"Pageant" - Vincent Persichetti (WFRHS Wind Ensemble)

[kailasaur]

just played this at band camp. :] loved it, so much energy.

i played piccolo on this. so much fun.

[timmyjacobs0]

@kailasaur I just performed a concert including this and bass trombone is also so much fun in this.

[ndrwmls10]

We just performed this at ISSMA state finals and got 4th place.

[dellaroux]

I'd have liked more shaping of the chorale prelude at the beginning of the piece. It seemed as if they were just "doing time" and waiting to get through to the more exciting parts to come. The first part needs to be shaped and its texture made more vibrant and alive, as if a vocal ensemble were singing and breathing together. The cut-offs were too automatic, no sense of the rise and fall of breath that can make that section so much warmer and more interesting to listen to. Otherwise, quite good.

[TheWindowsComputer]

my high school band is way smaller than this! then again, im in Wind Ensemble, and all the other freshman SUCK, so they are in our Symphonic band. (im a freshman) but in our Wind Ensemble, were pretty much a band for chamber music, cuz there is 1 french horn (me), 1 oboe, 3 tumpets, and just 1 or 2 of all the other instruments. i hate being so exposed though :\

[MPRTT2008]

A big performance ! Whats a pitty that sound quality is so whorse. The orchester sound is so nice ! Greattings !

[alyssacroacia]

incredible!

[marvinthetoaster]

@alyssacroacia Thank you!

[0blondesurfer09]

lower clarinets need to tune...

we're playing this right now

i'm playing first clarinet.

it's fun to play and so beautiful. (:

[nairblin]

In my opinion, the brass is better than the woodwinds here.

[TheSchwhoaShow]

I wish we had an upright bass...

[directorofmusc]

I played this piece twice, during high school and years later at Vandercook College of Music. I played the euphonium. It is somewhat of a difficult piece if your skills aren't quite developed. It is a beautiful composition though over all.

[Bbobe900000]

This is a quality band. I'd love to be a part of this group.

Anyone who can play in a band this good or about this good is very fortunate. My school's band was like this my freshman year, and until now (senior) it has declined to a 40 person band with 4 seniors. It doesn't sound close to as good as this.

[LifeIsLiar]

That's about to happen to our band next year. xP

We're playing this now.  I think it's lovely.

[tflynn17]

loooove that last chord

[dolcedoloroso]

picc is a little too strong

[dolcedoloroso]

my high school played this last year, and right before competition the french horn play got his braces off so he totally killed (as in played badly) the first three notes of the entire piece...

[atoman88]

i played 1st trombone in my hi school band. you guys sounded great but a small pointer to the 1st trombone, work on slide technique. it allitle sloppy but other than that its pretty good. dont feel like saying anything else..

[dolphindreamer90]

our band played it 2 it is hard i playeed 3rd clarinet. other than the small tuning probs everything else is great good job!!

[ejkimble]

IM THE TUBA PLAYER!

[Emuman16]

seriously, people, stop saying crap about this band. they're probably better than most of you.

[ImagineMySurprise]

You guys did a wonderful job on this beautiful piece. Congrats. (:

[shinybunny8]

i think i hear talking in the background... hopefully they're judicators. i'd be so proud if this was my band. your ensemble has a great low sound and can hold melodic lines... and they seem all at a high level. it takes a lot to have this caliber of an ensemble. you're my hero.

[badlocco]

OMG!!!!!! has your band ever heard of tuning??!?!?!?!

honestly its kinda sloppy here and there..

sorry :)

[Emuman16]

dude, if that is "out of tune", i'd really like to hear your band. that's not an easy piece.

[jreeegs]

1st trumpet player dropped the ball at 5:03. oh man

[chewbecca67]

this is a pretty good video!! and they sound like the recording

its really hard and im only in 8th grade!! lol

[chezhozay]

I remember this piece from when I was in Jr. Hi. This was 1967. I played

[bassoonist657]

My band is better. We played this song for a competition and got a perfect score

[TheAnokhee]

o.o

Wow. Good job.

This is a really, really hard piece.

Our band director is making us play this. And I'm only in 7th grade.

[Shadowbunnyjedi]

lol i pity you.... this is hard for me (2nd cornet) i'm in 9th

[blueheart26]

Agree with him... same band lol! Flute player.

No offense, but unless you guys are like ASWESOME (i'm guessing it's a middle school band?) it will be REALLy hard for you guys to pull off...

[ImagineMySurprise]

lol. yeah.

I'm struggling with 4th clarinet and I'm a freshman at a school with a REALLY good music program, so...good luck.

[TheWindowsComputer]

@TheAnokhee WOW! In 7th grade? you band director must believe in you guys! and good luck! its hard! but as my director says, good music dosnt have to be hard, and vice versa, so just play this song as musically possible! :)

[CplJoebot]

This is a very awesome piece, and it was done pretty nicely!

[scotsmanlerxt]

My high school played another Vincent Persichetti piece called "Psalm For Band"; does anyone have a recording of this?

Thanks for posting; nice work!

[euphfellowship]

Bravo. I'm conducting this one in conducting class tomorrow - this makes a great study aid!! Thank you!!

[Musicismylife628]

yeahhh buddy (:

[mutualism]

My wind ensemble performed this piece my freshman year. It is still one of my favorite pieces to play.