Has Everything Been Played Before

[actualgirltrombone]

I was listening to various shows in the media section, and found that a lot have the same pieces. For instance... our opener was in Westlake '03, and our closer was Churchill '99's closer.

 

So... is ANYTHING completely new and different in marching band?

[supermanuel]

yes, they're called original compositions

[Xukaniz]

I bet there are a lot of pieces that havent been played yet. Which ones? No one knows, until someone plays them.

[euro_euph06]

  actualgirltrombone said:

I was listening to various shows in the media section, and found that a lot have the same pieces. For instance... our opener was in Westlake '03, and our closer was Churchill '99's closer.

 

So... is ANYTHING completely new and different in marching band?

 

I'm pretty sure that the drill is different along with the arrangement of music. Here are a list of suites and pieces that are played constantly in both high school and corps but are still good:

 

1) The Planet Suite

2) Appalachian Spring

3) Malaguena

4) Russian Christmas Music

5) Adagio for Strings

6) Mass

7) Bolero

8) West Side Story

9) Pines of Rome

10) The Firebird

11) Medea

12) Carmen

 

The list goes on and on and on and on...................

[mnkyman]

  euro_euph06 said:

Russian Christmas Music

lol..the first year westfield won state..it was playing russian christmas music..

 

 

 

(i still find holiday music on to field to be ...quite odd

[bariphonium]

Many pieces are used over and over, and no one minds at all; they're classic pieces of musical literature that (most) everyone knows and respects. Bands play such pieces not because they're trying to be unoriginal, but so they can say that "Look how well we can play this." They're sort of a common denominator in that most everyone has heard that piece once or twice before, and so can compare. Other bands favor original compositions that show the band to be... well, original. Churchill as of late has done mostly original arrangements by Higgenbothem. The most popular trend as of recent years, however, seems to be a mix of the two. One notable band is Reagan; in their program description you can often find "classical" pieces, such as Symphony No. 1 in Bb or Profination (05), A Young Person's Guide to an Orchestra (04), or Aegean Festival (02). Their second movement in 03 was noted to have several excerpts from well-known pieces, such as Jupiter, Bolero, Malaguena, and Appalachian Spring. There were supposedly up to a dozen different clips in the second movement, but I figure it's closer to half that count. You'll also find, however, a lot of "Original compositions by..." They really like to have completely original stuff put into their shows, and that helps the creative side of it; it gives the directors the ability to change the music to fit the show, opposite of what normally happens. Or at least, that's how I see it. Nevertheless, the point is that many pieces are used over and over, but to answer your question, yes, there is a lot that is completely new and original in today's marching band.

 

Forgive any horrible mispellings, as I'm a poor speller.

[thesnareguy]

nice name..........sorry

[TRtrumpet]

There most likely all different arrangements though... or not. I saw two schools do the same arrangement of a show (I dont know what it was called) at our UIL competetion.