Bayou Breakdown by Brant Karrick - Score & Sound

Bayou Breakdown
By Brant Karrick

Item: 00-22279
Series: Alfred Concert Band
Grade 4
Format: Conductor Score & Parts

This fun and whimsical work creates a piece that will provide musical and technical challenges for performers yet can be immediately enjoyed by the listener, musician, and non-musician alike. Starting with a four-part fugue scored for woodwinds, the work then moves to a folk song-like lyrical theme, then eventually back to the initial fugue. ""Bayou Breakdown"" is a perfect showpiece for your band! (4:25) This title is available in SmartMusic.

[quacksalotwaddl]

This has been the "Careless Whisper" of our high school's saxophone section for the past 2 years. They will constantly play it over and over again.

[robinlutz]

Playing is high school wind symphony, our director either has really high expectations or wants to see us suffer.

[Jason-odfh]

As a Bari Sax player, I enjoyed playing this, especially because this was an opportunity where I don’t get to play whole notes and half notes all the time

[splodinatekabloominate]

We played this in region band... let's just say we really put the "breakdown" in it

[usetobethemagicpillownowit]

You could hear all the clarinets trying to all sync up in the begging and the like “gotta catch up!” No hate really good 😂

[maddisonwallace]

Instead of calling this Bayou Breakdown we always called this mental breakdown in my band.

[midnightcoupe]

This piece was so much fun to rehearse and perform. It never got old or boring. Almost every section has you on your feet. I do feel a little bad about the insanity that is the Clarinet section. I was the only Alto 1in my band, but it was always a great time

[harleygroves]

Playing this in my college band. I would like to have a “Mental” breakdown, not a bayou breakdown.

[XayJ]

I remember playing this for a competition and forgetting my music folder on the bus. The director was literally about to cry and I was like, “watch me work.” He closed his eyes on my solo and I played it better than we ever rehearsed it and his sign of relief was extremely heavy! Great memories!

[bayleighleadmon]

i love how i’m seeing college bands playing this but my HIGH SCHOOL band director gave this to my band and we aren’t even the highest band it’s pretty difficult. i can’t really complain though because our wind ensemble played Lincolnshire Posey by Grainger. band at my school is the big difficult

[breezy]

As a bassoon with the solo part I gotta say, this is the best music I've ever played

[jakeg]

this piece holds a special place in my heart because i passed out in concert playing the opening bassoon part 5 years ago. i still think about it quite often 😀

[micaelawalsh]

The xylo part is soo complicated, , , , there’s no sticking combination that makes sense! I’m glad I finally figured it out the day before the concert loll

[jamesavatar]

Even though this piece is difficult, it's SUCH a good feeling to master and a true joy to play. Also, the crowd loves this kind of silly music and they love it too.

[dorenzahid]

By far the most fun piece i've played as a tuba, mostly because we don't have a bassoon and i got to play the beginning string

[roxieann]

Imagine being a high school bass clarinet player and having to sight-read this piece for two weeks until you finally understand how to play it. YIKES

[olivebrb]

tuba here, had like 6 mental breakdowns trying to play this in HS wind symphony

[wyguy]

my highschool band director took advantage of our spring concert being delayed until june so he promptly gave us this to work on for 9 months, absolutely amazing piece

[vanderbiltalexsingleton]

Played this in high school and I had no business playing this. The 1st trumpet part is a beast

[estonhall]

I played this in an honor band when I was a senior in high school. I had just come off of practicing the music for All-State, so I never looked at this song until about a week before the performance...I played 2nd Clarinet.