Liberty Bell March Research Paper

The Liberty Bell March
The Liberty Bell March is a march that was composed by John Philip Sousa and arranged by Jay Bacook. It was performed on Saturday, May 5th by the Arts Academy Charter Middle School at their spring concert in Foy Concert Hall. The March is an exciting and fast piece with many repeated sections that lead into the next section. The AACMS Instrumental Department performed The Liberty Bell March with terrible intonation, incredible Rhythmic accuracy, and mediocre balance.
The ensemble’s intonation during the performance of the march was absolutely terrible. The flat notes sounded low throughout the piece. Especially the Ebs at measure 71 until measure 87 where they started sounding more in tune. The Dbs at measure 91 sounded

low as well, however they were readjusted to be more in tune very quickly. The intonation in The Liberty Bell March, as it was performed by the AACMS Instrumental Ensemble, was terrible.
The Rhythmic accuracy was absolutely phenomenal. Besides the fact that the ensemble sped up a little bit at the beginning, the tempo stayed constant throughout the piece. The ensembles part 1 players played measures 22-39 almost perfectly both times it was played. The lower parts lead into the higher parts continuation of what the lower parts played at measures 71-87 was executed with perfect timing. The rhythmic accuracy was absolutely outstanding throughout The Liberty Bell March.
The Balance in the AACMS Instrumental ensemble’s performance of The Liberty Bell March was not terrible, but not great either. The percussion section was generally too loud throughout the piece. At measures 71 through 87, the lower parts could be barely heard over the percussion. The counter melody at measures 22-39 could also be barely heard, however this was not because of the percussion but that the counter melody was too quiet to be heard with perfect balance.
The AACMS Instrumental Ensemble’s performance of The Liberty Bell March was a memorable one of the many songs they played at their Spring Concert. Their intonation was terrible, and their balance could have been better, however their rhythmic accuracy was incredible. The AACMS Instrumental Department performed The Liberty Bell March with terrible intonation, incredible Rhythmic accuracy, and mediocre balance. The Spring Concert contained amazing music which the AACMS used to amaze their fantastic audience, something that any person could do with almost anything else.