Anyone playing this piece, you’re welcome 0:00 beginning // 0:27 Marking A // 0:40 Marking B // 0:57 Marking C // 1:16 Marking D // 1:29 Marking E // 1:40 Marking F // 1:54 Marking G // 2:05 Marking H // 2:25 Marking I // 2:37 Marking J // 2:49 Marking K // 3:02 Marking L // 3:19 Marking M // 3:35 Marking N // 3:46 Marking O // 4:06 Marking P // 4:17 Marking Q // 4:31 Marking R // 4:41 Marking S // 4:52 Marking T //
We played this at Pasadena City College and with an Honor Concert Band in Fresno in the late 80's. The Colonel himself conducted us and I played the xylophone part with the flutes in the beginning. I remember first day of rehearsals with him at the helm after woodshedding our parts for a week only. I was so nervous playing my part by myself when he requested to hear certain parts separately- I never played under a Marine conductor before. He was straightforward and challenging and brought the best performance out of us. This piece is a very inspired magnum opus. Thank you Sir for making a better musician out of me.
It's a "fantasy-march" - It was commissioned directly by the President's Own Marine Band, that takes inspiration from the Marines Hymn, so it's tangentially a march.
