"Rolling Thunder" by Henry Fillmore - Newman Smith HS

This is the 2008 Newman Smith High School Wind Symphony under the direction of Bill Centera performing:

"Rolling Thunder" by Henry Fillmore
on 4/03/2008 at the Pre-UIL Concert for Parents at Newman Smith High School.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rolling
• Thunder
• March
• Henry
• Fillmore
• Newman
• Smith
• High
• School
• Band
• Wind
• Symphony
• Trombone
• Texas
• State

[blantsq]

I am researching this piece for my Ensemble literature class at my university, and was first a little skeptical when I saw the size of the band and found myself thinking "I don't want to hear a tiny high school band" I quickly put my foot in my mouth. This band sounds quite good, I'm very impressed, I play trombone and I know what that part demands, I'm disappointed in this strand of comments. Were this a terrible performance, which it is not, music education should always be constructive.

[WarFact]

@blantsq Thank you for your comments. I am also a trombone player and it took me forever to be able to play this. Also thanks for drawing my attention to those other comments, as for some reason I didn't see them before.

[666PASSIONS]

i played this in 2001 when i was a 8th grader and i killed the song on the clarinet by heart it is so easy

[WarFact]

lol alright dude

[jarodamo]

Amazing!

Very very cool.

I dont know why people are attacking the trombone technique!

Its all there, just not as clean as the DWS, which is understandable, considering the group is a high school band.

Theres an old trick the pros would use when playing crazy circus marches at tempos 200+ :

Have a phenom bone player tounge every single note

The bone next to him, play as written

Bone next to him, if possible, play legato.

That way, you get both the meat and articulation of all the notes.

[WarFact]

Oh Jarod, you know everything lol

[hitemp]

go elijah

[NoahMAngott]

@666PASSIONS At full tempo? suuuuure. This piece had me glad I was only playing quarter notes on bass drum for once.

[Jetoable]

I'm now going to base my trombone skills for this piece of this band! Hahaha I'm trying to play and I'm thinking to myself... "the hell did they manage that" haha Nice Job and an Amazing video! Cheers!

[MrInstrument007]

You guys' tone is a little flat.

[Succumbedsilence0]

Why not have them stand the whole song? That's what we did.

[tubadude07]

Technically, damn near flawless.. But I felt hardly any musicality in the piece, marches can be musical too ;)

[wadoryu2u]

we are doing this in my high school soon in our february concert i can't wait to play snare drum in it!

[LousyBlowfish]

Très bien!

[mikewess53]

Very nice. Like to hear more from this school and this band. :-)

[guthoriantony]

good job the piece is a pretty decent song grats on the volume and precision =)

[123abcmoose4]

my middle school band (8th grade) Rice Middle school will be playing this peice at full tempo