Australian Concert Bands

I'm not sure if I could play with North West, you guys are too fair dinkum, you know me, I like to do the minimal rehearsals and besides, if I played with a concert band in Brisbane, it means divorce.. Hey wait a minute, that's not a bad idea.. tell James I'm in..

So.. what do you guys think about the test piece for the nationals????

TBone wrote:So.. what do you guys think about the test piece for the nationals????

Which test piece are you refering to TBONE?

C Grade Test Piece " And the multitude with one voice spoke"

Have you managed to get a recording of it? I'd be interested to hear it!

No i havent, i have site read through it with a B grade band last week and it was ok.

Will take alot of work, its quite difficult, i take pity of the clarinet section!!!!!!!

TBone wrote:No i havent, i have site read through it with a B grade band last week and it was ok.

Will take alot of work, its quite difficult, i take pity of the clarinet section!!!!!!!

I'm looking forward to the challenge. Don't know if our clari and flutes players will be though It also has a mean euph part.

You can find a full length recording of it here.

edited to protect the guilty

Incidentally the open A grade test piece is also on that site. I'm not sure about the other grades.

Good old Soundclick! Ive found some great stuff on there!

NB - if you sign up with these guys (and its free!) you can just download them for free. And its legal!

bensimon wrote:NB - if you sign up with these guys (and its free!) you can just download them for free. And its legal!

Really? I didn't realise that. Typical, I jump straight to doing the illegal thing before getting all the facts!

LOL...Yeah - but aint it more fun!!!

Am listening to the test piece now. 2 mins into it. Very interesting....

Just listened to the test around 6 times.

I think i like it lol.

It has some very moving parts in it. Very solemn.

About 5 mins and 20 seconds in, i love the syncopated feeling!

Be interesting to see how the bands pull this one off.

If im not mistaken, i heard a piano in this recording, and also what sounded like rotor toms or some sort of african drums!

bensimon wrote:Be interesting to see how the bands pull this one off.

If im not mistaken, i heard a piano in this recording, and also what sounded like rotor toms or some sort of african drums!

Yeah it will be a HUGE job for any of the C grade bands to pull this one off. The percussion parts in the score are huge but there are no african drums or rotor toms marked on the score but but you do need extra toms so I think the idea of using something different like the above mentioned makes for a good effect.