Joliet West Band in New York performing Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble

[mbrennan2006]

This was the score for my first ever competitive marching show, back in 02 i think we were the first band ever to do this, it was completely bonkers, we pulled it off though and it was tight

[rememberthe600]

we did this ith a harp rather than piano

[ajbean93]

Very Nice!!! we're currently playing this song and this was great!

[mskaren75]

This was fabulous! The mallet runs are out of this world! Excellent job.

[bloobunny101]

we played this in my schools wind ensemble two years ago. i will try to upload the video and show you guys what this song is supposed to sound like. we played it at the National Golden Heritage Festival in Chicago Illinois at Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall. the bass trombonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra shook the entire trombone section's hands and said we were some of the best highschool players he has ever heard.

[tornadonow]

@bloobunny101 Terrific, so glad your school's performance was so much better that you had to tell the whole world. Appreciate other's work, don't just brag about yours. Gillingham himself worked with this group and loved it, and the final performance was not until May...this was February. This band is ranked among the top ten groups in Illinois, and consistently receives Superior ratings and is accepted to the Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival. They do fine work in Joliet!!!

[tornadonow]

@tornadonow And I am not in any way affiliated with this group FYI!

[JOSE45ZGZ]

Caótico, no se puede tocar más mal. El director pésimo. No guarda los tempos, su técnica es deplorable, no se respetan para nada las dinámicas. Todo muy fuerte. Supongo que el director no recibirá honorarios por esa nefasta labor. No ha enseñado nada a sus músicos. Es un malhechor. Hace mucho daño. Despidanlo.

[Benson098]

the girl percussionist in the back every time she doesnt play she always folds her arms....it just annoys the heck out of me

[MusicMaxwell]

great song, theres one part where the oboe is so out of tune though

[NCISpreppy]

i sure hope my high school marching band can pull this off cause if we can there will be no stoping us

[sauskelover91]

Good job!

This is one of my fav pieces. I heard our high school wind ensemble play it my 8th grade year and after I heard it I decided to stick with band (glad I did lol)

[s0l4r1x]

Jeez. I appreciate your guy's talent - most of the notes were played right.

However.. the whole band was quite out of tune. Too much dissonance. Hurts my ears.

[isisdazs]

Wow... I wish I could see the score to this. The song reminds me a little of Husa's Music For Prague with how chaotic it is. This has got to be incredibly difficult, props to this band for pulling it off so well. The mallet runs were insane and really clean, they must have incredible talent. I'm real glad this video exists. :D

[jtwestbands]

Thanks for posting this Pat!!