The Hounds of Spring:Rome High School Symphonic--2006

[romejax]

Yes. Rome High School of Rome, GA.

[bandgeek630]

Is this Rome High School of Georgia????

[iamme99125]

P.S. I LOVE the horn part

[xmodfreak2011]

Its so much fun!

[babeforchrist]

For a high school, they play really well together. The tempo might have been pushed just a tad, but other than that, they sound like a college band. Great job to all the students and the director!!!

[chuyito009]

sounds ok it needs to go a bit faster

[bandgeek630]

baritones need to be louder in the slow section. nice french horns

[bandgeek630]

Our band was so much better! Go Apalachee!!!

[xXcrimsonxroseXx]

we played this for a spring concert. you all sound great, and the horns are AMAZING!! (i played 4th part)

[ctmajka]

VERY nice...my only thing is second & 3rd trumpets coulda played a bit louder. Otherwise Perfect!

[sabveloz]

y'all sound really good, clarinets got all their parts down major plus in my book, i'm playing first clarinet part on this =]

[sabveloz]

y'all sound really good, clarinets got all their parts down major plus in my book, i'm playing first clarinet part on this =]

[greatnate07]

Wow sounds good but the beg. was really fast. Yeah we are palying this in my high school symphonic band. There were a couple soli parts that were a little off by brass but woodwinds were right on. Overall sounds good!

[ctmajka]

Ha! Nathan. Lookie how low they marked your comment (-2) and mine has (+1)!

^_^

[blackangelapril]

Overall I thought this was very good. I played this in Symphonic Band when I was a sophomore in high school. That was 15 years ago and I still enjoy this piece tremendously!

[smexyitalianoboi]

VERY NICE CLARINETS!!!

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i'm playing second part on clarinet and we're playing this for our LGPE. WHOOT!

[DarkXepher666]

This is quite the challenging piece, but fun to play

[Hisook3118]

we play this song for spring concert

[alexyaden13]

nice horn section

[veinardmike]

the whole thing sounds very muddled, and i don't think its the quality of the camera that recorded it. it needs a bit more practice. maybe too ambitious for the ensemble as a whole.

[twosistersx3]

this song is pretty cool we are playing for the spring concert and my school this year!

[miley11cyrusfan]

i have 2nd oboe part!! :D

[Icemysst]

Ah, I love this song. We played this last year in our highschool ensemble. I was on 2nd horn.

[ZeDd46]

This song isn't particulary easy, Alfred Reed is one of the best concert music composers.

[ZeDd46]

WAY TOO FAST. We are performing this for MMEA (Missouri Music Educators Association), and we have this music on a recording played by one of the worlds best wind ensembles, and you are simply taking it too fast; so fast that the entire song sounds rushed.The song sounds OK, but you just aren't just playing with the feel/style this piece was written in. By this I mean that the main "pulse" should "bounce" from beat 1 to 4, as this piece is written in 6/8.

[FenderFanatic]

I disagree. I have a recording of this played by The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines and it's taken at the same speed. Our high school is playing it as well and we're taking it at these same tempos. It probably just sounds rushed because it is faster than you are comfortable hearing it.

[FenderFanatic]

And I believe the 'bounce' is just about flawless. You have to realize that for over half of the 6/8, Reed wrote in duples, simply using it as an embellished 2/4. Aside from the fracked horn solo around 5:40 (haha, just messin with ya), I think this band did very well. Just my opinion!

[ZeDd46]

Well, music interpreting differs for everybody, including the musicians that play the music and the conductor himself. Hence, I won't argue about your comment. I hear the pulse for the first half of the song, then near the end there is no style... of course this is all just my opinion.. by the way for our state perfomance we are doing another Reed piece: The Death of Desdemona. :)

[ZeDd46]

THE HOUNDS OF SPRING - REED ALFRED <-- if you click on that video in the related videos box.. you will hear the pulse very well... (just pointing it out =D) and also, as it states in the conductors notes in the score, you will hear the pulse change in the 3/4 measure (measure # 3, 6, 175, 188, etc.

[FenderFanatic]

Agreed. I do understand the pulse change in those listed measures, and I hear the band tire and lose some pulse towards the end, but what I was speaking of is that the prominent pulse in that area should come from the tenor voices. The usual 6/8 pulse should remain consistent, but it should underly the duplets. I think the band was simply not completely comfortable with this separation of rhythms, though they did a decent job with it.

[lamtartarus]

the horns and trombones did really well in the video you referred to.

[woodchuck499]

The speed depends on the conducter's preference and the type of concert (competition to just a spring concert).

[Tidus575]

My school played this last year when i was a freshman on clarinet and I loved this song so much. The clarinet part is a total blast to play and I'm urging my director to let us replay it

[UrbanMonkProductions]

lol it's nice to hear this from an outsider perspective, but it was actually all about the First trombone part :P

[lightblueangel6]

Oh, I love this song. It was so awesome to play :) One of my favorite clarinet parts. You guys did a great job with it as far as I'm concerned.

[Looouiseee]

THIS IS GOOOOOOOD.

Bit slow. But you have a good sound. Your dynamics seem to range from F - FFF even your forte is too loud (can even hear some of the trumpets bells breaking.) Just bring the dynamics down, at it would be 10/10!

[sjpc33]

bells breaking? what the heck is that supposed to mean?

[evilpenguin99]

lovely. but where is your tuned percussion? i can

hardly hear the glock in the first three minutes or so, which is a pity, because the glock part is awesome. triangle is nice and clear. but xylo at the end? i love the xylo at the end... but either it is not there or is gobbled up by those damned brass.

[no1yukno]

One of my favorite songs!

I have our recording, too. If you're interested in listening, send me a message!