much!!!! I just switched from trumpet to euphonium, best decision I ever made, this piece is AMAZING!!!! 10/10!!!
I played the flute solos back in 2017, it was the most terrifying yet amazing thing I ever got to do. Today it still gives me goosebumps. It was the first time I ever used a b joint flute and on a brand new flute at the time ❤
I played this my senior year of high school, and I looooved it. I was first chair horn, so I ADORED the freaking solo. I'm going into my junior year of college, and I keep hoping that I'll get to play this piece again before I graduate, because I just love it.
i remember when our band did this 2 years ago back when i was in High. it was so epic because at several points there would be "gun fire" through random parts of the piece which (even though it's not in the original sheet music) in my opinion made this song just way more epic! either way this song is a brilliant piece! i miss playing it too!
lol i had to do the random gun/ cannon fires on the bass drum and it was fun
Audrey m yeah I had a good friend who manned the base drum and beat the crap out of that drum! Haha it was a great performance
I got to preform this with Robert W. Smith himself. One of my favorite pieces!
2 years ago, my sophomore year, I played the English horn solo on my alto sax. I remember being so nervous to play it in front of so many people. Then the day came, and I played it. I made my band director cry, I don’t think I’ll ever forget that. Well here I am a senior in Highschool, and we’re playing this again, and of course I have the solo. I hope I can perform it as well as I did two years ago.
I was the only flute who could play shakuhachi, the wooden flute solo. My dude, I sucked. But I was the only one who could play the thing. You'll kill it the second time around.
I'm a fan of Korean stuff, Korean culture, and I love the interesting thing about the Korean war and I feel like this would be a great piece to play one year in my high school band.
we in the same boat.
I met this man who made this and played in a honor band best song ever we could’ve done.
My brother’s high school band just played this and had the drums all around the auditorium. It was so immersive and the dynamics were some of the best I’ve ever experienced. Totally transported me. So cinematic. The flute and wave machine intro/outro was so beautiful and serene as well
Makes me miss band so much.
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our band just got it today and I almost started to cry, I play the piccolo piece and I'm afraid that I won't play it well enough to make it sound beautiful as this song deserves it to be
We played this last year in the Wind Ensemble. GO FLUTES!
By the way I'm blasting this piece, I really hope my neighbors like this song. :D Beautiful. My favorite piece... ever!
I play the Piano/Synth part for this song for my high school concert band and I love it. It is a very emotional yet very intense piece I just love playing it!
Matthew Wines dude so am I lol maybe we have different parts haha but mine is the same thing over and over again
I played this in all district band prior to 2003. Loudoun County, VA.
I had the honor of playing it (on snare) right after he wrote in the 2002 Texas All-State Symphonic Band. It brought him to tears as Anthony Maielllo directed it with Robert W. Smith watching us.
We played this when I was in Jr. High/Middle school at NM State Honor Band. And as a surprise Robert W. Smith actually came and conducted it!
Your so lucky!!! Robert W. Smith is one of my favorite composers. If i ever met him i would talk to him for hours LOL
Epicoaster Dragoneater he was even kind enough to sign my copy of the music, that was when I was 13, I'm 22 now, I still have it and still means just as much to me as it did then.
That's so cool!!! I'm so jealous now lol. I want to meet him so badly!
So we all here remembering our glory days?
As a fan of powerful music such as this, im honored to be playing it in my high schools wind symphony. (I play 1st F-Horn :D)
Yes! A fellow Horn player! And from my view, a good one too! I am also first chair in my high school symphonic band.
Yay horn players... For some reason they are harder to find then other instruments.
The Chosen Potato We should start a horn club! I was first too ;P
Count me in!
I as a tenor sax player would like to say this piece was epically amazing and challenging but i rocked it and it was an epic senior year for me!!!!!! Class of 2009
We played this my freshmen year. It's my favorite band piece ever
I loved playing this song! As a Flautist was a great one to end my senior year in high school!
We played this song last year on tour it was hands down my favorite piece
I actually got to play this piece under the conduction of Robert W. Smith at a music festival. One of the most amazing experiences of my life.
I was there at mim as well. Coming back to listen to this, something I've been thinking about a lot lately for some reason.
@@umm_mimi7412 Oh cool! I can’t wait for the CD to come out so I can listen to our concert.
I was supposed to do this too for all district band but he sadly passed away before he could conduct us
I can't wait to do the horn solo for the spring concert.
***** Haha, I'm sorry for not giving you the solo Nick. I'm too stingy with my Horn parts, but I was proud of you last night. You've come a long way from blasting, I mean playing horn.
We played this in band when I was in middle school, and I never realized that part at 2:50 was Arirang
Jessi
.... Middle school?!
I noticed that too!
My band played this at our concert earlier this week, truely amazing peace to play and to listen too. its so moving and as a preformer you do get caught up in it. truely amazing
I just played this in my Region Symphonic band!! Clarinet!!
For the North Florida Honor Band, we're going to be having Mr. Smith actually conducting this song for our concert. Has me really excited to work with the composer, as we'll get some more insight into this piece. Can't wait to meet him tomorrow!
Rhos 'Sevai having him there tonight was legit amazing. Did not think bass drum heads could sound like legit helicopters 😂😂
Rhos 'Sevai it was amazing having him there to help us. He is great and honestly very inspirational.
Rhos 'Sevai it was insane. I can't believe I "flew a helicopter"
Rhos 'Sevai north Florida was a major success today and this year was the greatest experience I could ever ask for
Rhos 'Sevai lol we performed it at Troy university today where it was first performed but instead of having Mr. Smith conduct Dr. Nagasone from Honolulu Hawaii conduct while Mr. Smith narrated it
This is the only song from high school band that I keep coming and listening to! We all loved playing this song!!
I played the bassoon!
In band we played this in middle school. For the helicopter sounds and guns we set up 6 bass drums on their sides in the audience. We flew the helicopter from back to front side to side and had a battle. That night we also played Pirates of the Caribbean. Both were college level. That was the last time those pieces were played. The next year they combined the middle schools and the band teacher retired. The only time the school had a standing ovation.
Watched Morehead State University play this last night they had the 'helicopters' spread in their upper balcony..... one word breath taking
I honestly had no idea this was by Robert W Smith...
We're playing the Great Locomotive Chase as well...
Yay. :D
I love The Great Locomotive Chase!
Loved playing this on my senior spring concert! First horn part was a blast and our percussionists did a wonderful job with staging around the auditorium!
I absolutely love this song. It will always be my fondest memory of music because I heard this song when I was in 8th grade about to go into high school, and it made me want to keep playing music once I got to 9th grade...and now as a senior, I got to play this song for the incoming students and inspire them with the song that inspired me all those years ago :)
Got to do this for Music in May, with other 150 other band members, and Robert W. Smith himself was invited to conduct us. When we went over this piece, he mentioned that he had some Morse code hidden in it. Of course, I can’t figure it out, but if anyone else knows, please tell me. Couldn’t get any sleep trying to figure it out.
im so glad we played this has a festival song
2:50. Do I spy a taste of the main theme from variations on a Korean folk song?
its the actual Korean folk song... Ahirang.
Yupyup
Yes! Actually, there is an American and Korean folk song kinda squeezed in and they are played with the same notes and scale. This was Robert W. Smith’s way of saying. ”Hey, guys, we are so similar and the fact that we fight like this is so stupid”
Lol I wondered the same thing
Oh I loved that one!!!!
Playing this at a Music in May, with Smith as our conductor is something I hope I don't forget.
I played this tune in Honor band my ninth grade year, the next year Robert W. Smith actually conducted our honor band and we played his score from the Odyssey. Great Memories!
Excellent! I love patriotic songs!
I was the piano soloist in this song during my junior year of high school, I miss the good days
My high school band played this piece for our veterans day concert, im a freshman and i play the flute, and this is one of my favorite pieces i've ever played, This or Watchmen, Tell Us of the Night, i encourage people to check that piece out, its absolutely beautiful! or Godspeed...so many pieces! Lovee
At a memorial service this year I got to year this played live. Those drums as helicopters are so much more effective live, a recording doesn't do it justice. The drums actually shook the area I was sitting in
I played this song in band my sophomore year of high school. Tonight was my last concert as a senior and needless to say, this song brings back memories :)
this song is simply amazing (tuba)
Also Tuba player here: i played it 4 years ago and i still remember it as one of my favourites especally the drums who simulate helicopters still give me chills
Just played this song on Alto Sax at my schools Spring Concert, best song every
Played it yesterday, amazing piece.
this song is my favorite song from high school lol, i always fell asleep when it was nothing but the woodwinds playing lol
so creative with the effects of the Vietnam war whit the beauty and peace of Asia with it
This song resparked my love of music
my favorite song ever to play.
The horn solo!
My band performed this last night and got a standing ovation!
My band played this song yesterday for the spring concert!
Played the Flute part for this, not the solo unfortunately. The subito allegro made me want to CRY! I ended up volunteering for a percussion sound effect it was so hard! Base drum helicopters for the win!
Pixie Tira ye boi
I've been wanting to play this since I heard it in 6th grade. I'm in 9th grade now...and pray everyday that I will play this beautiful piece before my high school career is over. But in Texas I don't think their UIL would accept this piece. I can always dream...as the french horn player I am :)
Freshman Year in High School and we are playing this. I play 3rd trumpet, and the second to last full line we have is a run of quarter and eighth notes. After practice I went up to my band teacher and said:
"You know, this line is like 'Hey, you don't play very much in this song, so you're going to make up for it for playing this very obnoxious sounding run of notes at the end. Congrats"
He laughed.
We sight read this song in my band class today, I play the alto sax too, so I know how you feel right now..
sounds almost exactly like a mix of all his songs.. i wish my band would have played this, its so good.!
I can't wait for our high school symphonic band to play this next week for our concert!
I'm playing this for our spring concert I love this pice besides the runs at 18 me has a Bari sax I'm not generally used to this
ik how feel as a fellow bari sax. try fanfares and alleluias. it will destroy you
+Ilikebeinme 2411 ugh I just wanna go back to the whole notes XD
for sure! although i love mekong, it was a freaking nightmare for some parts. those runs will trip you up quick! your breath is just gone for after 20 something measures!
+Ilikebeinme 2411 He made me grab a 2nd alto part... I want to die
DUDE I CAN REALTE TO THIS SO MUCH! I played this last year and I was blown away!!!!!
Yay, I'm glad someone respects us. Thank you!
and an Alto flute was used.... amazing
The Frozen Cathedral by John Mackey uses a bass flute. It's an instrument you don't hear or see much.
This one's pretty tough, but have you ever played wind of posiedon
Playing it this year, cant wait :D
This was one of the first songs I learned to play on baritone after 3 1/2 years of playing trumpet
Wooooo go Baritones!!!!!!!
I cannot wait until our band sounds like this
We are playing this at my school for a Veterans day concert on Friday. I get to play in the Helicopter. I play tenor sax as my main instrument and that part is flipping hard. But really fun.
We just got the piece today and I cannot wait to play this song for my spring concert! We each have a theme for each of our spring concerts and this year it's rememberance. For like the wars in the past and we are doing this piece (hopefully) I am overly excited to play it. I play the euphonium all my part has long whole notes and stuff like that.... 😑while the other people get the fun parts...
You get to play?
I love playing this song (flute) :D
My band just played this in our concert 2 days ago and our teacher had to rearrange the piece because it would be too hard for us :/ but we did it! and our teacher had students go into areas of the audience with bass drum heads to make it a surround sound piece. honestly a really fun piece, even though i sucked at it lol
(im in an 7th & 8th grade band, so just a bunch of 13 and 14 year olds lmao)
playing this at my next concert :p
We are playing this in band and I love it's my favorite one yet!! I play the trombone and I think that my part is simple compared to others but it makes the piece sound great as my part is different then others in measure 114!
our high school band play this on memorial day for the vets
I played this song in middle school and along with it we played pirates of the caribbean
Awesome !
brilliant piece
Great piece
We had the "Helicopters" spread in the upper balcony when we performed this. It turned out a million times cooler than anyone could have hoped
We're gonna do that too, at our spring concert 2 weeks from now.
Holy shit, this is amazing
I thought it was really cool when our band used marching bass drums on their sides for the helicopter effect. Pretty Awesome!!!!
same story here(except middle school). we were one of those middle schools that could play music that wasn't watered down.
Hell yeah, sax power!
My band director is friends with mr smith and literally sat for 2 hours with him to make sure it was perfect
My band director was mr king
We are playing this song in my symphic band, It is so much fun to play. People always seem to hate songs with alot of ink on the paper, but in my opinion, I love paying difficult music with fast notes and hard fingerings......such as Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed....now that song is fun :D
I played Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed for a winter concert one year. Afterwards, the reaction from the audience was "that wasnt very christmasy" but as a horn player, it was a really fun song to play.
I would love to play this...espically being a french horn player in highschool. But being in Texas bands....contest comes into play...& i don't think we'd ever do this...
istg the running 16th notes are still stuck on my hand to this day