Windsprints (Concert Band)

[dserdsing]

it's at times like this when i'm glad i play the tuba.

[redtm2ba]

After playing this in 2006 with the colts this song will be forever called "Pizza pizza pie"

[AWlover4life]

this is... breath taking<3 [:

it sounds sooo cool... but i think all my fingers went numb after playing it...

[MrComputergeek3]

this is the face of the devil himself...

[Leextemari]

This dude is a hand killer.

Like the music, but it's torture to my hands! D:

[luckyslimester]

In the flute part I hate the fast tough transition between the really high notes. That's what's been killing me!

[Coleearly1991]

What is 01:11 - 01:20 from? That is DEFINITELY from something.

[Coleearly1991]

Favorite piece for band. Definitely conducting this one. :)

[CVFC12]

Love the percussion writing... Great piece!

[eek151]

Playing picc on this :) it's super fun. I love it being pretty much straight runs. That and the piccolo part being a completely different part from flute.

[zxcer2]

A summary of the ending: Building, building, building, Building, MASSIVE CHORD THAT'S OVER 9,000!!!!!!!!!!

[btambe19]

you think its hard?? we had to play it this yr for my hs marching band!

[nickerthewinner]

This made me shit bricks when we sight read it in HS at this speed. Damn.

[Jetli390]

I loved playing 1st trumpet on this!!!

[TheCyko157]

It isn't that bad for percussion. I've played worse. I played this in 7th grade. But this is definitely a really cool piece. Too short.

[TheKnockout08]

The Colts Drum & Bugle Corps played this in their 2006 show.

[Baritone723]

Our band played this. It was the best thing ever ! :D

[Mrsnuffles14]

We Played this for the first time yesterday and our concert in on may 15 it Gunna suck soo bad sometimes I hate being a woodwind lol xD

[23jdballer]

this is a very cool piece... i wish i could play this in my band

[HyruleSanders]

We played this song in our marching show.

[PublicLibraryx]

Omygod i wanna play this song

[starcutie41532]

THIS SONG IS THE DEVIL FOR A CLARINET !!!!!!!!!

[23jdballer]

@starcutie41532 i can tell!

[luckyslimester]

@starcutie41532 For the flute, too :)

[BionicWolf4]

@starcutie41532 I AM AN OBOIST.

[starcutie41532]

@BionicWolf4 haha i me too i just started ........its a demon instrument any tips??

[BionicWolf4]

@starcutie41532 1) Embouchure- master it. And do so in tune, please. 2) Start slow and work up to tempo, paying attention to technique and detail. 3) Repeat for each piece.

[starcutie41532]

@BionicWolf4 shew its work i tell ya alot of work

[Giqantic]

@starcutie41532 It is stupidly easy lol

[starcutie41532]

@Giqantic for a 8th grader .....not so much :3

[Coralgirldragon2]

@starcutie41532 Not just the clarinet, oboe too. I swear, my face felt like it had been hit by a truck after trying to play that!

[starcutie41532]

@Coralgirldragon2 haha im sure i recently started playing the oboe PAIN!

[zinasays]

This song is a bitch to play for woodwinds and percussionists.

[notanenemy]

So he is the cause of my hell. I'm playing this in band.

[marchingfluteMMVIII]

of course Saucedo would've composed this...

this was our marching band closer 08

[GuitarRockn]

Never thought I'd miss high school band, but all the comments here are making me nostalgic. Sigh...

[jzc11024]

We just performed this in our ALL STAR concert of High school Region band. Today 1/15/11

[thoseguys03]

haaaa we r playing this in bad and its sooo fun

[yvoe9]

omg im scared of this song its so imtimidating

[anthonygoodin013]

Loved playing this my sophomore year. Such an amazing piece. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Saucedo my freshman year when we went to Grand Nats.

[tennisprep624]

Hey!  Is this Kennesaw Mountain's 2004 opener? Or 2002? Whichever year they came in second at Grand Nats...

[trumpet1823]

wow we sound good

loved playing this song Go Lake Braddock

[Emmysc]

@trumpet1823 we're playing it again for this yr's winter concert :D

[930605j]

@trumpet1823 i didn't realize this was Lake Braddock but yeap sounds pretty dang good.. trumpet1823 please feel free to attend the our concert on december 9th

[aril93]

I'll be playing this for honors band this year and it's the first time I've heard it. It's sounding pretty awesome :-)

[darlingtonflute]

ahh, I remember playing this in NCO under 12s. I've spent the last 5 years trying to remember it's name, so glad i've found it! :D

[TheSunshinelove14]

This song is also our opener for marching band, and is followed by whirlwinds. It is a fairly difficult song to play, especially while marching, aha.

The tenor sax part is awesome, especially when you're the only one :]

Hopefully our sound can get this pure too :s

[G8tr1522]

@TheSunshinelove14 holy balls! the part at measure 101 is ridiculous! i played it for tenor in a tri-state honor band and we had 2 days to learn it. jesus.

[TheSunshinelove14]

@G8tr1522 I'm afraid I don't remember measure 101, but lol, it's a very intense song to learn, especially within two days x.x

and may I add, yay tenor players! >:D

[harish162]

this was our closer, my Freshman year in HS, and I met you at BOA Grand Nats in 06, was quite an honor, Mr Saucedo.

[BrownsvilleNY4]

I like how you had the tubas when they come in on 13 and they have this 2 measure dotted eighth note run four bars after it. I did the math, that's splitting 18 sixteenth notes into groups of 3 sixteenth note durations = 6 dotted eighths per measure. That is not easy to count out, but I like how it sounds! Overall, a beautiful piece. I love it. Especially with the cool ending cadence the tuba finishes with. I can't wait to perform it! =)

[FrenchHornKid95]

This is the opener in our marching show this year. Love it!

[starcutie41532]

@singerguy93 haha we played pulsation too i luv that song its sooo cool I luved how it went 4/4 ,6/8,4/4,6/8 etc

[starcutie41532]

We played this for concert festival its a fuckin crazy hard song to do on clarinet

[yoyohellosam]

My high school played an arrangement of this piece this year, it was really fun. i was a snare on the drumline.. -Search Dreams of Niagara 2009

[themusikcian1]

i love playing timpani on this piece

[chocolucius7]

Were playing this in my HS wind ensemble.

The only part I cant play is what the french horns have at 1:40

[musicluvr1112233]

OMG WHOA!!! this is soooo fast :O what is it 64th notes? :O rofl.

[koroshiiya]

@musicluvr1112233

No, they're 8th notes. At the end, they're 16th notes. I've played the piece earlier this year in my high school band.

[musicluvr1112233]

oh ok :O is the tempo like super fast then?

[singerguy93]

@koroshiiya is the run at :21 in the clarinets that trades off to the trumpets triplets? or is it in 6/8?

[RichardSaucedo]

@singerguy93 The whole piece is in 9/8.

[singerguy93]

@RichardSaucedo Ahh. That makes sense. I absolutely love your pieces. My school is currently playing Pulsation (in symphonic band) and Wind Ensemble is playing American Barndance and Whirlwinds. Your music is amazing.