Song for Lyndsay
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- This is one of my favorite pieces of all time...! Its by Andrew Boysen, Song for Lyndsay. The ATSSB ALL-State Band played this song, but this is not the recording. I 'll will try to put it up once I get the CD...
Lyndsay Boysen was my band director my freshman and sophomore year of high school.
Both Andrew and Lyndsay are by far the best people Ive ever met in my life.
They moved when I was a junior in high school and I was heartbroken. I don't think you understand, this woman is the reason I am who I am today. Every rehearsal she made me fall in love with music over and over again.
She hates the fact this song exists. She doesn't like attention at all and this piece is all about her. Not even just because its titled after her, but also because this song is her. The flute solo represents her. She is a flute player. This is a love song about their marriage and it is the most beautiful thing. No words can even describe it. If only everyone who played this piece had the opportunity to know her and be as close with her as I was. She's an extraordinary woman, and Andrew is such a nice man. He fixed my saxophone once before a parade in my town.
This woman is amazing I can't stress that enough.
The band director I have now is amazing too. He has a doctorate in conducting, he has taught all over the country, he has connections to members of the BSO, CSO, He has done teaching overseas, he knows so many amazing composers and is also incredibly smart. He helps me everyday to find the music in my life.
But Lyndsay put the music there in my heart. And while i love my band director, nothing can take her place in my heart. My heart breaks when I hear music we played. I haven't seen her in a year and a half and I miss her more and more every day. I wish everyone got to know what an amazing person she is. Then that would make this song as meaningful to you as it is to me.
+Katie Fitzpatrick Andrew Boysen just last week guest conducted my band for a concert at my college. We played this piece and heard it's entire back story and he told us about Lyndsay. This was the piece that spoke to me, I get chills listening to it. Was a pleasure meeting him and playing for him
Katie Fitzpatrick We'll be playing this song at my school's concert in May. I'm the flute soloist, and I am so glad that I came across your comment. Learning about who they are makes it all the more real to me. I'll do my best to do the song, the solos, and Andrew and Lyndsay justice. 😊
Jamie H I hope it all went well for you!! I know Andrew and Lyndsay are super proud ☺️
I do understand. I feel that exact way about both my junior high and high school band directors
I know I'm two years late, but I just played the horn solos in my high school band last year and I think it is INCREDIBLE that you got to meet such an amazing composer I love this song so much!!
I preformed this at my final high school concert on 5/12/22. My band director who I’ve know for 14 years of my life announced his retirement in April and this was the last song we got to play. Half the band couldn’t even keep it together we were all crying. Even the most hardened unbreakable people were breaking down. At the start of the piano solo at 4:51 our director slowly put his arms down and looked up into the sky his face completely soaked with tears. The entire band crying together as the beautiful piano solo concluded not just my high school career as a musician,but the career of a man whose been teaching in the district for 27 years. Elementary, middle, and high-school. A man whose touched the lives of thousands upon thousands of kids over the year and had left a bigger impact on our small community than anyone I could ever think of. I simply can not think of a better end🥲
There's something about this song that is such a good finale. I had one more year left, but for some reason I feel this deep, I dont know, sadness? Listening to this song. Like it was the end of something great. It was the last song I played that year, last time with my friend too.
I don't want to call it sad, maybe emotional. But I totally understand what you meant, and I'm genuinely distraught over the end. It was a different time then, and its gone unfortunately, but those are the things that make you who you are
One of the most chilling flute solos I've ever heard...
Mswordx23 I know right?
And horn!
Then you’ve never heard Inchon by Robert w Smith
@@lillycatsonburg7263 isn't that an alto flute? I don't 100% recall, but I played both pieces in highschool and can confirm both flute solos give goosebumps
I got to play the piano for this song for my high school's wind ensemble. The first time I heard it, I had looked it up, and teared up. This is such a beautiful song. However, hearing it live.. there's nothing like it. I would have burst into tears from it had I not been in public in front of teenagers. But when I looked at the conductor to play the final arpeggio, I could see he also teared up. This is without a doubt one of my favorite songs, ever.
same
i really want to join my middle school wind Ensemble and play this. if they do play this again. my sister was playing in the band not as the soloist but she was there, and the first time i heard this i teared up and fell in love with it. It was the most touching time in band of my life. I love band so much. I dont get it when people say band suckes. I LOVE BAND SO MUCH!! This song is my all time favorite. If you wanna check my school band out search "South Pointe Middle School Band" And if you want you can search up "proud to be a panther" and "South Pointe A School to Watch" There really good videos.
Played this as a farewell gift to Mrs. Boysen, and I know she cried. Best band director ever.
I play first horn in All state and I'm a freshmen. Kind of freaking out about that first horn solo!!!
The Ashtynaut sorry I had to turn in the music!
same thing just happened to me!
I got to play bass clarinet on this in high school. Still one of my favorite pieces of music. I miss band so much. I'm glad I met so many great people in band and my husband. This song will forever stay in my heart. ❤
My sister was the clarinet for this song in her band. She hadn't played for years and she was getting really stressed about things. She had found the sheet music for it and her old instrument and started playing. It was squeaky at first but within 30 minutes she had it again. She played for an hour and when she finished her chores he came down happier than she had been in a while.
It sounds like a character death scene, and a major one at that, with the tragic sobs.
We’re playing this for our MPAs, and our Flautist and French Hornist are soooo amazing!
I'll never forget getting this music. My director for whatever reason didn't have the 1st horn part so I played off the score. I nearly crapped my pants when I first looked at it. One of the most rewarding pieces I played in high school.
love the flute solo and horn solo. when they come together (we are one) it’s so beautiful
I was the horn solo in my band .!!! Agh beautiful piece .
Same!!!!
I love Andrew Boysen jr. Hes one of my favorite composers. Our school commissioned one of his new pieces titled Bells! Its great! Has a horn candenza in the middle of the piece that i played and we got the chance to meet him in person and conduct the piece.. Hes an amazing guy
We played this for state last year, and it was the first year my school had ever gotten second place, and it had been over 30 years since we had ever placed at state, but anyways, this was the song we had most worried about playing, and we did the best on it, and the most of the band was so teary eyed and my director was on the verge of crying.
The most emotional piece of music I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. This song captures what it's like to love. To be human. To really *feel* .
I will never not cry listening to this...
*cries because I played this last year in my band and I miss it *
We're playing this piece for Senior districts. Andrew Boysen is our conductor and he's awesome. A great guy. I love this song. He told us the story and that he wrote it for his wife and not every time I listen to it moves me close to tears.
Andy Boysen conducted my band on this piece once. One of the coolest memories ever!
This has got to be one of the most amazing pieces of music ever written. It's simply beautiful
I loooove this song, I played alto sax in my honor band. I loved playing that part towards the end that crescendoed, sooo beautiful. =) And the pictures make it better!
I got to play trombone for this in my high school band. It's an amazing song!
Me too mate! First chair this year in Wind Ensemble!
Every. Single. Time.
i marched mystikal Drum and Bugle Corps in 2009 and this was our balad. it made me cry then and now to hear the whole thing........T.T
its so beautiful. =)
We got this today in Wind Ensemble...it's really easy, but soooo beautiful a couple of the girls were nearly crying afterwards lol
oh my gosh, we played this for my tmea region band concert, i cried during it, its so beautiful.
Played principle horn on this piece 6 years ago and it's still one of my favorites.
You know...I played this horn solo this past school year for the ccsd honor band(video on youtube), and I have to say....alot of my friends cried when they heard this song from the audience...I came to listen to this video from an audience standpoint, and I still don't feel any sort of emotions when I listen to it. I think one day in the future I need to hear a band play it live. Maybe I'll get it then. :) It is SUCH a beautiful piece.
Played the solo horn part for my last high school concert. The girl I love played the flute solo with me. Every time I hear this song, I will always think of her.
How'd that go? Same thing is happening to me and I'm a junior in high school.
I played this song back in high school, and I still LOVE it. Still one of my absolute favorite pieces we played in band.
I love this piece. Its very beautiful and emotional. I played this with the Alaska all state band under the direction of a personal friend of the composer. I play oboe, and it gave me chills from beginning to end.
I'm not sure our symphonic band has ever played a song with all our hearts as we do when we play this.
The top band at my high school played this at my friends dads funeral
Zachary Taylor aww ))):
I can never stop listening to this.
Andrew Boysen Jr. may be one of the best modern composers we have. the amount of emotion put into the writing of this song is amazing. Getting to watch him direct this piece really make me connect to the piece
One of my most favorite pieces to play. I had the pleasure of playing this my junior year of high school and I really hope we get to play it at my graduation this year:)
i played this song on the marimba for my bands spring concert. Beforehand, one of our great directors gave a sad goodbye speech to everyone in the audience. Only seconds into the french horn solo, my eyes and cheeks were being flooded with tears bc of the way this magnificent song sounds and because of who we were all saying goodbye and good luck to. it was so hard not to choke up.. especially at 3:43. truely the best concert piece i have play yet. Thank you Boysen for creating this work of art.
Just played this song at a summer band camp. Absolutely beautiful piece
this is such an amazing song..... Andrew is my all time favorite composer I love playing what he writes he knows how to capture a simple memory in time...
I just played this Yesterday for Tennessee Midstate. I'd say we should get to live 10 years longer every time I hear something this amazing.
Easily one of my favorite songs we played in middle school. The swells felt so nice in your chest. We played this in DC and lots of the audience cried at its beauty. This song will forever remain in my heart
nothing is more beautiful than listening to this while its raining gently and falling asleep...
A dear friend of mine passed away last November and this was his favorite song. I could do nothing but cry as his high school band (which he was a member of) played it at his funeral. I'm still crying now. It feels like it was yesterday when I got the text that he passed. He was like a little brother to me. In his honor, my friends and I named our band "Song for Lyndsay" in honor of him. RIP Chris. I loved you so much...
I also played this at the CCU honor band with Andrew Boysen Jr directing. It's an amazing piece and its probably my favorite piece to listen to that we played.
I got to play it this year for my all district band it was soo much fun to play I almost cried when I was playing it :)
The MN ordway honors band played this piece this year, it was beautiful, all the color's of the piece really give it emotion moving powers.
i played dis this year on Bb clarinet for all county.... song is awesome.
I love this song. We played it as well. I played the Second Trombone part.
This is my favorite song in the entire world, I listened to it live and cried. It is so beautiful, and now I am even more excited because I get to play the flute solo:)
This is the most beautiful song I have ever heard in my entire life. It brings tears to my eyes and fills me with so much emotion.
My high school band is playing this for an upcoming music festival. It is just tremendous. It gets you in just the right way every time. It is such a nostalgic sound... and I always think it is melancholy until the very end. Everything is so well written in this song, I could be happy to play any part...
But all I can really say is thank goodness I am a horn player! This song is just... horn heaven.
I'm at a CCU Honor Band clinic where Andrew Boysen Jr is directing. He's having us play this piece and it's absolutely gorgeous. It's written for his wife
The man who composed this is simply amazing. You can tell he put great emotion into this piece, and wrote every single note with a purpose. It's soothing music like this that I love, music with meaning.
I nearly cried listening to this. Truly one the most beautiful and emotional pieces ever created.
I performed this my senior year on vibraphone... At the end of the piece, all the moms in the crowd had tears in their eyes. It was great :]
Played this today in an all district concert and it was beautiful. I loved every second
A close family friend just passed away from a car accident. She was riding her bike and she got hit by a car. Our band played this in the past year and it didn't have much meaning to me until the death of my friend. Her name was Lyndsay. Now, whenever I hear this it brings so much more emotion to me. RIP Lyndsay, you will never be forgotten :(
the flute solo at 3:00 gives me goosebumps every time
I cry everytime i hear this song and i love this song so badly
I just went and saw this in live concert. I don't say this lightly: This is truly the most beautiful peice of music I've ever heard. I've linstened to so many pieces of music over the years, but this one... I get goosebumps a lot when I listen to music, but it takes a lot of emotion to make me start crying. This piece did that to me... Truly amazing....
It was an amazing feeling when I played this I got child and goosebumps. The goosebumps came back just by listening to it.
We just played this for our winter concert and I was lucky enough to play the piano part instead of triangle!
We're playing this in my ensemble at University of Washington, I love it.
We played this song my 8th grade year and all remember was thinking that this was the most beautiful song I have ever heard :')
we took this piece to state and they said it was one of their favorite performances of it
We just played this with our area all-state band. I thought the 2nd flute part was really pretty, and then I heard the solo that was in the first part and almost died. I love this song!
My high school Contest Band is playing this song, along with Call of the Mountain, Adelina de Maya, and Joy. Song for Lyndsay is my favorite that we are playing. It's a truly amazing piece.
love this song. he was such a great conductor and composer, i enjoyed working with him.
When my band played this at state qualifyer we made the judges cry. such a great moving piece! i love it! if you don't know the story behind the song look it up it will make the whole song come to life.
I was playing with the group that premiered this in 2006. It was my last semester on campus. Easily one of my best memories from school.
My band played this for our spring concert and my band director cried, it’s such a beautiful song
Andrew Boysen is amazing. This piece is gorgeous. One of my few favorite lyrical works of all time.
My daughter had to leave her first chair clarinet seat to play the piano for this piece.
Musically talented humans are a different breed.
I love you all so much!
My college wind ensemble just started playing this, and I've got the horn solo. It makes me really nervous but it's a gorgeous melody and I'm excited about it.
WHO Whould dislike this!!!??
Lyndsay
We're playing this in my band :) Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.. Omg.. Zhe feels!!!!!!
YES! its our marching band show this year!
My high school wind ensemble just played this piece for our final concert of the year and I absolutely love this song! Reminds me of my favorite girl every time I hear it ;) can't stop listening to it now haha. Beautifully composed and then arranged for band. Thank you Mr. Boysen for creating pure beauty in the form of music
We have 4 concert bands at my school and one of the other bands played this song and it sent chills up my spine... I got so inspired that I got the score from my teacher and I'm working on arranging it to be a piano piece.
I played this at Festival of Winds at USF!!! I cried half way through it!
We get to play this in my college symphonic wind ensemble at our concert next week! Such a beautiful song! I love it!
Kinda upset my part is almost entirely rests (I'm euphonium) but that means I get to listen to this up close and personal
Indigo Azai anything fun in the euphonium part? I just found out we’re playing this beautiful song this year and I’m one of the two euphoniums in our band.
@@finalolympian6912 It's been about 3 years but if I recall correctly, euphonium gets some of the parts at 2:10~2:40 and 3:20~4:30. Everything else is either rests and just a sprinkle of whole notes
Playing this for a high school band performance. :) I usually play flute, but now I'm playing the piano part. It's exciting!
How did it go?
I genuinely cried when I heard this song again I played it in 7th grade and it was so great
im in High school and the band that im in is playing this song...i honestly love this song, everytime it ends with the piano theres total silence in the band room...LOVE IT..thanks for posting
My school's wind ensemble played this song :) I had the honor of playing the piano part
I played this with the SJCMEA honor band. It's beautiful.
Just played the horn solo of this piece, one of the best songs for sweet French Horn playing out there next to “ One Life Beautiful” and “ A Basque Lullaby”
Were playing this for our ballad in marching band. Such a amazing song!
I'm not usually a sucker for love songs unless they're really good, but this song is BEAUTIFUL! I can't stop listening to it! Thanks for posting it!
The New Mexico All-State symphonic band played this with Andrew Boysen conducting two years ago; the experience was a very unique one to say the least. At the end of the piece after the piano faded away, he always, ALWAYS had this preoccupied and dazed look in his eyes and took alittle more time in this than the rest of the pieces to lower his baton. It was the sweetest thing ^.^
my band class is playing this song for MMEA in Tan-Tar-A!!! We are so excited. and i love this song!
We are playing this song in concert band and i am playing the piano part. I love this song it is so beautiful.
This was our ballad for marching band. Beautiful
Played this for band a lot love this song soooooooo much
Even as a clarinet, this was an amazing song to play in high school. Still one of my favorites, right behind Sanctus from Canon in D.
this is a really nice song. I am playing this in band at the moment. We are really close to getting it this good. :) I love Band! and I love this song!
My high school is going to play this song in a contest next monday. Every time I hear it I always get chills
Literally played this an hour ago with the band at our Christmas concert 💕
this piece is so incredible. last year at the UF band camp the upper band played this, and i knew then i had to buy the camp CD. the composer Andrew Boysen was in the audience, and Dr.David Waybright told us Andrew wrote the song for his wife. i thought that was the most touching story i've ever heard! :]
Haha I'm playing this solo in my honor band concert in exactly 4 hours from now. 1/23/10. This is piece is so Beautiful.