Band Music Selections 1

I minimize my writing today to let you spend time appreciating a few nice band music selections from the links below. As most of you know, John Philip Sousa (1854~1932), The March King, was a conductor, a composer and a patriot of America. He composed “The Stars and Stripes Forever”, the National March of the United States of America. I have listed this selection with two different performances. The first one is a band while the second one is the same music performed by a girl’s trombone quartet. I applaud the girls of the trombone quartet for their time and effort to make the performance that great. Then at the third video link, you can hear the military medley performed by The United States Air Force Band. And the last is an outstanding performance by a fourteen-year-old trumpet player. She plays Il Silenzio composed by Andre Rieu. This is a very familiar tune for most of us. When you watch a national level funeral, you can almost always hear this tap. The performance of the young trumpet player gave me goose bumps. I believe that you will enjoy this one, too.

Music selections and the links:
John Philip Sousa "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=znEePD1nJxo
Girls’ Trombone Quartet: “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHw8P8NnUvI
Military medley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftqxbUvTWxM
A Girl Playing Taps the Bugler’s cry: Il Silenzio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4l3Rgq-L1M&feature=related

To watch the video:
Highlight one whole web address on the list with your mouse. When a blue arrow in white box appears, click it. Then click "Search with Bing" in the drop box menue.