The Best Concert of My Life... CARNEGIE HALL!!!

heyy everyone... I am reposting this from when I posted it in 2012. This was written a year after the best band trip ever... But I have to give a shout out to the RHS Marching Band for performing at Super Bowl XVIII at MetLife Stadium. they played with Bruno Mars and many other big names... so please enjoy my account from when I was 18 years old; I was 17 when I plays, 18 when I wrote this, and 20 when I reposted this... danke!!!


I know that I am posting this a year late, but I just hit me! Last year was my senior year of high school and I got the greatest opportunity that most musicians will never get to experience!!! CARNEGIE HALL!!!!

 Roxbury was invites to preform and of course Mr. H, our conductor, said yes!! My symphony band was the first high school symphony in the state of New Jersey to play. Now that is a true honor and amazing thing. We only had a little over 2.5 months to prep for the big day, which was November 22, 2011. We played three songs: Overture on a Southern Hymm, Fire of Eternal Glory, and Pustza mvt 4.
 Roxbury is know for playing through pieces and making them sound great, and not for sight-reading. So that would give a reason as to why many didn't do well on tests. These songs were amazing and to just play was moving. Yes, Pustza is a multi movement but we only played one! We as a band worked many days and practices at home to get everything sounding right. I think that I was jipped out of a good part and the other two just joked it off. But, I went with it and did what I needed to do.