Analysis Of The Crestwood Cavalier Band

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On March 22th, 2017, the Crestwood Cavalier Band had their annual Adjudication concert at Catoctin High School. One of the pieces performed was Stars and Stripes Forever, composed by John Philip Sousa. On the whole, the piece was played quite well; when listening to the piece being played, it is obvious how hard the Cavalier Band worked to get it to sound as good as it did. Not to say that the piece was played flawlessly; in fact, there were several areas in the piece that could be improved upon greatly.
A positive aspect of the performance of Stars and Stripes Forever was its use of balance throughout the piece. Balance is when you have an equal proportions of different musical elements in a piece. For most of the piece, the Cavalier Band

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