The Witching Hour - Randall D. Standridge (Grand Mesa Music 2014, Grade 3) 

My band played this for our Halloween Concert. We faked some lightning at the beginning and turned off the lights to simulate a power outage, and we used phones/headlights to read our music. It was really awesome and the audience loved it. We had a blast playing it too. I recommend it for anyone, it's a great piece.

Listening to this 5 years after playing it, I miss playing this piece so much because of how much emotion my band directors told us to put into it, the piece is absolutely wonderful and thank you Mr. and Mrs. Meeks. RIP Mr. Meeks, I miss you sir, thank you both for teaching us this piece and showing us that we have so much more potential than we've ever had.

When the synthesizer plays that harpsichord patch, I always get chills down my spine, because it's just that good!

My band just got this piece. It's so pretty and haunting.

Gotta love those runs on Flute

I got the oboe solo please pray for me

I played the synthesizer part on this song when I did it in band, and let me tell you, it was the edgiest thing I ever played on a synthesizer.

Got to play this with Mr. Standridge directing. Lots of fun.

Everyone has these cool parts they play, and I'm here like, "I PLAY THE TUBA PART. LOVE ME PLEASE."

5:06 to the end is my favorite part of this amazing piece. Our symphonic band played this and our snare drum really got into it he spun in a circle during this part

We played this song in high school but little did my director know that we were going to play at a Christian college 😂

Oh, the memories of playing this piece back in 8th grade during our spring concert. I play the trumpet, and this piece was amazingly fun to play. Can't believe that was over 2 years ago, I still remember it like it was yesterday. Love this music

Our 8th grade wind ensemble class is playing this soon. I play bass drum and the castanets. The person who plays the chimes can't learn his part :c

Hey Randall u may not remember me but I was a french horn in the middle school honor band at UAH

Boutta play this bad boy for our halloweeen concert Mrs.Kroth keeps yelling at me for the loud trombone part

im planing this tonight :D wish me luck im the triangle and suspended

My band just got this piece. I have to say it's my favourite piece I've ever played so far! I enjoy it so much.

Right now, I believe I would love to play anything by Randall Standridge, my band is currently playing ruckus and it's amazing.

I played this in highschool as a percussionist! I got to play the chimes part (that sounds like the clock striking the hour) and it was awesome!! Super fun!!

I remember playing this a year ago. I miss it! Mr, Hendry, PLEASE let us play this song again (even though he probably isn't ever going to read this)!

My band is playing this!!!!!!

I need to recommend this piece to my high school band! It's amazing, beyond amazing! We're already playing Ruckus, which is equally as awesome!

I played f horn 2 for all region jr high honor band. This peice is so much fun and mildly difficult. Probably one of my favorite pieces i have played so far

For four years since I had graduated from senior high and the band,this song still reminds me of the wonderful memories at that time.

My middle school concert band did this years ago and it's still to this day my favorite thing I ever played. I remembered the name after like 6 years. I don't play anymore but man I love this.

Looking back on this song, I can say it helped me learn so much. I played it sophomore year and now I'm a senior. I'm the only oboe player in my band.

I want my band to play all of our music by him. Last year we got adrenaline engines and this year we got steel and randall is a great composer

Hi!!! Ummm, five years later and this is still one of my absolute favorites of all time. :)

Played this my freshman year of high school and my band loved it! Now I’m a senior and we played it again today (october 30) and there was a fire drill out of nowhere halfway through the First Hour. thanks for such a great memory, Mr. Standridge

Just stopping by to go down memory lane. I was in the District Honor band you conducted in southern Missouri :) best song i have ever played .

Loved playing this for band!!!! been in band for 6 years and still managed to get last chair, lucky for me the trombones only had 2 parts (also i was last chair because i was in colorguard for our 2015 marching band season, the season before i was playing in marching band and was first chair)

I had the honor to play this piece while being directed by Mr. Standridge!

I am playing the synthesizer for this piece and I am completely in love with it.

My symphonic band played this and it was amazing :)

I keep finding more of your music and I am falling more and more in love with it. Thanks for the amazing work

We played this last year at harmony grove with mr Taylor and it was a blast. I love doing your shows!!

My band is currently learning to play this. Excellent piece of music. :)

My friend, Lydia’s school played this song for a band concert! It sounded AMAZING!!!❤️❤️❤️

My marching band is playing this for our 2016 season!

I played this song a week ago. I MISS IT SO MUCH

this is so cool i really want to play this piece

Mr. Standridge conducted this for us at District 10 Honors band, it was great meeting him.

We’re playing this song for my band and I play the chimes (clock) part and it’s so much fun! Absolutely love this piece

My middle school honor band was about to do this but we decided on Abracadabra. I really want to do this piece.

Learning this piece for Fall concert I LOVE it

I so wish I could be playing this!I'll be looking up the flute sheet music!:DD

getting to play the chime part in the 7th grade changed my life and the way I looked at music forever

I just got this piece and I'm a clarinet oh my it's very intimidating but fun

I remember playing this piece for our District Band Concert a few months ago and Standridge was our conductor! I played most of the extra auxiliary parts in the background. Great piece!

playing this for our first concert.. the poor freshman :sob:

I played the chimes for this song and it was the best thing I’ve done

I was apart of the honors band in Mo that performed this piece with Mr standridge himself. I felt so cool.

Played mallets all by myself through this. Its so much fun

i love this piece so much randall

Our band is playing another one of your pieces and this one is it!:D

Hello. I played this for my schools October concert as well. MEMORIES

We used to have a doorbell that was that played this. When my son was little he'd ring it Everytime we came home & sing "We Are Home Now, We Are Home Now"

one of my favorite songs to play in band. I played the trumpet part and it was really fun.

I marched this last year. Great memories 💙✌🏻️

I want to play this so much... last year I played imaginarium and I've love his music ever since

This is honestly one of my favorite songs

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes This is amazing

You are amazing...

the symphonic band at my school played this today

I remember this piece! Played French Horn! ❤️

The chime and bells are so fun on this piece :)

I loved playing this in 7th grade.

I play Euphonium and this is actually a fun part

I'm going to make sure we play this in band next year

Great piece! I love the themes in this song! This piece reminds me of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Requiem, from The Atomic Bomb Movie

my band played this last year for contest and concert and we did it today for pop tunes

i love the alto sax part, i play the alto and we are playing this song at are concert cant wait it is turning out amazing

Best... song... ever...

Our band is thinking of performing this next year!

I get to play the chimes/bell set part and it is SO FUN!

My band is playing this for a Halloween concert this Thursday.

This is like, the perfect song for Halloween

My band? It's the fucking Catalina witching hour! # hail satin.

Absolute masterpiece

Mr. Standridge, we just got Adrenaline Engines today for our spring concert. I kind of wish we got something different like Imaginarium though. We were going to play Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst but our band director kind of gave up since she is leaving and everyone thought it was too hard but I wanted the challenge.

AYYY I LOVE THAT WOOD BLOCK

4:10 I have been working on this by myself as a flute player and I find this to be the hardest part of the entire thing for me. The rest I can play with ease but its just this part that gets me. I'm pretty sure it's the chromatic notes and the speed of it that throws me off a lot and this has been my go to spot to practice in this

I got the chimes for this in 7th grade, that was pretty cool.

I played the chimes on this song!

My middle school band just got this piece and we are all so excited to play it! I am excited to play it but not as excited to learn piccolo for it xD Last year we played Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing and overall you are just an amazing composer!!

For some reason whenever we play this song, I get so scared at the beginning that I can’t even listen or play. Lol, idk why.

We just got this and we only have me on bells and our lead drummer on chimes (the other 2 drummers don’t know what to do lolz)

Doing this piece for the OHS wind ensemble tomorrow at our concert :D

My band at Null Middle school is playing this for the spring concert next month

love it

At 3:23 to 4:53 did anyone else feel like it could be a dance?

just got done playing this song

I play the baritone saxophone and I am in love with my part

in my band we were thinking of doing this song but this didnt deliver on time

Anybody else plays the flute?? Just me ok...

My band played this for Halloween and one of our clarinets screamed bloody murder right before the trombones go crazy and everything (4:53) and ooooooo it was delightfully spooky (I play trombone and the trombone part for this song slaps🤌)

Why does the bell have to be my freaking doorbell. Lol.

my band is playing this at our competition in bush gardens

Measure 217 is the bane of my existence.

I play the French horn and I have straight eight notes in the last 4th of the peice and it is hard to play them all in time