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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 23:05:00 GMT -5
Jackie has been masterful, even at age 11; complimenting this group, if not shining above them in her special way. Pitch perfect with wonderful phrasing (despite the breaks), and those pure enchanting high notes. This is a very well done match-up.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 8:28:05 GMT -5
Jackie has been masterful, even at age 11; complimenting this group, if not shining above them in her special way. Pitch perfect with wonderful phrasing (despite the breaks), and those pure enchanting high notes. This is a very well done match-up. That was nicely done, thanks for posting link, I had not seen this video. But since it was posted back in Mar 2014, and has just over 3,200 views, it is obvious many others have also not seen it. Sadly that is true of most of Jackie's videos. The entertainment industry has been very successful in dumbing down peoples taste of music. When I was a child Classical music was Mainstream. Schools promoted an understanding of the importance of Classical music and had mandatory music appreciation classes, including field trips to see and hear performances.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 0:10:14 GMT -5
My school band directors were all trained in Classical composers, from Handel to the moderns and that's what we were taught. We did play some modern Classical pieces too. The result was that we were awarded ten straight concert "Superior" ratings at our state band contests in Jackson, Miss. In fact we received "All Superior" ratings in Concert Sight Reading and Marching ten straight years which no other Miss. school band has ever achieved from 1952 until now.
We had other band directors bring their kids to our concerts so they could hear what a great high school band should sound like. None of them, not even the biggest bands, could play half of what we played. When we played Wagner's "Elsa's Procession To The Cathedral" at my class's Senior concert we got a standing ovation and we saw kids crying in the audience. It was a fitting tribute to our Directors.
We were a Class C school which meant we had one of the fewest school enrollments in the state. We graduated only 60 in my class of 1961. The high school building held 7th through 12th grades and it had been condemned for demolition when my father graduated there in 1928.
Our band directors gave us a musical education that none of us ever forgot, and many of my classmates, including myself, went on to careers in music.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 8:40:24 GMT -5
My school band directors were all trained in Classical composers, from Handel to the moderns and that's what we were taught. We did play some modern Classical pieces too. The result was that we were awarded ten straight concert "Superior" ratings at our state band contests in Jackson, Miss. In fact we received "All Superior" ratings in Concert Sight Reading and Marching ten straight years which no other Miss. school band has ever achieved from 1952 until now. We had other band directors bring their kids to our concerts so they could hear what a great high school band should sound like. None of them, not even the biggest bands, could play half of what we played. When we played Wagner's "Elsa's Procession To The Cathedral" at my class's Senior concert we got a standing ovation and we saw kids crying in the audience. It was a fitting tribute to our Directors. We were a Class C school which meant we had one of the fewest school enrollments in the state. We graduated only 60 in my class of 1961. The high school building held 7th through 12th grades and it had been condemned for demolition when my father graduated there in 1928. Our band directors gave us a musical education that none of us ever forgot, and many of my classmates, including myself, went on to careers in music. For me this is in the wrong thread. Should be in the Nostalgia one. I've been out of HS fifty years. This put me right back into my first chair baritone (euphonium) seat, being drum major of our 72 piece band that when we came down the field and turned facing the crowd they put their hands over their ears we were so loud and good. We were more John Phillip Sousa, military type, "Grandioso", Texas AM style. I wasn't familiar with your piece so I YT'd it. The 2008 Texas All-State band played it and was outstanding. I was AS two years. My director was a Michigan alum. We even, to this day, use their fight song, 'Victors'. As with you, my band years was a great time of my life. Oh, those band trips to away games. Thxs for reminding me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2017 11:10:10 GMT -5
My school band directors were all trained in Classical composers, from Handel to the moderns and that's what we were taught. We did play some modern Classical pieces too. The result was that we were awarded ten straight concert "Superior" ratings at our state band contests in Jackson, Miss. In fact we received "All Superior" ratings in Concert Sight Reading and Marching ten straight years which no other Miss. school band has ever achieved from 1952 until now. We had other band directors bring their kids to our concerts so they could hear what a great high school band should sound like. None of them, not even the biggest bands, could play half of what we played. When we played Wagner's "Elsa's Procession To The Cathedral" at my class's Senior concert we got a standing ovation and we saw kids crying in the audience. It was a fitting tribute to our Directors. We were a Class C school which meant we had one of the fewest school enrollments in the state. We graduated only 60 in my class of 1961. The high school building held 7th through 12th grades and it had been condemned for demolition when my father graduated there in 1928. Our band directors gave us a musical education that none of us ever forgot, and many of my classmates, including myself, went on to careers in music. We got a taste of several Russian classical composers during my stint in high school (clarinet, still have it in excellent condition). Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky along with others. I went for a music composition degree in college (started with theory) until I realized that I needed to eat. Ended up with Software Engineering for 45 years until retirement.
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