2011 05 11 - Andrew Cote and the Larsens

2011 05 11 - Andrew Cote and the Larsens

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This Wednesday evening we attended the special NHSS Band Uniform Benefit Concert. It was an excellent concert. One of Stanford's classmates, Andrew Cote, wrote a band work entitled "For Stan." Wednesday evening was the world premier performance of the work. We talked some with Andrew before the concert began. He also spoke to the audience just before the work was performed. The song started out with an alto saxophone playing all by itself. The beginning phrase was the first five notes of "Called to Serve". That tugged strongly at my heart and brought tears to my eyes. The phrase was repeated throughout the work being passed from section to section. The band did such a great job on the song. It ended again with an alto saxophone doing a solo. In total, four alto sax players took parts playing the solos. It was such an emotional experience for me. I talked with Andrew after the concert wondering how he knew about "Called to Serve". He said that he had kept the program from the funeral and had used that as the theme for his work. It was awesome. We will be getting a DVD of the concert.

A video of the premier performance done by the NHSS Concert Band was posted to youtube.com. Click here to see the video. I have also included an mp3 of the song on this page that you can download. Also, there is a flash video file that can also be downloaded if desired.
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