Hilo Intermediate School - Cajun Folk Songs

[bpckplay92]

@hi96720 ah thank you. thats what i thought

[mpjmt]

I didn't hear the xylophone in the first movement. :l

[mpjmt]

I didn't hear xylophone in the first movement. :l

[BrandonPaintballer]

sax notes were a little choppy at the beginning

[Brandonbumper]

The saxophone soloist is supposed to tell the story NOT the trumpets

[zacattack0000]

Ouch the band coming in at 17 was not so nice

[livimonster123]

yea i think the trumpets took over the saxophone part loved the solo it was almost as good as me.

[FckinLulz]

I know it's written in 5/4, haha, didn't I just say I was playing it?

Yeah, we only found out he was alive the other day. He told the festival people to tell the conductors how he wanted it conducted.

Our conductor is having trouble with conducting it in 3/4, just because it's 5/4 and while it makes sense, it's very abstract.

[inubeast7]

tones not great and the entrance for the whole band was awful

[trumpetbarbie12]

yeah, they could work on the trumpet tone a little bit

but its cool that there is a trumpet solo

im first trumpet but i play everything w/ second chair

[cam1ion]

dis sucked it was horifficly terrible we would own u

[BYUcougar410]

trumpets = o.0 even when they played not high...

oboes were good!

low brass was good :D

clarinets and flutes awesome!

[Retropact]

I totally agree with admiralminell, I think the trumpet ego sort of overtook the saxophone solo when they came in.

[freshhh1994]

damn the trumpets sucked.

jk

[TheMetalLordNazgu]

pretty good. i'm a third chair sax at my school and i'm sorry but our first chair sax can play way more better and with beter sound.

I just had to say that. But great job on it tho!

[whiteelephant4]

Belle is missing a good amount of the percussion. =/

[AdmiralMinell]

I'm a trumpet player and I've played this piece. There is nothing all that hard in this. They did do the natural trumpet thing in the first movement and assumed they were always playing the most important part. They should have blended with the alto sax soloist. (again, been there) And we had two different guys playing those muted trumpet solos in the second movement. The second guy totally botched it in contest. Our chair placement was (no seniors) junior, junior, freshman (me), junior.

[Selmersaxophonex]

sweet, a sax solo, i like it!

[BankGeekMHS]

our sax player who played the solo at the beginning butched it! it was terrible EVERY TIME! You all did great!

[sleepyayala07]

u guys sound really good for a middle school band. the sax solo sounds really good! i myself am a clarinet player. and u guys sound awesome! i wish my band sounded like that when i was in middle school!

[DUDExTHExSNAIL]

Y'all sounded really good. We played the second movement, Belle, at our last concert. I loved playing it.

[CarnellzOnlyLuva08]

I play flute but not for this band! Colonial Midlle in Memphis,TN

[killaman2134]

The intonation is really off the low brass section seems to go flat alot and the notes arent really that clear when the second clarinets come in but for it to be an 8th grade band good job

[killaman2134]

The intonation is really off the low brass section seems to go flat alot and the notes arent really that clear when the second clarinets come in but for it to be an 8th grade band good job

[hockeyduck48]

my middle school band played this along with prestissimo and ravensgate go to tayjayb to see it and you guys need tuneing big tiime but your oboe is good

[hockeyduck48]

our middle school band played this along with prestissmo and ravensgate and you guys need to tune big time and nice oboe

[875th]

WOW that was.................... SUCKY

[AVerbene]

depends on what grade they are in. im in 8th and we play it a lot better

[875th]

WOW that was.................... SUCKY

[jduran21]

we played this my 8th grade year.. we ranked 1st in our region.

[welikepeople123]

They sound almost as good as the band I'm in. And we're playing this in high school.

[VitalWound]

the sax is better than the entire rest of the band put together

[pichu710]

ok that explains a whole hell of a lot!

[coolchicknot]

that sax was awesome! The trumpets need a little help. But overall its good.

[animexlove]

we just played this song recently, i'd say its pretty good. the songs seemed alittle fast for me and there was a couple minor things that were odd but it was it was pretty good.

[sailorscoutsakura]

I like this song so much! We are playing it this year for festival. I don't like the way our director changed the way he conducts the 2nd act though. :S He changed it so it it 123 123 12 12. :(

[welikepeople123]

When he conducts it, it'll be easier to follow.

[010001010101]

hmm ...id say overall, well done, i played this last year in my 5th year of clarinet, simple, yet elegant piece... well made and well done...

[soccerfreak9879]

i love this song. this performance was alright. i think the sax solo in the beginning was iffy. the person playing it should have held some notes longer. yea i know its hard to get a breath in there. but it can be done...and yes, the trumpets were out of tune. and i dont like that your conductor told you guys to play it down an octave. if you cannot do it exactly as its written...dont do it. srry about the negative comment. the attempt was good though.

[dmancusator]

the trumpets were outa tune... needs more omph

[SnCold]

Solo was horrid. Needs vibrato and needs to be more musical.

Trumpets were extremely out of tune.

More tenor sax.

[Blue0ctane]

Nice recording, the sax solo is oodles of fun to play.

[saxophonechick]

I love this song. I liked playing it.

[pinkluvah808]

i luv the beginning! :] alto? i dont think i would have lasted that lol.