Please take me back to my time as an 8th grader. January 2015-July 2015, Greatest months I will ever have in my life. I played this mesmerising piece in band. I went to Washington D.C. with my class (and on my birthday too!), and naturally, many more unforgettable memories. This piece makes me feel happier every time I listen to it. Any other trumpet players?
My history of the arts teacher played this for us today. He told us that he played it with his band, and one of the girls he played with died later in the year due to a car accident, so this song is very special to him. Music is powerful in many different ways.
ayo 7th grade playing this where my clarinets at?🎼 Update: 8th grade now- 1st chair😜 Update 2 (2020): Rising senior now! 2nd chair and trying out for section leader today :)
if you like this, then you should check out Cajun Folk Songs by Frank Ticheli. Its comprised of 2 movements. the first is a slow, with the second picking up the tempo. I hope u enjoy it.
This song is sooooooo beautiful, I like listening to it on a sunrise in a forest garden, or pretend I woke up in the clouds with all different ecosystems from down below and see the sunny sky. Great song!
my band played this song last year for contest. THEY DID AMAZING!!!!!! they sounded exactly like this recording! My band teacher is awesome and inspiring. (Trombones are awesome)
Hard to believe it's been 13 years since I've performed this piece! It was one of the first to entrance me with music, I played tympani on this one, and I'm glad I stuck with it!
I'm listening to this...played a clarinet, 1st chair, in my band. Brings back a huge amount of memories from the band... I get teary eyed when listening to this.
I first heard this 6 years ago when I was 14 - To this day, I remember it perfectly. This is still the best song I've ever heard within the school's musical library. Robert W. Smith is incredible. This song beautifully showcases all of the instruments in the band. This is a gorgeous and emotionally moving tune.
A ponee Aye. I have to agree on that because: 1: I play clarinet 2: This song contains a large amount of clarinet melody. So excited for next year, we're the first band in our school's history to get a UIL Sweepstakes!
LunchIsAwesome well i understand that but us trumpets who played first part, played very high notes. when i first got this i got to play the highest notes i have ever played in a song! plus i had that beautiful solo before the coda! :D
Wow. Robert W Smith is truly amazing. Today I played string bass in a tri-county band thing in Culpepper, VA and Robert W Smith was our conductor!! i just had to look up his works... he's a chill dude.
the way the clarinets came in at the beginning set the stage for the entire song. the only thing I think they could have done better was have the French horns play only at the end chorus. aside from that I think that this song is beautiful and I hope that other people can continue to make songs just like this for the future.
played this song in 7th grade. took it to a competition in Atlanta, Georgia. we won first place. this song is BEAUTIFUL. an epic beginning and end. beautiful slow section and it emphasises all instruments in the band, especially brass. being a percussionust, I sometimes get a little bit tired of playing songs that are not challenging, I played first snare on this song and it was very fun to play. LOVED playing it and I miss it so much. I loved to see how the band improved on it. BEAUTIFUL
I play bassoon and this is the very first piece I have ever played where I actually get to play the melody for a few measures and I can't wait to play this it sounds awesome!
I PLAYED THIS IN 7TH GRADE (last year) AND I SAW IT AND I SCREAMED THE MEMORIES ARE BACK. Sorry. Had to fangirl for a moment. I played this song in 7th grade and now my band is playing Into The Storm and it's just hell but it's awesome
This song is very, very easy for my level, but at least that insures that I will get the flute solo in my high school's concert band!! This is definitely one of the most beautiful songs we have ever pulled out to sight read! I don't know what it is about playing that flute solo, but it's just so dang pretty and full of passion! Ah!
+Eva Granroth I'm a clarinet too! This one of the three songs i have to play for my spring concert (the others being Blue Ridge Saga and Highlights from Harry Potter) :)
This piece is amazing. All I did was play tambourine and suspended cymbal for it, but I got the privilege of being able to sit back and just listen. He's definitely my favorite composer. And gosh, the woodwinds just absolutely dominate in the middle, don't they?
One of my favorite pieces I've ever played in band. I actually played this twice: The first time was in middle school, and my high school band director picked it out a few years later and I played it again. I wasn't complaining!
I hadn't been in band in years. Out high school band played at a contest and I heard this. This was the song that made me wish I had gone into band, and then I decided no matter what, I was going to be in band. One year later I am now in band and don't regret it one bit.
I think I played something like crash cymbals and triangle (or tambourine) and I remember counting through all the rests was a nightmare for my 7th grade self... Great song though, one of the few that I remember after so long.
Just played this, Deep River, and Lexington March at the Great East festival. I got the honor of playing the solos in Deep River and Encanto. So proud of our band...we got a 97 out of 100 score.
i am so glad my band gets to play this song, and i have the clarinet part in it, it sends chills down my spin every time i listen to it, such an amazing piece!!
right herw brother! this song gives ne so much nostalgia as a freshman first trombone. after that i forgot the name of the piece and composer and i was lost, searching for the piece. i asked my director and he wouldn't tell mw and he finally told me before graduation due to a bet he lost. this song is amazing!!!!
Ok here's the top three instruments 1. Trombone (everyone knows that :P. Bring the noise! Also its arguably the loudest instrument in the instrument game. Yes, louder than trumpets and tubas) 2. Flute (it was a close one between the two. I only have trombone as #1 cus its what I play, otherwise the flute and trombone are kind of tied) 3. Tuba (powerful and deep, as they always say. Also you can probably kill someone with it, which is why its in 3rd (not a good thing). And its just really big) All the other instruments aren't important enough :P
my grade 9 band played this and i had the baritone solo. it was so hight. i also was a treble clef baritone too then i moved to the tuba and have to play for the festival. the baritone solo and the tuba part but i love the song. it is so much fun!!!!!!!
Screw clarinets (although my mom was one). Trombones all the way baby! Flutes come after cus of my best friend (who happens to be a redhead) plays it. She was first flute along with another flute, while I was first trombone along with one other. All other flutes and trombones had second part :P (sorry Josh Jones :P)
I remember playing this in the District Honors Band of Southern Maine of the Year 2011 or 2012. I was a seventh grade third trumpet. I should have practiced harder. I wanted the solo so bad, but not bad enough, apparently. Not so long ago, but yet, too long to remember the year. It should have meant more, I didn't deserve to be in that group if I can't even remember what year I played only a mere 2 or 3 years later. Sorry... I kinda just offloaded. It felt good though.
I LOVE THIS SONG. I remember playing it as an All-County piece. Now my school's concert band is playing it. I feel so nostalgic when I hear them. aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
+Jared Davis oh yea the high F, I played trumpet 5th and 6th, than my 7th grade year I learned French horn and now I'm 8th grade still playing the horn and we have to play this piece
Yea, I know, I used to play flute 2 earlier this year. Just play as loud as the music will allow, that's all I can say. But my band teacher says that the second and third parts are even more important then part one because they're more unique and they're different
lower brass and trumpet doing their thang
Yeah low brass
Fr
Umm... and French Horn. French Horn is in there too. just because you can't here us doesn't mean were not there... jk lol
Please take me back to my time as an 8th grader.
January 2015-July 2015,
Greatest months I will ever have in my life.
I played this mesmerising piece in band.
I went to Washington D.C. with my class (and on my birthday too!),
and naturally, many more unforgettable memories.
This piece makes me feel happier every time I listen to it.
Any other trumpet players?
sameee we played this for honor band and got superior 😎
Congratulations! :D
ashlyn fields f
Played the same for an honor band as well.
I'm a trumpet and we played this my eighth grade year. I'm a sophomore now and this song reminds me of the Seniors from that year.
I wish I could go back in time and play my concert again. This is my favorite song BAND FOR LIFE 🎺🎺🎺
My history of the arts teacher played this for us today. He told us that he played it with his band, and one of the girls he played with died later in the year due to a car accident, so this song is very special to him. Music is powerful in many different ways.
Hopefully her and Robert got to meet in heaven🙏
One of the first songs we played in my freshman year, now I'm graduating in 6 months. It's amazing how one flies
We are playing this in middle school
I played this my freshman year. Im a sophomore now lololol. Playing wicked for our field show.
8th grader currently playing this right now. We got the music passed out to us today :)
from the flute solo to the end is my favorite part
I love playing that trumpet solo
won’t ever forget my concert playing this song, such an incredible experience.
ayo
7th grade playing this
where my clarinets at?🎼
Update: 8th grade now- 1st chair😜 Update 2 (2020): Rising senior now! 2nd chair and trying out for section leader today :)
+Eva Granroth *cough* trombone is the best *cough* *cough*
+MLGesus mhm keep telling yourself that...
(clarinets rule)
if you like this, then you should check out Cajun Folk Songs by Frank Ticheli. Its comprised of 2 movements. the first is a slow, with the second picking up the tempo. I hope u enjoy it.
+Eva Granroth That is true! #firstchairclarinet
Eva Granroth Im one of them, I love the soli on measures 15-29
This song is sooooooo beautiful, I like listening to it on a sunrise in a forest garden, or pretend I woke up in the clouds with all different ecosystems from down below and see the sunny sky. Great song!
Huh, oddly specific
wish I could go back and play this song one more time!
Sylvia Chao me too
same
As soon as the flute solo starts I get goosebumps. This song is just fantastic
LETS GO PERCUSSION!!!!
I'm first chair French Horn and we are playing this for all county band!!!!! So excited the concert is tomorrow!!!!
good luck I know you'll be great -love this-
Gabriel Citeli its kinda like saying french fries came from France but they really came from Belgium
No its what plankton asked in that episode
Juliana Salehi I play horn too this is our trip music!!! SO EXCITED!!!
Good luck...not that you'll need it I'm sure! :) Veronica Reyes
my band played this song last year for contest. THEY DID AMAZING!!!!!! they sounded exactly like this recording! My band teacher is awesome and inspiring. (Trombones are awesome)
1st chair French horn here. Beautiful song. Emphasizes all instruments. I love the amazing flute and horn parts. Just beautiful
Hard to believe it's been 13 years since I've performed this piece! It was one of the first to entrance me with music, I played tympani on this one, and I'm glad I stuck with it!
This is one of my favorite songs. You can just imagine an adventure going along with it!
First trumpets all day
Second trumpet, here! FEELS GREAT
OH YEAH!
first trumpets are usually show offs
I'm listening to this...played a clarinet, 1st chair, in my band. Brings back a huge amount of memories from the band... I get teary eyed when listening to this.
I play alto and tenor sax, bass acoustic and electric and 12 string guitar, piano, and drums so FTW with all.of those
I play:
Alto, Bari, and Tenor Sax
Clarinet
Drums
Guitar
Bass (Upright and Electric)
Piano
I first heard this 6 years ago when I was 14 - To this day, I remember it perfectly. This is still the best song I've ever heard within the school's musical library. Robert W. Smith is incredible. This song beautifully showcases all of the instruments in the band. This is a gorgeous and emotionally moving tune.
1st trumpet ftw
naw
CLARINET!
A ponee Aye. I have to agree on that because:
1: I play clarinet
2: This song contains a large amount of clarinet melody.
So excited for next year, we're the first band in our school's history to get a UIL Sweepstakes!
LunchIsAwesome That clarinet soli though
Damn rite, suuunn. 9th chair, 3rd Clarinet piece tho. I cri ev- oh shit it's easy. Fuck 1st part, I can play this anyday :3
LunchIsAwesome well i understand that but us trumpets who played first part, played very high notes. when i first got this i got to play the highest notes i have ever played in a song! plus i had that beautiful solo before the coda! :D
Wow. Robert W Smith is truly amazing. Today I played string bass in a tri-county band thing in Culpepper, VA and Robert W Smith was our conductor!! i just had to look up his works... he's a chill dude.
the way the clarinets came in at the beginning set the stage for the entire song. the only thing I think they could have done better was have the French horns play only at the end chorus. aside from that I think that this song is beautiful and I hope that other people can continue to make songs just like this for the future.
This song is so beautiful. I love it.
Bass Clarinet and Clarinet Parts the best
Yeah they are. Contra, Bass, and regular Clarinet for life
A-Doggy13 ayeee!! This guy knows what’s up. Bass Clarinet Gang!
This was one of my favorite middle school pieces I ever played! Middle schoolers don't quit band, high school band is A BLAST
Im a percussionist and playing the snare on this song was quiet the fun for me
Snare all the way! Ermagherd!
Same
played this song in 7th grade. took it to a competition in Atlanta, Georgia. we won first place. this song is BEAUTIFUL. an epic beginning and end. beautiful slow section and it emphasises all instruments in the band, especially brass. being a percussionust, I sometimes get a little bit tired of playing songs that are not challenging, I played first snare on this song and it was very fun to play. LOVED playing it and I miss it so much. I loved to see how the band improved on it. BEAUTIFUL
I'm a trombone, and I'm playing this with my intermediate band @ Reagan HS! I love this song so much!
I played this in my middle school and is one of my favs
Trombone for the win!!!!!
+Vicente García Same
Same nigga
love this song... have played every percussion part in this song during different times... brings me back to middle school and high school
I remember playing this back in the 9th grade, it was the last song I played as a clarinetist
Ranee Mckie 9th grade?! I’m playing in 7th
This should've been part of the soundtrack for the cartoon.
I really hope I get the flute solo in this when we audition for it!
I play bassoon and this is the very first piece I have ever played where I actually get to play the melody for a few measures and I can't wait to play this it sounds awesome!
i am gonna convince my band teacher to have us play this for one of our contest
This song is so beautiful....it gives me goosebumps every time our band plays it.
I PLAYED THIS IN 7TH GRADE (last year) AND I SAW IT AND I SCREAMED THE MEMORIES ARE BACK.
Sorry. Had to fangirl for a moment.
I played this song in 7th grade and now my band is playing Into The Storm and it's just hell but it's awesome
+Supermario987 What instrument, me trombone.
I play trumpet
I played into the storm last year 😌 I'm playing this now.
into the storm is a great song i played it last year and i played this this year
I just played it a couple weeks ago with a pro band... it was fun and I loovvveee this song! but I had to learn 4 new notes😳
Had the trombone solo in the beginning when my band played this last year. Love this piece so much!
Any French Horns out there? Other than myself?
+Erin Ho I gotchu, this song is pretty easy on french horn
Right here!
Yup. Absolutely loved the slow section horn part
Trombone at the moment but I’m getting there!
YESSSS
This song is very, very easy for my level, but at least that insures that I will get the flute solo in my high school's concert band!! This is definitely one of the most beautiful songs we have ever pulled out to sight read!
I don't know what it is about playing that flute solo, but it's just so dang pretty and full of passion! Ah!
1st trumpet. Two Solos!!! :D
Im second trumpet
im second trumpet also
im not giving up road to 1st trumpet
I wan get the solo !!
1st trumpet all the way playing this piece right now my freshmen year
Same here! 😍
Bryan Gutierrez same
i love EVERY song Robert W Smith has composed!!!!!! Every year in my band career from 1994-2003 I played a Robert W Smith song!
The good old Timpani
Love this song. Played it as a freshman at Lake Stevens and now I'm graduating! It's an awesome peice!
Right now I'm playing this song in my schools grade 8 band and I'm playing the clarinet 1 piece and already it is super easy
I found you
+Rylee Shewchuk 1st Trumpet is high, the only really hard Part
I am too! I'm also a clarinet.
I'm in 7th grade with the first part (clarinet) that last line of the song 😅😅I have to learn 4 new (hard) notes
+Eva Granroth I'm a clarinet too! This one of the three songs i have to play for my spring concert (the others being Blue Ridge Saga and Highlights from Harry Potter) :)
This piece is amazing. All I did was play tambourine and suspended cymbal for it, but I got the privilege of being able to sit back and just listen. He's definitely my favorite composer. And gosh, the woodwinds just absolutely dominate in the middle, don't they?
This song is swag
One of my favorite pieces I've ever played in band. I actually played this twice: The first time was in middle school, and my high school band director picked it out a few years later and I played it again. I wasn't complaining!
I play the Timpani, my favorite part is at 3:11, and 4:44
Learning this while in college on timpani. Couldn't agree more.
Brilliant piece also as a clarinet I enjoy this song a lot
Euphonium.
:-)
I hadn't been in band in years. Out high school band played at a contest and I heard this. This was the song that made me wish I had gone into band, and then I decided no matter what, I was going to be in band. One year later I am now in band and don't regret it one bit.
I'm just not starting this piece and I've already listened to it 20 times.
Now*
Trumpet ;D Ftw
I think I played something like crash cymbals and triangle (or tambourine) and I remember counting through all the rests was a nightmare for my 7th grade self... Great song though, one of the few that I remember after so long.
1:56 I dare you to say that's not The Ascension from divine comedy...
Yah those two songs are really similar
***** I do it too haha!
Just played this, Deep River, and Lexington March at the Great East festival. I got the honor of playing the solos in Deep River and Encanto. So proud of our band...we got a 97 out of 100 score.
where my percussion people at? #PercussionLivesMatter
here
✋
Gotta love that tympani
Ayyee
As a Trumpet player, I love playing this song... Lots of fun!
1st alto saxophone here!🎉🌟
Yea! 1st Altos!
Sylvia Chao yasssss
Sylvia Chao Yaaaaaas
Sylvia Chao
Didn't think I'd find ya
AYEEE
i am so glad my band gets to play this song, and i have the clarinet part in it, it sends chills down my spin every time i listen to it, such an amazing piece!!
Where are my 1st trombone brothers at?
right herw brother! this song gives ne so much nostalgia as a freshman first trombone. after that i forgot the name of the piece and composer and i was lost, searching for the piece. i asked my director and he wouldn't tell mw and he finally told me before graduation due to a bet he lost. this song is amazing!!!!
It was tough man
MetalliChris right here!!😀
Lmao 2nd but going to be 1st
Right here. Middle school honor band. We crushed it. It was amazing. our trombone section was out of this world
played this with my 2017 middle school ccsd district honor band. I'll have that memory forever
Ok here's the top three instruments
1. Trombone (everyone knows that :P. Bring the noise! Also its arguably the loudest instrument in the instrument game. Yes, louder than trumpets and tubas)
2. Flute (it was a close one between the two. I only have trombone as #1 cus its what I play, otherwise the flute and trombone are kind of tied)
3. Tuba (powerful and deep, as they always say. Also you can probably kill someone with it, which is why its in 3rd (not a good thing). And its just really big)
All the other instruments aren't important enough :P
no dude PERCUSSION IS THE LOUDEST
jagster104 trombones ain't got nothing on drun
jagster104 drums not drun im tired and typing sideways
im in percousion
rimshot is in percousion
I love playing this song, specially the brass opening
I've played two other Robert W. Smiths in my time in band and always love to play them.
I AM PLAYING 1ST CHAIR AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR CONCERT SONGS WE ARE PLAYING NEXT MONTH #EUPHONIUMSARENUMBER1
XD my class is playing this too next month it's such a struggle
Complexder Unviverse so is mine
YES EUPHONIUMS
im playing euphonium for this song too
RIP my friend.
WHERE ARE MY TOOBAHS AT
+Samuel Cai NOT HERE
+Colin Cantwell :(
Sorry ;-;
+Samuel Cai
TUBA FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!:DDD
+Michaela Staples No.
my grade 9 band played this and i had the baritone solo. it was so hight. i also was a treble clef baritone too then i moved to the tuba and have to play for the festival. the baritone solo and the tuba part but i love the song. it is so much fun!!!!!!!
CLARINETS ALL THE WAY BRUH
1st clarinet is the best!
AMEN
Screw clarinets (although my mom was one). Trombones all the way baby! Flutes come after cus of my best friend (who happens to be a redhead) plays it. She was first flute along with another flute, while I was first trombone along with one other. All other flutes and trombones had second part :P (sorry Josh Jones :P)
Juni Moib wat
Juni Moib GTFO!
1st trumpet!!!
I absolutely love this song. I'm a trumpet player, but that flute solo at measure 65 is amazing. My band will be performing this next week.
+Laurence Espallardo that's awesome I almost got that solo. But someone else in my section did.
It is. I have that part by myself I'm pumped.
Bass clarinet all the way :3
I played Euphonium. Base Cleft. I fangirled the entire time over the song while playing.
My girlfriend has the flute solo. I have the trumpet solo. :D
Both solos are beautiful. This is an awesome piece.
I remember playing this in the District Honors Band of Southern Maine of the Year 2011 or 2012. I was a seventh grade third trumpet. I should have practiced harder. I wanted the solo so bad, but not bad enough, apparently. Not so long ago, but yet, too long to remember the year. It should have meant more, I didn't deserve to be in that group if I can't even remember what year I played only a mere 2 or 3 years later. Sorry... I kinda just offloaded. It felt good though.
Despite only having been in string orchestra and choir, I find this song very pleasing to my ears.
french horn till I die 💁🏽
im a alto sax player and she gave me the french horn part
+ollie tamale. ooooh okay
f horn it's literally one whole step below alto (Horn G is alto A.) So I guess you'll need to transpose or already have it transposed
Amazing ensemble. This gave me hardcore nostalgia goosebumps.
Tuba here
+Topramen WOOOOOOOOOO
LOVE this piece. I played it at band camp in (I think) 9th grade. One of my all time favorites.
Percussion, anyone?
H20 STEVEXD me
I'm doing it for my next grade along with another year of band, and I'm so excited!!!
Aye
This made me cry. I remember when I played this in Symphonic band. Brilliant.
Trombones ruleee
this and the great steamboat race are so amazing. favorite songs to play in band
Where are all my alto saxes at?
The intro is totally beautiful. The chords are very profound... I'm speechless.
who else is doing this song in band
I LOVE THIS SONG. I remember playing it as an All-County piece. Now my school's concert band is playing it. I feel so nostalgic when I hear them. aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
Am I the only Baritone here? ;-;
no :)
Yes
+Catomaster32 chocown
+Yaba ayy I play it!
+Yaba baritone for life
played this my sophomore year (last year) for concert assessment. 1st tenor sax, one of my favorite pieces i've played!!
everything's easy except the runs qq
+Rawrymonster I totally agree ;-;
+Rawrymonster I'm only middle school but 1st trumpet gets high
+Jared Davis oh yea the high F, I played trumpet 5th and 6th, than my 7th grade year I learned French horn and now I'm 8th grade still playing the horn and we have to play this piece
Chris Aguirre we're playing it in 8th grade too.
I played this song back when I was in grade school. I havent heard it in years, but it still gives me goosebumps. Very fun to play on alto sax.
my dog has allergies
Memories...I was a tuba player we played Encanto at the UIL Middle School Region Band II Concert in 1994 San Antonio TX.
The trumpets are the band.
playing this song in the band concert tonight first song! also pirates of the Caribbean! so psyched! wish us luck!
good luck to ya, I will also play this song a month later:D
>tfw flute 2
Flute all the way
Morgan Brown-Ratajek
But, flute 2 is barely heard. Half the class didn't even know I was playing flute 2.
Yea, I know, I used to play flute 2 earlier this year. Just play as loud as the music will allow, that's all I can say. But my band teacher says that the second and third parts are even more important then part one because they're more unique and they're different
+Morgan Brown-Ratajek same but im clarinet 1 :/ and i have a solo
Playing this song with our band, so far for my freshman year, the song choices are beautiful!
You Guys are all wrong. Trombone FTW
worldWoWplayer gang gang 😂
He was the director at the local college here for a while. He is my favorite composer.