Fortress By Frank Ticheli

[SweetAgape4194]

played trombone for this freshman year. suchh a fun song to play :)

[stopidmunkey2164]

I'm playing this for in my concert band now. It sounds weird to hear someone else play it :P

[cheerldrceejay3]

I freakin LOVE Ticheli's works!!!!! I'm honored to have played his music! :)

[M3ssageT4k3n]

I freaking keep losing count on the "long roll" on timpani. Lol

[4theloveofhorses]

I played this in District band last year and our director compared the flute part to a creepy clown on a carousel O.o

[WoodyLuvsZebras]

Im playing this for UIL and im in 7th grade!!

[TheBigboi97]

Love this song ! we played this in the jenny lin concert i was playin crash cymbals beastinnn! aha

[s0dgaffne]

I played this in Honors Band in 2010, Best Piece Ever!

[YoungFlutest]

Wait, you played this O.o?? Hmm, I guess it kinda sounds that way... but I just didn't think that till I saw the top comment. Cool song but it's kinda creepy ^,^

[XxLadyxGaladrielxX]

4:11 One horrendous squeak from Alto 1....a.k.a. me. I nearly died of laughter

[djdannydro]

i played this all by myself with 30 different instruments.... when i was 2

[cheetahgueen]

im looking forward to playing this at my concert. i play first part on clarinet.

[StarDestroyer5]

i played this 8th grade year as trumpet and it wasnt that hard

[kidonthestreet12x]

can i get some love for a slapstick player?

[pokemofan101]

who can dislike this pure piece of awesomes?

[JeremyManx]

@shinglesofzeflute true, I was just overreacting! Apologies to everyone!

[drummerjoe99]

Played crash cymbals on this freshman year. I remember I belched extremely loud at 4:07 where there was silence and some how only the band director and the kid next to me heard. Priceless

[404jipjip]

i love this song i played this in 8th grade last year its fun playing 1st clarinet part thanks for posting. Brings back memories :)

[MsTGreen24]

Tenor Sax holdin it down!!!!!!! I hated this piece now i love it!! playing it Wednesday at our concert!

[hark2e]

This is pretty fun on trombone.

[twistedwhiskercat]

I've heard this piece in San Francisco in the Heritage Trip. I've never played this piece before, but the band that played this piece sucked. Now it's just nostalgia.

[ColleenFab]

I play the flute here!!!!!!

[AshMoney95]

8th grade memories. We could never get the horn rip right.

[Jennabella112]

I loved playing this song! I know that my high school band could have definitely played it better, because we have some balance issues, but that doesn't mean that this wasn't a hell of a fun song to play. We had our drummers stand out in the audience to get that far away sound of the army coming closer. It was a blast!

[kaipakta]

that is one of the most entertaining timpani parts I have ever played. Not hard, but very entertaining.

[xseriousSAM0099]

7th grade first alto!!!!

[Blaairee]

I play a bass sax for this piece, it's some serious fun playing this one with all it's big low sound.

[JFroTheMusician]

@Blaairee Woa, were did you get one of those? I had no idea Tichelli wrote bass sax parts, I knew about bari parts, but not bass.

[InsanityIsAStile]

@JFroTheMusician My music teacher knew I was looking for one and helped me hunt one down. And unfortunately no, he did not actually write a bass sax part, but the bass sax can also play tenor parts. So that is what I was playing. (: Still fun nonetheless.

[notconfusinihope]

Written on the score of the oboe part is: "I hope you like this Frank"

what does that say about the oboe part :P

[AwkwardOboist]

@notconfusinihope I KNOW! That always confused me...

[EmmieB91]

I LOVE the clarinet parts for this!

[IheartGardevoir]

This song is so annoying to play on oboe. >_<

[ffff4837]

@IheartGardevoir I no like the 3rd chair trumpet. Damn being 5th chair trumpet.

[sillysallykingdog]

LOWER THE DRAW BRIDGE!

[OxyTintin]

LOL I hated this piece. Our student teacher made us play it... >_>

[steelpeach100]

this is so much different then his chior music im playing 1st horn on this and i thought it was rather odd because Frank Ticheli's choir musci is very beautiful no random things going on atleast in the 2 songs i sang, earth song and shenandoah

[JonasLover817]

I played this last year in Symphonic Band near the end of the year...really fun to play...

[JeremyManx]

Lol is this the place to brag about how amazing you all are?

[Shadowbunnyjedi]

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[facemash]

@JeremyManx For real man. "My band played this and we played it better than your band did blah blah blah." Every youtube video of a band piece. I can assure all of you that you didn't sound as good as you think you did.

[shinglesofzeflute]

@JeremyManx

All dedicated musicians are amazing. On different levels, certainly, but as musicians, we like to brag. It's kind of hard not to, after putting so much time into learning such an art - the finest there is. :)

[azfolkie1]

Played it when i was in 7th gradeee! Im a percussionist!! :D and i played tamborine and suspended cymbal (1:50 &4:00)!! very important i think since i got like a solo for the tamborine at 2:20!! :D haha and i got 3rd chair in high school as a freshman year out of 6 other people.

[BandGeek7280]

I got first horn my freshman year, beating a senior and we played this.... IT WAS HARD!

[KeybladeMistress92]

2ND FLUTE!! :D Junior year, we played this for winter showcase.

[JMMFilms]

If you like this, listen to Asphalt Cocktail by john Mackey. Its crazy!

[ccmachine856]

@JMMFilms my high school is going to play asphalt cocktail this year

[JMMFilms]

@ccmachine856 My high school band played it last year.

[alllisonmariee]

I played this my 8th grade year as an alto. I am a tenor now but still. Super easy but enjoyable. Ticheli is a genius.

[quailbrander]

@alllisonmariee I totally agree, he is a genius. :) I played horn for this song, though I played it in my university's campus band, a band with a whole bunch of music majors who were playing secondary instruments.

[xseriousSAM0099]

@alllisonmariee i love u mann!

[alllisonmariee]

@xseriousSAM0099 aw thanks. I'm a girl though. :)

[xseriousSAM0099]

@alllisonmariee ohhh right i knew that lol

[jc1fan1]

@alllisonmariee I also played this in 8th grade, but played as a euphonium t.c., I love pieces like this where you get to hear each intrument individualy!

[emomusicprincess]

im now a Junior...i played 2nd clarinet on this during my sophomore year....AHHH memories! Once a Blue Devil, Always a Blue Devil!! GO CLAY HIGH BLUE DEVILS IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA xD

[tobilover629]

2nd saxophone, but I still love playing this song

great piece :)

[Chelly181]

I played this in High school. I was 1st Flute

[HoodLoot]

fresh tbone this year, and we are performing this for our competitions, great peice

[XxXxFRENCHHORNXxXx]

i did this my senior year. it was a very difficult piece for the other players but it was kinda easy for me. i played first horn.

[BandGeek7280]

@XxXxFRENCHHORNXxXx well for me, I made first horn my freshman year and played this.... I thought it was dang hard!