@atrapsian They slowed down way too much and it completely took away the intensity of the piece. Also during the alto solo, sorry about sounding like I'm bashing you guys, it was really slow and he got carried away with timing and it didn't sounds as good as it could have. Good job overall though on the piece. I play alto and it took some work getting down that solo part so I understand.
i swear all of their band groups kick ass - ive heard most of them - symphony , and high school orchestra r so good - and their wind ensemble is awesome and so good - im in a wind ensemble , yea we are good but probably not as good as u all anymore - our really good musicians left our school :/
@uberdethkil That makes no sense. Just because they're Asian means that it doesn't count? They worked hard for it. So that means that if a band group or other races, such as white, would mean that they are better even if these two bands are on the same level?? God made us equal and if we work hard enough, we can be good at what we do. Just because you're Asian means you're automatically really good. I have seem tons of Asians who aren't good at everything and that applies to every other race.
@randomjohn13 It seems that people like to say things like "God created all men equal" when in reality, we know it is quite the opposite. I mean just look at everyone.
Hmph. A bit rushed at start. Oboe's not bad at all. Alto sax Solo "messed up" a bit but that's within liberty I guess. Overall tempo is a bit... I don't know. Sure, you don't need to play 100% as written, but going against the description (you end with Presto and 'faster than initial tempo' at the end, not slower) is another thing.
awee the sax soloist has dimples. this piece is amazing i play oboe in my highschool band and we did it, i absolutly loved my solo.! this is a great song if you like a challenge. (:
Asians... I always see this- Technically perfect, but lacking emotion and expression. I've never known asians to be able to perform even the slightest Rubato in an ensemble- it always falls apart.
Also the percussionists need to man up and hit that goddamn instruments in the part where they play with their hands, and their grip is HORRID. Makes me want to shoot myself the way those idiots are holding the sticks... uhg.
I LOVE SAM HAZO!! we did to marching shows of his work in high school, as well as concerts stuff. Ride is the funnest song to do in marching band lol :D
I actually seen Hazo in person this past Tuesday. Hes a very funny down to earth guy. He conducted a high school honor band performance that is arranged every year by a nearby university. All three of their performance peices were by Hazo, which is why he came to direct the performance. It was a very cool experience.
Wow brigns back memories i remembered when my concert band played this in highschool. It is a really intense piece and requires a lot of mastery and technique in practicing. though i had a lot of fun. I remember looking over the alto solo part and thinking "boy do they have it bad on that solo lol
@krnboi93 have you seen the alto solo, im playing it this year and the last part of the solo with the palm keys is hard, but that diffucult this alto player should have been able to work it out in a week.
Yes I'm the second chair of the alto sax section and yes its hard and requires practice to master. Me and my section leader (1st chair alto) has been working on that solo for over 3 months now and we mastered every note/tone/articulation/rythm to that solo.
I love this piece. I played the Timpani part and it was very enjoyable. The use of the hands on the percussion instrument really impacts the piece. Hazo is amazing!
Sounds great! It seemed to me that it was mainly woodwind-dominated throughtout, which kinda dissapointed me because this is such a... well, BRASSSSS piece. For instance, at 3:07 i didn't hear hardly any trumpet in comparison to clarinet and oboe. It could be the quality of the camera and my speakers. But it really was an excellent performance. Good job!
You're kidding! I'd say this piece is equally dominated by both. There are the hero brass parts for sure, but there's no denying the lyrical woodwinds features everywhere, including the middle section, which is just about completely woodwind-colored. Not only is the melody and solo woodwind, but the harmony and rhythm parts are as well.
You're right, Samuel Hazo made use of both sections to just about equal degrees, if not the woodwinds more so than the brass. I guess I'm just used to hearing the brass stand out more in the hero parts. Typical, me being a trumpet player myself!
god i loved playing that sax solo....GREAT JOB YOU GUYS!!!!! we had a really small band - no oboes, no tubas, only five clarinets, and only one french horn and two saxes. but seriously, this was like listening to a professional band play. NICE WORK!!!!
if you know anything about how sound projects from snares.. you'd know that it does project and in this song at that part its all about the sax and oboe solos so the snare doesn't need to project...
true but i cant hear it at all! i can hear it in patches around 1:04 but thats pretty much it... maybe its just the recording! really though, why not just use sticks and play softly near the rim? by the time the sound gets past all those winds, the timbre is going to be exactly the same as what he's trying to achieve with the finger-tapping anyway, and then we'd actually be able to hear it! what do u think?
its still written to be played with the fingers.. and more than likely it is the recording. we played this same song and it came through just fine with the finger-tapping..
when i played this on euphonium in 2008, i played the whole thing up an octave starting at 3:00 and it sounded awesome. The double Eb soared above all and made a judge turn his head and jaw drop.
Thats going to be our marching show next year. It's called "The Ride of Your Life." Going to have a roller coaster theme with four movements, each representing a different year of high school. We're getting it commissioned for us and Ride is going to be our closer.
Measure 37 was really too bad. The clarinets stuck out like a sword. The Oboe solo is amazing... along with the Sax Solo, as he was loud enough, and did everything correctly. And then from measures 75- 94, the part lacked an energetic feel to it. It might have lacked some faster tempo... Measures 112-114, the clarinets really struck out again... Finally from 144 on, I felt the tempo was quite slow.
Omygod. this band did a GREAT JOB! Seriously, holy crap. I love the alto sax solo at 54. I might do it, and it gave me a great feel of what the song was like.
do you know where i can get a recording of this? I looked on itunes, but they don't have it. If You could tell me, i would really appreciate it! thanks!
I played this last summer at the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble camp. My sister had the sax solo and, considering she only had a week to learn it, kicked it's ass!
My band's playing this! Kick ass song. Love it! The sax solo, our current sax hits it like crazy! I'm first bassoon so the runs are insane but I love it!
actually, its a teensy bit slow compared to how we played it, but then again our director is insane and plays everything at at least 20 tempo markings faster than the suggested tempo....
marching to those time changes must be fun, hahaha, itd be so funny to make a techno or dance piece like this and play it in clubs, so people go from oooh yeeeeh heres the beat oh yeh im so sexy look at me dance, to OMG WHERES THE FUCKING BEAT 1? AND WHAT HAPPENED TO 3 AS WELL!!! ahhhh, lol, so many people would fall over, it would be lol.
hey guys i go to this school 0:26 at that moment hes really good the majority of the people in moanalua high school compete in national parades, show,and competition and some of them can go to texas programs!!!!
yeah, i agreed...y is the set up looks weird. My band sets up the flutes and clarinet infront with saxophone, brass behind and percussionsat the side...
I tried to get my band directors to let our wind ensemble play this, one said no and the other said it was gay :( I think it is a really cool piece, I really l;ike this recording too because woodwinds are amazing and theres not too much high brass which brings them out a lot more :)
I'll agree that the woodwind parts sound great, but you need to have great brass parts too, which is why Olympiada, composed by Samuel R. Hazo, is great. It has great brass parts, woodwind parts, and percussion parts.
I saw a black girl !!!
ajanaytoni 1 week ago
its in Hawaii so im guessing their not asian but hawaiian...
leavemebeplease 1 month ago
our high school band tried this song and ,well our ride crashed and burned
firebreathingyoshi1 1 month ago
hehe hehe Asain.
FAILRAWR 2 months ago
C'mon Soloist needs to express more omg...
imgame2121 3 months ago
sax player has dimples , kewl
Cheetah6558 5 months ago
is that an asian with an afro? 0:49
Forevaitalia 8 months ago 2
@atrapsian They slowed down way too much and it completely took away the intensity of the piece. Also during the alto solo, sorry about sounding like I'm bashing you guys, it was really slow and he got carried away with timing and it didn't sounds as good as it could have. Good job overall though on the piece. I play alto and it took some work getting down that solo part so I understand.
helloman1556 8 months ago
i play that solo in band! im a freshman... and beat out 2 seniors for it
akira568 9 months ago 2
Superior!
coreyburney 9 months ago
i swear all of their band groups kick ass - ive heard most of them - symphony , and high school orchestra r so good - and their wind ensemble is awesome and so good - im in a wind ensemble , yea we are good but probably not as good as u all anymore - our really good musicians left our school :/
Cheetah6558 10 months ago
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Cheetah6558 10 months ago
they're not Asain. they're Hawaiian.
izzys1236 10 months ago
this is an awesome performance!!! Marion Arkansas High School Band will be performing this piece! Good luch MHS!
nsgranger 10 months ago
it sounds undertempo and the sax solo wasnt that good...
PimpingTehNation 11 months ago
i love the part at 2:05 where the french horns have that little melody with the glockenspiel our band is playing this and i love it
albanybestdrumline 11 months ago
yep...it doesn't count. they're mostly asians therefore, it doesn't count. asians are good at everything.
uberdethkil 11 months ago
@uberdethkil That makes no sense. Just because they're Asian means that it doesn't count? They worked hard for it. So that means that if a band group or other races, such as white, would mean that they are better even if these two bands are on the same level?? God made us equal and if we work hard enough, we can be good at what we do. Just because you're Asian means you're automatically really good. I have seem tons of Asians who aren't good at everything and that applies to every other race.
randomjohn13 9 months ago
@randomjohn13 It seems that people like to say things like "God created all men equal" when in reality, we know it is quite the opposite. I mean just look at everyone.
zeron8195 8 months ago
Hmph. A bit rushed at start. Oboe's not bad at all. Alto sax Solo "messed up" a bit but that's within liberty I guess. Overall tempo is a bit... I don't know. Sure, you don't need to play 100% as written, but going against the description (you end with Presto and 'faster than initial tempo' at the end, not slower) is another thing.
Ladeand 11 months ago
That's one good sax player on the solo. I did this on soprano. Took me 4 months to get it down.
superjoe87 1 year ago
awee the sax soloist has dimples. this piece is amazing i play oboe in my highschool band and we did it, i absolutly loved my solo.! this is a great song if you like a challenge. (:
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amlisaduni 1 year ago
Asians... I always see this- Technically perfect, but lacking emotion and expression. I've never known asians to be able to perform even the slightest Rubato in an ensemble- it always falls apart.
Also the percussionists need to man up and hit that goddamn instruments in the part where they play with their hands, and their grip is HORRID. Makes me want to shoot myself the way those idiots are holding the sticks... uhg.
AmbientSpectrum 1 year ago
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AmbientSpectrum 1 year ago
Were playin this for all state
Nice Afro bass drum dude lol
tubadn8 1 year ago 4
Why is everyone in this video asian?
tickgoonhome 1 year ago 32
@tickgoonhome they're in a school in hawaii.
marcusfooo 1 year ago
The school is in Hawaii, large Asian population there.
oboist80 1 year ago
@tickgoonhome They're Hawaiian. :/
furirox4ever 1 year ago
@tickgoonhome whats so bad about that? =.=
inuwiz 9 months ago
@tickgoonhome This is in Hawaii.
ApolyonTheSoulRender 8 months ago
@tickgoonhome They're not, they're Hawaiian. As in, this is from a Hawaiian high school and, therefore, from Hawaii.
bandgeek8986 1 day ago
is it just me or is there like 20 percussionists squeezing on that top level?
SiMoN6873 1 year ago
Wow. Nicely done!!
Frizzied 1 year ago
This sounds really pretty and cool :)
I hope my band gets to play this XD
FunkkyPanda 1 year ago
i played dat sax solo!
TheAznPwns 1 year ago
I LOVE SAM HAZO!! we did to marching shows of his work in high school, as well as concerts stuff. Ride is the funnest song to do in marching band lol :D
Batdyke24 1 year ago
lol i liked the afro base drum guy
Pierockz88888888 1 year ago
I actually seen Hazo in person this past Tuesday. Hes a very funny down to earth guy. He conducted a high school honor band performance that is arranged every year by a nearby university. All three of their performance peices were by Hazo, which is why he came to direct the performance. It was a very cool experience.
oggydrummer92il 1 year ago
Wow, this is a great high school band! What a great performance of the piece.
germanmusician 1 year ago
My band teacher told me I'm doing the sax solo next year. Should I worry?
ThePigyman 1 year ago
Played this for contest, fucking epic.
rockmastermuff 1 year ago
were playing this song but it says it was meant for the university of toledo college and were kinda screwed
osutypo65 1 year ago
sax soloist could of used more vibrato
BassTrombone1994 1 year ago
god i hate that sax solo
lamogand 1 year ago
They looked very crowded on that stage!! lol The percussion was against the wall in the back!
larie2 1 year ago
ooooh my band is playing this song for our concert this year!!!!!!
imabemetilthedayidie 1 year ago
This is on my list of dream songs to play. Haha.
furirox4ever 1 year ago
played this senior year first alto sax great song and solo......
bcmagz888 1 year ago
Does someone have a tuba part for this?
jimbob55100 1 year ago
I hope some one puts up an Alice High School recording of this. We are playing it this year and it sounds good. The alto solo is amazing.
slipknotpwnz666 1 year ago
why do they have marching snare in an orchestral setting?
meatwad314 2 years ago
@meatwad314 might be a field snare
dirkslater 2 years ago
@meatwad314 uh nvm
dirkslater 2 years ago
Wow brigns back memories i remembered when my concert band played this in highschool. It is a really intense piece and requires a lot of mastery and technique in practicing. though i had a lot of fun. I remember looking over the alto solo part and thinking "boy do they have it bad on that solo lol
MamiYare 2 years ago
rushed??
slipknotpwnz666 2 years ago
Did someone got the baritone BC or euphonium sheet for this song?
ess0ess 2 years ago
A lot of my friends have been dying to play this for a long time and now we finally got our chance! But this band sounds nice!
CarolinaGurl99 2 years ago
Is it me or does the sax solo seem a little dull and slow? and the last part was a bit sloppy
krnboi93 2 years ago
the players seems intense while playing it
HeroRaven 2 years ago
@krnboi93 have you seen the alto solo, im playing it this year and the last part of the solo with the palm keys is hard, but that diffucult this alto player should have been able to work it out in a week.
slipknotpwnz666 2 years ago
Yes I'm the second chair of the alto sax section and yes its hard and requires practice to master. Me and my section leader (1st chair alto) has been working on that solo for over 3 months now and we mastered every note/tone/articulation/rythm to that solo.
krnboi93 2 years ago
I've played this, it's fun and kind of a bitch at the same time! lots of wierd intervals trumpet players aren't used to.
kotetsu131 2 years ago
Nice sax solo!!! Good song!
kelsflutegirl 2 years ago
Nice. But I think the intensity of the piece was lost by 00:46
princeOFlightning 2 years ago
Yeah I agree. This piece is supposed to be intense
krnboi93 2 years ago
does anyone happen to know where i can find just strictly the timpani part for this piece?
sikko54 2 years ago
Wait, does that guy have a afro? That's....random and funny at the same time.
bandboy5294 2 years ago
ahh we're playing this for uil! hah and i hope we dont get crowed in a corner like their percussion did! lol
robinxmichelle 2 years ago
where can i get the flute and sax parts at??
muzician10 2 years ago
I have the flute part and maybe piccolo
Twilight3579 2 years ago
I did this last year I got goose bumps listening to it again lol
biggerbass11 2 years ago
Nice job, I am a band dad from So Cal. Most of these folks probably are in college now. Sounded great, two thumbs up!
Frizzied 2 years ago
ughhhh im afraid to learn that sax solo!!!
chargerrt06 2 years ago 14
just a tad too slow.
jck1794 2 years ago
I love how the percussionists are crowded in that corner. This was awesome.
YoJoe456 2 years ago
My band is marching this and the song rocks
gartthemage2 2 years ago
lol the first 3 bars were rush
MikeFreakinByrne 2 years ago
Probably just due to the volume in respect to the rest of the band, but the solo sounds rather tentative.
rolyan3 2 years ago
My high school played a version of Ride arranged for marching band. It was off the hook to say the least. :)
WorldMusicLove19 2 years ago
why are the percussions are all cramped toward the edge of the stage?
i think they deserve a better placing...
but indeed, it was a great playing....love it...the sax solo was kewl...
benzackry 2 years ago
we played this two years ago....wish we played it like that! amazing !
bgc892 2 years ago
I love this piece. I played the Timpani part and it was very enjoyable. The use of the hands on the percussion instrument really impacts the piece. Hazo is amazing!
penguinposer 2 years ago
Sounds great! It seemed to me that it was mainly woodwind-dominated throughtout, which kinda dissapointed me because this is such a... well, BRASSSSS piece. For instance, at 3:07 i didn't hear hardly any trumpet in comparison to clarinet and oboe. It could be the quality of the camera and my speakers. But it really was an excellent performance. Good job!
crgeetar18 2 years ago
You're kidding! I'd say this piece is equally dominated by both. There are the hero brass parts for sure, but there's no denying the lyrical woodwinds features everywhere, including the middle section, which is just about completely woodwind-colored. Not only is the melody and solo woodwind, but the harmony and rhythm parts are as well.
MylesPrower 2 years ago
You're right, Samuel Hazo made use of both sections to just about equal degrees, if not the woodwinds more so than the brass. I guess I'm just used to hearing the brass stand out more in the hero parts. Typical, me being a trumpet player myself!
crgeetar18 2 years ago
OMG SHIVER DOWN MY SPINE
god i loved playing that sax solo....GREAT JOB YOU GUYS!!!!! we had a really small band - no oboes, no tubas, only five clarinets, and only one french horn and two saxes. but seriously, this was like listening to a professional band play. NICE WORK!!!!
ephtheonM74 2 years ago
This piece is the Rocky Point Holiday of the 21st century, and that is not a compliment to Mr. Hazo.
Mercernary 2 years ago
man, thats kewl, our band played this song, i had the sax solo, very hard
jessieginn3 2 years ago
yay!!! clarinet closeup!!!
Clarinerd617 2 years ago
wooo hooo i LOVE this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that sax solo is the greatest thing EVERRRRRR
TromboneQueen2012 2 years ago 2
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The percussionist playing the snare at 1:08 with his fingers is wasting his time- as if thats going to project!
philfingersjameson 2 years ago
if you know anything about how sound projects from snares.. you'd know that it does project and in this song at that part its all about the sax and oboe solos so the snare doesn't need to project...
lisa0525 2 years ago 3
true but i cant hear it at all! i can hear it in patches around 1:04 but thats pretty much it... maybe its just the recording! really though, why not just use sticks and play softly near the rim? by the time the sound gets past all those winds, the timbre is going to be exactly the same as what he's trying to achieve with the finger-tapping anyway, and then we'd actually be able to hear it! what do u think?
philfingersjameson 2 years ago
its still written to be played with the fingers.. and more than likely it is the recording. we played this same song and it came through just fine with the finger-tapping..
lisa0525 2 years ago
@lisa0525
zetram00 1 year ago
he's doing it because that's what Hazo wrote in the part.
monsieurchouette 2 years ago 2
and yet somehow that doesn't magically make me hear the snare drum any better...
philfingersjameson 2 years ago
when i played this on euphonium in 2008, i played the whole thing up an octave starting at 3:00 and it sounded awesome. The double Eb soared above all and made a judge turn his head and jaw drop.
zop2o 2 years ago
i wonder if there's any possible way to use this in a marching show...
luke55698 2 years ago
seen it done, epic fail
zop2o 2 years ago
Thats going to be our marching show next year. It's called "The Ride of Your Life." Going to have a roller coaster theme with four movements, each representing a different year of high school. We're getting it commissioned for us and Ride is going to be our closer.
crimson12100 2 years ago
it has been done,its not so good w/o the oboes.
hugsrmyspecialty 2 years ago
excellent job! =]
Kevtash4693 2 years ago
Well done y'all! ;)
dmcadik 2 years ago
We play this in concert band! I absolutely love it!
slipkid24393 2 years ago
oboe solo AMAZINGLY WELL PLAYED as well as the sax solo great job soloist
Johannuh 2 years ago
we played this for high school marching band one year, and i still love it.
mlaelizabeth 2 years ago
Measure 37 was really too bad. The clarinets stuck out like a sword. The Oboe solo is amazing... along with the Sax Solo, as he was loud enough, and did everything correctly. And then from measures 75- 94, the part lacked an energetic feel to it. It might have lacked some faster tempo... Measures 112-114, the clarinets really struck out again... Finally from 144 on, I felt the tempo was quite slow.
Overall it was a good performance.
HabboDrMind 2 years ago
um... prick much?
scorch0012 2 years ago
lol? i want to critique it. got a problem?
HabboDrMind 2 years ago
Omygod. this band did a GREAT JOB! Seriously, holy crap. I love the alto sax solo at 54. I might do it, and it gave me a great feel of what the song was like.
It reminds me of Vesuvius, haha. Great piece.
Samuel Hazo is genius.
sawnovcow 2 years ago
omgeeee! my band's playing Vesuvius this year! haha. crazyyyy!
chozie7 1 year ago
that song was sooo funn & easy!!
BigDawgChangi 1 year ago
oohhh very nice blend and balance.... but the 2nd and 3rd clarinet trill two measures after 42 should come out a little more lol
chozie7 2 years ago
my school played this last year as a marching band song...twas amazing...pain in the ass to march though
XeroXeroZeven 2 years ago
do you know where i can get a recording of this? I looked on itunes, but they don't have it. If You could tell me, i would really appreciate it! thanks!
jErRyIII15 2 years ago
i love this song! such a jazzy feel to it. this is one of the best renditions ive heard yet. excellent job!
way2awesome4u 2 years ago
I played this last summer at the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble camp. My sister had the sax solo and, considering she only had a week to learn it, kicked it's ass!
sillyrnu007 2 years ago
I love the sax solo
djbnew12 2 years ago 3
i love this song!
jErRyIII15 2 years ago
wow, the percussionist looks so concentrated. :O
xstupidity 2 years ago
that song is hard. its meduim- professional and u guys 0wned it
sahand144 2 years ago
its not that bad..
hell, if my highschool band can play it and we have freshmen playing its not that bad.
conor1148 2 years ago
i hate how people underestimate freshman.
im a freshman and i dont mean to brag but im pretty good.
it just bothers me that people say, well if a freshman can play it then i can play it.
because there are freshman out there that can play and play well.
rajannajk 2 years ago
amazing!
TerraDangerJonas 2 years ago
that was awsome!
sahand144 2 years ago
My band's playing this! Kick ass song. Love it! The sax solo, our current sax hits it like crazy! I'm first bassoon so the runs are insane but I love it!
Onaqua 2 years ago
our marching band was the first band that ever marched this song, and we kicked major ass making it to nationals
jinkers4 3 years ago
cool, wht school do you go to?
PainWds 3 years ago
yeah we did this for indoor percussion so that was pretty interesting. but hazo is definitely the best current composer. check out olympiada.
bigyellowmambo 2 years ago
ooo. we did this piece last year and are currently working on olympiada.
its SOOO much funn
panic14love 2 years ago
my band is playing this and we need aliitle more work but i know it'll get there.
THxMCRxLOVER 3 years ago
we played this as well. I know the guy this song was written about, too! :)
trainobl 3 years ago
haha this is at a very fast pace lolz.
i think this is way faster than normal speed the composer wanted.
rajannajk 3 years ago
actually, its a teensy bit slow compared to how we played it, but then again our director is insane and plays everything at at least 20 tempo markings faster than the suggested tempo....
Larker999 3 years ago
lol! does he like fast or just want everything to be over?
trainobl 3 years ago
he just likes energy. good news is that we've learned to keep up, so when we play slightly slower stuff its easy now.
Larker999 3 years ago
it sounds better as a sax. but good.
cobraplaya82 3 years ago
Whoa... Clarinet solo was the bomb... We played it on alto sax. Not as good...
flyingemogirl 3 years ago
Wow.
Op139 3 years ago
good performance, just need to keep steady tempo.
leondo1984 3 years ago
i luv this song
iluvmusicfoever15 3 years ago
we played that last year for our band trip
ladyram93 3 years ago
marching to those time changes must be fun, hahaha, itd be so funny to make a techno or dance piece like this and play it in clubs, so people go from oooh yeeeeh heres the beat oh yeh im so sexy look at me dance, to OMG WHERES THE FUCKING BEAT 1? AND WHAT HAPPENED TO 3 AS WELL!!! ahhhh, lol, so many people would fall over, it would be lol.
littleindian17 3 years ago
it is really fun to march to this. my high school did this show last year.
geddylee62 3 years ago
what hs did u march with? ive seen some high schools do u this in marching too
budwayz 3 years ago
Mabank High School..its not up on the tube though..the recording i have of it from BOA grand nats was prolly one of our worst performances =/
geddylee62 3 years ago
oh haha ok
budwayz 3 years ago
well actually i just put it up lol, even though its horrible quality and one of our worst performances its better than nothing
geddylee62 3 years ago
i dont think there were enough mics around the brass sections
andrewko808 3 years ago
I love the set-up it looks clean, but its kinda strange. This band played this piece execellently.
Detectivejagr 3 years ago
hey guys i go to this school 0:26 at that moment hes really good the majority of the people in moanalua high school compete in national parades, show,and competition and some of them can go to texas programs!!!!
echoharvester 3 years ago
awesome! our high school band is rehearsing this right now damn they're good!!!
exworthy2 3 years ago
are you guys a hawaiian band?...this is pretty cool!!!
benzackry 3 years ago
We marched to this song!
musicfan1107 3 years ago
Wow, this is great! :) And I'll be playing this in Ames this year, too!
fabflute09 3 years ago
why is the band set up sooo weird
clarinets in front?
flutes hidden in the back?
nickysaxpiccolo 3 years ago
yeah, i agreed...y is the set up looks weird. My band sets up the flutes and clarinet infront with saxophone, brass behind and percussionsat the side...
benzackry 3 years ago
Nice, in tune and talented...but not excessive clarinet section. Our band lacks that. Great overall sound with the band here!!
Finne116 3 years ago
the alto sax was amazing.
the whole performance was amazing!
we're doing this for our varsity band soon:D
yuhhhashley 3 years ago
"Exultate" by hazo is better i think.
bbbiggs 3 years ago
GO HAWAII !!!!!!!!!!!
5botball 3 years ago
hey i'll see you in ames then, whoever u are...lol. the alto sax part is pretty awesome too!
Finne116 3 years ago
Iowa All-State band is performing this in a few weeks. I can't wait. The bass clarinet part kicks ass.
mootz09 3 years ago
this song kicks ass in general...
lazyfox27 3 years ago
yea! we're playing GS move III
ascend, right?
rokrstar 3 years ago
Yep. And "Rivers" (part II) has to be the most amazing, moving, and touching piece in the world.
jazziesax 3 years ago
We get to play it in band... I'm pretty excited. =]
TheSaxChick 3 years ago
I played it 2 years consecituvely. It owns.
Lickthecloth 3 years ago
georgian suite
ILuffsSquirrleflight 3 years ago
love this dude's music! anyone seen G.S move. III???
ILuffsSquirrleflight 3 years ago
G.S.? please explain
hasheedcakes99 3 years ago
awesome song!
lohsbandgeek77 3 years ago
I tried to get my band directors to let our wind ensemble play this, one said no and the other said it was gay :( I think it is a really cool piece, I really l;ike this recording too because woodwinds are amazing and theres not too much high brass which brings them out a lot more :)
PenguinPunk172 3 years ago
I'll agree that the woodwind parts sound great, but you need to have great brass parts too, which is why Olympiada, composed by Samuel R. Hazo, is great. It has great brass parts, woodwind parts, and percussion parts.
hasheedcakes99 3 years ago
more brass please
freshhh1994 3 years ago
this song got us sweepstakes award at a heritage muaic festival
go torrington High School band 07-08
nickdoublen123 3 years ago
We played this in our band last year.. Miss it so much. =[
We got a standing ovation from it though.
th1sb4byg1rl 3 years ago
lol at the bass drum player with the massive afro! :)
bassbone91 3 years ago 2
seems no one can play the sax solo right to the dot ! well, me included ! though its a really good attempt ! :P
saxfactor 3 years ago