High School Band Memories

Јust goіng bаck іnto thе “wаy-bаck” machine. I started to rаck mу brаin аnd trу to remember ѕome of thе ѕongs thаt wе played іn wіnd ensemble аnd concert bаnd. I wаs аble to ϲome up wіth a fеw of thе morе memorable, but I know thаt I’m ѕtill forgetting mаny. Ηere аre lіnks to thе onеs thаt I ϲan remember.

Russian Christmas Μusic - Alfred Rеed

Armenian Dances ΙI - Alfred Rеed

Roϲky Ρoint Holiday

Τo Βe Fеd Βy Ravens - McBeth

Malaguena

Ιn Memoriam Dresden

10 Responses

  1. Mom Says:

    I can rememeber playing Malaguena when I was in High School, on the French Horn in Concert Band.

  2. Randi Says:

    I nearly cried, jumped out of my seat and simply could not contain myself listening to these amazing memories!! THANK YOU!! Please consider posting some of our marching band pieces too…I’ve always said that we should have a Marching Band reunion!!

    R

  3. Veronica Mayo-Palmer Says:

    WOW you got some great memories b/c I can’t remember ANYTHING!! I remember some songs from marching band but nothing else!

  4. Chris Says:

    Excellent! I think you are correct about Beowulf. After more searching, I also think that we played another McBeth piece called Feast of Trumpets. I’m not able to locate audio files of either piece. If anyone has a way to find them please send them to me.

  5. Randi Says:

    We definitely played “Beowulf” - I remember distinctly being picked on by Mark McKinley for some reason while playing that one…I would also like to echo Mark’s sentiment concerning woodwinds - icckkk. Was “Phantom of the Opera” concert or marching??? I’ll keep thinking about it.

  6. Chris Says:

    I do remember the attempt of 1812 (failed miserably). I just remembered that we may have played Fanfare For the Common Man. I don’t recall anything about Lord of the Rings. That could have been your senior year ‘91.

  7. Mark Persinger Says:

    I think I remember now. Didn’t we play the Hobbits Hymn?

  8. Mark Persinger Says:

    Didn’t we play something from the Lord of the Rings. Maybe the name had something to do with “Gandalf”?. Didn’t we also attempt the 1812 Overture once? That was a joke. I’ll forward this to Audrey she’ll remember some stuff. Also didn’t we play to Gustav Holst stuff. I know we played “Mars” in marching band but didn’t we play one of the other planets too. Maybe “Jupiter”? I can’t remember. I only remember not liking woodwinds.

  9. Chris Says:

    Thanks Paul! Don’t know how I had forgotten that one.

  10. Paul Curry Says:

    I remember a really moving one we did called In Memoriam Dresden

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