Orange County 11/12 Honor Band: Children's March

[unboundbysin]

played this piece in band and for all-states. i love it.

[AltecEvader2]

Grainger is such a beast.

[Reichpfennig]

I'm playing the piano part for this with my HS band. I'm only 14, but I still think this is awesome. We're playing a Tichelli piece, but I don't really care for it.

[Itachi1458]

Im playing this is my youth Symphony Group

[heresmycardjoker]

i played the alto sax on this. our band only had 3 altos, and i was the only first. i got a ton of solos then......

[eddy725]

its all too loud!

[DrunkenLink132]

Lol, whenever we play this song in our high school concert band, I can't keep my hands still, I HAVE to count time. It's a habit.

[silent0rchestra]

*cough* Grainger *cough*

[AlFreighDoh]

He just conducted this with my band today. [:

[xMeatShieldx]

heh im practicing the first trumpet part right now with this vid song is awesome.

(i just hope everyone else actually trys to practice)

[hawkeye984]

This song is awesome

[bbbiggs]

Percy Grainger wrote excellent music. And from what i've read, it seems he was the "Eric Whitacre" of his era. This & "Lincolnshire Posy" are my favorite two Grainger tunes.

[libra051090]

You guys should try the piano part... IT'S INSANE!!! If you ever see it performed, check out the pianist just after the second choir!

[wowbtoneplayer]

Believe me, the pianist is on stage behind the bass clarinets. Awesome part.

[noraazemog]

@libra051090 trust me its hard im playing it its a very intresting part

[13Geni13]

heh, I played this in middle school. (it didn't sound nearly this good tho) and we didn't do the vox either.

[imwonderful234]

Gosh, I played this song a year ago and I still break out into shivers every time I hear it. I remember the first time we really got it right I just started crying my eyes out right there in band. This song is the most beautiful thing ever composed.

[reccossu]

Nice. I played this in 1984 Tenn. Mid-State Band. No vocals then though.

[wurlitzer3]

yea this is a favorite of mine too. Bought a recording of Schuman's Chester for band when I was in All-state band years ago. It's a great piece too. The recording was by the Goldwyn Band and Percy Grainger played the piano part. There was no vocal part in the recording. Is that optional? This all city(?) band played it great and at the same tempo as as the Goldwyn Band. Kudos.

[kethtaz33]

My band is playing this piece... I love it to death...

[Xodyac]

Mine is too, and so do I!!! High five for band kids! :P

[smgfootbal56]

sweet song my bro played this song at a concert the other day

[coolboy630]

was there an english horn?

[Jamesbarrock]

Is that conductor michael votta?

[Jamesbarrock]

whoops I'm dense xD

[wowbtoneplayer]

No, it's Frank Ticheli.

[1337evan]

sounds really nice! Very top notch bunch of musicians in HS! heheh. I enjoyed it!

[NikitaRam]

where's the oboe in the beginning? =/

[Swiiver414]

This is great.. what instruments are the two solos at the beginning performed on?

[Xodyac]

Tenor/1st alto saxes.

[heresmycardjoker]

the first is alto sax, then bari sax

[OrlandoKings]

lol there is no contrabass sax. Maybe ur refering to the contrabass clarinet. There was no contrabass sax in this ensemble the lowest pitch instrument u see there in the sax family is the bari

[OrlandoKings]

lol there is no contrabass sax in this band...maybe your referring to the contrabass clarinet. the lowest pitched sax in this ensemble was a bari sax

[Timeless14]

Cool, a contrabass sax. I play the bari.

[thenameofuser]

yeah it sounds a little heavy on some parts that really should be lighter...i only know this because we played it last year for state competition, and my band director hounded us constantly because it wasn't light and playful enough. did this song get stuck in your head after you played it? because it was constantly in mine from the time we got the music into the summer when school was over...

[hamstermad933]

really good. We have a tubax in our county group. Trombonist here

[saruhe]

Good sounding ensemble, but a little heavy. As my director said when we played this piece, "It's called the Children's March, not the Elephant's March!" Without that lightness, it didn't make much sense musically. But besides, a very good sounding performance. :)

[cristoballsINyoMOUTH]

I agree, very well done except a little too heavy in some areas.

[TheBig5Brass]

very nice

[chickawn]

omg >.> we just strated working on this piece on monday and we sound like crap....we are going to play it in a music festival... competion level 6 =).. odd how it twas written by a schitzophrenic guy...

[cruel234]

I played precussion (Timpani, to be specific) for this song

YEAH!! GO MALLET INSTRUMENT AND TIMPANI!!!

[PreppiePrince]

So the part where y'all sing...yeah, it's totally not in the version I'm doing now....lol

Very good, btw. I only hope we sound that good when we do it

[SUNSNARE06]

played this in wind ensemble, love the mallet percussion parts

[tobor77]

ZOMGHAX

how did they get a contrabass?!

there was a legend of my school having one, and i would love to play it. this piece rocks simply becuse of all the different parts that Granger wrote. I love my part! bass clarinet FTW

[evilbuni]

yay!! im playing this in my school symphony band this year, i want someone to video us!

clarinet :)

[ndolfntym]

Well crap, we did this Last year Reynoldsburg, Oh and it sounded Great butttttt they have like 10 Bones a contrabass that knows what hes doing and other than that it sounded the same, Trumpets are a little Eh, but my Gratzy to the LB section, ~Bass Trombone here~

[DrRosales07]

This is a great recording of this concert! I remember that night I was 4th Euphonium in that ensemble. I'm the one wearing a marching band uniform. It felt a bit awkward but I forgot about it when I started playing. Playing under the direction of a famous composer was an amazing experience. Frank Ticheli is a really good composer and conductor! Thanks again!

[BottledRunes]

There is a contrabass clarinet seated in that band!! I have never seen one in a highschool band in my life! I play the bass clarinet, and that's a semi-rarity on its own, but a contra bass?! Wow!

I played this song in school. We didn't sound NEARLY as good as the beauty you guys brought up. Thank you for posting.

[Chynk4Life]

I'm the one who played the piano. I wasn't in the 11/12 band that year. I was actually in the 9/10 all county. I had played the piano part previously that winter at the Midwest clinic. They couldn't find anyone that could learn to play that part in 2 days, so i just filled in. It's a difficult part. I apologize for any mistakes. :)

[MistyTheGreat]

Good job.

The wind ensemble I am in also performed this song.

[BandNazi]

I love the bassoon part I played! ;)

[brandoman]

I played this song on the euphonium as well in high school. It was ridiculously hard, especially on the high solo part. Good job on the euph solo at the beginning.

[MissKriss09]

I love this song. Our school played it...you guys did a fantastic job :]

[urusaiglass]

I've played piano on this piece before... it gets pretty tough. props to whoever is playing.

[bvollm1]

I played this piece this year with my high school band. This is a really great recording. Our band was only 48 members. I played euph in this... and those solos are a little hard to hear in this. Those parts are sick though, good job.

[DJAKshizzit]

Great recording man.

[BottledRunes]

Brilliantly done!!!! Amazing! I preformed this song on the bass clarinet and we didn't sound nearly as good as this. Kudos!

[jspunk2786]

I get to play this song in the Minnesota All-State band...thanks for posting!

[bishopmlbenjiii]

I played in this band...maybe she kept focusing on the contrabass player cuz it was me!

[MageyDoom]

Compliments to the piano player. That piece is insane >_>

[GEYURI]

Why does the camera keep focusing on the guy standing with the contrabass clarinet?

Anyways, good job but it sounded a little too fast.

[thegirondC]

I played this song (on clarinet) with an honor band too. It was a fun piece.

[Shoshele]

Thanks for posting this, it's the only decent recording of Children's March I've been able to find on YouTube. Dang, that's a huge band. And the choir part is really good too, you were lucky to play in this group. :)