serendipity

Duncanville L.D Bell Westfield Langham Creek Coronado H.S those 5 bands have been awarded both the Sudler flag AND shield for marching and concert band, and are of ten schools in the world to ever earn both. To earn the flag for concert band and the shield for marching, a band must demonstrate a superior standard of exellence in either marching or concert band over several years, with the same director. so i think that classifys them as some of the best in the state, if not the country. though i havnt really heard of Coronado, i think they were just good in the late 80's. but i know the others are Texas powerhouses in both marching AND concert to this day.

even with the professional recordings of this piece i have heard, this recording is still one of the best ive listened to (the recording refrencing the professional recording i purchased after their concert, not the version via youtube.). this ensemble has nothing remotley resembling a "stiff", or "dead" sound (in my opinion). i love mcadows interpretation, and the maturity of this band in my opinion, is far beyond that of a highschool band. but like i said. its all opinion. no need to get offensive. haha, i think i said opinion wayyyyy to much x_x

those "mistakes" are purely opinionative , just as how impressed i was is purely my own opinion. though, im sure, if whitacre was there he would have been proud of the the way a highschool band could play that piece so maturely. They definatly did not sound like a highschool band. Whitacre's "Equus" is why i prefer him over tichelli. Its just such a complex, yet exciting piece.

wow, i was really surprised to see that comment, having seen it myself, i was totally blown away by langham's performance of Equus. I may be wrong, but i think they are the only highschool band to ever attempt that piece as of right now? anyways, i found it on youtube if anyones interested: but yes. whitacre over tichelli, hands down.