Heaven's Light

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14 жыл бұрын

In the early morning hours of Friday, October 4, 2002, a house fire took the life of Holly Spivey, her mother and her father. It was Homecoming at Evans High School in Evans, Georga and the student body,especially the band students, were in a state of shock. One of Holly's closest friends wrote this about her: "Holly was this bright shining star who lit up everyone's life by being in it. She always mede it comfortabel for people, especially freshman just starting out. She had many interests byt nothing quite impacted her like the band. Her big infatuation was with the stars. Now she is a star watching over us." That was all the insperation I needed for Heaven's Light
-Steven Reineke
From the Walking Frog Records Concert Band CD "New Day Rising: The Symphonic Works of Steven Rieneke" performed by The Washington Winds
Available on the C.L. Barnhouse website as a full score or a full score with parts.
CD Available on the Walking Frog Records website as a CD or digital download (coming soon)

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@yaboicatman4611 Ай бұрын

We played this song during the 2024 graduation and it makes me cry Everytime I listen to this now since It makes me think of my Close Friends who graduated recently

@JPSaxMan 12 жыл бұрын

Brings tears to my eyes every time...blessed be the name of the Lord. I still remember playing this in high school almost ten years ago, and even then it moved me. What an outstandingly beautiful piece.

@cathyballa3629 10 жыл бұрын

My band director had cancer for many years and picked this song for part of our marching band show after having us play it for concert band. He later passed away and is always with us when we preform it.

@coastermania17 9 жыл бұрын

Definitely a powerful piece for a band show. just out of curiosity, what marching band are you from?

@lightslovesmile 9 жыл бұрын

coastermania17 Nazareth

@coastermania17 9 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling you would say that. I'm from Absegami

@lightslovesmile 9 жыл бұрын

coastermania17 very cool I have seen you guys

@alantedder8326 9 жыл бұрын

Cathy Balla My band is playing this for the Spring Concert this year, this piece makes me cry.

@MaciandShelby 12 жыл бұрын

I was the vibraphone in this piece. My entire band cried every time they saw me for a week. It was the best feeling of my life.

@nightraidbatmanuchiha4324 Жыл бұрын

This was definitely one of if not my favorite song to play back in high-school when marching season was over. I was playing tuba for this piece and I can't tell you the amount of times I teared up everytime we played because this song was just so beautiful

@lando5281 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing the whole community bind over this amazing song ❤️❤️❤️

@dangeroustears123 13 жыл бұрын

we played this last year for our graduation. One of the seniors that year Emily Slusser had just died a few weeks before, and this was her favorite song. two of our seniors who her close friends split the flute solo. it was so beautiful and heart touching.

@toAdmiller 13 жыл бұрын

We played this in my community band. Just before our performance, the director told the audience the background story. He had never told it to the band. We were in shock ourselves, but perhaps he felt we would play it with that much more feeling. I truly cannot remember how we played it.

@Igi293 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t care who you are. As a musician. Clarinetist and now pianist; this song will make you cry.

@valkyrie2675 12 жыл бұрын

played this at a remembrance day service at my high school, such a pretty but sad song

@valeriaaruby 11 жыл бұрын

i played this for my christmas concert. there were some people in tears because of the backstory. my band director told them to take the time to think about loved ones who have passed away. it was beautiful.

@mckaymartin 7 ай бұрын

We're playing this song for our band class right now, and my band teacher told us about the meaning behind it. Truly a sad, but powerful song.

@moonbebe9425 8 жыл бұрын

My band played this piece of music for our superintendent who passed away.. As the song ended teachers let balloons fly up into the air.. This is a very gorgeous piece of music and I really enjoyed playing it..

@MsRicardorobles 12 жыл бұрын

I played this song when i was in seventh grade. at first our band weren't performing so well. So our band director decided to tell us about this song. How it was written for a girl that had died before her homecoming and the rest of the story... After that the band realized that this song was ment to be special. So during our concerts we the judges would put comments like "WOW".! we got sweepstakes! ~RIP Holly Spivey.~