KHAN - UTEP Wind Symphony

[@bandboy69]

a good horn player lives for a song like this

[@justcozi1425]

My Sophomore year in HS, I had placed fifth chair trumpet, so I was on second part. We got this piece for our spring concert and I instantly fell in love with it, so much so that I really wanted to be first part for it. My only way to do that was to pass up two incredible players, one of them was a senior and the other a junior. I worked so hard to get a good enough grade to be moved up to third chair. I still think that piece was the cleanest performance I have ever been apart of. We ended up playing it at graduation that year as well, and at that point I had moved up to second chair, right behind the band director's pride and joy, a senior girl with exceptional skills. I will never forget the moment after we finished playing, she looked at me with teary eyes and told me to keep up the good work. This song made me realize how much music could move a person, and I can't help but think about that year when I listen to this piece. Now here I am, it's my senior year and I'm not even sure if I will get another high school concert to perform at, but all I can do is hope that I can have one last concert to send off my high school experience.

[@raynorsun9849]

:)

[@hydratedgremlin7887]

Same dude. I played this last year and Im a senior now. I wish I could go back and feel the way I felt performing this for the first time

[@matthewburger798]

@@hydratedgremlin7887 It’s one of those songs that change you as a musician.

[@bobtuttle1]

This is one of, if not my favorite band piece(s) ever! Ever since playing it in 9th grade honor band on tuba, I’ve come back to listen to it again and again. Every time I listen to 4:48 through the end, I get extreme chills from the beautiful eastern melody, especially when piccolo begins to play it. For some reason, though, my favorite part of that section is the never-ending snare drum rhythm; it allows a beautiful, smooth flow from the dramatic percussion-heavy section into the next.

[@jacobabbott1949]

Yeah it sounds great but I'm guessing you remember how much your clarinets hated that part right?

[@zbogames]

Wow that’s a challenging song 9th grade! Currently playing it as junior

[@kellychartier1322]

I am playing it in a high school wind ensemble but I am in 6th grade

[@DonnyPlus]

18 people liked this song so much that they turned their phones upside down to like it again

[@stophx]

5:36 to the end will always be my favorite part to play and hear all together

[@Gunhawk817]

juicy

[@VickDuck]

0:29 ahh yes the clarinet squeak

[@TerranceJones]

Omg how did you hear that 😂😂

[@stephaniegemmell801]

This has to be one of my favorite band pieces I've ever played

[@ltdragon565]

same i loved playing this song

[@abigailschinstock4337]

my baby sister slept through this entire piece when one of our bands performed it and i'm still impressed

[@JasonKlein97]

Symphony is mispelled on the screen lulz

[@Thedrummaman76]

Jason Klein Sympony is misspelled in your comment lulz

[@WhirlyTail]

Sean Yates it's not???

[@kylejones4440]

Jason Klein smyphonie is misspelled is your comment !

[@ericastepanek6898]

woosh

[@Jaymac720]

I cant unsee it now. Thanks

[@TerranceJones]

Played this at all state it was amazing!!! Wish we had it this year 🥲.

[@dylanstratton1605]

I am a freshman in high school, and this is the most difficult thing I have played. It is taking so much work as an ensemble to make this sound right. We have been taking most of the piece super slow to perfect it.

[@dylanstratton1605]

If your band is successful, then congratulations, this is a difficult piece to play musically. I, personally have no trouble, because i play the Bari sax part. As an ensemble, there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make this piece sound the way it is supposed to..

[@emoriyeet2999]

Good luck on it! I'm one year ahead of you, and my symphonic band is having a ton of fun with this piece.

[@dylanstratton1605]

Thanks! we are having lots of fun too.

[@damereahopp570]

Same here but we had to take it part and just lean it piece by piece but yeah it's lots of fun

[@serenitywolf4714]

FatBear2D Gaming is a loser

[@WififorJolie]

i get krunk to this

[@patriceofficial9407]

Bro same

[@aidansmith3498]

I will always have a fond memory of playing this my senior year for the UTC concert festival

[@crazeechickee11]

Playing this in honor's band, it's everyone's favorite!!!!!

[@ems102201]

I just played this in honor band also and had a solo. It was fun

[@bryman369]

crazeechickee11 really im playin it in my shitty hs band

[@luisbelteton9025]

playing this ! amazing w bass clarinet

[@randomcringe5819]

This is the final boss of high school band

[@joshwhite9996]

3:41 like if working this part was a pain.

[@dylanshay646]

Josh White not much i played snare 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

[@skylarwendt9244]

I saw that comment and automatically knew the part 💀

[@colsonuebelhoer5078]

We played this piece in our marching show this year and our director likes to show off the woodwinds with a run every year and that was it

[@isaacfalls6628]

Josh White YES

[@jacobabbott1949]

Jesus I'm having to practice it now. I can only go at 96 right now. Luckily our concert is in 3 weeks

[@ainsleykinney6325]

julie wrote a BANGER. one of my faves of all time

[@Jaymac720]

I’m playing this at LSU where Giroux earned her Bachelor of Music in Performance

[@jayesen7]

I played this my freshman year of high school, and that was 8 years ago 🥲 I still get chills listening to it now!

[@dylantraylor5503]

I’m playing it as a freshman this year

[@Mega-Prime]

Man I played this song in 2020 part of heritage high school honor band for a tour unfortunately covid hit a month later

[@damereahopp570]

I live for the con forza 🙏🏾

[@victoriaprice7523]

The Con Forza is fun but very difficult with all the subdivision changes RIPP woodwinds

[@maddi4536]

It does sound awesome but it’s tricky on flute lol

[@dylanshay646]

Khan forza you mean?

[@ramensam9624]

@@dylanshay646 no there is a place called con forza in the music, it means with force

[@dylanshay646]

@@ramensam9624 I was making a play on words using the name of the title of the piece

[@Gunhawk817]

we just performed this, one of my favorites

[@notabassoonplayer]

3:37 every low brass and low reeds favorite part lmao

[@me-oo1fr]

3:15 TOO BEAUTIFUL

[@ada6223]

This song is so fun to play as first flute.

[@emilybri8379]

My three favorite songs I’ve ever played is definitely Blue Shades, Arabesque, and this one. All which I had solos in which is pretty neat cause these are my favorite pieces. I play flute 😅

[@ultrarye1278]

Playing this currently in 9th grade as a alto saxophone player, a challenging yet incredible piece.

[@ems102201]

I have a solo in this for honor band and I'm hyped. We're performing this today and im so excited

[@abominablesnowpanda5053]

Paris Amour no way! i'm playing the oboe solo

[@jasminepereda7281]

Abominable Snow Panda that's awesome! I'm playing the trumpet solo

[@masonkyleee]

Paris Amour i played the oboe solo last year, it's so pretty

[@garbonzo_bean1532]

1:30 just for practice, ignore

[@rebekahc3115]

When you have a total of two days to learn the 1st clarinet part for an honor band

[@anthonygonzalez1203]

Did anyone else hear a clarinet squeak towards the beginning of the song?

[@titanc1310]

Chill- Angon Yes, I did.

[@claraeaton3021]

a squeak is just a high note trying to get out

[@WififorJolie]

Clara Eaton that is most definitely not what it is, people can squeak on any note

[@margohillmann6688]

Yeah, that just how we be sometimes lol

[@timothymorgan8401]

Chill- Angon Same it is so obvious because i am a clarinet

[@Kalmu52]

BANGER

[@HunterDavisTubaPlaying]

Played tuba part this past spring. Nice part

[@verdantmischief7092]

This shits goes hard

[@jreymus]

Remember recording this as if it was yesterday..... :)

[@Yikesmanteehee]

As euphonium, its nice to have a melody for once but this song isn't too fun lol especially with the 16th 8th notes

[@wingedbunny6211]

WHY WAS THE CLARINET SQUEAK SO LOUD DAMN

[@theanexqueen9124]

3:03 is probably my favorite part to play on 4th horn because it’s just low notes that feel great

[@eastonkulas2043]

incantation and dance

[@sophiad-el6we]

Easton Kulas NO oh my god that song is satanic

[@Royyia]

Easton Kulas puszta

[@kevinnelson1540]

We played both incantation and dance and khan this year. Two of my most favorite songs to play.

[@sophiad-el6we]

Kevin Nelson me too!!! we played incantation for festival and khan for our spring concert (:

[@sanguika]

sophiad 112901 that’s EXACTLY what our band is doing omg

[@Bigred27789]

5:11

[@GalassiaBeatsOfficial]

errriiccccccccc

[@Wannabeviking2]

I loooooove yoooooou!

[@rebeccagoldstein3614]

Eric Venables what the fuck

[@JustAcoolguy-rl7jg]

I cry at this part

[@abbito152]

We r playing this for my spring concert. It has 6th-8th graders in it. Im in 7th grade and playing piano for this. if band director didn't know I played piano I'd be playing flute for this.

[@joshuafuentes5411]

Oh my god the euphonium part at the beginning

[@keylinhenderson5214]

Trombone has it at measure 22 if that's what you're referring to

[@joshuafuentes5411]

@@keylinhenderson5214 nope I'm talking about the euph part

[@joshuafuentes5411]

@@keylinhenderson5214 like after it gets quiet and the clarinet start playing the little melodic phrase yk

[@tomozcanfly]

Absolutely amazing!

[@JerryDoesThings_1604]

1:29:46

[@colonelnarwhals8530]

Yoooooooo. I get to play 2:40 for this one.

[@andrestorres5667]

Colonel Narwhals hey Robert lmao

[@JaggedFish104]

Love this song to death, favorite I’ve played but when we played this it was my first year after I switched to bassoon and I was the only one. For some reason I just couldn’t be loud, maybe at most mf

[@mia.the_artist]

I feel ya, I am the only bass clarinetist in my section (our only bassoonist sits next to me) and NOBODY could hear me, and it made me so frustrated, because I literally was blasting on every note, even with dynamics, and it still sounded like pp.

[@typa_sischar]

KHAN

[@wholenote1231]

as a horn player i am fucking dying here jesus christ

[@lilysimpson91]

who’s here from all state tennessee 2019?

[@Marshymellow1]

0:44

[@Marshymellow1]

0:59

[@Marshymellow1]

1:45

[@Marshymellow1]

2:00

[@Marshymellow1]

2:15

[@bryman369]

Yeah

[@maccloni]

2:00 4:48

[@Alternate9900]

Where are my other piano players at?

[@maddi4536]

Can someone please describe the story for this? Me and my band have been trying to figure out what parts of the music symbolize

[@DONTMESSWITHRUSSIA]

So figure. Beginning “I am Genghis Khan! Let’s go conquer some stuff” and after that. Imagine his army on horseback’s traveling through the Chinese country side. And the slower part of the piece is a village that is peaceful, a small village with fishermen and and khans caravan is traveling through it, with no intent of hurrying a single thing. With khan admitting his empire. And after that. Continue to ride on horseback’s through the country dude and when you get to the percussion heavy part (120 I believe) You are fighting it out. Conquering the land you want to grow. And the end. Well. Finish up you conquest. With the melody being the backing part of it. That’s how my band director explained this to us and I’m in percussion.

[@Joshua-qv1ho]

Highschool symphonic band gang

[@Rivergirl2878]

My middle school wind ensemble is playing this.

[@bryantle7897]

RiverGirl bs

[@Lemony-po6km]

Bryant Le It could be possible but it might not sound the best.

[@evan2064]

Blossom Ramos i mean like that’s to be expected right lol

[@justspectrum4651]

why are they so much faster than 60 bpm

[@LuckyClover-yp7iy]

it switched to 120 at measure 14

[@bryman369]

Get

[@annapidgeon3233]

5:36

[@bobtuttle1]

Anna Pidgeon YES! Best part! I get the most extreme goosebumps of my life when I hear that section.

[@Awesomefilmsmedia]

6:42

[@groovymoviestudio327]

dolphin spongebob same

[@melaniecrider7413]

1:11

[@melaniecrider7413]

3:52

[@melaniecrider7413]

0:35

[@melaniecrider7413]

3:49

[@emilianocenteno3129]

2:40

[@atoma2328]

3:34

[@shanelogan3306]

3:33

[@lllll4675]

2:36

[@shanelogan3306]

5:12

[@marlena28]

4:55

[@earth2beana]

4:11