Yesterday, Robert W. Smith ascended into heaven due to complications from cardiac surgery. He was a talented composer and will be greatly missed in the music world.

@jonny73883

10 ай бұрын

Noooooo! I had the honor of play the ascension freshman year for a region concert. Rip 🕊️

@brandonshenmusic

10 ай бұрын

Played his music before as well, and was touched by it. Thank you, Mr. Smith.

@shunsui3182

8 ай бұрын

im so glad i got to meet him before his death he was a nice man and creates some of the prettiest pieces

@BlondeAndBougie

8 ай бұрын

Wow! I had no idea

@johnnytheyoungmaestro

5 ай бұрын

I still find it very hard to believe. Robert W. Smith will forever be, in my eyes, one of the most influential musicians of our time. May he rest easy. I'm very lucky that I was able to learn how to conduct this entire symphony, and I really do wish he could've seen it. But he knew he made an impact on so many young musicians out there, many of whom grew up to be professionals themselves. 😔

It is a great pleasure for me to be able to perform this piece. I am very sad to hear that Robert has already passed away. I pray for his soul rest in peace. I will play this song next time. We will be raising the time schedule for a while. I will turn it off when I am done.

Played this specific piece, devastated by his loss. Rest in peace such a legend.

Listening to this makes me want to walk in formation counting time, such a memory!

This was such an awesome and amazing song to play. I miss band so much.

In my opinion the beginning sounds so beautiful it makes me want to tear up

@emitakalo5743

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, yeah, cause if you listen to it and keep in mind what it's all about, it's the ascension part of the Divine Comedy, which was created to show what would happen to your soul had you not obeyed gods laws, and ascension is meant to be the beautiful part, rising up into the heavens, ascending to something that is greater than our own plane of existence.

The horns and euphs better be ready!

The trumpet solos are fire

Love listening to this moments before performing this with myself have the opening trumpet solo ❤️

4:25 "These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise....."

@ARCtrooper8248

2 жыл бұрын

"... Their continuing mission, to seek out new worlds and explore new life..."

I'm in 7th grade and I am playing the Divine Comedy with the 8th graders on Baritone. After listening to this piece i am utterly destroyed inside but we are making progress somehow The rhythms are not hard but the tempo and circular breathing makes this piece suck to play. Still, i am excited to play this and i hope i do well. ALso I want to commemerate Robert W Smith for shaping the rise in band compositions.

@Slipdalact

Ай бұрын

Damn dude 7th grade!!!!

4:50 to 5:20 is one of the best parts of the arrangement

the trumpet solo at the end? we played that in a marching band show two seasons ago. so happy we're playing it again 😊 edit: we got a superior rating! :D

Sounds so good

Linda música...

The lick

@kennethschechter352

4 жыл бұрын

da da da da daaaa da da

@anthonymarsden100

4 жыл бұрын

yup!

@christianiacuzzi1572

3 жыл бұрын

I played this entire work by R W Smith (from Inferno to Paradiso) and God, he used the lick so many times.. so fun to notice😂

1:25

Intonation 🫢🫣👀

@thatcursedsibling29

6 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY WIIILDDDD

yikes those first trumpets in the last minute were not having a fun time with correct partials

@suicidalloafofbread2009

Жыл бұрын

Wait till you realize they're on the right partials

My first time hearing a band play this I thought it was Encanto (Had just played that piece). They both start with a similar chord.

Pov: flute or clarinet

@anthony-ud4to

3 ай бұрын

💀

5:21

Paradiso

1:30

1:22 22小

4:50 115小

5:43 140小

5:15

1:43