Fanfare and Recessional

Auburn University graduation band playing 'Fanfare and Recessional' by James D. Ployhar.

[@jimmcrae8032]

Playing this was by far the best part of any of the stiff and stultifying high school graduations I attended as a student, including my own. Our school was huge so we played around and around the repeat while six or seven hundred kids marched (ambled).

[@benxvariety8878]

is anyone else listening to this because it's a banger? or am i just weird?

[@davida561]

I'm just listening to it to try to and help my section learn they're part lol

[@XatxiFly]

the recessional slaps the hardest

[@emocatproductions2080]

Recessional is a fucking bop

[@ethanstechworld207]

Ah do I just love playing the graduation music for the seniors. Next year... it's my turn. It better sound good ;) That one guy who came in at the final seconds telling him to wrap it up or whatever, like come on, let them finish.

[@cristobalgarces1675]

My school's band played the Avenger's Theme because they were too incompetent to learn the recessional. After the seniors left, the band was severely underhanded.

[@andresbautista933]

Cristobal Garces Half of our band, including me, is freshman and we sound great

[@MusicMan-dv7jg]

Cristobal Garces I am a retired High School band director. I did many graduation ceremonies, (probably 50 different graduations over the years) and this is a common thing. The seniors are gone and the other students are not as secure without the section leaders. They come back during the ceremony to play their favorite concert piece with the band (Imwould let them vote on which one to do. ) There was never enough time at the end of May, for the band to really learn the proper graduation music in the way we would learn other concert and competition music. Remember, there is finals in all classes, spring fever has come, and teenagers just don’t care sometimes. So, I played “Fanfare and Processional” many times. The audience does not care what you play. I would also bring in former band members, graduates, teachers, college students, to build up the band and fill the holes. Ah!! I don’t miss it at all!

[@D0INGURmom]

My whole band rn

[@becca8231]

my mouth hated playing this but my ears loved it

[@burnedoutgraduatestudent4482]

This song is underrated

[@cripmusicongfrfr]

0:57 LET'S GO BARITONES/EUPHONIUMS!

[@adampierce9861]

I remember it being a faster beat.

[@kevo5133]

Okay, either my sheet music of this is different than this version, or the snare drum just completely missed the measures at 1:12 and picked it back up around 1:27. I probably just have a different version, hopefully so because sheesh, there were a lot of measures that weren’t supposed to be empty

[@Eloquentlyjay]

No I think maybe a different version. This how I remembered playing in it in HS. 🙂

[@marcopoloignacio]

We played it in UST Symphony Orchestra

[@nemochicky4697]

My band is playing the exact same song this one is

[@bandislife6392]

Reason i thought Auburn would have a bigger band

[@bandislife6392]

Yeah I figured that out my sister told me, but thank you anyways I very much appreciate it.

[@gvsucavie03]

College band playing the Ployhar? Surprised they aren't performing the entire Pomp & Circumstance march...

[@MuggleTheMighty]

Playing this in grade 10 music, (2nd Cornet) And trying to learn my part.

[@daisysharps8589]

I’m trying to play ( going into ninth when school starts) and I’m also second cornet ;-; I can’t even begin to learn on my own.

[@randomrandom8297]

@@daisysharps8589 As 1st French Horn it is a little challenging, especially since I don't know how to double tounge and I have to deal with some abrupt jumps with notes. For example, at 0:35, you can hear the horns play 3 triplets (all played in a G [concert C]) and then jump up to an Eb (concert Ab) at 0:37. That, along with the tempo makes that quick jump difficult

[@davidchen1544]

i agree its not the full

[@journeytree]

1st clarinet is too ez on this song

[@journeytree]

tOo bad I can't play this because of covid this year

[@Jo-ph5sb]

9th grade trumpet 1 playing at graduation

[@sarina1119]

@Jo You've graduated by now, haven't you? :^)

[@daisysharps8589]

Same, but I’m 2nd cornet

[@cadenleeripberger]

Is it just me or is the C section really weird for some reason? It's only two bars, it's a key change, and it's literally just a trombone ostinato and tuba pedal between the root and fifth. Just weird for some reason. And not hard, just sound-wise, is weird.

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