Symphonic Dance No. 3 ("Fiesta"), by Clifton Williams - Score & Sound

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Symphonic Dance No. 3 ("Fiesta")
By Clifton Williams
Item: 00-BDM02032
Series: Belwin Classic Band
Format: Conductor Score & Parts
Grade: 5
Fiesta musically depicts the pageantry of traditional Latin American celebrations -- street bands, bull fights and bright costumes. Passionate rhythms and vivid tonal sonorities characterize the master work. Experience the flavor of this revered composition. (6:46) This title is available in SmartMusic.
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[@lmj2k]

That last trombone glissando triad is pure magic. I figure while I’m here, I may as well share a memory involving this piece. This was part of our repertoire my senior year of high school. Our trombone section was…not the strongest section of the band. There were plenty of cut-ups there, and they got non-stop grief from our director all year. This piece really pushed them - particularly those pedal B-flats about 2/3 of the way in. They gradually improved over the year. During our spring concert - last of the year - as we’re in the final measures of this piece, the trombone section hits that last glissando triad with absolute perfection. Seeing my director smile as they nailed that chord was just priceless. The band finished the last couple measures, and our director pointed at the trombone section to stand and be acknowledged by the audience. I gotta say, I was proud of them at that moment, too.

[@nateclark9684]

What I live for

[@ericebeling6085]

Nice, my 8ty grade director had just enough confidence in us to play it. While we were learning is, one of the other directors (trombonist) told us to not hold back and just blast it.😅 We got second place for honor band

[@looney1023]

Were we in the same band and class lol

[@lmj2k]

@@looney1023 - Given when you joined KZbin, I figure we’re at least contemporaries.

[@MemeGamerBoi]

@@ericebeling60858th grade??? U from Texas?

[@dinoboio64]

Bro reading these comments and people saying they played this in middle school THIS IS A CLASS A BAND PIECE? (college level stuff)

[@Crown_678]

I played this in middle school but we went into one of the best hs bands so that’s why

[@letsgogaming6520]

I am a freshman in hs and I’m playing tympani on it. First time ever playing tympani so it’s pretty hard but I’m workin on it

[@christinearbogast6751]

True story...Clifton Williams lived in Miami, and his daughters Sarah (powerful F horn player) and Helen (Flute/Base flute/piccolo) were in my band( I play F horn). He worked tirelessly with us on this piece. We go to State Contest, and of course, it was played beautifully. Most band members were serious musicians and went on to major in music and today still have careers in music(my 2 brothers 1 of who played that year, are pro-level musicians). We got all top marks of course. But the kicker...in the comments was written," this piece was played very well, but we do not think it was played as the composer intended. Now, that comment totally made our day!! The judges had absolutely no idea the composer worked with us on every tiny detail. We laughed, and laughed and that bus trip home was the most memorable ever! We all tell the story even today, 53 years later!😂 Now this was BEFORE CW was eventually considered to be one of the best composers of the 20th Century! Rest in Peace, Professor Williams.🙏♥️📯

[@777maestra]

Wow.

[@777maestra]

We do not feel was played as composer intended. Wow

[@allmusic962]

Wow man. Incredible story. Thanks for sharing.

[@lieutenantomni3642]

this takes me back to high school, man. 1st chair trombonist and sight-reading this was fun as hell. it's a really fun song to play.

[@Rhewin]

You were 2nd and you know it.

[@mell5955]

@@Rhewin lmao, well the trombone 1 part aint hard actually, but rip my chops at the end

[@jah.morant]

When I was in 6th grade, the top band at my middle school played this. It went surprisingly well, for most part

[@eboone]

That's insane

[@TCHSBandmoments]

I assuming you went to melissaisd?

[@jah.morant]

@@TCHSBandmoments no

[@tincan12]

Im in 7th grade playing this song Horn

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Ok kid from texas

[@lasonyajones5248]

We played this in high school in 1991. This was a grade 5 piece (college level). We killed it at festival. So much fun playing this piece.

[@Mushroomy_.-._]

Man, the 5/4 always messes me up but I love playing this song as a first clarinet so much ❤

[@JohnJApanovitch]

My high school's symphonic band played this piece! Such a fun work! :)

[@shadowstar8331]

Sweet but I am playing this in middle school 😶

[@mabelarrant2756]

We’re playing it this year! 2023

[@RammerSTi]

We're also playing this in my High School's Wind Ensemble.

[@evansaccount1548]

@@shadowstar8331Texas??

[@Crown_678]

@@evansaccount1548this is lowkey a common piece for advanced Texas middle school bands

[@fatcontroller12]

I played this at an honor band clinic.

[@snowballsolis]

I've always wondered, where's Symphonic Dance No. 1 and 2? Lol

[@sporkliftmctot]

There are 5 in total if I recall correctly.

[@jnbplaysgames]

I remember playing this my junior year of high school after we heard it at the National Concert Band Festival in 2018.

[@barilari36]

We were supposed to play this last school year, but then COVID happened

[@bobbarksofficial4335]

The dance section of this piece is incredible! 💚

[@astaralis.]

Learning to play this in symphonic band, absolutely terrified 😭

[@tristan1568]

im playing this for my symphonic hs band as a freshman !! nervous but excited

[@Teeeth4]

You’re going to blow up

[@addiepisz]

I’m doing this too! Hope everything goes good

[@gxtmfa]

I want to arrange this for a country music-type ensemble. Keep the clarinets, combine trumpets with guitar, replace trombones with slide guitar and flutes with pedal. Perhaps these are just the mad ramblings of a former band student now awake at 4:00 am, haunted by bizarre musical ideas reminiscent of some howdy doody nightmare. Or perhaps it’s not. But it totally is.

[@sowelilili]

I'd pay money for this to happen.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

When a flute is switched with a literal peddle

[@Rhewin]

Yeah you kinda suck

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

Where's the part where the 2nd and 3rd trombone slur from a pedal Bb to F in the staff? I seem to have forgotten where in this piece it has happened.

[@Tyler_Dulinski]

The part where the 2nd and Bass Trombones slur from a Pedal Bb to middle F is at Rehearsal Mark "J." Or at ~ 4:34 in this recording.

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

@@Tyler_Dulinski Ah, yes. Thank you.

[@HyunjinnieFerret]

Band just played this and got gold at ISSMA. I was on Timpani 💪

[@Biggerton_Ouncerton]

Mine too

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Trumpet part is so fun, really makes the entire piece. When they get the main melody, and the ending (ta taka-ta tah, taka-ta tah, taka-ta tah, taka-ta tah-tahhhhh) 6:15

[@cadet8376]

I didn't like this when I first played it but it's really grown on me

[@charlesroig1]

I remember in 1969 York High School in Elmhurst did an incredible rendition of this. They competed at Virginia Beach Music Festival and were excellent.

[@BungusMan]

this was so fun as an oboe :) my middle school band is playing it this year for UIL comp

[@yussuku7296]

We’re playing this for all region wind symphony this year 👍

[@cow5183]

Is it All Northwest? Cause if so I’m going too!

[@jacksonsdrawingcorner]

Bro I did too 😎 We might’ve been in the same band I was 4th chair flute

[@l.th0373]

i will always be sad i never got to play this live. covid hit before we could play it 😭

[@dogestep64]

Our closer for our marching band show is based on this

[@sandramitchell5149]

As a 7th grader we are playing this piece, Very Excited!!!

[@sethreitz3269]

🧢

[@emilyterry8871]

3:20 Don't mind me, just a note to myself

[@henryrev3969]

The only reason I'm listening to this piece. This part is so pretty

[@NikFamilyChannel]

5:54 best part

[@brianfederkins]

This piece made me appreciate 5/4 time!

[@allmusic962]

Every single time I go in the comments of these videos, there’s always some dude like “I played this piece in 2nd grade. We got through it, but it was hard and went SURPRISINGLY well.” Who the helllll plays these pieces after like ONE year of practice.

[@TromboneMan3047]

Man, it's my dream to play this piece one day.

[@That_subie_wrx]

I’m playing this in high school concert band rn

[@ラリアット-v4l]

Thank you

[@JudgementDragon]

We're doin this for wind ensemble and it's fun.We literally got it yesterday

[@kjknightcraft1423]

Hey, I’m in that too

[@JudgementDragon]

@@kjknightcraft1423 pretty sure the whole comment section is or was

[@kjknightcraft1423]

Hey did you like the chicken? I thought it was delicious

[@JudgementDragon]

I am generally confused

[@kjknightcraft1423]

Oh I’m sorry, I thought you were in the all northwest honor band that I was in

[@deanbadeaux9915]

1995 Kennewick hs wind ensemble played this for a cd recording. Shows my age I guess.

[@P2PASTA]

The middle school band I’m in is going to play this so far we are doing good

[@blazingaxels]

My allshore director wants me deaaad those 16th triplets around M for bari sax are brutal , my brain can't comprehend going from C# to Eb and then C nat? Ouch. Rest of it is really fun though bass line gets to have some triumphant moments

[@quackster_69]

played this my first year of middle school, was such a fun peice!!

[@Mewhenifinalltgetallthebugs]

Cap

[@quackster_69]

@@Mewhenifinalltgetallthebugs well for me first year of ms is 7th, soooo

[@spooperdooper4265]

The goblin king IS the true king of the realm.

[@JJ-ho8jx]

No joke, our high school wind ensemble is playing this in nyc this December? You play at carnegie?

[@dylanharris8052]

Also a former ny wind ensemble student. I had to unfortunately drop band this year, but i would’ve loved to play this. High key missing it

[@RubenGarcia-xm7nf]

I'm playing this with my highschool wind ensemble but we're in Ca and I play Euphonium

[@mattyedane2805]

@@dylanharris8052 00000⁰0 p 900000⁰000000000⁰00000090000

[@ultra9349]

Playing this rn for high school and i’ve seen 2 videos of it for homework and that start is different on the score than is played It turned a piano hold with a forte last note into a crescendo for both

[@No1Zac]

3:04

[@Music_MikeZ]

Those accidentals were so confusing like Fb and Cb I had to write the notes down lol

[@deniscarranza4143]

That section is my favorite, especially how the flutes articulate their notes, and how their vibrato is so expressive and excessive. It's great.

[@Crown_678]

who else is playing this for middle school?

[@timmyturner6478]

Makes me miss HS

[@steverman2312]

Funny story: my band is playing this and we nicknamed 3:41 “the fun part”

[@cybertruckh8r]

as a french horn that was my absolute favorite part of this piece, that and the part at 6:00

[@tincan12]

I play horn and my band is learning this song

[@fatcontroller12]

The part I played was only the octave jumps but hearing the part made me feel good.

[@nikcastle6943]

There are two 8th note rests missing in m. 25 (or 3rd measure of rehearsal B), one 8th rest for beat 4, and one 8th rest for the "&" of beat 5.

[@cnner1997]

What are you talking about 😂

[@nikcastle6943]

@@cnner1997 What are you talking about? We're in 5/4 time, and in the 3rd measure of rehearsal number B, there are two eighth notes missing in the piccolo, flute, and oboe parts, clearly shown on this score in the video. I know this because the same ornamental phrase occurs just two measures before B. Yeah, its a typo on this score, and it may seem a little petty to point it out, but mind you, I wrote this comment 3 years ago when I was an undergrad, knee deep in school work, and nearing graduation for my BA in Music Education (which I now have). I thought it appropriate at the time to point out this mistake. Clearly, those upper winds in the 3rd measure of B are played with the two 8th note rests in mind: one on beat 4 and one on the + of beat 5. They're not there though. That's all I was pointing out.

[@BladeTNT2018]

Is there a song with a bass flute part?

[@lovermuzak]

Psychic No, not in band literature, for probably several reasons. Even the alto flute isn’t seen often unless in advanced wind compositions.

[@DylanHigh]

The Frozen Cathedral by John Mackey

[@Mewhenifinalltgetallthebugs]

​@@lovermuzak I was supposed to have an alto flute solo for a song my senior year in symphonic band but then 2020 happened lol.

[@summ3rplumag3]

this is kinda like shostakovich festive overture. if u think rlly hard about it

[@luigimario7801]

Only pieces ive played from this man are this one and dedicatory overture

[@mightygeneral4359]

I played this in my eighth grade year

[@mightygeneral4359]

7th*

[@hericide1]

@@mightygeneral4359 why are you coming to edit now lol

[@mightygeneral4359]

@@hericide1 funny thing, it was actually my 8th grade year lmfao to answer ur question, i have this urge to be correct if i can help it

[@nataliekaufman6031]

4:10 is I

[@gabeasley8655]

😊

[@moonbeams3860]

french horn player that died playing this

[@folkcreature9958]

Same but it’s gonna be fun 🤩

[@lmj2k]

I’ve played 1st horn on this. If anyone dies on this, it’s the trombones playing the pedal tones.

[@cybertruckh8r]

me too!

[@oink6158]

french horns unite

[@justinpierce7712]

WHY 3 PICCOLOS

[@lovermuzak]

Oboe and Piccolo Life For an effect, and it is only at the beginning. Plus if I just heard the piece, I wouldn’t even realize there were 3 and just think only 1

[@Scotty913]

6:00

[@miami.wrld1625]

😖were playing this lolz

[@dylanh8602]

6:38 last line

[@imagoat975]

1:20

[@JdeWntr]

My band is playing this for mpa and while the music is amazing I absolutely hate playing it. I'm a trumpet lol

[@OUCH293]

My Highschool is playing this this year but not for competition sadly. Also the Bari sax part isn’t great

[@dylanh8602]

1:04 A

[@dylanh8602]

4:32 J

[@genocidepanther9004]

Playing the trombone part on tuba is weird

[@dylanh8602]

6:00 mish

[@dylanh8602]

2:00 D

[@dylanh8602]

3:40 H

[@SparkleStarV]

poor piccolo 💔 (i’m playing piccolo)

[@dylanh8602]

5:37 L

[@jace123453]

3:52 if you look at the trumpet part, it says trombone instead lol

[@crh488]

No it doesn't

[@jace123453]

@@crh488 it does, look again

[@sukhmanb5939]

Oh it does lol nice catch

[@DimaPreo_]

4:32

[@dylanh8602]

0:40

[@KSS7000]

3:41

[@tbonetpm8968]

5:08

[@spiyder]

for me 1:31