Where Never Lark Or Eagle Flew - Highlands Inter. Band

[swva7956]

they didn't do the tam-tam part when it goes back into 6/8...that makes the song

[trpts]

Thanks for the memories HIS Bands!!!!!!!!!!! I'll really miss all of you and your families!!! It sure was fun while it lasted....Mr. AKA Mario.....

[Abbhrsn]

God, I remember this piece. It's what made me fall in love with my oboe

[mmmkay2047]

We are playing this in our concert tommorow. i play 3rd horn part its quite difficult

[dancejennadance15]

i love the french horn part in this piece!

[snowwhiteluv28]

@dancejennadance15 it's the absolute best. I love it. I played 2nd. EPIC. :]

[dancejennadance15]

@snowwhiteluv28  i played 2nd also (:

[JayBreezyx]

I think this is like a easier version,

you guys don't have the runs like the real one!

Not bad for a inter Band.

[pealcityboi]

Mr. iyoki is the best damn teacher i have ever had in my WHOLE LIFE! hes the reason im in band right now... since im in HS freshman band now without mr iyoki its boring for me

[MzLove10]

i wasnt really feeling the beginning but when it started slowing down...it was BEAUTIFUL!

[Lauren29032]

I love this piece. Our school put together the advanced symphonic band and the 9th grade concert band together to play this piece. It sounded really good. I played the 1st trumpet part. I love the solo.

[jokah95paci]

im in middle school and we played this. it was AWESOME, specially that 4/4 part ( it was so beatiful and it just made me feel so light) plus it was easier than expected!!

[HardcoreLoominator]

You must have played a "dumbed down" arrangement of it. The origional score is NOT easy. Not in the slightest. Still, a gorgeous piece.

[ajamesu]

I can guarantee you that this is not a "dumbed-down" arrangement. This is the original Curnow (grade 5) piece. Mr. Iyoki just prepared us very well.

[Aceyalone808]

Highlands Inter. Band has always had great talent walk through that school but unfortunately they are not pushed to their full potential because of the lack of a teacher. that short thing on top of the podium is not a teacher more like an immature kid. because of the lack of a teacher most of the time in highschool is spent teaching basics and fundamentals that should have been taught in inter. its really sad because this band right here could have sounded so much better

[JSSTyger]

We played this song in the symphonic band when I was at ONU. I have it on an old tape. Unfortunately not on a CD.

This vid aint bad for high school...but we did it better.

[FSUfanOFtheBAND]

So what is a college doing playing a level 4 high school peice anyway. Of course yall are going to be better because yall have more experience than high school students.

[trpts]

Hello, this is an INTERMEDIATE BAND...I.E. 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS....Aloha from Hawaii....

[MADDKNOCKER]

the trumpet solo is the best part of this song.

[lefty8957]

The song is much better knowing the story behind it. Even President Reagan used the words from the poem this is based on, "High Flight," when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. He said 'We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."'

[orangeraider07]

for some reason, the camera angle on the conductor's left side is not lining up with the audio. its really annoying with the middle section, since his conducting seems two beats off. the middle camera is fine.

this seems to be one of those pieces that a lot of students play in middle school, high school, or a college group (as i am now). great performance of it.

[SunGod257]

I don't think a typical middle school band could play this.

[JarenMcBeatles]

aah!!!! half of the trombones put their instruments down early!!!

[mechaniirsfreak]

alto sax beginning is hard!!! there is this BIG Run!!! and mr. iyoki made us test on it!!!! now im last chairr!!!!!! >:(

[awesomeisrick]

The one starting on the low C? Lol I love that part. I just played it at a concert tonight. I was more nervous about my vibrato in the solos than the fast runs to be honest.

[mechaniirsfreak]

how can u love that part??????? its so hard!! only god can play it!!!

[awesomeisrick]

Lol, nah. It only takes practice with a metronome. Besides, that part isn't the melody; it's supposed to just be pure movement (I Think).

[jmalc04]

hahah you need to work on "year of the dragon" by philip sparke, then. there's a b**ch of a sax part!!!

[gamesensei314]

Go Mr. Iyoki and the Highlands band of old. I'm playing this in ninth grade now and I love how Mr. iyoki always manages to bring it together. I know they made some mistakes, but hey this is only an intermediate band.

[bshs12345]

as a bass clarinetist i think that the low instruments could of bin a little lowder.

im playing myself this song at bend high school.

[lightfromtheashes]

Yea. I play bass clarinet and the middle section is WAY FAST. Slowing it down really puts emphasis on the meaning.

[JarenMcBeatles]

and 7 percussionists!

[emoboyluva13]

hey its mr.iyoki he looks so sexy in that clothes, the trombones were amazing because he was playing very fast but that performance was amazing GOOD JOB!!!!!

[zlim751]

wow, you got a nice band

[bshs12345]

its not that great

[ilovepachelbel]

the brass cannot take it this fast!!!!!!!!! the runs drag like crazy

[wrapwithsparkles]

also, this is a little fast. i played last year and we took it slower, and it sounded great. this rendition sounds a little frantic.

[wrapwithsparkles]

the middle section should definitely be slower

[wrapwithsparkles]

8 bassoons?

are you in a second band or first band at your school?

wow, i'm impressed, we have 5 total, 2 good ones.

[wrapwithsparkles]

well, i guess you have numbers at your school. we really dont. we may have upwards of 120 in marching band.

[oiakekamalei]

omg this brings back so many memories!

i see me in the clarinet section c[:

this was my favorite song we played that year

[denwanosilent]

Oh thank god...I was about to scream BLASPHEMY!! :DD

[denwanosilent]

No horns??!?!

[JarenMcBeatles]

were playing this in highlands mr iyokis cool and I play triangle and snare for this song

[brycet93]

wow good performance...were playing this now so i understand the difficulty but personallt my favorite part is about 8:00 to 8:20

[kalihiboy808]

highlands always has a great band

[ivalice1980]

I remember playing this one. Tough piece, but more than worth the effort.

[OrangeSodaKing]

definately. i played this in 9th grade. i love it. it's about a WWII pilot named John Gillespie Magee Jr. who wrote a sonnet called "High Flying" and part of the words were "Where never lark no even eagle flew, And, while with silent lifting mind Ive trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."

really interesting stuff.

[ArmoredPanther]

What? This isn't Black Sabbath!