This was by far, the toughest piece I ever played in high school. It’s also the only one I know by heart and think about anymore.

I played this 5 years ago now in December 2015. As a freshman looking back on it all. I wish I savored my band career more.

Ok but the clarinet part on this goes hard, only a sophomore in high school and this was my fav piece of this year

The timpani part in the last few bars is an absolute BLAST to play

Have to play this in my high school band..... (I gives me anxiety haha but still good)

Chester is a wind ensemble classic. This piece never gets old.

Interesting harmony, perfect execution by the band

I played this my freshman year. Shortly after we received Chester, we got the music for When Jesus Wept. We couldn't find Be Glad Then America in time for our spring concert though but I still enjoyed his work.

This songs fun af to play once you know how to do it, but god learning it was a pain in the ass

Love how it rouses over time, representative of an America fearful of the might of the crown growing confident and fearless, boldly declaring “new England’s god forever reigns”

I loved this piece :0 i played it in my freshman year. I'm about to graduate in 2 weeks now ;-;

Played tuba for this in high school. Great song and every time I listen to it I'm reminded of all my band memories and how I learned to love music.

absolute chaos to play, but its fun once you get the hang of it!

An excellent performance, of course. I would expect nothing less than the best from "The President's Own". There is an LP from the 1980's where the U.S. Marine Band played this piece in a concert with Ronald Regan present which was very good, with the almost legendary Col. John R. Bourgeois conducting. I'm very fond of that performance but have to suffice with a dub to a cassette I made 25 years ago since dubbed to an MP3. I have yet to find a copy of that LP on eBay or elsewhere. I'm glad to have found a performance by the Marine Band just as good, and as exciting, as that one. Thank you!

As much as I love our Anthem, this could give it a run for it's money.

5:35 THE BRASS SOUND AMAZING

im playing this for my spring concert. pray for me

2:50 for practice reference

Beautiful!

Well...what can you add to perfection.

A wonder full piece of music performed by the best. This recording is so much better than the video presented just recently.

played this at district this year. the horn part is a lot of fun!

I was wrong!! I double checked and the New England Triptych was originally for Orchestra and later transcribed for Concert Band!!

4:25 for practice

Playing this in my middle school band

this song was such a blast at contest! great memories! starting as a freshman and being one of the only concert kids to make it in the highest band! quit band for health careers. so sad, i have to come back every now and then and remember the good ol days.

I was supposed to play this at a concert as guest performers at the University of Indianapolis in my senior year, but the concert was cancelled thanks to COVID

WIDOWMAKER. this song is a fuckin widowmaker in highschool band FUCK i love it

My middle school is playing this and my high school is playing the battle of shiloh

if you're here for the snare excerpt; 4:56

Oh my fucking god!!!

Jessica Chai; William Schuman selected three selections from the early American Composer William Billings (I don't know his dates off hand but they would be easy to find). These three works were "Be glad then America," "When Jesus Wept," and "Chester," and combined the three into the New England Triptych. I believe the original work was for concert band as he had also composed other works for band. Does this help? Oh and I have heard that at one time there was a desire to make "Chester" into the US National Anthem, but it never got off the ground!

0:52 trombones come in 2:00 pulse

this song is wacky i love it

4:56 for practice reference

4:02

4:55

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Do it 2x fast. I okayed E flat clarinet on this one… 🔥

Interesting comments, but do you know the meaning behind the score?

why is it so LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

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4:02 best part

Gabriel

We played this at NC School of the Arts, we were called the 'Superband' a bunch of summer scholarships made up of several counties 9th-12th grade. We played a different concert every week with a different conductor of about 8 pieces per concert of about this difficulty. All I can say is that summer experience ruined 10th, 11th & 12th grade band for me, most everybody else in my high school bands sucked compared to Superband. I was happier in my ignorance.

Good things about this piece: The opening chorale Bad things about this piece: The unpleasant fast tempo The purposeful use of almost nonstop dissonance The unnecessary level of pretentious intelligence of a piece very clearly written to be impressive on a music theory level and nothing else The lack of committed key, leaving players to stumble through endless accidentals The overlong length You have to TRY to write a piece of music this horrid.

Ok but the clarinet part on this goes hard, only a sophomore in high school and this was my fav piece of this year