skajerk Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Something Old ~ Fanfare & Allegro Something New ~ ? Something Borrowed ~ Candide or Make Our Garden Grow Something Blue ~ La Mer While I'm thinking about La Mer ~ Much love for the bass line . I have no idea if any of you guys are here but WOW. I love the whole show but the runs that you guy execute during the opening statement are absolutely beautiful. I LOVE listening to you guys. Well Done! They've already played Candide (both The Overture and Make Our Garden Grow). But I'd have no problem with them playing it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyhat Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Like I said, Mars Jupiter And john mackey unless they just changed their mind which is possible I guess. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD9 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 John Mackey if true would be amazing. So far I haven't been amazed by arrangers work with his pieces though. But he definitely is one of my favorite composers out there. And I remember he did mention on Facebook months ago that he got a drum corps request he was excited about..so maybe this. Assuming the poster above is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Like I said, Mars Jupiter And john mackey unless they just changed their mind which is possible I guess. Mackey would certainly fit into the "something blue" category. One of his recent tunes is Hymn to the Blue Hour. Some have bagged his music, but I think most everything he writes is well-suited for drum corps. As for his original wind ensemble medium, I can't comment on it from a music theory perspective, but it's fun to listen to as an audience member and I'm sure fun to play as a musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostrauser Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) As for his original wind ensemble medium, I can't comment on it from a music theory perspective. It's okay. I don't think his compositions are as technically sound as, say, most of Eric Whitacre's stuff... but they aren't bad. Unsurprisingly, I don't think he's as good as most of his fans prop him up to be, nor do I think he's as bad as his detractors make him out to be. I haven't heard "Hymn to the Blue Hour," but listening to "Kingfishers", "Turbine", and a few other of his works I can't possibly see how they could be successfully blended with The Planets. Then again, there's a reason J.D. Shaw is a genius drum corps arranger and I'm not. In Shaw We Trust. Edited December 21, 2011 by hostrauser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostrauser Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Acting on a tip from an informant I headed over to Vanguard's page and checked out their photo gallery from their recent camp at Independence HS in San Jose. One of the pictures is captioned "George explains Grover's Corner to the audience..." SCV 1985 - Grover's Corner (From "Our Town") by Aaron Copland Looks like this piece might be making a return in 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornandsoccer Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Acting on a tip from an informant I headed over to Vanguard's page and checked out their photo gallery from their recent camp at Independence HS in San Jose. One of the pictures is captioned "George explains Grover's Corner to the audience..." SCV 1985 - Grover's Corner (From "Our Town") by Aaron Copland Looks like this piece might be making a return in 2012. Encore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrado92_vdub Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Holst, Wagner, Mackey, Whitacre ....??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHdork Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 <Encore> Exactly - a corps like SCV with such a huge tradition of great musical repertoire should have at least a half dozen classics memorized for encores and standstills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ML23 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 According to SCV's facebook page, "Something Blue" is indeed Mackey's "Hymn to a Blue Hour". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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