(phew, I hope this is the right place :'D )
So I'm in high school, and tomorrow we're having a guest conductor! Although I forgot who he is, I do know that he is very... DRAMATIC. Lots of excess motion. But I really can't wait~
However, I have to say, my favourite guest was Mr. Sam Hazo! A few years ago, for my band's spring concert, we played a bunch of his songs (wind ensemble played Ride, Perthshire Majesty, and Across the Halfpipe. Symphonic band - that's me! - played In Flight, In Heaven's Air, and Our Kingsland Spring). Mr. Hazo spent the final days leading up to our concert working with us. It was great - he even added in notes to my part to make up for the lack of a french horn! He was really fun and energetic, and he conducted In Flight and In Heaven's Air for us at our concert. I really wish I had been able to stay to watch wind ensemble... I could've gotten an autograph D:
(as a random note, in a few years - once everyone that was in band the year Mr. Hazo came graduate - apparently Mr. Hazo is coming back. So in prep we're playing another song by him for our winter concert, Rest. AND IT'S EVIL. I have no endurance, so playing 36 measures at 42 bpm is ridiculous.)
Has your high school or college ever had a guest conductor? What'd you think of them? O:
So I'm in high school, and tomorrow we're having a guest conductor! Although I forgot who he is, I do know that he is very... DRAMATIC. Lots of excess motion. But I really can't wait~
However, I have to say, my favourite guest was Mr. Sam Hazo! A few years ago, for my band's spring concert, we played a bunch of his songs (wind ensemble played Ride, Perthshire Majesty, and Across the Halfpipe. Symphonic band - that's me! - played In Flight, In Heaven's Air, and Our Kingsland Spring). Mr. Hazo spent the final days leading up to our concert working with us. It was great - he even added in notes to my part to make up for the lack of a french horn! He was really fun and energetic, and he conducted In Flight and In Heaven's Air for us at our concert. I really wish I had been able to stay to watch wind ensemble... I could've gotten an autograph D:
(as a random note, in a few years - once everyone that was in band the year Mr. Hazo came graduate - apparently Mr. Hazo is coming back. So in prep we're playing another song by him for our winter concert, Rest. AND IT'S EVIL. I have no endurance, so playing 36 measures at 42 bpm is ridiculous.)
Has your high school or college ever had a guest conductor? What'd you think of them? O: