Legend of Devil's Lake by Michael Sweeney

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MusicWorks - Grade 2.5
Depicting an ancient tale of battle between water serpents and giant thunderbirds, Michael's dramatic work for young players provides plenty of imagery amid the dark sonorities and driving percussion contrasted with delicate melodies and rich harmonic textures. This multi-style composition provides an engaging and rewarding work for concert or festival.
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[@oppressedduck8839]

When the flutes and trumpets play together is sounds so amazing

[@haleywillard2481]

When the clairnetes and flutes and trumpets join together😍😍😍

[@leahjones5731]

Haley Willard Yassss

[@danielleschwartz3511]

We’re doing this for band and don’t have enough percussionists and so they have to run back and forth between instruments. It’s so fun to watch 😂

[@advisorz]

Best bet would be to have instruments bunched up so you dont have to run to play em

[@advisorz]

or the instruments your playing in a area for you

[@randomperson308]

Those high notes 😍 flute and the trumpets are just amazing if you get it right

[@jessicapeets6429]

My band is playing this song and its possibly one of my favorites we've played so far 😂😋

[@unicornlover7576]

My band is playing it too

[@manuelnavarrojimenez577]

La mia también

[@0taku349]

Same

[@soranehina]

@@0taku349 I remember I used to play this in primary school as well 😢 this put tears on my face rn… I missed the old days

[@frostblood5441]

I’m a sophomore in high school now. After high school I’m going to college for music education. I plan on teaching my kids this song. I’m a big fan of this piece. Although our band hasn’t played it yet, my band sure will.

[@nolanterwilliger877]

How’s college going?

[@bzgamer41]

My band played this for adjudication and then we went to Six Flags. I was one of the only boys on first clarinet and we all did pretty well.

[@venetusverendus]

Playing mallet percussion and floor toms. Such a beautiful piece!

[@corarosewylie]

I remember when I was in hs a d our director thought us to play this for a spring concert. (I was tenor sax btw) but this whole piece gave me goosebumps and now listening to it it’s just nostalgia for me. I miss it so much❤️

[@nathanielnishiguchi6591]

My favorite percussion piece i ever got to play to date

[@dannysmith5249]

When your band's so small you play the entire aux. percussion. Hard but fun

[@itzjusttorrence7995]

Me... That was me

[@couch_potato3133]

We are playing this ATM and it is AMAZING

[@MattA-nz9ze]

LOVE THIS PIECE! BASS CLARINET WOO

[@hepcs9189]

I play this in band, I'm on 1st percussion medium toms. Super fun actually.

[@chanmshkpolly6637]

me too

[@arnav7093]

Me too!

[@itzjusttorrence7995]

I know right!!!!!!! I was the 3rd and had all the auxiliary it was hard still fun tho... We only had 3 perc.

[@monalisa3510]

Same!

[@alexisylwu]

Me too, I played that part like more than 5 years ago

[@MikeSpike345]

Trombones are pretty e🅱️ic I ain't gonna lie 😂

[@bradvendell8396]

I play trombone

[@buffor-664]

Hell yeah we are

[@itzjusttorrence7995]

The percussion part is the most fun to play lol

[@best-sail-boat-1003]

I'm learning this song in band at the moment and I play flute

[@Im__A__Fan]

3:02 Wow...

[@PGN_OUTLAW]

My band class is playing this song it sound amazing even while playing percussion

[@ivorwong1329]

I just started playing this today

[@skiff-4310]

I wish my band would play this!

[@Konanbeats]

So easy man !

[@Konanbeats]

I do that piece in my band !

[@theorangesquid9556]

SKIFF - my band is rn

[@jaydenchow9582]

I play the flute in this piece. It’s a lovely piece really

[@isleymitchell64]

We are playing this in band now. I play the flute

[@RaeOfSun1999]

Isley Mitchell Percussion!

[@lamnancy2971]

me too

[@chillambience8992]

I played this in 7th grade band, it was so much fun, and I enjoyed it a lot! I play the flute, and I’m in high school now

[@Natalie70018]

were playing this for a concert i play bells & tom for it and my band director gave me the flute part to play at 57. i love this song its sooooo good.

[@haleywillard2481]

I love the melody at the end vs the beginning for clarinet 2

[@jasonhilario7214]

I love this i sight read it playing clarinet 1 and i love it, middle school symphonic band is so fun!!

[@TheRealBina]

I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS! Yay :D

[@mirandahoward7345]

I love this I wish my band could play it

[@toastuh1937]

I played this for DBC and had a blast. Such a phenomenal piece.

[@gunadoo]

nobody thinks about low brass😥 even though its holding the whole song together

[@ellakirchman5994]

The place that this is based off is called, funnily, Devils Lake in Wisconsin. I’ve been there and it is gorgeous! If you ever visit wis this is definitely a place to see.

[@wilberdeboss]

Good to know!

[@TurtleMaster21]

Wisconsin gang ✌️

[@jaydenbrantley5081]

Just played this at my last middle school concert. Awesome song

[@kittylin028]

I play this in band too. I play the second clarinet. This song is amazing !

[@emiliebattle7696]

i love alto sax's part

[@hiiexist479]

My band director told us not to go there past nine and not to feed the monster past 12 and something else before that

[@theorangesquid9556]

TRUMPET 1 WOOOHOOOO

[@echo_wz]

I love this horn part

[@user-he4bx4ii9j]

I play this song in middle school advanced band clarinet

[@anna-kx3go]

I'm in the middle band in my school & this is the audition music for top band...

[@blueangels111]

AnnaIRL I wish :(

[@kiyotakaayanokoji2729]

I have to do this for my junior band and it's really hard on tenor saxophone and I only started tenor at the start of this year

[@keyshamcclentonbenzing1286]

Soooooo good

[@ghbrother9683]

I play percussion for this 😆😆

[@chanmshkpolly6637]

me2

[@gracekapp8548]

I live in baraboo right next to Devils Lake

[@TurtleMaster21]

Yo. I’m close.

[@Crouchie261]

The ending is so godamn good

[@strawberrymacaroon846]

Did low Toms for this piece. Definitely hard to get used to but I enjoyed it so much

[@milolucis]

where are my French horn dudes????

[@gjb3367]

YESSIR

[@TurtleMaster21]

Ayeeee! There we are!

[@user-db9fq2jk4g]

this is so simple for bass guitar

[@user-er4ye5bg8y]

I'm playing trumpet

[@julian5742music]

Played this back 2 years ago when I was in grade 11...

[@xkay-six1845]

Julian Benson 😂 in in 8th grade, I'm not playing this for a concert or anything but I play the Trombone part and I can play it pretty decently

[@lydiahsieh220]

I am in grade 5 and I am playing this at school

[@blueangels111]

So, low brass here, we get no credit 😂 and today when we played this our choir teacher came in at the end and said the low brass was awesome at the end. Really random but it seemed funny

[@blight6616]

I’m currently learning this and I always mess up someplace around 56

[@tylerfavors7901]

My band is playing this song! I play alto sax.

[@cloroxlavenderbleach7087]

Tyler Favors I'm in the same one I play trombone

[@keeleythompson3902]

Tyler Favors i play alto too and we're doing this right now

[@slipsmusic]

Tyler Favors OMG! My band is playing this too! I also play alto!!

[@slipsmusic]

Keeley Thompson NO WAY!! SAME HERE

[@jerrystroud927]

yes your my friend I play the alto too

[@bradleyschmitz9415]

We're playing this song for Bethel Band Festival as a feature, and I play flute. when the trumpets and flutes play together its 👌

[@obadiahpear]

1:52 best part

[@aubreyokler]

as a flute, i agree, but the flutes in my section don’t know hot be serious so they mess around and make it sound all bad.

[@obadiahpear]

@@aubreyokler Lol it was the same way in my band

[@SK-pf5rb]

It's the so nice song!!😍 I want to perform it in a wind bands concours in Japan,But My friends don't want to perform it. I'm so sad……😢

[@madisonwhaley598]

everything mixes and sounds amazing

[@user-mk7lw3hx8s]

좋다.

[@ansonchiu5160]

I play this song

[@RaeOfSun1999]

PERCUSSION 2 (minus Medium Tom)!

[@TakingTheCheckerd]

I play trombone pretty much the entire song is just holding a note until the end lol

[@twoheartkade]

I wish I had gotten the chance to play this at least some point in my musical career!! It sounds amazing, I found it through SmartMusic and I learned my part (flute). I absolutely love it, it’s a fun little thing I play when I’m bored. Too bad it’s below my band’s ability level, we won’t play something like this (I’m a junior and apart of our schools audition-only wind ensemble composed of the best musicians on campus Oof)

[@BrannyBoi01]

There needs to be a bagpipes part!

[@dankong9553]

Omgodness

[@Timmity.]

3:26 is the best

[@user-mk7lw3hx8s]

타악기 부분 정말 멋있다.

[@isleymitchell64]

Omg hi Tyler! It's Isley from school

[@elliotrascon3454]

I was supposed to play this for our end of the year performance, but it got cancelled 😞

[@vanessacultra5507]

I feel you, my concert got canceled as well!

[@gone3394]

Playing snare.

[@RaeOfSun1999]

Eulo So our band only has 3 percussionists, me and two others. I was given Gong, Suspended, Crash, Triangle, and Windchimes (Mark Tree). I play the MAJORITY of percussion for this song. Don't get me wrong, I love this song but I just wish we had more percussionists because I feel more pressured than usual. I wouldn't be such a big deal BUT our final concert is on the 31st. Sorry that I ended up rambling about something that you might not even care about.

[@Venus-yj2zf]

It sounds so good at speed 1.5

[@helensc5154]

Very good good and goooooooooooodddddd and ok la and noice

[@randomcubing7106]

This reminds me of Alita Battle Angel for some reason

[@conric005]

trumpet superior race

[@taoliu8458]

😈😈😈

[@tylerfavors7901]

1st part alto sax

[@brillebjrn6410]

I played it too

[@tobleronesluo7087]

My band is playing this!😂 many of the percussion in our band are terrible 😢

[@josieb6880]

Last year I played guitar in this!

[@hiiexist479]

0:58-1:26

[@phillyjoe4798]

Base drum all the way. If you played band and had a base drum you would here the difference cuz in this you can only here the base drum in the solo and if you played this in band you would hear the base drum

[@badonkadonk6152]

It sounds a bit like Sahara adventure

[@joshuagrant6192]

@Sugma Who's It By? It Sounds Interesting.

[@lilychalmers9944]

First song I’ve ever played in my school orchestra, I’m on mallet percussion and the floor Tom

[@SK-pf5rb]

日本人!!

[@meganwhitaker7457]

My band is playing this and I’m clarinet 1 with like 1 other person and it’s very noticeable so I’m really scared to do it for a competition

[@orbeeez]

i play the vibraphone and i dont hear itt ;U ;

[@yukina525]

I play bass clair

[@shumacwilder]

Smash Bros, anyone?

[@theredhare2483]

#trumpetsarethebest

[@aliciadalbey1201]

bruh that terrible ending though

[@eileenmiller6640]

How is it terrible its literally the best part

[@cosmicaoii]

Percussion for this song ass

[@gaytheaterkid]

This is so simple on bass guitar