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Fantastic!!! Just fantastic. They blew the roof off Lila Cockrell Theater with Mackey's Wine Dark Sea. I still cannot wrap my head around the fact that these are high schoolers. I cannot wait for the DVDs to be released so I can see it over and over again. 

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The performance and execution of Wine-Dark Sea was incredible. However I was pretty disappointed with the conductors style and interpretation with the second movement (not the performers faults at all). Everything seemed so fast and forced to me... and I could tell the soloists were trying to play with some forms of stretching and musicality but it was hard for them to do so with the pushed tempo. Disregarding my opinion about the second movement, the other movements and pieces were fantastic, and it makes me very happy this amazing level of talent and hard work in one ensemble. 

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Remember when they played 1812 overture in double time back in '88?

I thought that was insane, but this performance not only made the normal person in me the happy, but made the trombone player in me die in awe. John Mackey is an absolute genius. These students are insane. How? Just How?

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Yeah, now that TMEA 2018 is only a few weeks away, I'm bummed that I don't have a have a kid in the All-State band anymore to justify the trip down to San Antonio.  The "Wine-Dark Sea" performance was my absolute favorite (though, "Pictures at an Exhibition" in 2015 is a close second).

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Is there anyone here at the tmea convention? I just watched the 5a symphonic band and they were amazing, and wait to see the 6a symphonic band.

No, but I'll be in San Marcos Monday night watching Leander take on your high school in basketball. ;)

 

Enjoy the concert!

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