FHdork Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 <Land of Make Believe Hide and Seek Feels So Good Land of Make Believe reprise > I have nightmares where a corps will actually do this... If there is any hope for drum corps, it lies in never, ever, playing anything by 1970s/1980s Chuck Mangione - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 <Land of Make Believe Hide and Seek Feels So Good Land of Make Believe reprise > I have nightmares where a corps will actually do this... If there is any hope for drum corps, it lies in never, ever, playing anything by 1970s/1980s Chuck Mangione - Back in 78 I was a band director, and I decided in that era of using Mangione that I'd do "Feels So Good", so arranged it for my band. I HATED that song by the end of band camp...and I still had three months to go with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHdork Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I was a HUGE Mangione fan when I was in high school...so now y'all know how old I am! As happens to a number of composers, Mangione's output has not aged well. It was music of its time...and sadly, no other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Scouts - Selections from Victory at Sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Frank Zappa selections from Grand Wazoo and Waka/Jawaka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Doherty Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I know we've had lots of these before, but I don't want to dig them back up. I'm hoping that people will put up pieces that have never-or at least, rarely-been done. Any genre is fine, and feel free to say which corps would fit best with the piece. My list, which I'll probably update from time to time.: Orchestral pieces Low Symphony—Philip Glass (any corps, please just do it) Suite for Organ, Brass Quintet, and Percussion—Craig Phillips (Cavies or Phantom) Radical Light—Don Freund (SCV, Phantom, BK, Boston) Symphony Concertante for Organ and Orchestra—Jongen (Phantom, please) link to mp3 Prayer of St. Gregory—Alan Hovhaness (ANYTHING by Hovhaness, really) link to mp3 Tabuh Tabuhan—Colin McPhee (Crown, Bluecoats, SCV) link to mp3 Made in America—Joan Tower (SCV, BK, The Cadets) Prelude and Scherzo—Brett Baker Four Sea Interludes—Benjamin Britten (Phantom, SCV, or BK) link to mp3 Symphony 6—Bruckner (Phantom or BK) Symphony #5 ½ —Don Gillis Variations, Chaconne and Finale—Norman Dello Joio Symphony #1 (The Titan) —Gustav Mahler (Phantom, please) Epigrams—Zoltan Kodaly (Would love to see the GMen tackle this) Gaelic Symphony (in E-minor) —Amy Beach (Pioneer!, or Phantom, SCV, BK, the Cadets) Wind Ensemble/Brass Ensemble pieces Baron Cimetiere's March (thanks to Nikk for commissioning this one)—Donald Grantham Trauersinfonie—Wagner (could be an instant classic for Phantom just like Elsa's Procession) Casanova—De Meij Journey into Freedom—Eric Ball link to mp3 Choral How They So Softly Rest—Healey Willan link to mp3 Miserere nostri, Domine—Thomas Tallis Libera nos I & II—John Sheppard link to mp3 Soundtracks End Credits to the Film Little Children-Thomas Newman (love this track) The Day is Yours (Henry V soundtrack) —Patrick Doyle (Crown or Phantom) link to mp3 Chevaliers de Sangreal—Hanz Zimmer (the only thing I've ever liked by him) (SCV or the Cadets) link to mp3 The Place Where Dreams Come True James Horner Other Our Prayer—Brian Wilson (Crown or the Cadets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Doherty Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Great work on this list. I would especially like to listen to some Joan Tower, but also all the others. Any suggestions about getting some tastes over my limited laptop? Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Really loving a piece called Firefly by Ryan George: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mike Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Back in 78 I was a band director, and I decided in that era of using Mangione that I'd do "Feels So Good", so arranged it for my band. I HATED that song by the end of band camp...and I still had three months to go with it! Do you still have the arrangement ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mike Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I still say everytime I show my elem students "Little Toot", it would make a great show. It's even got the ballard part. The harmony's that the Andrew Sisters sing along with the jazz band.......ohhhhhh yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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