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BOYS OF THE OLD BRIGADE (March)
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LIVE MARCHING BAND RECORDING ON THE FIELD, PERFORMED BY THE BEAUMONT FRENCH HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND, WHEN I WAS DRUM MAJOR MY JR. YEAR. COMPOSED BY WILLIAM P. CHAMBERS, 1901. MR. CHAMBERS WAS A CORNET SOLOIST AND BANDMASTER OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Classical • Ensembles
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public domain
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September 17, 2009
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MP3 2.5 MB • 192 kbps • 1:48
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W. Paris Chambers (November 1, 1854 ? November 13, 1913) was an American composer, cornet soloist and bandmaster of the late 19th century. He was born William Paris Chambers in Newport, Pennsylvania but spent most of his early years in Newville, Pennsylvania. It was in Newville that he studied music, quickly becoming a proficient performer on the cornet. By the age of eighteen he was conducting the Keystone Cornet Band. At the age of 25, he conducted the Capital City Band of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Between 1887-1893 he conducted the Great-Southern Band of Baltimore, Maryland. In 1905-1906 he performed cornet solos in Europe and Africa, accompanied by his own band of musicians. One of his favorite concert tricks was to play the cornet inverted during difficult solos, pushing the valves up instead of down. In 1906, he performed for Jules Massenet in Paris. The famous French composer was averse to hearing the cornet, but he relented and accompanied Chambers in his own ?legie Op. 5, No. 10 and afterward complimented Chambers on his performance. Next, the two performed Massenet?s Je t?aime! together. On February 20, 1910, he performed on the cornet with his wife (she on the piano) at the Maine Memorial Service? for the United Spanish War Veterans at Carnegie Hall in New York. He wrote several cornet solos and nearly 90 marches. His most well-known works are The Boys of the Old Brigade and Chicago Tribune, both marches.
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