Solo & Ensemble

[TRtrumpet]

Im planning on doing a trumpet solo, a trumpet trio, and a sax quartet (2 alto's, 1 tenor, and 1 bari). Im exited about the sax quartet cus we have amazing saxes. We havent picked out the songs were doin yet tho.

[arundo]

im in a A LOT of ensembles and my solo is a concerto by Weber.

[ClaireAnnette07]

Uhh, I haven't exactly started on it yet, because I'm working on region right now! Not to mention that my BD isn't sure about the clarinet solo he passed out (I don't like it, I'll change it if he keeps it) and he hasn't given us ensembles yet

[TRtrumpet]

Yea we should be gettin our solo's and stuff next week. Anyone know any good trumpet solo's?

[coolest_kid_ever]

does anyone have any ideas for a flute solo?

my lesson teach hasnt been here...

and he never ever talked about it.

[actualgirltrombone]

i can't figure out how to get an ensemble together, personally. any advice?

[twizzlaar]

i did Concert Etude by Goedicke on trumpet last year. It is probably the funnest trumpet solo ever in the history of music. i recomend it to any trumpet player that can double tongue pretty well.

 

i was thinking about not doing a solo this year, but i think i have decided on Song of the Pines.

 

I'll probably be in a trumpet trio. maybe Buglers Holiday??

[TRtrumpet]

Dude buglers holiday is awesome. Thats the one we were thinkin of doin for our trumpet trio too.

 

 

 

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i can't figure out how to get an ensemble together, personally. any advice?

Just get a couple of pple in you band that are interested. Find a good trumpet player, frech horn, or any other brass instrument player.

[Fortisimo]

I would love to get three other trumpets (or just other brass instruments) and perform a contrapunctus from Bach's Art of Fugue....

[Skippy]

Every year we have an amazing horn quartet, easily the best ensemble from our school. The past two years we have played different Fripperies, but I gotta pick something new and fresh for us to do this year.

[stewiemylove]

im tempted to do vivaldi concerto for bassoon in e minor... its intense, so i dunno.

[euro_euph06]

Solo:

Partita (I'm playing all three movements) by Walter Ross

 

 

Ensembles:

Euphonium Trio: Manhattan Vignettes

Five Person Brass Ens: West Side Story

[BassClariGrl]

  actualgirltrombone said:

i can't figure out how to get an ensemble together, personally. any advice?

At our school you are assigned one.

[TRtrumpet]

We just get together with who ever you want to do it with.

[sax5warrior]

assigned...never heard that...weird...well my school gets to choose whoever

[viccro]

Ooh, I did Song of the Pines last year...I got a 2, but it was just barely...

:-)

 

This year I've got Andante et Alegretto...and am looking for trumpet trio music!

[itsstephenyo]

im torn between about 10 different solos to do. seriously. perhaps some sax people could help me choose between these...

 

concerto- Henri Tomasi (if someone has a recording, thatd be really sweet)

concerto- Ingolf Dahl

concerto- pierre max dubois

duo- hartley

prelude, cadence, et finale- desenclos (probably not.. not on the PML and it'd be really hard to find a pianist that good)

caprice en forme de valse- bonneau

improvisation et caprice- bozza

[Skippy]

Does anyone know of any great, difficult french horn quartets?

 

In past years we've played 2 of the 3 Fripperies by Shaw that are on the PML list, and the 3rd one sucks, so we need something else.

[elementwrx]

Aaron, try Mozart's "Overture to the Magic Flute."

 

Assuming it's played up to tempo, and you have a rockin 4th horn player (the 4th part is mostly all in bass clef), this piece can be REALLY fun, although really difficult. It's a lot of fast 8th note stuff, so it tends to drag a lot.

[thesnareguy]

im doin Rhythm Song for 4 mallet marimba. my first four mallet solo. i did a three mallet ensemble,"Metric Lips" and "Funky Fat" for snare. Im really looking foward to Solo and Ensemble.

[Xukaniz]

Playing Buegler's holiday in a trio.

 

I am not sure what I am playing for a solo yet.

 

I played a piece last year called Concerto in F by Oskar Bohme. You dont have to memorize to go to state it if you play the 1st or 3rd movement (I played the 3rd)

[Skippy]

  elementwrx said:

Aaron, try Mozart's "Overture to the Magic Flute."

 

Assuming it's played up to tempo, and you have a rockin 4th horn player (the 4th part is mostly all in bass clef), this piece can be REALLY fun, although really difficult. It's a lot of fast 8th note stuff, so it tends to drag a lot.

Thanks, I'll look into it. I think I'm the only one that's a fluent bass clef reader, but I like playing first part. I'll make them write in the notes or something.

[TRtrumpet]

  Xukaniz said:

Playing Buegler's holiday in a trio.

 

I am not sure what I am playing for a solo yet.

 

I played a piece last year called Concerto in F by Oskar Bohme. You dont have to memorize to go to state it if you play the 1st or 3rd movement (I played the 3rd)

We wanted to do Buglers Holiday for out trumpet trio but since the 3rd trumpet is a frech horn so he said the range would be too much for her. So far I think were doing either "Fantasies of Mexicac folk songs" or some other song that I forgot the name of... Im still lookin for sax quartet music though. I got a 1 doing "Arioso from Cantana" on the alto last year.

[Keyboard_Countessa]

For my solo I'm doing a 4-mallet piece called Monograph IV. As for my ensemble... I have no idea. Our percussion director handles all the percussion ensemble stuff, but he hasn't given us any music yet and probably won't until after the holiday break.

[MartinHorn]

I'll probably find a way around playing a solo.