Celtic Air and Dance arranged by Michael Sweeney

MusicWorks - Grade 1.5
Drawing on the rich and varied tradition of Celtic folk songs, this piece opens with the touching and melodious “The Parting Glass.” The flutes and percussion take center stage on the dance-like “Tha Mi Sgith (A Fairy's Love Song)”, then finally the entire band gets into the act for the rousing finish.
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[isaacvand]

its like a battle between the clarinets and the flutes and all everyone else is playing battle music for them

[cyren_]

Our conductor always makes us speed up the last part like 10 times faster, and it instantly becomes both one of the best and the hardest pieces to play on kit.

[adri]

I love the part where you think it's going to end then the percussion come in bam

[ariahazelwood]

Everyone be like "flute" "clarinet" "trumpet" "percussion"
And I'm over here like....
Bass

[animewaifulover]

How can one piece sound so majestic and epic at the same time 😭

[BreathingHurts]

WOOO TRUMPETS! I know this song was more for the wood winds, but I'm glad that they gave us a part. It just sounds so marvellous!

[fatherhonda]

trumpet anyone?

I personally think that this is an amazing piece to play in band (my band is performing it in 2 weeks) and it's different from the other pieces we've played because us trumpets finally have an epic part!! Listen for our solos!

[ilovesilverbullet]

8th grade band, those were the good times. No stress, no long hours, and so much fun. No drama no worries just happiness.

[theteacher]

Hey!
Trumpets!
Where are ya’?
So what grade did you play this song at? For me, grade 9.

[seethelightwhenthelightisb]

I played the flute and I loved playing this song, where my fellow flutes at?

[msmoroun]

Lowbrass to me is what makes this music perfect 😍. Can’t have a band without lowbrass🤷🏾‍♀️🤪

[violetnovak]

I love how the “air” part and “dance” part are so different! I’m doing this in my intermediate band class, and it sounds amazing and is so much fun to learn and hear all the parts together!!

[enriquegarcia]

Man, this really takes me back to me early middle school memories and to how fond of life itself. Now, saddly, it's really difficult to get myself out of this downward spiral I had gotten myself into. I ask not for sympathy at all! Just sharing a personal anecdote about the memories this song sends when I listen to it.

[rocketduderocks]

We did this for practice for sight reeding (so punny)

[erenyeskarous]

Playing this song for band. I play B flat clarinet

[ellasworld]

i’m a flute player and we play this song, i love it so much because i feel like it gives the flutes a chance to stand out

[austintandoc]

My band is playing this and it's amazing! Btw I play the flute so those parts are nice when I play them.

[melannygraceramossoto]

awesome i play the trombone .. on glades middle school. at glades band and i love that song its really cool

[adri]

I played precision for this piece and it's AWSOME
But sometimes hard when ur the only girl percussionist and the boys think there better than you

[ManuelGarcia-pred]

My middle School played it I'm in band I play 🎺