"How to Train your Dragon" by Granada Hills Charter High School Concert Band

Granada Hills Charter High School Concert Band performs at Pierce College 17th Annual High School Music Festival - March 4, 2011 (Part III)

[@kjrobinson1204]

To people who say there band is small, i have seen this schools feild show Twice. There band covers Half the damn feild when totally spreaded out. This was there feild show song in 2012. Im never going to forget getting chills when they played how to train your dragon.

[@ginap.1543]

For anyone interested, it begins at 1:08

[@jonboybluegaming]

When KZbin recommends an old video but its actually good and still relevant.

[@SentientPizza]

LOW BRASS AND PERCUSSION SOUNDED THE BEST

[@breannalouis6626]

My school's band is easily two times this size- maybe even three- and they (as much as I love them) probably couldn't play this song so well! John Powell would be very happy with this if he saw it. Good job!

[@hugochi4398]

John Powell would be proud :)

[@Commanderwfls123]

I WANT MY SCHOOL TO DO THIS!!!

[@spinklesgotlilly]

Hey my 7th grade middle school band is gonna play this for the 5th graders because the best songs for lots of 5th graders here. We have a big band. Separate 6th and 7th. Oops sorry off topic but this song is still amazing

[@luckyluc009]

This sounds amazing. I just bought the piece for Tenor Sax. I'll be using this as reference.

[@actualtrash2546]

We are playing this and i really hope i get the flute solo

[@solemnlyace]

There's nothing to be afraid of. The fourth band at Texas Tech's Summer Band Camp put together this exact selection together in under a week. If you have an entire concert season to prepare it, you shouldn't have any trouble, even if you are a middle school. In all honesty the piece isn't that difficult.

[@soraide]

It's the best ochestra version on youtube i've heard so far.

[@Schmaxine1024]

Thumbs up for that timpani!!!!!

[@HoopjeEllende]

one of the best performances of a high school i've ever seen! you can be proud of yourself!

[@johnjames3440]

5 tuba players ?

[@chrisstorey6428]

Whats so bad about that? my band has 6

[@lulu-vh2gi]

My band has 1....

[@89schlappe]

great performance. i like your sound

[@reb3895]

This is actually really quite good!! Fantastic job!! Almost better than the real version :)

[@Mint45]

Amazzzing~

[@TacComControl]

Highschool bands rarely involve strings, more often than not, most string instruments end up in "Orchestra", a separate class.

[@frauleinfrosch2024]

For anyone saying the band is to small, well, greetings from Germany, we don’t have high school bands at all. 😂

[@ChaelSonnen000]

They never said Granada's band was small. They said their own band was smaller than Granada.

[@Minecraftboi12345]

I’m in 6th grade and we’re playing this song at my next band concert

[@robertbrackenridge2624]

They may be big but that doesn't matter if you suck

[@JaymeKathleen]

My friend made her own arrangement of the music from HTTYD and it totally kicks this version's butt!!!

[@jessjc_]

Fantastic trumpet section!! Good job on the solo(:

[@BreadWrenner]

My concert band played 'Test Drive' at our last concert without strings as well...I think we still sounded awesome.

[@reehal22]

playin this tonight

[@yougotnojams5538]

My band is gonna so this for our concert I hope we sound as good as you guys did

[@thepeacemaker2296]

If I ever got to play this, or any of the music from How to Train Your Dragon for that matter, I would die a very happy person 3

[@kevinleal4866]

I play clarinet and this song is kinda hard cuz there’s some parts where u go fast and have to get the high notes

[@yeeluichong3365]

Is so great my brother told me this song

[@PanloraXxX]

WOW

[@sschproductions4896]

Great job you guys!!! we are doing the same piece with a MUCH smaller band. You sound great! =)

[@LounaM11]

The 8th graders in my school played the song that was played during the credits.

[@jc9622]

I wish every school plays this... Im in the band btw..

[@dEMuKi0]

@Piano8myhomework This was their first concert festival this year, so yeah it wasn't the greatest. However, at their last two festivals, they received unanimous superior ratings by all judges. They've improved a lot!

[@oopsmybad8641]

Trumpets are playing a bit to loud, but otherwise a great piece!!!!! Love it and I'm excited to play this song in my band

[@noahhomyak9477]

chloe sowell More flutes, right?!

[@kdot_26]

What ever helps you sleep at night bro

[@CodRevolution00]

We played this song

[@miahdivine7985]

omg im in middle school and we have to play this now im scared!!!!

[@nicklaskent3289]

its concert band that means NO STRINGS

[@ruthaloysius9638]

it's not really about the size bout the sound that's created when many talented people get together to create music

[@lordan711]

all high school students from Granada Hills, CA

[@cadegriffith417]

The only songs I've heard that compare to this are: Torrents of Fire, Fate of the Gods, and Up is Down

[@kittykitty0204]

@lordan711 I would have had a clarinet cover it....but it sounds really good regardless!

[@nicklaskent3289]

we are doing the music from the m ovie and our director is writing all of it

[@lordan711]

@peanutbutter842 a flute is covering the part

[@miathecrazy24]

but i've got to say that ur staccato's and accents were really nice, especially during 2:42- 3:08

[@happy583xox]

I'm pretty sure this piece is divided into triplets, they were meant to be slurred as well. It's a bit too... tongued? If that makes sense. (at measure fourteen is when I noticed it the most.) Just one more thing, at the measure where the saxes and other instruments are doing the background triplets, those should be a bit more pronounced. But I love the sound coming from this band! It's nice and full, and the slower part was just beautiful :D!.

[@miathecrazy24]

@Piano8myhomework you are right about many things, especially the speed. but the trumpets...i don't think that it was just one strong trumpet. if you listen close enough, you will hear that there are more trumpets playing along with them. i played this song in my band and from what i've seen, the first trumpets are supposed to be overpowering the band by just a little bit. the speed is slow.. i get that in the concert band cover, it is slower than the actual song in general, but not this slow

[@Piano8myhomework]

@dEMuKi0 thats good to hear! I felt like i ragged a little bit :P Buut seriously somtimes as a conductor you have to know the limits of your band and this surpassed them a bit

[@quintonkrull5086]

I have a concert band at faiss middle school

[@moustachecashstashempire1777]

I wonder how they're going to top this soundtrack in the second film

[@VictiniVids]

they did, the main menu theme easily tops this

[@kirstoil4374]

To me, this band is medium. My band has only 13 people in it and it has two grades in it.

[@PoopDumper]

this arrangement is strangely familiar

[@reehal22]

so many tubas

[@clementtan3111]

WAHTS SONG CALL!!!

[@ryangreen9378]

+clement tan first song is "this is berk" the second is "coming back around"

[@Piano8myhomework]

@miathecrazy24 I didn't mean that the first trumpets overpower the rest but that there are poor trumpet players combined with strong trumpet players and therefore weakening the whole sound Listen to 1:50 for the trumpets there are 2 out of tune ones that i can hear and one is slightly behind . I am a trumpet player and thats why i pick on them. cuz i love them.i dont wanna be mean. this is a piece that is slightly too difficult for this band and I LOVE HOW TO TRIAN YOUR DRAGON :) srry fo yelling

[@Piano8myhomework]

i think it may have been slightly advanced for this band.first off the conductor made it slower, and even then the flutes slurred notes all day long, and were not together. the tones of the band didn't really mesh and there was one strong trumpet carrying the rest of em. It was a great arrangement i just dont know if it's right for this band.

[@Jmorkio]

Why is a high school playing this song my 7th grade band played this lol

[@lordan711]

The concert band did not have any strings playing during the performance.

[@azazelgrey2022]

Does anyone know where I could get sheet music for tuba, baritone, trombone, french horn, trumpet, flute, clarinet, oboe, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax, and percussion?

[@ichigochameleon5762]

I wish I did, that way the school band I'm in could give this a shot. I play the Alto saxophone.

[@azazelgrey2022]

+Tome Of Cartoons Haha, that's what I need it for as well lol. I play french horn :3

[@ichigochameleon5762]

+Roxie Roxwell Cool. I wanted to do French Horn or Percussion when we were choosing what instruments we wanted to play.

[@ryangreen9378]

+Roxie Roxwell you could probably find it at jwpepper.com

[@jarrettwalton7013]

My band teacher

[@sschproductions4896]

I believe that until I see you on the news as the world's best flute player, you have zero room to talk. It's a high school band, get over it.

[@LullabyOfRebirth]

Anyone knows where can I find this interview he's talikng about?

[@cadegriffith417]

3:38, sounds like pirates of the Caribbean

[@peanutbutter842]

Oboe???

[@sammanishereagain]

john powell

[@laurenwonn5883]

dude . yeah . i think s/he knows . THE PERSON WHO POSTED THE COMMENT POSTED THE VIDEO . not trying to be rude at all , but loran711 was just pointing it out . no need to correct something that doesn't need to be corrected c:

[@lenaz1178]

This was awesome but there aren’t any oboes

[@lexiestriped4486]

I miss string instruments :(

[@rainbowlolsocks]

Skip to 1:00 to not hear the guy talk. =-

[@yeeluichong3365]

So many comments

[@kedandunn]

Our bands need to swap clarinets.

[@peanutbutter842]

@lordan711 aww... its just not the same

[@Vivianaypeluche]

whos this arrangement made by?

[@aryannaarmstrong]

What grade is this?

[@robertbrackenridge2624]

Look up km4b for a real high school band

[@FhornPatrick]

I think you guys did it too fast for the skill level in the band.. I know the score says what it says.. but slower is sometimes better you know? good job but I felt stressed listening because it was like... HOLY SHIT HOLD YOUR HATS BOYS WE TAKING OFF!!!

[@chestericks]

he did NOT slow this down by alot, this is roughly the right tempo set by the arranger. in fact, this sounds alot of better than other bands on youtube that i heard. flutes just have to watch out for the mispitches. cornets can soften down slightly, you're overtaking the melody. I'm sure it's a build up for you till it's your melody, so there must be a dynamic increase. the intensity is too strong to build up. start softer. intonation at slow part can be worked on.Still, good work but work hard!

[@Livyn313]

really slow but good :)

[@yeeluichong3365]

The conductor sounds like hiccup

[@y0urs03pic]

The band does not now how to put there instruments the right way doring a long rest :/ .but I like hoe there play.band geek forever :)

[@jarrettwalton7013]

Dude , I'm sorry but this band is not together at all , and there was far to many mistakes made in the whole song, and the percussion was not with the band at all, they were like 2 beats off. And people also stopped playing at spots they shouldn't have , but I'm sure you guys have improved somewhat

[@ChaelSonnen000]

+Jarrett Walton yeah shut up

[@komafeline3914]

Jarrett Walton shut the hell up dude just be glad that they did excellent

[@cameroniranpour]

Please don't adapt the original version!!!

[@kdot_26]

Clarinets are gay, trumpets are where it's at I got 1st chair at region suckas!

[@DNINJA231]

Conductor is a dweeb.