Japan Band Festival: Nakagurose Elementary School

[cstahl24]

Why would you say they have only an alto and soprano sax must be brass heavy



[cstahl24]

@TheBoss5209 The song is part of Concerto D'amore by Jacob Haan. It's a beautiful piece.

[Hollowsow]

WOW!!!

These kids are better than us in high school!!! :D COOL!!!

[EmaTLKH]

Mi dispiace per noi ma i cinesi e i giapponesi sono avanti anni luce....

[TheBoss5209]

What's the name of this song?

[STC4blues]

I love how utterly serious and, well, noble the musicians are.

[musiciant62]

Bravissimi!!!

[video2mast3r]

it's a shame they have no woodwinds except that one or two saxophone. the flutes and clarinet (which I play) have some important complementary parts.

Still this is a very, very good band for sure.

[vPrinsesseBarn]

Love It!!

[alankace]

their tone sounds 10 years older than they are

[Truthswag21]

Thumbs up if u said daaaannnngggg

[Tumboltahum]

Excellent!

Horrie Holt

[Tumboltahum]

One of the Best Elementary School Brands in the World - a Credit to the State and to Japan. The kids were very professional and a real pleasure to have seen this Wonderful and Superb concert. Congratulations the Band Master, the School and especially the Kids in one of the World's Best Elementary Brass Bands show ever. The same go to the camera person. Proud of You All and God Bless

[cstahl24]

i really want to play this song now

[soloartizan]

A lot of Asian school fundings are put into music. I remember I was playing recorder at kindergarten and then piano in gr. 1 from 3 to 6pm at school. People may tell us that we have no life, but the satisfaction after nailing the music is worth it :)

[NorishiNyan]

Mini-marching Band for indoors? O.o

[euphmmx]

Not good enough. They dishonored their fam-er-ies.

[Amor4everz]

Good tone quality, sound, marching.....everything! :)

[coolasmiles6]

very accurate hutches! :D

[Amor4everz]

Wow! Enough said. :)

[HighROCOCOlings]

美しいフォーメーションの動きもかっちりとはつらつとして大変に­醍醐味のあるステージで将来も音楽や芸術が皆様の人生に有ります­様にと思います。

指導の先生のご立派な熱い子供へのご指導効果が発揮されて来た舞­台で皆様が音楽を心からたっぷりと楽しんでいる姿も衣装や動きに­加えて大変に印象的ですね。

日本の未来創造する宝物の子供たちの人生の美しい彩りや健全や進­歩が安全社会創造を芸術育成で一層効果的にいかに日本の平和安全­憲法がある社会と互いを大事にする暖かな互助が大切かや楽譜や楽­器に対する姿勢や礼儀など多くを学んでいると拝見いたしました。

美しい子供の純粋な心がたっぷり出ているかわいい動きに満ちたス­テージは世界共通の子供という宝物が大人へ与えてくれるビタミン­のよう。

広島の子供の今後の飛躍が続くよう祈ります。

感激を致しました。

[HighROCOCOlings]

Beautifl stage with each personal solo play are good idea with full of criative idea,

totarly, joyful high level stage with heartful voice and good monners &elegant.

Can youcompose by yourself , acapera voices with full instrumenst with all af your shining palys as original ?Pomping, pichcurts,jumpings on stages ,much long tone legarts with higher and deeper , twinkles , hands, heels , kocking on instruments body of chello as breazing on symbal much using your ways of your ideas.

[MrBigYum]

My mother lives next door to an all-"female", i think, School..

They have a Quote-Unquote band, i think.

They come buy and do the seniors' hair..

XD

(I'm not making fun; I'm just saying).

[6bluoltremare]

beautiful band!!



[daniloesp2010]

this is an excellent band, they performed amazingly

[ikadasao0703]

中黒瀬ってあの学校ですか！

全国大会の常連校で、何回か見たことがあります＾＾

自分も全国大会に出たことがあるのですが、中黒瀬さんはどこで演­奏しても素晴らしい演奏でした

[robbyperez]

i may be a music novice... but this music sounds pretty big for the age group... if they only stuck to working on robotech...

[jzpatelut]

@robbyperez yes i do agree with you...Thanks...HAVE A GOOD TIME...jzpatelut....

[darkangelgurl808]

oh my gawd O.O

AWESOME!! >.<

[mtwhitneyband]

ohh my gosh a saprano sax i love those

[krider2698]

Concert D'amore

[MusicDanceSpace]

What's the song name?!

[bravomusicinc]

@MusicDanceSpace Excerpts from a suite called "Concerto D'amore", by Jacob de Haan

[a8211107757]

@MusicDanceSpace Concerto D'amore

[HawkGalaxy]

what song is this

[lorella1501]

eccezionale!  complimenti

[TheDest900]

wow......yall just threw all my practicing in my face lol yall are a great band and elementary school!!! so young yet so wonderful sounding

[DogDays124]

This is elementary? And by elementary they mean 1st - 5th? DANG! I've been playing trumpet since I was seven but I'm no where near this level of playing! Bravo! I can't imagine the time and practicing they put into this. They probably practice more than I do in a month! I just have to say WOW! They're wonderful!

[TaylorSimone13]

all I have to say is......DANG!!!

[wilsonkm]

So I was rehearsing my alma mater high school band who didn't even know their scales (wind ensemble). That was sad. At the start of this video, this was the greatest sounding band I've heard all day. I'm going to Japan.

[hellokittykilla]

wow these kids are really good to only be in elementary school. I wish they had band when i was in elementary school, but it seems like the government doesnt really care for the arts and education because that is the thing they take the most money from so how could he have a program like that if the government keep taking funds.

[aoran]

what is the song name?

[itsumo321]

@aoran Concert D'amore. Its a European publication, a longer suite.

[aoran]

@itsumo321 thanks for replying ...

[WoWKoest]

Sousas and marching percussion? Interesting.

[doko1900]

Fantastic !!! Congratulation !!!

[abelripena]

Great!!!!

[sharpshooter33]

considering how good these kids are I am supprised that the seats are as empty as they are.

[DanS24106]

This elementary band is better than 80% of the high school bands in the US.

[a53mp]

@DanS24106 pretty much any asian thing is better and at a higher level than the US

[Windyfur]

Look at the size of the sousaphone compared the person playing it!!! They don't keel over from the weight of those beasts. I should know, I'm a senior in high school and I play sousaphone. Marching with those monstrosities is HELL.

[taylor2001]

visit...gpabsky.com website for the artist...have a thread ARTIST FOR KIDS!!!

[midorihelenie]

wow :| i think they are as good as the grade 12 ensemble i'm in..

NICE!

[itsumo321]

The song is part of a piece "Concert d'Amore", a European publication.

[b0gart02]

superb!!!!!!!

[akocarjhay]

can i know what is the title of this song ... that theyre playin ?

xD

i almost almost cried with this guyz ! * sobs *

[akocarjhay]

these guyz hit my weakpoints ... xD

im gonna cry right now...xD if i have 10 thumbs ill give it to you guyz !

[Grazziela44]

I'm going to cry. I've been playing trombone since I was ten and can't believe our schools in California have eliminated music programs altogether....what our kids are missing out on......this is beautiful!

[Grazziela44]

I'm going to cry. I've been playing trombone since I was ten and can't believe our schools in California have eliminated music programs altogether....what our kids are missing out on......this is beautiful!

[kiyari817]

They are so cute!!

And they play so well too!!

[archersinner]

Everything's good! Tone, synchonization, dynamics, tunings, everything~

Hope the band continues to grow and improve!

[moymoy123ish]

Cute... With their small lung, they can do such a great job.that much. They must be 4 to 6th grade. They have a good band director.

[funnypantz90]

they are amazing :) especially for their age, they are pretty advanced ^^

[GGefter1]

ABSOLUTELY A M A Z I N G !!!

BRAVISSIMO!!!

The joy children experience while peforming is everything any music teacher dreams about!

[GGefter1]

AMAZING!!!

Bravo to your talant , deducation and skills above expectations.

Enthusiasm and love to what you are doing perhaps is a drive for this achivement.

Bravo to Music Director!!!

[tdv043670]

they r good!!

[Hinakurachan7]

Wow! They are good!!

[MegaDorkface]

OH MY GOSH!!!! They are AMAZING!!! The're better than my school's band and we're the Middle School symphonic band! and they're elementary! the trumpet players could kick my butt in a playing comp! their tone quality is AMAZING!!!!!

[moronimarcodir]

I'm a conductor of military band in Rome, it' fantastic to see and listen this moovies,

alla faccia dei italiani musicisti, chi ci crediamo di essere?guardiamo da questi ed impariamo come si fa!

per tutti gli insegnanti di conservatorio in Italia e insegnanti di musica, vergognamoci, questi sono esempi che lasciano stupefatti ! è fantastico vedere questi bambini con tanta serietà abilità, con quanta musicalità e buon senso civico effettuano questi spettacolo!IMPARIAMO come si fà. Momo.

[PBlome]

God that first trumpets tone man... that was nice.

[alankace]

perfect playing, great tuning, awesome performance, but comparing to the other bands, this one is lacking dynamic. BUT great job for an elementary school!

[lLelouch]

that soprano just replaced the entire woodwind ensemble.... omg. SHOCK.

[jwpeters1s]

I quit.

[GGefter1]

...I bow down to all of you - inspired musicians!!!

Bravo!!!

Bravo to this educational system!

[JekyllBoote]

They're actually frighteningly good, both musically and choreographically.

I like the way the little side-drummer boy has his moment of glory at the end! (You can see both grim determination and happiness in his face.)

[secretorganisation]

some of those girls are cute

[JekyllBoote]

They're cute in the way that little puppy dogs are cute.

I'd be worried if I thought you meant "cute" in any other sense.

[shmoogaly]

oh my god... O.o

[tpm6888]

Don't nit pick but read and learn what's true.... timbentinck.... Education is all most out the door and I don't have kid's....

[ilbhbahng]

sorry to dissapoint ya... but i think they sound better than a high school band! ! !

they are so pro!! if this is just an elementary school band, what should a HIGH SCHOOL band in japan sound like?!?! :O SUPER PRO!

[tpm6888]

Too EITSlover91.....Way, in japan there school's are very serious in there course's and have all year round schooling.... They take there education very seriously not like american school's which are only off during the summer mounth's... American school's lost there education because they lost so much course's like music and art...Now they only do sport's....Nothing wrong with sport's but it doe's not feed the minde only the body.... nuff said

[claridiva2000]

@tpm6888

i completely agree. i'm a band teacher in america. its funny how we impose rediculous testing regimes to compare to countries like japan and marginalize fine arts...then wonder why kids arn't doing better in school.

[timbentinck]

Your kids aren't doing better in your school because their teacher can't even be bothered to spell.

[timbentinck]

No apostrophes with plurals. Their not There. Month not Mounth. Mind not Minde. Maybe you should forget the sports and learn English?

[claridiva2000]

nothing is more obnoxious than the internet grammer police. get a life.

[shadycecil]

--That would be GRAMMAR, of course, not grammer ;)

[secretorganisation]

i wanna be a grammer police

where can i apply?

[thebigtarget1]

@tpm6888 So they have the best education. Who makes the best nuclear bombs?

[WiccanDreamer85]

wow.... there are high school bands here in the us who cant or wont do this well.... these kids are AWESOME but i did notice that the band is all female.... its a female only school?

[itsumo321]

Don't believe so. Since students select one club only, often boys do sports. About 80% of bandmembers are female in Japan.

[drwcubs]

It was mostly all female. There were a few boys in the band.

[TheFourOtakus]

@WiccanDreamer85 Actually, there's some boys.If you look really closely, you can see that there are some kids in shorts. ^__^

[greenbananasplit]

WOW they are just AMAZING

[makadungdung]

at 3:15 is it just me or is that a fugal horn?

[itsumo321]

Yes, in the alto horn line.

[makadungdung]

ok just checking lol thanks ^^

[babyblue75]

What's amazing is that they are only in elementary school, and the quality of the tone that comes out of the instruments they are beats even the top high school bands in Singapore!

[kisekxikoe]

Beautiful tone, And, The girl playing the soprano sax, WOW, seriously, it looks so huge on her but she plays it so beautifully nice, beautiful piece, COMPLETELY done justice.

[STC4blues]

Yes, huge props to the girl playing soprano. Good tone and in tune.

[EITSlover91]

good lord that's incredible!! elementary kids!?!?!?!?!?!?!? NO WAYY

[musikteer]

if anyone thinks ive been kind of rude in the last comment ,which i hope i wasnt,please tell me so i can remove it and so i wont get anyone mad

[itsumo321]

These bands are simply after-school activities in typical schools, not schools of the arts or such. Schools encourage or require clubs for character development, not future professions-just for fun and personal growth. Difference in Japan is that students can only belong to one full time club, and should give it their all. Degree of "success" depends on initiative of club sponsor, or director. This effort is also voluntary-no credit, no salary, only for love of the art or sport.

[musikteer]

this is very nice i love it!but has anyone noticed that its pretty much japanese kids that play their music this well?its not a bad thing AT ALL and im not a racist but its just amazing and i love how they start sooooo early,theyre gonna grow up with a career to look forward to

[huanhoonhuanhoon]

Beyond godlight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[nilankaabeysekara]

Great Clear notes