With Quiet Courage ~ Larry Daehn

Watch in HD! Ralston Valley High School Chamber Orchestra, in Arvada CO, performs "With Quiet Courage" by Larry Daehn, arranged by Stone.

May 3rd, 2007, Ralston Valley High School
2007 Instrumental Awards Concert

Larry Daehn was born in Rosendale, Wisconsin, in 1939 and grew up on the farms of that state. He received a B.A. in Musical Education from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh in 1964 and his Masters degree in 1976 from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville. He has been a teacher of music for 33 years; the last 27 of them at the New Glaris (WI) High School. A past president of the Wisconsin chapter of Phi Beta Mu, he was honored by that organization as Outstanding Bandmaster. Daehn has composed With Quiet Courage, in memory of his mother, and As Summer Was Just Beginning. An avid admirer of Percy Grainger, he has written several arrangements of that composer's melodies and an article on the Grainger Museum. He is the owner of Daehn Publications.

With Quiet Courage ~

Her life was heroic, but without fanfare.
She worked and hoped and inspired.
She loved and was loved.
Her life was a noble song of quiet courage.

With those words, Larry Daehn dedicated this composition to the memory of his mother. He describes her as a brave woman who raised her family through the hardships of farm life in Wisconsin. Despite the loss of both legs due to diabetes, she lived with nobility and quiet courage. She loved to sing. These qualities are evident in this composition, which was written in the summer of 1995 following Lois Daehn's death. It is a song that is passed between the horns, saxophones, a solo trumpet, percussion, and finally to the full ensemble. Building from a quiet pianissimo to the strength of a fortissimo, it concludes with the gentle chords symbolic of the open Wisconsin farmland and a full and rewarding life. With Quiet Courage was premiered by the U.S. Navy Band in our nation's capital in 1995.

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[themeatgrinder859]

I love it... my 8th grade band is playing it for a national contest i believe :)

its very interesting.

I play Fr. Horn



[LaurelsAppaloosas]

@themeatgrinder859 It is a lovely piece! Good luck! :)

[michaelyenzee]

OMG, I played this song with my school's orchestra for my high school graduation! It was so symbolic!

[LaurelsAppaloosas]

@michaelyenzee Glad you liked it! :)

[UnemotionalPsycho]

It sounds a bit..... sadder than usual.

But, I especially like that quality, considering it is a song about the loss of loved ones.

Bravo to the orchestra, and their conductor.

[LaurelsAppaloosas]

@UnemotionalPsycho Thank you so much :)

[DarkLava2007]

beautiful

[ActionRaccoon]

random cough at 3:56! lol

[UnemotionalPsycho]

@LaurelsAppaloosas No, thank you for putting this up!