All-State JHS Honor Band: Chorale and Shaker Dance II by John Zdechlik

All-State Junior High Concert Band 2013 directed by Michael Stone.

[@DillonWiggins]

That piece was my most favorite when I was in the All-Region first band. I play the clarinet! 👑

[@Eric-ns1cq]

Playing this at 2015 JR. Districts was one of the highlights of my life

[@lizapizza.32]

So fun to play!!!!!!!

[@michaelstone7296]

As the conductor of this honor band I just learned of the passing of composer John Zdechlik.

[@stephieenatalia]

playing this for our band concert and i love it so much! such a wicked good piece of music

[@royalcoucilmember8196]

I played this tonight for a band concert with all other schools around in my area and ours sounded good! I love this piece :)

[@jerseygirlgm2303]

playing this for concert band. very fun piece, but we practice it way too much xD

[@kaeleighbrooks477]

Jerseygirlgm it's a piece that needs a lot of work, a lot of my band mates don't like it but I think it's because they don't know how to play it, but I love it

[@jerseygirlgm2303]

Kaeleigh Brooks very true, our band director picked this piece because he thought it was challenging and i guess he was right haha.

[@Victor_Turner]

Beautiful

[@daevonskinner3290]

Ms. Chavez I watched the whole thiiiiiing!

[@maddietanzanite6023]

lol

[@antoineelias5462]

playing this in 2022 7th grade

[@forrestmoody7292]

I played this on the bass clarinet in my middle school school symphonic band. I liked the song, just not how I didn’t have many parts lol

[@killerx_xd8558]

Am I not the only one who thought the snare was dragging a little bit

[@KellanWu]

I’m trying out for all state California as a percussionist

[@kazookid8929]

why does it sound slower than i heard in band?

[@JoBo0209]

The original chorale and shaker dance is faster. Zdechlik wrote this edited version for younger bands

[@akeemjackman9582]

All-State??

[@avmendoza419]

does anyone else not understand the conductor?

[@dennyduran-flores3802]

Aden Mendoza I have no idea what he's doing. He just moves his hands around like kids in the audience. =P

[@whasunrhyim]

Aden Mendoza then you must not ever played in a band before.... the conductor is the most important part of a band, he keeps the tempo for the whole band, tells us when to have more dramatics like crescendo or decrescendo. Also gives cues to members to when to come in.

[@avmendoza419]

wha sun rhyim I know what a conductor is. I've had plenty. It's just I think this conductor is conducting way too "small" and is hard to differentiate different time signatures and cues/cut-offs.

[@dennyduran-flores3802]

I've played in band, and know how to conduct. Just that this guy moves his arms around, I don't know which beat is which.

[@highjr2]

Zhang

[@griffin7044]

I played trumpet and my band played this in high school. What happened to the trumpet solo at the beginning?

[@VictorReynaldo]

Horace Griffin that's "Chorale and Shaker I"

[@santiagacasas7041]

Yeah, this is Chorale and Shaker Dance ll. It was made for middle school bands.

[@warshack378]

The snake was dragging so much. ☹️😦

[@warshack378]

Snare*

[@TheBlackGuyGaming]

too slow

[@joshwei2471]

trumpets are out of tune and it's really slow but otherwise okay. I played this in middle school.