This year my band is doing this song, literally it gets stuck in my head and I listen to it all the time and I legit get chills every time it never gets old
Played this freshman year as the tubist!! I'm a junior now. All of my fellow juniors in band all agree that this is the coolest band song we have ever played.
I was so lucky with this piece. My band was the first band to play it in concert, and Mr. Balmages even helped our band director throughout the year on the piece. Right now, he is going the same thing for another middle school in my district.
This song depicts a foggy, eerie drift into the arctic land at the poles on your boat, after arriving at the cold frozen land and explore for a little bit, the ground begins to shake and you notice snow hurtling towards you full speed. You take off sprinting towards your boat. You look behind you and notice the dense snow in the distance still floating to the ground. It's deadly, but in a way beautiful.
@@OnlyOozyJay Well, songs always have more then one interpretation and this one might not be the one the composer originally had in mind, but that's how my band director heard it, and that's how I feel about it. There are probably hundreds more stories this song can tell in the arctic context alone
@@seabass6734 UIL is a scholastic competition circuit for the state of Texas run from the capitol. It governs all athletic state playoff circuits (football, basketball etc.) as well as marching band, drama (one act play), speech&debate and academic meets (essay, robotics, journalism etc.). UIL's state marching contest circuit is among the most competitive music competitions in the world.
I am playing this song with my band this year. I always love muting the audio in a charging scene from a movie and playing this song over! Purely epic!!
When I'm listening/playing this song I imagine a father In a snowy cabin in middle of a forest with this Ill daughter. The icy storm is circling around their little home. But they are out of medicine and if she doesn't get more soon she will perish. (This next part starts 1:45) forcing the father to push through the blizzards and the snow to save his daughter before time runs out. At 3:10 - 3:19 he grows tired and weary but he reflects on his daughter and how much he cares for her and that gives him more strength and courage to push through the harsh cold winter to save her life
@lili-wu4tj Thanks lol, that's funny because my dad is a Author and im planning on studying music😆. I appreciate it though!❤(And if I ever did make something, you'd be the first to know)
When we played this I absolutely hated it with every bone in my body but now I’m listening to again and I seriously have no idea why I hated it!! It absolutely takes my breath away.
Brian Balmages is awesome! This is one of my favorites but I've played other songs by him and they are all fantastic. Just the right level of challenge, and all musically great!
Head mallet percussionist right here and I love this song so much! Going to be playing this in band, and wow its beautiful as it starts and just gets better and better!
Every time it hits 3:09 that part gives me the chills all the time and its soooo emotional and soooo calming. Great song. Finna play this in the UIL this year in March
I played this great piece for Texas UIL Band. I played the bari sax on it. Such a fun song. I regret my decision of playing the tuba instead of the bari sax. Great times. We got a Division 1 on sightreading, and all 3 concert pieces.
I played bass clarinet for the first time ever to this piece and let me tell you it did not disappoint for the first time ever playing a low instrument
AHHH!! i have uil today on this song! wish us luck!! i’ll try to update on this comment to tell what place we got! UPDATE: we got sweepstakes!!!! we got a 1 on stage and 1 in sight reading!! 💖💖💖🤠
advice for the timpani player, from a timpanist: 9-11: lightly tap the drum - remember that you're accenting the band! 16/17: you're the only person playing quarter notes here, but it's still a background part! think of it as the timpani part peeking through & introducing itself to the audience. 34: hard mallets could be used here. alternate mallets! i recommend crossing your right over your left for the four 8th notes - play LRLR. this part is supposed to stand out, so make sure it's loud but controlled. mute all 4 at the end of 45! 53: HIGHLY recommend switching to hard mallets here. be gentle but firm; tighten your grip a little. again, make sure you're alternating mallets here! 65/solo: play sharp articulation-wise. keep the firm grip. play confidently and consistently!!!! follow the sticking pattern 74: back to soft mallets 83: mute on beat 1 96-98: balmages wrote to let the drums ring, but i recommend muting after each hit unless you're using hard mallets here. i also add an extra hit on beat 2 of the 2/4 measure, however this is optional, and i'd consult your director first. last 2 measures: hard mallets here! think of yourself as a vessel for the conductor; you follow them, and the band follows you. play similarly to the first solo. mute both of the last 2 notes. RLR, RLR, RLRL (R mute) - L (L mute) *don't roll ties *make mallet switches during multimeasure rests *proper alternation is important for ratings at adjudicated events - judges will look closely at your technique
I'm in 8th grade with a grade 7-12 band, and my band teacher says we might not do it for this winter concert, he said that this is easy and that we could do it, we just need to focus on it more, and we are getting very good at it now.
Bruh, I need to play this in my band for school. I have to admit, I play the Trombone, and it's one of my favorite parts I've ever had. So much fun going up and down with the booming yet gentle notes that sound like they could be in an Indiana Jones film
This song is some pretty good stuff. Playing it this year for spring concert and competition, though it’s not quite fun with the marimba part of a marimba/vibes part for the piece. 8 measures followed by the timpani solo, resting the entire rest of the time while vibes player does their thing
Euphonium player 7th grade quail valley middle school we are gonna play this at uil concert ill hopefully update yall to tell you what the judges rated us
Or from flutes when they had to play the notes in the exact same way for.... What 10 measures? All I know is my director had to have flutes all do it one at a time so someone would always be playing
This Year my school Band is doing this song and we are having Brian Balmages come in on Thursday of next week so my director has had us work on it all week so far/
It really does feel like a journey through a blizzard
It really does
This year my band is doing this song, literally it gets stuck in my head and I listen to it all the time and I legit get chills every time it never gets old
i played this two years ago and it’s still one of my favorite pieces i’ve ever played
I played it two years ago as well are you a freshman now aswell? Are you still in band sorry for all the questions lol
@@Russian_raccoonn im a sophomore! but yes im still in band couldnt imagine school without it! marching band especially
@@anxiety_3074 Me too! Marching band literally saved me bro
Same man. Played it last year.
fricken timpani solo gets me every time
Jagger Humphreys tell me about it!!! My band class is playing this price and I'm a trumpet and I get the chills everytime 😂😂
Yep
I got to play that for UIL
I play the timpani on this song and I love the solo so much
Had to play the solo when I made region my seventh grade year. I'm gonna honest, I got a mini panic attack every time I did lol.
I'm playing this in my symphonic band. I love the change of how it sounds at the allegro
Justa Bandnerd.
same here
Me too
i miss playing that song i played the chimes part on Into The Artic
Im playing this in my seventh grade band
I’m playing trombone in symphonic band
2:42 my favorite part, low brass sound so freaked cool blasting those notes in person.
Love playing at that part!
Same! Im playing the trombone part and i love how it sounds XD
Played this freshman year as the tubist!! I'm a junior now. All of my fellow juniors in band all agree that this is the coolest band song we have ever played.
Same at 67 I’m a first clarinet though
I’m playing trumpet and it’s so fun but I absolutely love the tuba part
1:49 was my favorite as a trombone player
This was written so well
PKPowers310 yes it was
PKPowers310 We Did This Song In All State Band But The Director Added Allot More Details Then This Has And It Sounded a Little Better
2:11 is my favorite I’m playing this for my UIL this year and I’m a tuba it sounds great in person
The spork_sp00n same
Same
Same
Same
me too...
French horn player right here, in 8th grade and we sound amazing... amazing song
I was so lucky with this piece. My band was the first band to play it in concert, and Mr. Balmages even helped our band director throughout the year on the piece. Right now, he is going the same thing for another middle school in my district.
Mr. Noisy Owl sameee 😂😂
SAME FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE PLAYS FRENCH HORN XD
Mr. Noisy Owl yesssss horn pride
Ayy, fellow Frencb Horn player over here!
This song depicts a foggy, eerie drift into the arctic land at the poles on your boat, after arriving at the cold frozen land and explore for a little bit, the ground begins to shake and you notice snow hurtling towards you full speed. You take off sprinting towards your boat. You look behind you and notice the dense snow in the distance still floating to the ground. It's deadly, but in a way beautiful.
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@@OnlyOozyJay Well, songs always have more then one interpretation and this one might not be the one the composer originally had in mind, but that's how my band director heard it, and that's how I feel about it. There are probably hundreds more stories this song can tell in the arctic context alone
@@mr.goodman4761 True
Nerd
@@dez3390 dude leave him alone he’s expressing he loves this song
If there was a longer version of this song I think it would be an excellent marching piece for UIL
Ok I'm sorry if I'm ignorant or something but what is uil
Sebastian Gutierrez a contest usually for top bands
@@seabass6734
UIL is a scholastic competition circuit for the state of Texas run from the capitol. It governs all athletic state playoff circuits (football, basketball etc.) as well as marching band, drama (one act play), speech&debate and academic meets (essay, robotics, journalism etc.).
UIL's state marching contest circuit is among the most competitive music competitions in the world.
@@seabass6734 University Interschoolastic league it’s a competition league for middle and high schools sports and arts
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Fav part is 0:00-3:48
Mario Cheek same!
Lol nice one
AquaMondrelle Me too
Same
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I am playing this song with my band this year. I always love muting the audio in a charging scene from a movie and playing this song over! Purely epic!!
I love this song! My symphonic band played it last year my sophomore year. Ever since we played it I always listen to it on youtube all the time.
When I'm listening/playing this song I imagine a father In a snowy cabin in middle of a forest with this Ill daughter. The icy storm is circling around their little home. But they are out of medicine and if she doesn't get more soon she will perish. (This next part starts 1:45) forcing the father to push through the blizzards and the snow to save his daughter before time runs out. At 3:10 - 3:19 he grows tired and weary but he reflects on his daughter and how much he cares for her and that gives him more strength and courage to push through the harsh cold winter to save her life
OMG I SEE IT
if u ever become a composer or a story i writer i will buy your music and books
@lili-wu4tj Thanks lol, that's funny because my dad is a Author and im planning on studying music😆. I appreciate it though!❤(And if I ever did make something, you'd be the first to know)
Can I be second your so talented !! Also I’m violin player :)
this piece was written for the district 7 msboa middle school honors band and i was in it :))😩
jwseok same
Bro I was in normal seventh grade when I played it
I play the trumpet for this song. It gives me chills every time I play it with the entire wind ensemble.
UGH I MISS BAND SO MUCH. this was one of our best songs at ULI🥺🥺!!
My band is playing this piece and I'm the Tuba player. We sound superb.
our band has 3 tubas tubas all the way
lets go for the tuba section!! #tubapride
TryHardAgains I play the tuba as well. Such an amazing piece. My band has nearly 200 people, and in that, only 6 tubas.
French horn here, and even though you can't really hear us, we have a really cool part. Played this in middle school and it was pretty fun
Mhmm -French horn
same. i played in 7th grade tho and we couldn’t. go to UIL because of corona😞😞
just played this at the band and it is my favorite song we performed, was chimes
i’m playing as second clarinet for the UIL comp!!! wish me luck!!
I could listen to this all day and never get bored.
I do every day, all day.
My band did this song last year during concert season, I played the flute, and it's such a good music piece. One of my favorite band songs played
I'm playing this at my All Region Concert. 1st Clarinet
Megan Courson me too!
I am playing as 1st Baritone at my winter concert tommorow
lol
Dequarius Velociraptor 👍🏻
Stephen Maschhoff Good luck!!!
Brian Balmages is a friend of my band teacher and I'm so glad since this is amazing music!
Lucky... I wish my band teacher knew a composer that good.
doesn't he want his last name to be pronounced in a specific weird way? i had a vague memory of someone saying that
@@ExplosionsCentralYes, he has stated that it's pronounced "Bal-May-Jezz". Hope this helps! :)
Playing this soon in varsity band as a flute. Real excited!
When we played this I absolutely hated it with every bone in my body but now I’m listening to again and I seriously have no idea why I hated it!! It absolutely takes my breath away.
Brian Balmages is awesome! This is one of my favorites but I've played other songs by him and they are all fantastic. Just the right level of challenge, and all musically great!
This deserves to be the opener for a movie
Head mallet percussionist right here and I love this song so much! Going to be playing this in band, and wow its beautiful as it starts and just gets better and better!
the percussion parts are absolutely beautiful - i play timpani!
I AGREE I played timpani in this too, but I also wished I could learn the chime part, I LOVE IT
That twist tho!!😍😍🤑🤑🤑
Our band is performing this
Brian balmages is one of my favorite composers
2:16 is my fav the low brass is just 😍😍😍
Kaylee Hernandez low reed parts sounds good too (KiNdA)
As a baritone saxophone player, I can agree..
3:12 god that French horn and baritone part is so beautiful
Every time it hits 3:09 that part gives me the chills all the time and its soooo emotional and soooo calming. Great song. Finna play this in the UIL this year in March
Bro that's why I'm sayin🥲👍
I was so exited to play this for my spring concert but it got cancelled. Thanks Corona :(
Emma Scott same 😔
Sammmeeeeeee, it was this song too. I wanted my parents to see it so badly
L bozo
Playing this in my symphonic band
First french horn
I’m so grateful to have played this piece in 7th grade . Now I’m a junior in high school and drum major 🗣 Yall have fun newbies !!
This song is soo fun to play Ugh . I’m a Freshman. Trumpetss 💖🎺
balmages never fails to disappoint with timpani parts - this is such a beautiful & fun piece to play
Played this on snare and low toms, sounds amazing!!
I’m so glad we have this
played this at all region
we did ok
1:48 is easily my favorite part, I'm a trombone and that melody is so fun to play
Fr
Performed this 7 years ago in middle school and I still get it stuck in my head sometimes
i played this in my honors/ varsity band when i was in middle school and i miss it so much
As someone playing the timpani part in this song, I can confirm this is awesome.
BEN
hi buckaroo
@@mrman7361 kachow
Same
I played this great piece for Texas UIL Band. I played the bari sax on it. Such a fun song. I regret my decision of playing the tuba instead of the bari sax. Great times. We got a Division 1 on sightreading, and all 3 concert pieces.
this is so good
Fabien Chavez it is
You guys have the same last name are you guys brothers
@@yungcashregister354 Yessir
Playing this as a bari sax
BillFromKFC _ SAME
Favorite part?
BillFromKFC _ when our part is finally important😂but I like the quarter note 2 eight notes tied rhythm
It’s BS how long the 70+ measure wait is but it’s worth it
Where you pair with the low brass
I played bass clarinet for the first time ever to this piece and let me tell you it did not disappoint for the first time ever playing a low instrument
playing this with my band in wind ensamble for our winter and it is an amazing piece!
What a treat to play this song
I'm a tuba and played this for a winter concert (8th grader) i loved playing it
AHHH!! i have uil today on this song! wish us luck!! i’ll try to update on this comment to tell what place we got!
UPDATE: we got sweepstakes!!!! we got a 1 on stage and 1 in sight reading!! 💖💖💖🤠
us too!!
i played this song last year for sprig concert and its one of my favorite songs to this day
TIMPANI SOLO BABY!
SAAAAAAME :)
advice for the timpani player, from a timpanist:
9-11: lightly tap the drum - remember that you're accenting the band!
16/17: you're the only person playing quarter notes here, but it's still a background part! think of it as the timpani part peeking through & introducing itself to the audience.
34: hard mallets could be used here. alternate mallets! i recommend crossing your right over your left for the four 8th notes - play LRLR. this part is supposed to stand out, so make sure it's loud but controlled. mute all 4 at the end of 45!
53: HIGHLY recommend switching to hard mallets here. be gentle but firm; tighten your grip a little. again, make sure you're alternating mallets here!
65/solo: play sharp articulation-wise. keep the firm grip. play confidently and consistently!!!! follow the sticking pattern
74: back to soft mallets
83: mute on beat 1
96-98: balmages wrote to let the drums ring, but i recommend muting after each hit unless you're using hard mallets here. i also add an extra hit on beat 2 of the 2/4 measure, however this is optional, and i'd consult your director first.
last 2 measures: hard mallets here! think of yourself as a vessel for the conductor; you follow them, and the band follows you. play similarly to the first solo. mute both of the last 2 notes. RLR, RLR, RLRL (R mute) - L (L mute)
*don't roll ties
*make mallet switches during multimeasure rests
*proper alternation is important for ratings at adjudicated events - judges will look closely at your technique
I'm in 8th grade with a grade 7-12 band, and my band teacher says we might not do it for this winter concert, he said that this is easy and that we could do it, we just need to focus on it more, and we are getting very good at it now.
This guy should try to get to the stars its a hard song but it sounds cool
It's called to the stars it was made by a teacher who worked at my middle school
The writer of it is Joshua v.Henkel
Kazuto Kitykya I actually found this on soundcloud I think, tell me if this is it:
soundcloud.com/c-alanpublications/to-the-stars
I’m playing this and I’m getting to meet Brian Balmages and I’m so excited
Bruh, I need to play this in my band for school. I have to admit, I play the Trombone, and it's one of my favorite parts I've ever had. So much fun going up and down with the booming yet gentle notes that sound like they could be in an Indiana Jones film
It makes me tingle😍
My band is doing this song this year and I have the timpani solo!!! First solo in 3 years of band ❤❤❤
played this last year
first alto
It was boring
Tru ^
Lucy Um.
Yeet same
Lol
Lucy Um I love your profile pic
I’m playing it this year and I’m so excited
This song is some pretty good stuff. Playing it this year for spring concert and competition, though it’s not quite fun with the marimba part of a marimba/vibes part for the piece. 8 measures followed by the timpani solo, resting the entire rest of the time while vibes player does their thing
Gotta make sacrifices tho to make it sound good!
1 of my favorite songs my band Kemp high school band has played
I played this in 7th and i was on first part clarinet, I MISS PLAYING THIS SO MUCH
I play timp for this song, love it.
I love the brass choir behind the woodwinds playing eighth notes
Nice I’m playing this right now in concert band, I’m playing 1st trumpet.
Ah! The horn in this gets me everytime :))
i’m in wind ensemble and i loveeeee this song
just played this song at UIL. it was an amazing song
Where my 1 trumpets at 🎺 🎺 🎺
Yea!!!!
we played this and our recording got sent off and we got 11th place in state :-)
1st trumpet, ending high school concert band with a bang!
Playing this song as the only clarinet in my section... no pressure 😓
wdym section
Euphonium player 7th grade quail valley middle school we are gonna play this at uil concert ill hopefully update yall to tell you what the judges rated us
Played this 5 years ago on Euphonium also. I hope you’re enjoying it as much as I did!
We got 1 1 2 from judges
I’m happy that I’m playing this for my band
This is the only piece that i enjoy as a trombone player
we were gonna preform this for spring concert 2019 but we cancelled it because some couldn't play it 💀
I think the 9 dislikes on this come from the channel name
@Chris Gilliam now its 13
Or from flutes when they had to play the notes in the exact same way for.... What 10 measures? All I know is my director had to have flutes all do it one at a time so someone would always be playing
Yooooooo , first clarinet
Laura Harrison me trombone
Same
Im a trumpet and the flute part looks terrifying
1:35 is my fave part
Playing this on bassoon is so fun. i wish i could play it again
I got vibraphone and marimba for this song. This song is so good.
Clarinet in ninth grade band. Can confirm- got stuck in head every time.
I love this song we are playing it for a competition with Normand Beach by Edmondson. We are a middle school symphonic band only!
Zarifa A. Are band is playing this middle school honors band
Wait Zaria ur in my band u play flute lol
i know i’ve played this but i’ve played in so many ensembles that i can’t even remember which one it was in
I’m gonna play this for UIL. The flutes and I were all gasping for air after the epic timpani part… ;-;
I have the timpani solo for this song. And lemme tell you, when I play it, the kids go CRAZY
3:11 the euphonium part sounds like bohemian Rhapsody
This Year my school Band is doing this song and we are having Brian Balmages come in on Thursday of next week so my director has had us work on it all week so far/
i play this for my concert band and i have the privilege of being on the timpani
Yes sirr
I remember playing this second band in middle school
Lmao I play the french horn for this XD
DJKitten Me too! Hello!