Solo and Ensemble

[MaverickBand15]

So what solos r yall thinkin about doin this year?

[dtxtrmpt]

im playing concert etude or aria con variazonni(sp?) and scherzo for my ensemble.

[borchnork]

Solo Only this year.

 

But I'll be doing Griffes "Poem"

 

And I'm going to try to see if I can enter into another solo competition for Mozart's Concerto #1 in G Major just so I can have more critiques on my college audition music.

[MaverickBand15]

I am playing Tambourin Chinois this year. Its only 2 mallets, but its challenging...i like the style of the piece. It's opposite of what I did last year.

[chickora]

I don't know yet, but I'll find out next week. Joy.

[ddmwingz]

i THINK im gonna try and pull off Blue Bells of Scotland.

[nsroach]

I'm gonna play the David Concertino. It's a great piece.

[borchnork]

  ddmwingz said:

i THINK im gonna try and pull off Blue Bells of Scotland.

 

 

Wait... why does that ring a bell?

 

Has someone in our band played it before?

[ClarinetGlissandoInBlue]

the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. K622.

 

Probably just movement one, since it's not on the virtuoso list.

[ddmwingz]

  borchnork said:

Wait... why does that ring a bell?

 

Has someone in our band played it before?

 

no...no1 in our band has played it, but its a fairly well-known piece, so u may have heard of it before.

[Trumpet Master]

Does anyone know of any Jazz solo pieces for trumpet?

 

I would really love to do something that isn't classical for S&E

[ClarinetGlissandoInBlue]

  Trumpet Master said:

Does anyone know of any Jazz solo pieces for trumpet?

 

you should play "Into the Faddisphere" by Jon Faddis....

 

but, that's not gonna be UIL playable

[Aka-Attack]

Sonata for Oboe and Piano by Paul Hindemith

[dtxtrmpt]

so we looked at my ensemble and we dont like it. so we are trying to switch and play kanon, the canadian brass arrangment. the parts for french horn, tuba, and trombone are really easy. but i am in love with the trumpet part. im on second, but i like both parts. it sounds beautiful!

[urkadrums]

I'm playing "Virginia Tate" by John Smadbeck, a four-mallet class 1 piece for marimba for S&E.

It's 16 pages ahhhhh (I've only kind of learned/read through to page 5 lol), and difficult, but im glad there's a few repetitious parts, but oh it's tiring.

 

and then im playing in an ensemble called "Katraterra" by Jim Casella, playing the marimba 1/china/woodblock part. I heard a recording of it, and it's jammin, lots of sweet tom/bongo/etc beats.

[TRtrumpet]

Anyone know any good, technical alto sax solos?

[borchnork]

  TRtrumpet said:

Anyone know any good, technical alto sax solos?

 

I can find out. I heard there's this insane sax concerto on the list that most people don't attempt until their Masters degree in college...

[oDesign]

  TRtrumpet said:

Anyone know any good, technical alto sax solos?

 

 

CARNIVAL OF VENICE !

 

^thats what it sounds like, except the solo is accompanied by piano, not band. IT IS SO AWESOME.

[ddmwingz]

  TRtrumpet said:

Anyone know any good, technical alto sax solos?

 

Caprice en Frome de Valse by Bonneau. apparently its hard enough to get u to state without memorizing it

[Claritone]

Third movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto... Rondo.

[TRtrumpet]

  oDesign said:

CARNIVAL OF VENICE !

 

^thats what it sounds like, except the solo is accompanied by piano, not band. IT IS SO AWESOME.

 

 

I so ordered that Monday, lol. Is that on the UIL list of solo's or whatever?

[takigan]

  borchnork said:

I can find out. I heard there's this insane sax concerto on the list that most people don't attempt until their Masters degree in college...

 

From my experience I have to think that you're thinking of the Creston Concerto. I only say this because everytime I get to talking with Sax players about concertos, the Creston always seems to pop up. It's definitely one of the hardest solos on the list but you'd think a solo of that kind of reputation would be on the virtuoso list.....since it doesn't, then maybe it's not the Creston. Having heard it in recital I know it's a very awesome piece and I recommend it to any talented Sax player considering working it up.

[oDesign]

  TRtrumpet said:

I so ordered that Monday, lol. Is that on the UIL list of solo's or whatever?

 

im pretty sure it is.

[schnacado]

Suite for tuba by haddad

should be fun

[BassoonPadwan]

Woooo! I just decided what I'm playing yesterday! Weber Concerto in F!!! It's such an awesome piece, I can't wait to dig into it! I'm really starting on it this weekend!