This one time, at band camp. . .
Nevermind.
Pardon me while I burst into flames.
I would love to perform Villa-Lobos’s Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra again. I loved playing it the other times. It is one of the most gorgeous and technically challenging pieces ever written for the guitar.
HUGS!
Sqrl
OK, fine. But was I right about the Randall Thompson Alleluia?
Esprix, we performed Carmina Burana last fall with the PSO and the Arizona Ballet. So, I’ve gotten my fix for a while. As a singer, I got to wear a monk’s robe. It was strange wearing a T-shirt and shorts to the performances instead of a tux. The only thing that bothered me was that, after three dress rehearsals and three performances, I still don’t know what the hell the choreography looked like since I had to keep my eyes on the conductor. One of the girls in the ballet (I think she was lead) expressed her deep appreciation for being able to perform Carmina with us. When we (the Choral Union) received word of her gratitude we realized that, although most of us will be able to perform it again the next time it comes up in the rotation (6-10 years from now), it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the dancers since most of them will be “retired” by then.
Ayup.
“How do you know the tenors are singing flat?”
“Their mouths are open.”
{budda-ching!}
Esprix
Evidently, I rock.
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Hmmm…while I’ll agree with whoever said they’d like to perform ANYTHING right now, I’ll try and narrow it down.
Violin:
Dvorak’s New World Symphony
Eine Kleine Nachtmusic (Although lord knows if I could even play it anymore…)
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Pachabel Canon in D
Overture from Carmen
Singing (Soprano II):
I never got to really perform anything…I tried out for musicals but never made it. 
However, my college church did selections from Godspell one year, and I’d love to sing “By Your Side” again. And “Christmas Song” with my friend Ryan. (yes, we sang Dave Matthews at church. Go figure.) And “Anne’s Song” with my friend Dan one more time.
Related question that this brought up for me: What musical performance that you’ve done would you recreate if you could?"
Mine would be from my senior year in college. I was co-music minister for a weekend retreat. Format was that on Sunday, people who have been at the retreat before come up for closing mass, and the people who are currently ON the retreat don’t know. It’s really cool. Anyway…for my last retreat that I worked on, I was music minister. And for the closing mass, we ended up with…over like 10 guitars, a bass, bongos, and another 3 people standing and singing with me. And we did a song called “Light The Fire.” And when we finished, I started crying uncontrollably. It was just…amazing. I wish that I could go back to that 5 minutes when I was singing. Don’t know why I thought of this today…maybe because it’s Good Friday.
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As a euphonium player, you don’t often come across something you can really sink your teeth into (and as a euphonium player in high school, I was a great equipment manager), but I’ll be forever grateful to our director for selecting, during my sophomore year, Holst’s “First Suite in E Flat for Military Band”, which has a really nice euphonium solo, and interesting euphonium parts throughout (much better than anything else I ever played). It was enough to inspire me, indifferent musician though I was, to challenge our first chair (typically a much better player than I) and beat him. He won back first chair before the contest performances, but we both played much above our usual standards for the rest of the year. As heir apparent to the first chair, I might actually have finally taken playing seriously enough to continue improving after he graduated, had not the reigning All-State first chair euphonium (as a sophomore no less), a very gifted musician and vocal performer, moved to town. I was still a better equipment manager, however.
I also enjoyed the trios of most of the Sousa marches we played, since the euphonium part often takes the melody in them.
About my performances on guitar, bass, and drums, the less said the better.
“Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.” –Satchel Paige
At age 14, at Arrowbear Music Camp, sang choral piece with oboe accompaniment called “No Mark”, I believe by Cecil Effinger, a very poignant piece about the lack of memorial or even evidence of downed fliers in WWII. It still brings chills to me hearing it in my mind.
Yeah, what WAS it about Band Camp that inspired such debauchery? Totally stoned 24 hours a day, and I especially remember the time I got the girl trombone player and the majorette together behind the…nevermind.
My choices:
On tuba, the Gil Evans arrangement of Jelly Roll Morton’s “King Porter Stomp” with my university big band. GREAT tuba part, had nothing to do with what the trombones were up to, for a change. Good ol’ Gil.
On tenor saxophone, the Charlie Parker “Yardbird Suite” I did as part of a sax choir a few years back at the Brooklyn Conservatory Tribute to Bird.
On flute, the Samuel Barber “Summer Music” for woodwind quintet.
Singing, back to high school for the barbershop quartet stuff I did with three other stoners who were into music (I was the Baritone).
Uke
On bagpipes: Anything BUT Amazing Grace.
On tenor sax: Take the “A” Train–alway fun.
On clarinet: Handel’s Fireworks Music, original band orchestration.
And speaking of Band Camp . . . Band Bus was always an education, too. Especially in the back two rows.
As a freshman bassoon player in high school, I haven’t gotten a chance to play many pieces, but I have played some really awesome ones. Our band has been selected as one of the top 5 bands in the country to play at a convention in Chicago in the winter. We auditioned with Lincolnshire Posy by Grainger which was my first serious, well known piece of music. I loved playing it. Dona Nobis Pacem was absolutely awesome. We had 200 of the best vocalists in the area with band (not orchestra) accompaniment(sp?) The string players ditched us with 12 hours notice (we had been preparing for about a month) so we went bravely on. I play bassoon, and I wish I could have just sat and listened, the voices were so beautiful.
Our band is playing selected movements. I would love to hear it with full orchestra.
Vesuvius by Tichelli is a very new piece, but it’s fantastic. Lots of percussion. Probably my favorite piece, but I got sick of it after 5 months.
The one, the only, the Amazing.
I play guitar, electric and acoustic.
To tell the truth I am most happy (I get off a lot when) performing my own music and having people like what they hear. I create these sonic landscapes with my guitar. Some times I will perform songs of my biggest influences (of which I have used to amalgamate my own playing style). Some of these influences are Joe Satriani, Ed Van Halen, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Paginini, Mozart… I love to rock and roll and nail all those impossible licks. Does wonders for your sex life, but all those years of working hard and not getting laid payed off.
Sorry if I got a tad off subject, but I have ADD.
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Thank you DSYoungEsq! I also performed that piece (Interlochen Arts Camp, age 16) and liked it quite a bit. But I did not remember the name of the composer, so I had nothing to go on. But I will keep an eye out for Effinger.
Quite a choir we’re developing here. I think I’ve counted 2 sopranos, 1 alto, 1 tenor, and 2 baritones in this thread (and me, the bi-sectional.) Now to find a piece to perform (again?)
Well, Iolanthe, it seems many of us have performed Vivaldi’s “Gloria”. I’ll sing anything, though, and I’m a quick learner.
I also play flute and sax, and wish I could play piano and organ.
But a few more of my wishes: I’d love to do “Godspell” and “Cabaret”, and my big dream is to play Cinderella in “Into the Woods”. Or the Baker’s Wife (The end justifies…the BEANS!)
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