Thank you for sharing Sousa music. My high school band director, Major James O'Neal, had been in Sousa's band. Many former Sousa band members led Florida bands and we exchanged visits. Fillmore, Major's good friend, visited often - he was active with University of Miami's band, where my husband played trombone. Oh, the stories of yesterday. We salute you!
+Garen Crownguard actually, relative to where the solo lays on the piccolo, it was in the same relative register on the Tuba. Not in terms of absolute octaves, but middle of piccolo vs. middle of Tuba. Obviously, he'd be a God if he could play it where written, but still very skilled.
This is a Concert Band folks and John Phillip used to to tour with a concert band. I'll bet he twisted all the favorites just like this and I'll bet he would be tickled with this collection. I know I was!
Outstanding! As a former trombone player (mid 60s through mid 70s including a stint in the AF Band), I really enjoy a nice brass arrangement. This paid off in spades :)
I went to school immediately after the second world war.We were very patriotic and had a Sousa March every a.m.I still enjoy them and am still patriotic.
That had to be wonderful to hear Souza every day. I started school in 1959. I still remember my music teacher. I used to perform in bands that did a lot of patriotic music. I loved it.
When I saw this and started listening to the music, I said, this is cool. I have this music on a audio cassette tape. The audio cassette tape is "Red, White and Brass". . Glad you posted a video to this music.. Thank you.
I've been to many concerts nd it seems that Sousaphones are not used in a concert band. It is funny to do a tribute to him without hearing a Sousaphone. I thank the poster for thsi video - very entertaining.
@@woodrowelmore2521 A sousaphone is only a tuba that has had it's tubing rerouted so that it can be worn and played while marching. Incidentally, military bands in the UK do not use sousaphones at all, preferring instead to march with a full size tuba. Silly I think because it is much more difficult and directs their sound to the side instead of to the front. But as you heard, a tuba is fine in a concert setting on stage.
This seems like a pretty marchable tempo I think any level of marching band can handle. Unless you're marching with bassoons or something crazy like that, you can march pretty much any tempo with corps style marching technique which is pretty common in the states at least.
If you want to hear a VERY good marching band, find Mt. Carmel High School band playing "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite". Their director sensibly slowed it down until it was a good march tempo...AND everybody was playing their parts. No, they're not The Canadian Brass but it's a fine example of how a march can be slowed down until it's managable by the people you have.
Your doing souza marches, WHY ARE THEY USING CONCERT SNARES!!! that bugs me to no end, when a group says they are going to marches and use concert snares. And don't they go above forte? I mean come on, you need ff just to make it sound right.
I have never understood why conductors and/or musical organizations play a march at a tempo no marching organization could possibly march to. It's akin to play a concerto or other concert piece to a march tempo. It is musically wrong as wrong can be. I guess it is supposed to present a situation where the musicians can show off a little. I can assure you the Canadian Brass has no need of that, as they set the standard for brass ensembles the world over.
